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Benchmark risks

November 5, 2019 0 comments

Financial index data help drive the revenues of many stock and futures exchanges. But calculating an index from market inputs, apparently a straightforward activity, can still be a risky one. […]

Say goodbye to central bank control

October 28, 2019 0 comments

The US lawmakers who grilled Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg for six hours last week appeared to speak from a position of power. But the tough talk could disguise fundamental weakness. […]

Peter Thiel’s contrarian bitcoin bet

October 18, 2019 0 comments

Building a new bitcoin mine in the middle of Texas, where summer temperatures often reach 50 degrees Celsius, seems a terrible PR move in a world increasingly preoccupied by global […]

Time-stamping gold with bitcoin

October 16, 2019 0 comments

For its supporters, bitcoin is digital gold, providing an immutable historical record of financial transactions. For goldbugs, nothing beats the scarcity and durability of the yellow metal. Now a new […]

Keep your eye on the long road

October 15, 2019 0 comments

The worlds of traditional finance and cryptocurrency/blockchain are still far apart. But we should keep our eyes open for signs of a longer-term convergence between legacy and decentralised finance, says […]

Regulators block social networks’ currency launches

October 14, 2019 0 comments

Regulators are intensifying their efforts to prevent the operators of social networks from launching digital currencies that may subsequently prove hard to dislodge. During the last week, global financial regulators […]

Two tribes inch together

October 3, 2019 0 comments

They may not be at war, but relations between the traditional finance and cryptocurrency/blockchain camps have long been marked by mutual suspicion. A year ago, Sibos, which describes itself as […]

The world’s riskiest industry

October 1, 2019 0 comments

If you thought investing in cryptocurrencies was risky, try making them. An estimated 4.3 million bitcoin mining machines around the world now perform around 82 exahashes (million trillion hashes) per […]

China’s central bank tries to cool digital currency fever

September 29, 2019 0 comments

China’s central bank head sought last week to head off speculative fever regarding the launch of a new state-backed digital currency. Intense investor interest in China’s financial technology (fintech) sector […]

Payments to determine banks’ future

September 24, 2019 0 comments

According to some fintech firms, large banks do have a future. It’s just as a low-value provider of the transaction data that they, the highly rated tech specialists, will exploit. […]

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China’s central bank tries to cool digital currency fever

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