Author: Paul Amery

#Coronacrisis accelerates state digital currency plans

Although they haven’t yet reached fruition, plans to issue government-backed digital currencies in the world’s two largest economies appear to be moving forward in the wake of the economic disruption […]

Derivatives exchanges fed bitcoin crash

Leveraged trading platforms played a big part in driving last week’s price collapse in bitcoin and ethereum, says a cryptocurrency fund manager. On March 12th bitcoin dropped from $7,800 to […]

FCA’s crypto risk warnings cause confusion

The UK’s financial regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), caused confusion this week by issuing risk warnings against two cryptocurrency exchanges, Kraken and BitMEX, then withdrawing one of them. One […]

BitGo enters crypto-asset lending market

Crypto-asset custodian BitGo is launching a new service for institutional clients, enabling them to lend out their bitcoin or obtain cash loans for cryptocurrency collateral, the firm announced today. “BitGo […]