Cryptocurrency has taken the financial world by storm. The question of their survival, which enveloped this fintech invention in the beginning, has now been replaced by the question of the extent of its evolution. Industry skeptics have raised concerns over the new currency's power to upend the financial landscape as we know it with its extreme volatility, decentralization, and potential for money laundering. Even though many companies 'banned' the use of the digital currency, its rapid growth and mass adoption by leading global firms (notably, Facebook, JPMorgan, Microsoft, Shopify, and Tesla) led to its rise in ... (full story)