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Revolut faces an existential choice

January 21, 2021 Comments are Disabled

Financial ‘super-app’ Revolut has announced it is applying to become a UK bank. But the fintech firm, which boasts over 12m customers and has a private market valuation of over […]

Law plays catch-up with cybercrime

January 14, 2021 Comments are Disabled

Dan Hyde, a partner at UK-based law firm Harrison Clark Rickerbys, specialises in emerging technology. His beat includes artificial intelligence, robotics, the internet of things, quantum computing, cryptocurrency and distributed […]

FCA sees surge of cryptoasset applications

January 12, 2021 Comments are Disabled

Just three UK-based cryptoasset firms have been registered by the UK financial markets regulator in time for its own January 10 deadline, amidst signs the regulator is struggling to process […]

US turns to stablecoins to speed up payments

January 7, 2021 Comments are Disabled

The US government is turning to stablecoins—transferable digital tokens backed by fiat currency—as a way of speeding up its notoriously slow domestic payments system. Earlier this week the Office of […]

All eyes on tether

December 15, 2020 Comments are Disabled

For its promoters, it overcomes unfair restrictions on access to the world’s banking system. For critics, it’s the engine of a massive, system-wide fraud. All eyes are on tether, the […]

Binance chief says crypto storage puts off users

December 10, 2020 Comments are Disabled

The founder of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange says crypto adoption may stall if consumers can’t find safer, more convenient ways to store their digital money. Outpacing stock exchanges Founded […]

Money or markets—which came first?

December 3, 2020 Comments are Disabled

Economics textbooks tell us humans created money to overcome the drawbacks of barter. If your chicken wasn’t worth someone’s bushel of grain, you had no bread and they had no […]

A money revolution is going on

November 24, 2020 Comments are Disabled

The increasing adoption of cryptodollars—digital dollar tokens that can be passed hand-to-hand—is a sure sign of the revolution that’s taking place in money, says Nic Carter, our guest on the […]

Stablecoin design is difficult and dangerous

November 19, 2020 Comments are Disabled

Too strict a reserve policy makes asset-backed money of limited use. But too lax a policy may be the first step on a slippery path to destruction. Since US President […]

Digital currency—a central banker’s view

November 16, 2020 Comments are Disabled

This year’s coronavirus pandemic has accelerated plans for the introduction of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs)—a mobile-ready replacement for our state-issued banknotes and coins. But many of the most important […]

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Author: Paul Amery

Revolut faces an existential choice

Law plays catch-up with cybercrime

FCA sees surge of cryptoasset applications

US turns to stablecoins to speed up payments

All eyes on tether

Binance chief says crypto storage puts off users

Money or markets—which came first?

A money revolution is going on

Stablecoin design is difficult and dangerous

Digital currency—a central banker’s view

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