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Gold stablecoins boom despite concerns

March 17, 2022 Comments are Disabled

A recent surge of interest has seen the assets of gold stablecoins pass $1bn in value. But business and disclosure standards in the sector are uneven and patchy. A stablecoin […]

Gold in the time of war

March 16, 2022 Comments are Disabled

On 28 February the US, EU and UK froze most of the Russian central bank’s $630bn foreign currency reserves, responding to the country’s invasion of Ukraine. In the words of […]

BIS ditches neutrality over Russia

March 12, 2022 Comments are Disabled

When applying sanctions to Russia’s central bank this week, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) made a radical departure from the neutral stance it adopted during the second world war. […]

The sanctions craze and our dangerously unstable systems

March 10, 2022 Comments are Disabled

“In the case of Putin we are in this very dangerous place. We have reacted so aggressively and moved so far, so fast that he is personally humiliated under anything […]

Fake IDs blow hole in Russia sanctions

March 8, 2022 Comments are Disabled

Amidst the escalating war in Ukraine, Western countries are seeking to step up sanctions against Russia-linked entities. But sanctions can only be enforced if the dividing line between permitted and […]

Kleptocratic money flows may kill democracy

March 2, 2022 Comments are Disabled

Democratic systems are at risk from a reliance on oligarchs’ money flows, says Tom Burgis, an author and journalist at the Financial Times. Burgis is the author of a 2020 […]

Cordon off and shut down DeFi, says US law professor

February 21, 2022 Comments are Disabled

Decentralised finance (DeFi) resembles the unregulated ‘shadow banking’ whose unruly growth triggered the 2008 financial crisis. And regulators need to move fast to avoid a repeat of the crash, says […]

India’s digital currency leap

February 18, 2022 Comments are Disabled

Over the last decade India has undertaken arguably the most ambitious digitisation programme of any country in the world. Its so-called ‘India stack’—a public digital infrastructure that allows governments, businesses, […]

BlockFi lied to retail clients about lending risks

February 14, 2022 Comments are Disabled

Cryptocurrency deposit-taker and lender BlockFi made materially false and misleading statements on its website about the risks facing smaller clients, the US securities regulator said today. According to the Securities […]

Blockchain settlement risks threaten financial system

February 8, 2022 Comments are Disabled

Last week’s $320m Wormhole hack raises serious questions about contagion risks between crypto and the broader financial markets. $320m of disappearing ether On February 2, an attacker exploited faulty code […]

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Gold stablecoins boom despite concerns

Gold in the time of war

BIS ditches neutrality over Russia

The sanctions craze and our dangerously unstable systems

Fake IDs blow hole in Russia sanctions

Kleptocratic money flows may kill democracy

Cordon off and shut down DeFi, says US law professor

India’s digital currency leap

BlockFi lied to retail clients about lending risks

Blockchain settlement risks threaten financial system

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