Cryptocurrencies like bitcoin operate in a radically different way to the banking system, and they are generating new forms of investigative work. Anyone with a bank account has an IBAN […]
Central banks may need to provide further emergency support to the non-bank financial system, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) warned in an article published in the Financial Times on […]
New technology offers a massive boost to the resiliency, accessibility and transparency of the financial system, says Alex Batlin, CEO of Trustology, our guest in the latest New Money Review […]
Leveraged trading platforms played a big part in driving last week’s price collapse in bitcoin and ethereum, says a cryptocurrency fund manager. On March 12th bitcoin dropped from $7,800 to […]
A few minutes or two days? In dangerous financial times, the time it takes to settle a transaction—exchange cash for goods—is vital. Now gold market participants are using new tech […]
Investors seeking refuge from the equity market meltdown in gold and bitcoin have so far faced losses. But this is a buying opportunity in both assets, say market observers. Amidst […]
When trying to stimulate economies by imposing negative interest rates, central banks run into a problem: they can’t stop money leaking out of the banking system and into cash. Around […]
The UK’s central bank has called for public input regarding the design of a new national digital currency amidst what it calls a revolution in payments. In a discussion paper […]
According to CoinDesk, the MakerDAO protocol that underlies automated lending on the ethereum blockchain has run out of collateral, threatening its solvency. MakerDAO faces an emergency shutdown with $4 million […]
Governments and big tech firms now observe all our activity online and can both predict and influence our behaviour. But some technologists are fighting back against the assumption that these […]