Beginning with an original historical vision of financialization in human history, this volume then continues with a rich set of contemporary ethnographic case studies from Europe, Asia and Africa. Authors explore the ways in which finance inserts itself into relationships of class and kinship,...

The future of money / by Riel Miller, Wolfgang Michalski and Barrie Stevens -- Whence and whither money? / by Michel Aglietta -- The future technology of money / by Zachary Tumin -- Intangible economy and electronic money / by Charles Goldfinger -- New monetary spaces? / by Geoffrey Ingham --...

Part I: Defining the Internet of Value 1 -- Chapter 1. Defining the Internet of Value -- Part II: How DLT will evolve in the Future 13 -- Chapter 2. Blockchains, DLTs and the Future of Payments 15 -- Chapter 3. Consensus: Proof of Work, Proof of Stake and Structural Alternatives. Part III: The...