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Blockchain carries seeds of own destruction

June 7, 2022 Comments are Disabled

The technology behind the last decade’s cryptocurrency boom—blockchain—carries the seeds of its own destruction, say economists at the Bank for International Settlements (BIS). In a new bulletin, BIS economists Frederic […]

CFTC sues Winklevoss exchange over false bitcoin market

June 3, 2022 Comments are Disabled

The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) yesterday sued the Gemini cryptocurrency exchange for making false and misleading statements in relation to a bitcoin futures contract launched in December 2017. […]

Exchanges stop Solana withdrawals

June 2, 2022 Comments are Disabled

Several exchanges have halted withdrawals of the Solana cryptocurrency after a software problem caused developers to halt its network for several hours yesterday. Binance, Coinbase, FTX and Crypto.com reported (or […]

Justin Sun goes where Terra/LUNA failed

May 28, 2022 Comments are Disabled

It’s hard to stamp out a bad idea in cryptocurrency. Shortly before the Terra (UST) stablecoin collapsed earlier this month, destroying most of the $50bn once invested in it and […]

Crypto lender Celsius under pressure

May 27, 2022 Comments are Disabled

Cryptocurrency lender and deposit-taker Celsius Network is under increasing pressure after this month’s rout in stablecoins. As at 06.00 GMT on 27 May, Celsius’s native token $CEL was trading at […]

Securities finance underlies every business story

May 24, 2022 Comments are Disabled

Take any story in the daily business news and there’s likely to be a securities finance angle to it, says Roy Zimmerhansl, my guest in the latest episode of the […]

Tether’s accountant waves red flag

May 21, 2022 Comments are Disabled

The language used by Tether’s accountant in the latest quarterly attestation report suggests it’s worried about the future existence of the stablecoin. Tether has since undergone a sharp contraction since […]

Stablecoins give regulators a headache

May 19, 2022 Comments are Disabled

Better-regulated digital money tokens are the real threat to the financial system. Last week’s Terra ($UST) collapse was hardly surprising: backed by little but hot air and an online cult, […]

Did Terra operators bail out crypto whales?

May 16, 2022 Comments are Disabled

The operators of the collapsed Terra stablecoin ($UST) last week allowed selected holders of the dollar token to cash out at close to 100 cents in the dollar, using cryptocurrency […]

Tether tremors sink crypto

May 12, 2022 Comments are Disabled

Contagion from the stablecoin collapse that started on Monday with Terra is now affecting the largest dollar token, Tether, hitting the broader cryptocurrency markets. At 07.00 UTC on Thursday 12 […]

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Author: Paul Amery

Blockchain carries seeds of own destruction

CFTC sues Winklevoss exchange over false bitcoin market

Exchanges stop Solana withdrawals

Justin Sun goes where Terra/LUNA failed

Crypto lender Celsius under pressure

Securities finance underlies every business story

Tether’s accountant waves red flag

Stablecoins give regulators a headache

Did Terra operators bail out crypto whales?

Tether tremors sink crypto

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