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 […]
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 […]
Last week, France’s finance minister slammed Libra, Facebook’s proposed payments coin, for encroaching on a key area of national power. Bruno Le Maire said his country would block the development […]
What do Wikipedia—an online encyclopedia—and bitcoin—internet money—have in common? Both are open-source projects. This type of initiative is playing an increasingly powerful role in many areas of life. Open-source networks […]
Hardly at all, then at once—the tectonic plates of the global monetary system are shifting. Mark Carney, the outgoing Bank of England governor, yesterday shocked the traditionally staid annual August […]
Derivatives based on cryptocurrencies are big business, generating fortunes for the owners of trading venues. But those exchanges don’t all play by the same rules. Confusingly, the global regulation of […]
In the latest New Money Review podcast, Paul Amery interviews Robert Sams, founder and chief executive of Clearmatics, a technology company based in London. In the podcast, Sams explains why […]
New digital currencies will have a profound impact on our concept of money, the financial system and the economy, says a top regulatory lawyer. “It’s possible for something to be […]
Soaring volumes, billion-dollar fortunes, insane leverage and radical new risk models: welcome to the wild world of unregulated cryptocurrency derivatives. The real action in crypto derivatives The Chicago Mercantile Exchange […]
The Bank of England is preparing to grant more non-banks access to its payment systems, the governor of the Bank said in a speech last night in London. Mark Carney […]