The world’s central banks are proving reticent to introduce digital currencies, despite mounting market pressures for them to do so, according to a new report from the Bank for International […]
Expectations that cryptocurrencies would grant their users complete anonymity have proved wide of the mark. But the debate over digital money and privacy may just be beginning. [This article is […]
In theory, decentralised ledgers could help revolutionise the global capital-raising process, disrupting the share and bond markets in the same way that bitcoin promises an alternative to central bank-issued money. […]
Global policymakers are struggling to achieve a consistent approach to defining and regulating cryptocurrencies. A new report from the UK government illustrates the problem in microcosm. On October 29 the […]
Bitcoin tracker funds threaten a clash by bringing together two fundamentally incompatible financial systems, says one former investment banker. Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are still on the drawing board: as […]
Pavol Rusnak, chief technologist at cryptocurrency storage device provider Trezor, discusses security and his firm’s business philosophy in an exclusive interview. The private key to a cryptocurrency confers ownership of […]
Despite their promise of a revolutionary new fundraising technology, initial coin offerings (ICOs) suffer from major internal contradictions, says one cryptocurrency market observer. In an exclusive interview with New Money […]
The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has warned that cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin are a poor substitute for money issued by central banks. The Basel-based BIS, an international financial institution […]
Bitcoin’s volatility has fallen by 70% in five months, reflecting calmer trading since the cryptocurrency’s price peak at the end of 2017. Volatility is a widely used measure of risk […]
Some institutional investors have written off cryptocurrencies as a bubble. Others may be taking their first steps to allocate money to a new, uncorrelated asset class. Wherever they fall on […]