'Bad things could happen' - Turning to tech to tame the crypto jungle

 

Source: Tom Wilson and Pravin Char for Thomson Reuters, September 10

"Hi guys, could you please show me a firm bid for 100 bitcoin?" a seller texts on Skype. "One sec. $10270." Two minutes later: "Sorry guys, that was an old order from Friday when skype wasn't working." "I really think we should get off skype. Bad things could happen. Someone is going to make an expensive mistake."