Money is power, and power is money, as everyone knows. So it’s worth paying special attention to the technological revolution that’s about to disrupt the world’s money flows at the very moment global political power is shifting from familiar foundations. Cryptocurrencies won’t change the global balance of power alone, but they will speed and distort the changes underway. This revolution is the simple promise that decentralised ledgers, sophisticated algorithms and massive computing power will allow the transfer of money, stocks and other property at the cost of an email and with the security of an armoured truck. ... (full story)