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Ethereum fees up tenfold in five months

December 10, 2021 Comments are Disabled

The fees collected by cryptocurrency miners for processing transactions on the ethereum network have rocketed more than tenfold in just five months, according to data firm CryptoCompare. Total monthly fees […]

Unstable DeFi could trigger wider crash, warns BIS

December 6, 2021 Comments are Disabled

The booming decentralised finance (‘DeFi’) market suffers from an existential problem, says the Bank for International Settlements (BIS): it isn’t decentralised. Meanwhile, the contagion risks from DeFi to the rest […]

Sweden calls for EU-wide bitcoin mining ban

November 11, 2021 Comments are Disabled

The Swedish government has called for a European Union-wide ban on the mining of energy-intensive cryptocurrencies like bitcoin and ethereum. Bitcoin and ethereum use an energy-intensive computer algorithm called ‘proof-of-work’ […]

Fed says stablecoin risks are growing

November 9, 2021 Comments are Disabled

The US central bank has warned of growing risks in the stablecoin sector. In its half-yearly Financial Stability report, released yesterday, the Federal Reserve said that stablecoins pose a growing […]

Binance CEO disowns smart chain scams

November 5, 2021 Comments are Disabled

Binance chief executive, Changpeng Zhao, has denied responsibility for scams conducted across his exchange’s decentralised finance (DeFi) platform, Binance Smart Chain. In a blog published on 4 November, Zhao said […]

US authorities target stablecoin run risk

November 2, 2021 Comments are Disabled

US authorities are seeking to rein in the financial stability risks created by the runaway growth of the stablecoin market, according to a new report released yesterday. Stablecoins are digital […]

Robinhood’s crypto party ends

October 27, 2021 Comments are Disabled

Robinhood’s infatuation with crypto was short and sweet, if last night’s corporate earnings report is anything to go by. Robinhood shares fall below July IPO price The trading app’s revenue […]

Repo on the edge

October 25, 2021 Comments are Disabled

The market at the centre of the world’s financial system—repo—is witnessing record popularity. But it’s always prone to collapse, and now cryptocurrencies are joining the fray. The repo market The […]

Roll over Satoshi

October 19, 2021 Comments are Disabled

Cryptocurrency has turned into an inferior version of the money Satoshi Nakamoto set out to replace. In the first bitcoin ‘block’, the cryptocurrency’s creator embedded a message: “The Times 03/Jan/2009 […]

Crypto’s wildfire growth creates run risks

October 13, 2021 Comments are Disabled

The incredible boom in fintech and crypto banking is eroding long-standing protections for depositors and creating wider systemic risks. Deposit insurance and depositor preference If you deposit money in a […]

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Ethereum fees up tenfold in five months

Unstable DeFi could trigger wider crash, warns BIS

Sweden calls for EU-wide bitcoin mining ban

Fed says stablecoin risks are growing

Binance CEO disowns smart chain scams

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