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Tether reserve disclosure leaves unanswered questions

May 13, 2021 Comments are Disabled

Half of the reserves of the unregulated digital dollar, tether, are in the unsecured debt of unknown corporate issuers, according to details of the stablecoin’s reserve backing at the end […]

Facebook’s $ stablecoin to target multi-trillion MMF sector

May 13, 2021 Comments are Disabled

Tech giant Facebook is targeting a multi-trillion dollar pool of money market fund assets as it seeks to launch its new digital currency, Diem, in the US. Yesterday Facebook announced […]

A cryptocurrency sceptic speaks out

May 5, 2021 Comments are Disabled

Many large financial institutions have performed an about-turn in cryptocurrency during the last few years, moving from a position of outright hostility to one of acceptance and even enthusiasm. But […]

Living in revolutionary times

April 28, 2021 Comments are Disabled

Political revolutions often go hand-in-hand with revolutions in money. Stores of value change, the way we make payments changes, our attitudes to credit change. According to Rebecca Spang, professor of […]

Breaking the buck

April 26, 2021 Comments are Disabled

The biggest crises in financial markets happen when an asset previously assumed to be safe turns out not to be. Investors rush to sell it, they find they can’t get […]

Smoothing the system’s sharp edges

April 19, 2021 Comments are Disabled

John Kiff, our guest on the latest New Money Review podcast, prefers what he calls the ‘edgy’ areas of finance—from over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives to fintech and cryptocurrency. He also wants […]

Tether doubles assets since year-end, reaching $45bn

April 13, 2021 Comments are Disabled

The volume of tethers in issue has doubled since the end of 2020 to over $45bn, despite continuing uncertainty over the largest stablecoin’s asset backing. Tether is a cryptocurrency version […]

Signal follows messaging apps into money

April 8, 2021 Comments are Disabled

Encrypted communications app Signal is seeking to combine messaging and digital payments for users, following similar initiatives from Facebook and Telegram. According to Wired magazine, Signal is introducing support for […]

Three ways to have anonymous CBDCs

March 10, 2021 Comments are Disabled

Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) are on everyone’s agenda. Nations big and small are studying their advantages and disadvantages, examining retail, wholesale, and hybrid models and even deploying functioning systems. […]

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Tether reserve disclosure leaves unanswered questions

Facebook’s $ stablecoin to target multi-trillion MMF sector

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Living in revolutionary times

Breaking the buck

Smoothing the system’s sharp edges

Tether doubles assets since year-end, reaching $45bn

Signal follows messaging apps into money

Three ways to have anonymous CBDCs

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