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Kraken clients see red

February 25, 2021 Comments are Disabled

Yesterday I wrote a post on Twitter saying that clients of crypto exchange Kraken didn’t have much of a case for compensation after Monday’s flash crash in ethereum. During the […]

NY Attorney General says Tether lied outright about its reserves

February 23, 2021 Comments are Disabled

The New York Attorney General (NYAG), Letitia James, today announced an $18.5m settlement of its fraud case against the cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex and its affiliated entity, stablecoin issuer Tether. The […]

Ethereum sees pricing chaos

February 23, 2021 Comments are Disabled

Yesterday’s price crash revealed large dislocations in the market for the second-largest cryptocurrency, ethereum. Although cryptocurrencies can be traded around the world 24/7, there is no single market for the […]

DeFi is centralised after all

February 19, 2021 Comments are Disabled

The major promise of DeFi is decentralisation. But activity is now shifting to a wholly centralised platform. To an outsider, there are many incomprehensible things about the expanding DeFi craze: […]

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 […]

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Kraken clients see red

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St. Louis Fed highlights DeFi promise

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