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Rekt—but at what price?

May 21, 2021 Comments are Disabled

Lots of cryptocurrency traders got rekt (wrecked) during Wednesday’s market rout. But were their positions liquidated at a fair price? The latest crypto crash has prompted renewed questions about the […]

Meme investing risks your financial health

May 19, 2021 Comments are Disabled

In the latest New Money Review podcast, Carol McNaughton Nicholls and Rachel Rowlinson of strategy consultancy ‘Britain Thinks’ talk about the behaviours, attitudes and financial resilience of self-directed investors in the UK. Britain Thinks […]

Diem could slash dollar payment costs

May 14, 2021 Comments are Disabled

Diem, the Facebook-sponsored digital currency, could be highly disruptive to the US dollar payments infrastructure, say analysts at Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML). Earlier this week Diem said it […]

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 […]

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Rekt—but at what price?

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Diem could slash dollar payment costs

Tether reserve disclosure leaves unanswered questions

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

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

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