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Stablecoins come unstuck again

The cryptocurrency market turmoil unleashed by the collapse of lending platform Celsius Network is putting dollar stablecoins under renewed pressure. Earlier today Celsius announced that it was pausing all withdrawals, […]

Blockchain carries seeds of own destruction

The technology behind the last decade’s cryptocurrency boom—blockchain—carries the seeds of its own destruction, say economists at the Bank for International Settlements (BIS). In a new bulletin, BIS economists Frederic […]

Third-largest stablecoin loses its dollar peg

Terra, the third-largest stablecoin by market size, is trading at a discount to its dollar peg after heavy investor selling that threatens broader contagion effects. With a market capitalisation of […]