Paul Amery, Author at New Money Review

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DeFi is centralised after all

February 19, 2021 Comments are Disabled

The major promise of DeFi is decentralisation. But activity is now shifting to a wholly centralised platform. To an outsider, there are many incomprehensible things about the expanding DeFi craze: […]

Tether has to open its vaults

February 18, 2021 Comments are Disabled

Stablecoins—digital money backed by assets of stable value—are in vogue. But for a stablecoin to function, its users have to trust in its backing. And history is full of examples […]

Bitcoin transaction fees rise—but are they enough?

February 18, 2021 Comments are Disabled

Doubts remain about the leading cryptocurrency’s long-term viability. Bitcoin miners—the computers securing the network and keeping a record of transactions—rely on two sources of income: the block reward and the […]

Jack Bogle was right

February 15, 2021 Comments are Disabled

The warnings of the man who popularised index investing have proved eerily prescient. Jack Bogle, late founder of the world’s second-biggest asset manager, Vanguard, was notoriously opposed to exchange-traded funds […]

Linking energy and money

February 11, 2021 Comments are Disabled

Far from being a problem, bitcoin’s electricity consumption is healthy. In fact, making an explicit link between energy and money would help promote sustainable economic development, says Andrew Webber, founder […]

Ethereum network sees record congestion

February 6, 2021 Comments are Disabled

Congestion on the ethereum cryptocurrency network has hit record levels, driving per-transaction fees into three figures and rendering many decentralised finance (‘DeFi’) projects unviable. “Just spent $100+ on ETH gas […]

Share-trading small fry rush to join the menu

February 5, 2021 Comments are Disabled

As more details of the RobinHood crisis emerge, it has become clear that the stock-trading app at the centre of the busiest period of trading in Wall Street history was […]

Go local with money, payments and data

February 4, 2021 Comments are Disabled

Local currencies can help restore balance in society and it’s time to move away from an economy based on the exploitation of individuals’ personal data. So says Diana Finch, managing […]

A new age of private money

January 26, 2021 Comments are Disabled

The appearance of cryptocurrencies like bitcoin is part of a much bigger trend—the re-emergence of private money as a competitor to state-issued currencies like the dollar, euro, yen or pound. […]

FCA warns of more payment firm failures

January 25, 2021 Comments are Disabled

Last year’s high-profile insolvency of German fintech giant Wirecard may be followed by more failures among payment firms and electronic money (e-money) institutions (EMIs), the UK financial markets regulator, the […]

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Author: Paul Amery

DeFi is centralised after all

Tether has to open its vaults

Bitcoin transaction fees rise—but are they enough?

Jack Bogle was right

Linking energy and money

Ethereum network sees record congestion

Share-trading small fry rush to join the menu

Go local with money, payments and data

A new age of private money

FCA warns of more payment firm failures

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