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Trump ups payment app war

January 6, 2021 Comments are Disabled

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 […]

Gold or bitcoin—which store of value?

December 21, 2020 Comments are Disabled

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 […]

Financial data-sharing leaps ahead in the UK

September 29, 2020 Comments are Disabled

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 […]

Bank of England warns of money Wild West

September 4, 2020 Comments are Disabled

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 […]

Taking the difficulty out of bitcoin

May 25, 2020 Comments are Disabled

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 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 […]

Digital renminbi to challenge the dollar’s reserve status

September 23, 2019 0 comments

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 splits UK, EU on payments

September 12, 2019 0 comments

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 […]

Bitfinex fallout continues as bitcoin hits 6% premium

April 29, 2019 0 comments

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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