This is how cryptocurrencies challenge the status quo
In order to assess the pros and cons of cryptocurrencies, we need to have an open discussion about their place in economics.
Ousmène Jacques Mandeng is a visiting fellow at the LSE Institute of Global Affairs where he focuses on monetary innovations and writes a blog on international monetary affairs at www.ousmenemandeng.com. He worked more than 20 years in the financial sector and international organisations on international investment and economic and economic policy analyses. He was a managing director with Prudential Financial and UBS heading official financial institutions coverage globally and a deputy division chief with the International Monetary Fund working on IMF financial resources and Latin America including as resident representative.
Ousmène has commented occasionally in the financial press and presented in international forums on the increasing importance of emerging markets and actual and pending reforms of the international monetary system and currently conduct