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Whales and minnows join UK cryptoasset boom

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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 […]

Tether’s backing could be disclosed later this year

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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 […]

Trump ups payment app war

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The US/China conflict over the future of money has just moved up a notch. Yesterday, outgoing US president Donald Trump signed an executive order banning US users from accessing eight […]

In the thick of payments

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Europe’s introduction over two decades ago of a legal framework for new payments technology and electronic forms of money has been credited with making the region a global hotbed of financial technology […]

Gold or bitcoin—which store of value?

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One has been around for three billion years, the other for only twelve. Yet supporters of the upstart—bitcoin—say it can beat gold as a vehicle for long-term savings. In the […]

Central banks brace for stablecoin explosion

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Central banks are braced for a world in which digital dollar tokens called stablecoins explode in value, posing a threat to governments’ ability to monitor the financial system. That’s one […]

A money revolution is going on

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The increasing adoption of cryptodollars—digital dollar tokens that can be passed hand-to-hand—is a sure sign of the revolution that’s taking place in money, says Nic Carter, our guest on the […]

Stablecoin design is difficult and dangerous

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Too strict a reserve policy makes asset-backed money of limited use. But too lax a policy may be the first step on a slippery path to destruction. Since US President […]

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