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 […]
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 […]
Governments are acquiring an increasing share of the overall bitcoin supply after a spate of asset seizures from cyber criminals. In recent days, Chinese authorities have announced the confiscation of […]
Open banking—which allows consumers to link savings, budgeting and faster payments apps with their bank accounts—is leaping ahead in the UK. But consumer protection standards may need to jump to […]
Post-Wirecard, the Bank of England has warned it will impose more stringent regulation on the payments sector in order to ensure the safety of the broader financial system. And, it […]
Bitcoin mining is one of the riskiest industries in the world. Now a new financial product aims to make the activity a little less dangerous. Hashrate futures, launched last week […]
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 […]
Central banks around the world have so far been reticent about issuing their own digital currencies. But there’s one major exception: China, the world’s largest trading nation. Earlier this month, […]
Facebook’s new payment initiative, Libra, is already causing discord between policymakers in the UK and those in other European Union countries. Libra, which is heavily backed by Mark Zuckerberg’s social […]
The fallout from last week’s indictment by the New York State Attorney General of Bitfinex and Tether continues, this time in the form of a 6 percent price premium in […]
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