There is life beyond Bitcoin.
Photographer: Ian Maule/BloombergIt’s time, perhaps, to move on from Bitcoin, and look at some other bits of coins — virtual representations of everything from US Treasuries and corporate bonds to stocks and commodities.
While the world’s oldest cryptocurrency struggles to come up for air after a 50% slump since October, demand for digital versions of real-world assets is quietly gathering momentum. Their holders carry their investments not in a traditional brokerage account, but directly via their own crypto wallets — as secure blocks of data that can be easily traded peer-to-peer or on exchanges.