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Tether has to open its vaults

February 18, 2021 Comments are Disabled

Stablecoins—digital money backed by assets of stable value—are in vogue. But for a stablecoin to function, its users have to trust in its backing. And history is full of examples […]

Bitcoin transaction fees rise—but are they enough?

February 18, 2021 Comments are Disabled

Doubts remain about the leading cryptocurrency’s long-term viability. Bitcoin miners—the computers securing the network and keeping a record of transactions—rely on two sources of income: the block reward and the […]

Going cashless

February 17, 2021 Comments are Disabled

How China’s digital payments technology will take over the world. Our guest on the latest New Money Review podcast is Rich Turrin, a US citizen based for a decade in […]

Linking energy and money

February 11, 2021 Comments are Disabled

Far from being a problem, bitcoin’s electricity consumption is healthy. In fact, making an explicit link between energy and money would help promote sustainable economic development, says Andrew Webber, founder […]

St. Louis Fed highlights DeFi promise

February 9, 2021 Comments are Disabled

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 […]

Ethereum network sees record congestion

February 6, 2021 Comments are Disabled

Congestion on the ethereum cryptocurrency network has hit record levels, driving per-transaction fees into three figures and rendering many decentralised finance (‘DeFi’) projects unviable. “Just spent $100+ on ETH gas […]

Go local with money, payments and data

February 4, 2021 Comments are Disabled

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 […]

A new age of private money

January 26, 2021 Comments are Disabled

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. […]

FCA warns of more payment firm failures

January 25, 2021 Comments are Disabled

Last year’s high-profile insolvency of German fintech giant Wirecard may be followed by more failures among payment firms and electronic money (e-money) institutions (EMIs), the UK financial markets regulator, the […]

Revolut faces an existential choice

January 21, 2021 Comments are Disabled

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 […]

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