In our slippery world of risk, uncertainty, change and complexity, hard and fast rules can be rare. Sometimes those rules can even be a trap, says Gerald Ashley, our guest […]
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance is facing legal action or new regulatory scrutiny in at least ten countries as a global crackdown spreads. But the exchange is fast unveiling new payment gateways […]
When Archegos Capital Management hit several investment banks with $10bn of losses earlier this year, it risked a wider financial collapse. Now hedge funds’ growing involvement in cryptocurrency could carry […]
The world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange is targeted by regulators around the world in a coordinated crackdown. Binance wants to join the system “Binance UK is fully regulated by the FCA,” […]
Central banks are accelerating their planned introduction of new forms of digital money to head off the ambitions of large technology firms in this area. “There is a sense of […]
Bitcoin’s hash rate has fallen by nearly half in two months after the Chinese cryptocurrency mining sector was largely shut down. Bitcoin hash rate plummets At 102 exahashes per second […]
In the latest episode of the New Money Review podcast, I interview an old friend and former colleague, Paul Craven. Paul Craven After working for nearly thirty years as an […]
The UK’s central bank is preparing for a once-in-a-lifetime reordering of the monetary system as a result of the arrival of new forms of digital money. In a discussion paper […]
The UK’s financial services regulator has warned that client money is not safe if held at a cryptoasset firm. The warning came as the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) announced it […]
Belief in a new era, rampant speculation, insider dealing, market manipulation, fortunes being won and lost… The cryptocurrency boom of 2020/21 sounds very much like the US stock market before […]