In the latest episode of the New Money Review podcast I’m joined by Kyle Gibson, a senior staff researcher and writer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Open Learning initiative. […]
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) today warned that some financial technology (fintech) firms present an ‘unacceptable risk of harm’ to customers and to the broader financial system as a result […]
Prices for bitcoin, gold and silver soared today following a US government bailout of the depositors of Silicon Valley bank (SVB). At $24,049, bitcoin registered a 15 percent one-day rise. […]
Shortly after Silicon Valley bank was shut by US regulators, e-money firm Revolut prevented a UK start-up from making a large cash withdrawal, the start-up firm’s venture capital (VC) backer […]
Whoever dominates the world’s energy markets rules global politics. Coal fuelled the expansion of the British empire. Control over oil flows helped the US dictate the settlement after World War […]
The language used by Tether’s accountant in the latest quarterly attestation report suggests it’s worried about the future existence of the stablecoin. Tether has since undergone a sharp contraction since […]
The operators of the collapsed Terra stablecoin ($UST) last week allowed selected holders of the dollar token to cash out at close to 100 cents in the dollar, using cryptocurrency […]
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 […]
The United States’ position at the centre of global financial system is at risk because of the country’s ageing money infrastructure, according to a former government insider. “We must future-proof […]
A leaked Europol report suggests that law enforcement bodies are struggling to deanonymise bitcoin transactions passing through Wasabi, a popular ‘mixer’ service. “Things are not looking good” for criminal investigations […]