How much bitcoin trading takes place in ‘real money’? Not much. Most is hermetically sealed within the crypto ecosystem. Over two thirds of all bitcoin trading activity takes place in […]
Global financial regulators say the operators of digital tokens pegged to fiat currencies—stablecoins—must follow the stringent rules for other important financial infrastructures, such as payment systems, central securities depositories, securities […]
“We’ve never been so busy,” says Nick Furneaux, a digital forensic investigator who specialises in cryptocurrency crime. Furneaux, our guest on the latest New Money Review podcast, works with law […]
US social media giant Twitter is expanding its Tips feature to include the leading cryptocurrency, bitcoin. Twitter, which has over 200 million users, introduced Tips in May. “We’re making it […]
International banking business has shrunk since the financial crisis of 2008, reversing a six-decade trend of increasing globalisation, according to new research from the Bank for International Settlements (BIS). In […]
Last year’s dramatic collapse of German payments firm Wirecard was the biggest accounting scandal since the Enron failure, two decades earlier. But according to Transparency International, a non-governmental organisation fighting […]
The head of the UK financial services regulator has issued a stark warning about the risks facing retail investors in cryptocurrency, saying that social media channels are amplifying the danger. […]
Payment cards linked to cryptocurrencies are booming. But they combine a new technology (crypto) and an old one (card payment networks). In this guest post, payments security researcher Timur Yunusov […]
The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) says new public policies are urgently needed to address the growing dominance of large technology firms in financial services. In a bulletin published on […]
The public needs protection from the Wild West land grab that’s now going on in money, says Rohan Grey, my guest on the latest episode of the New Money Review […]
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