The Briefing Room

Is the crypto bubble bursting?


Listen Later

Last week cryptocurrency suffered it’s ‘black Wednesday’ moment. Investors raced to withdraw their funds and more than $200billion was wiped off the cryptocurrency market. One currency lost 98% of its value.

Ironically it was a so-called “stablecoin”, whose value is meant to be pegged to currencies like the dollar, that collapsed.

Was this a solitary - but very costly - blip or is the crypto bubble in danger of bursting?

Joining David in the briefing room are:

Gavin Brown, Associate Professor in Financial Technology at The University of Liverpool

Jemima Kelly, columnist at the Financial Times
Dominic Frisby, MoneyWeek columnist and author of Bitcoin: The Future of Money?
David Shrier, Professor of Practice, AI & Innovation with Imperial College Business School
Stephen Diehl, a software engineer and crypto writer.

Producer: Ben Carter

Editor: Richard Vadon
Studio manager: Neil Churchill
Production co-ordinators: Siobhan Reed & Sophie Hill

...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

The Briefing RoomBy BBC Radio 4

  • 4.8
  • 4.8
  • 4.8
  • 4.8
  • 4.8

4.8

53 ratings


More shows like The Briefing Room

View all
Global News Podcast by BBC World Service

Global News Podcast

7,878 Listeners

The Archers by BBC Radio 4

The Archers

1,084 Listeners

From Our Own Correspondent by BBC Radio 4

From Our Own Correspondent

375 Listeners

More or Less by BBC Radio 4

More or Less

853 Listeners

Newshour by BBC World Service

Newshour

1,075 Listeners

In Our Time by BBC Radio 4

In Our Time

5,580 Listeners

The Documentary Podcast by BBC World Service

The Documentary Podcast

1,800 Listeners

6 Minute English by BBC Radio

6 Minute English

1,752 Listeners

The Infinite Monkey Cage by BBC Radio 4

The Infinite Monkey Cage

1,958 Listeners

The Bottom Line by BBC Radio 4

The Bottom Line

40 Listeners

Page 94: The Private Eye Podcast by Page 94: The Private Eye Podcast

Page 94: The Private Eye Podcast

424 Listeners

Moral Maze by BBC Radio 4

Moral Maze

69 Listeners

Political Fix by Financial Times

Political Fix

156 Listeners

The Inquiry by BBC World Service

The Inquiry

745 Listeners

Daily Politics from the New Statesman by The New Statesman

Daily Politics from the New Statesman

144 Listeners

Political Thinking with Nick Robinson by BBC Radio 4

Political Thinking with Nick Robinson

112 Listeners

You're Dead to Me by BBC Radio 4

You're Dead to Me

3,218 Listeners

Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government by Institute for Government

Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government

23 Listeners

Americast by BBC News

Americast

791 Listeners

The Bomb by BBC World Service

The Bomb

1,011 Listeners

The Rest Is Politics by Goalhanger

The Rest Is Politics

3,903 Listeners

The Rest Is Politics: Leading by Goalhanger

The Rest Is Politics: Leading

857 Listeners

When It Hits the Fan by BBC Radio 4

When It Hits the Fan

49 Listeners

Radical with Amol Rajan by BBC Radio 4

Radical with Amol Rajan

43 Listeners