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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
From billion-pound businesses to sole traders, UK entities large and small are seeking to capitalise on the cryptoasset boom. Last week the UK financial markets regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority […]
Many observers argue that the imminent arrival of central bank digital currency (CBDC) could herald the biggest shake-up to the world’s monetary system for nearly a century. But, say the […]
Dan Hyde, a partner at UK-based law firm Harrison Clark Rickerbys, specialises in emerging technology. His beat includes artificial intelligence, robotics, the internet of things, quantum computing, cryptocurrency and distributed […]
Just three UK-based cryptoasset firms have been registered by the UK financial markets regulator in time for its own January 10 deadline, amidst signs the regulator is struggling to process […]
Tether insiders Paolo Ardoino and Stuart Hoegner said they may reveal full details of the reserves backing the controversial digital dollar some time later this year. “We are contemplating providing […]
The US government is turning to stablecoins—transferable digital tokens backed by fiat currency—as a way of speeding up its notoriously slow domestic payments system. Earlier this week the Office of […]
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