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Could NFTs challenge bitcoin’s store-of-value promise?

May 4, 2021 Comments are Disabled

By comparison with assets like gold, real estate and government bonds, the advantages of bitcoin as a store of value are that it is electronic, operates on a decentralised blockchain […]

Living in revolutionary times

April 28, 2021 Comments are Disabled

Political revolutions often go hand-in-hand with revolutions in money. Stores of value change, the way we make payments changes, our attitudes to credit change. According to Rebecca Spang, professor of […]

Breaking the buck

April 26, 2021 Comments are Disabled

The biggest crises in financial markets happen when an asset previously assumed to be safe turns out not to be. Investors rush to sell it, they find they can’t get […]

Smoothing the system’s sharp edges

April 19, 2021 Comments are Disabled

John Kiff, our guest on the latest New Money Review podcast, prefers what he calls the ‘edgy’ areas of finance—from over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives to fintech and cryptocurrency. He also wants […]

Volumes and volatility stress US equity infrastructure

April 13, 2021 Comments are Disabled

Under pressure to reduce the operational risks in the US equity markets, infrastructure providers say they can shorten the time it takes to settle a share trade, but not eliminate […]

Tether doubles assets since year-end, reaching $45bn

April 13, 2021 Comments are Disabled

The volume of tethers in issue has doubled since the end of 2020 to over $45bn, despite continuing uncertainty over the largest stablecoin’s asset backing. Tether is a cryptocurrency version […]

Signal follows messaging apps into money

April 8, 2021 Comments are Disabled

Encrypted communications app Signal is seeking to combine messaging and digital payments for users, following similar initiatives from Facebook and Telegram. According to Wired magazine, Signal is introducing support for […]

Is BlockFi a weak point for bitcoin?

April 7, 2021 Comments are Disabled

Could a bitcoin arbitrage-gone-wrong have broader consequences for the cryptocurrency market? ‘GBTC’, the US-listed Grayscale Bitcoin Trust, is a true bitcoin whale, owning more than 3 percent of the cryptocurrency […]

Bitcoin arbitrage opportunities and risks

April 6, 2021 Comments are Disabled

Why is the price of bitcoin for future settlement above the current (‘spot’) price? How are hedge funds trying to arbitrage differences in cryptocurrency funding rates? Why is the largest […]

Echoes of Libor in Coinbase’s bitcoin price-rigging

March 22, 2021 Comments are Disabled

In an echo of the 2011 Libor scandal, Coinbase’s past manipulation of the bitcoin price impacted a key market benchmark. On Friday the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), which regulates […]

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Could NFTs challenge bitcoin’s store-of-value promise?

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Volumes and volatility stress US equity infrastructure

Tether doubles assets since year-end, reaching $45bn

Signal follows messaging apps into money

Is BlockFi a weak point for bitcoin?

Bitcoin arbitrage opportunities and risks

Echoes of Libor in Coinbase’s bitcoin price-rigging

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