Cryptocurrency Landscape Virtual currency is not just here, it's hot. The asset class seems to have no boundaries; a recent rise has pushed the market value of bitcoin alone to $1 trillion. No longer a fad, the new age of digital currency is seeing payment companies, asset management funds, financial institutions, luxury products, and industrial companies pushing it into the mainstream by trading in, investing in, and issuing virtual currency, and shifting cash into virtual currency around the globe. Governments are not far behind, with dozens of central banks around the world exploring the idea of issuing and using digital versions of their nations' fiat