They may not be at war, but relations between the traditional finance and cryptocurrency/blockchain camps have long been marked by mutual suspicion. A year ago, Sibos, which describes itself as […]
China’s central bank head sought last week to head off speculative fever regarding the launch of a new state-backed digital currency. Intense investor interest in China’s financial technology (fintech) sector […]
Central banks around the world have so far been reticent about issuing their own digital currencies. But there’s one major exception: China, the world’s largest trading nation. Earlier this month, […]
Facebook’s new payment initiative, Libra, is already causing discord between policymakers in the UK and those in other European Union countries. Libra, which is heavily backed by Mark Zuckerberg’s social […]
What do Wikipedia—an online encyclopedia—and bitcoin—internet money—have in common? Both are open-source projects. This type of initiative is playing an increasingly powerful role in many areas of life. Open-source networks […]
Only a few months ago, central banks were stalling on plans to issue their own digital currencies. Now China is taking an early lead in the race to launch one. […]
Hardly at all, then at once—the tectonic plates of the global monetary system are shifting. Mark Carney, the outgoing Bank of England governor, yesterday shocked the traditionally staid annual August […]
Long-awaited and oft-delayed, Bakkt’s physically settled bitcoin futures are finally on the way. How big an impact will they have? A year after the launch plans were first announced, on […]
Is tether a fraud or a threat to the hegemony of the US dollar? Nothing better illustrates the clash between traditional finance and the new world of cryptocurrencies than tether, […]
Derivatives based on cryptocurrencies are big business, generating fortunes for the owners of trading venues. But those exchanges don’t all play by the same rules. Confusingly, the global regulation of […]