Media

My work has been featured in publications such as Bloomberg, Forbes, The Guardian, The Independent, and others. Findings from my research have been cited by public institutions such as various bodies and agencies within the European Union, the Financial Stability Board, and the World Economic Forum, among others.

I am also occasionally invited to provide commentary on a range of topics related to the world of digital assets and associated technologies. You can find a collection of interviews below.

News articles

Paperjam: Les Américains, vrais-faux rois du bitcoin (October 2021)

FT: US overtakes China as biggest bitcoin mining hub after Beijing ban (October 2021)

The Independent: Bitcoin mining operations rise in US and Kazakhstan after China ban (July 2021)

New Scientist: Coal-powered bitcoin mining soars in Kazakhstan following Chinese ban (July 2021)

The Telegraph: China crackdown sends Bitcoin miners to US and Kazakhstan (print edition, 15 July 2021)  

FT: China’s share of bitcoin electricity usage drops as Kazakhstan surges (July 2021)

Finextra: The real price of the bitcoin gold rush (May 2021)

New Scientist: 'Green' bitcoin alternative Chia is leading to hard disc shortages (May 2021)  

The Telegraph: Elon Musk is wrong, Bitcoin won't help us save the planet (April 2021)

The Business of Business: How crypto is trying to spend its way into becoming money (April 2021)

Wired: A blockchain tweak could fix crypto’s colossal energy problem (March 2021)

AFP: Bitcoin Consumes More Electricity Than Most Countries in The World. Here's Why (March 2021)

Business Insider: Bitcoin mining can be a 'bridge' to a renewable energy future by supporting green projects, a leading North American miner says (March 2021)

Affärsvärlden: Bitcoin en ESG-mardröm (March 2021)

The Verge: The Climate controversy swirling around NFTs (March 2021)

Jornal de Negócios: Bitcoin gasta quase o triplo da energia de Portugal (March 2021)

De Standaard: De munt die meer stroom verbruikt dan alle Belgen samen (February 2021)

BBC News: Bitcoin consumes 'more electricity than Argentina' (February 2021)

CNBC: Bitcoin’s wild ride renews worries about its massive carbon footprint (February 2021)

The Verge: Tesla’s $1.5 billion bitcoin purchase clashes with its environmental aspirations (February 2021)

The Telegraph: Inside the dirty world of Bitcoin mining (January 2021)

Barron’s: Most Bitcoin Is Made in China. Competitors Are Chipping Away. (January 2021)

Reuters: Analysis: Is PayPal's crypto move a game-changer for bitcoin? Probably not, say experts (October 2020)

The Block: Will the 'unambitious' UK be left behind by Europe’s sweeping new crypto proposals? (September 2020)

CoinTelegraph: Crypto mass adoption will be here when… [fill in the blank] (August 2020)

Blockchain Technology News: Michel Rauchs, CCAF: On Libra, Bitcoin power consumption, and learning from history (March 2020)

Reuters: Is bitcoin's 2020 rally another flash in the pan? (February 2020)

Reuters: With hashes and hedges, power-hungry crypto miners court investors (December 2019)

Financial News: MPs to Scrutinise Facebook’s New Cryptocurrency (July 2019)

DER SPIEGEL: Stromfresser Bitcoin (July 2019: print edition)

Cambridge Independent: Cambridge Bitcoin Electricity Consumption Index launched (July 2019)

BBC: Bitcoin's Energy Consumption 'Equals That of Switzerland' (July 2019)

The New York Times: The Week in Tech: Facebook’s Crypto Dream Faces Deep Mistrust (June 2019)

Reuters: Explainer: 'Stablecoins' in the Spotlight As Facebook Unveils Libra Cryptocurrency (June 2019)

Finextra: Money 20/20 Europe 2019 Q&A: CCAF’s Michel Rauchs (June 2019)

Crowdfund Insider: Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance Publishes Definitive Global Cryptoasset Benchmarking Report (December 2018)

Los Angeles Times: For $799 and a Jump in the Electric Bill, Anyone Can Mine Cryptocurrency (November 2018)

Zeit Online: Bitcoin: Nach dem Boom (November 2018)

The Telegraph: Speculators and Crypto-believers Keep the Faith in Bitcoin Revolution (September 2018)

CNN Business: Bitcoin Crash: This Man Lost His Savings When Cryptocurrencies Plunged (September 2018)

Financial Times: What Next After Cryptocurrency Bubble Bursts? (August 2018)

Crowdfund Insider: Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance Publishes Document on Distributed Ledger Technology, Seeks to Provide Common Framework for Fast Emerging Blockchain Industry (August 2018)

HR Magazine: HRD's Pocket Guide To... Cryptocurrency (April 2018)

The Independent: Bitcoin: What Is It, Where Can You Use It and Is It Worth Investing? (January 2018)

AltFi: A Crypto Odyssey (January 2018)

Cambridge Independent: $16k Bitcoin: Cambridge Experts Discuss Whether It's a Bubble Set to Burst (December 2017)

The Times: Password Security for Bitcoins Goes Nuclear  (December 2017)

Capital: Forking the Word of the Moment in Cryptocurrency (December 2017)

AltFi: Speculate Away! Revolut Launches Cryptocurrency Exchange Tool (December 2017)

Radio

BBC Sounds: Tech Tent: Bitcoin's energy cost (February 2020)

BBC Radio 4: The Digital Human (February 2020)

BBC World Services: Newshour (December 2019)

RTL Radio Lëtzebuerg: Reportage: Wat ass Bitcoin? (August 2019)

NPR Planet Money: Bitcoin’s Energy Bill (July 2019)

Deutschlandfunk Kultur: Die Vision vom Global-Coin (June 2019)

Deutschlandfunk Kultur: 10 Jahre Bitcoin - Ein Geld-Experiment zwischen Scheitern und Erfolg (November 2018)

Podcast

On the Brink: Quantifying Bitcoin’s energy use (July 2021)

Invesco: Behind the Hype podcast: A whistlestop tour of the blockchain ecosystem (June 2021)

The Naked Scientist: Bitcoin Decrypted: Cash, Code, Crime & Power (April 2021)

Magic Future Money #6: Wieviel Blockchain braucht unser Geld? (March 2021)

Thought Economics: On Blockchain & Cryptocurrencies: : A Nobel Prize Winning Economist and a World Expert on Blockchain (March 2021)

METACO Talks #3: The Politics and Economics of DeFi (January 2021)

21e6 Fireside Chat #4: Chancen und Herausforderungen in Gegenwart und Zukunft (December 2020)

QUINessence #4: Kryptowährungen - das neue Gold oder spekulatives Asset? (April 2020)

Crypto Voices #85: Michel Rauchs – Benchmarking Bitcoin (January 2020)

The Total Connector #37: Michel Rauchs - Future Challenges for Bitcoin (October 2019)

Blockchain Insider #114: Libra Causing a Regulatory Ripple (August 2019)

What Bitcoin Did #126: Michel Rauchs on the Cambridge Bitcoin Electricity Consumption Index (July 2019)

The Bitcoin Game #62: Michel Rauchs of the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (April 2019)

New Money Review: Cutting Through the Blockchain Hype (October 2018)

Other

Cambridge Judge Business School: Geographic shift (October 2021)

Cambridge Judge Business School: New data reveals timeline of China’s bitcoin mining exodus (July 2021)

Global Digital Finance: Money 2.0: Towards A New Institutional Paradigm (January 2021: guest article)

Finextra: What DLT and Blockchain Truly Mean Today (June 2019: video interview at Money2020)

The Conversation: Why energy-sapping Bitcoin mining is here to stay (February 2018: guest article)