Wednesday’s dramatic Twitter hack has led to a spat between a firm of cryptocurrency investigators and a provider of bitcoin privacy software. More than a fifth of the funds raised […]
The global financial markets are now increasingly dependent on a single currency, the US dollar, and a single source of liquidity—the US central bank. That’s the conclusion drawn by the […]
Brazil’s central bank has put an apparent stop to Facebook’s payments plans in the country only a week after the tech giant announced the launch of a new WhatsApp-based digital […]
The United States’ position at the centre of global financial system is at risk because of the country’s ageing money infrastructure, according to a former government insider. “We must future-proof […]
There’s no sign of a let-up in tech mogul Mark Zuckerberg’s push into payments. Facebook announced today that its WhatsApp messenger service has started offering in-app digital payments for users […]
The rate of spread of coronavirus through the human population may be slowing, but the pandemic seems well on the way to claiming another permanent victim: physical cash. That seems […]
A leaked Europol report suggests that law enforcement bodies are struggling to deanonymise bitcoin transactions passing through Wasabi, a popular ‘mixer’ service. “Things are not looking good” for criminal investigations […]
Two key European Union laws—the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the fifth Anti-Money Laundering Directive (AMLD5)—are hindering the future growth of financial technology (‘fintech’) and blockchain businesses in the […]
To understand bitcoin, think of it as a technology rather than as a speculative financial asset, a leading computer scientist said this week. “People often talk about bitcoin as an […]
Bitcoin mining is one of the riskiest industries in the world. Now a new financial product aims to make the activity a little less dangerous. Hashrate futures, launched last week […]