Slowly but surely, an alternative financial infrastructure is being built, promising a cheaper, more efficient, stable and transparent way of lending and borrowing, issuing securities and managing money. If that […]
As more details of the RobinHood crisis emerge, it has become clear that the stock-trading app at the centre of the busiest period of trading in Wall Street history was […]
Local currencies can help restore balance in society and it’s time to move away from an economy based on the exploitation of individuals’ personal data. So says Diana Finch, managing […]
The appearance of cryptocurrencies like bitcoin is part of a much bigger trend—the re-emergence of private money as a competitor to state-issued currencies like the dollar, euro, yen or pound. […]
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 […]
From billion-pound businesses to sole traders, UK entities large and small are seeking to capitalise on the cryptoasset boom. Last week the UK financial markets regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority […]
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 […]
Tether insiders Paolo Ardoino and Stuart Hoegner said they may reveal full details of the reserves backing the controversial digital dollar some time later this year. “We are contemplating providing […]
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 […]
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 […]
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