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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 […]

Could NFTs challenge bitcoin’s store-of-value promise?

May 4, 2021 Comments are Disabled

By comparison with assets like gold, real estate and government bonds, the advantages of bitcoin as a store of value are that it is electronic, operates on a decentralised blockchain […]

Europe’s first common money was bronze

April 30, 2021 Comments are Disabled

More than five thousand years before European states launched the euro, the region already had a single currency—bronze. According to researchers Nicola Ialongo from Göttingen University and Giancarlo Lago from […]

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 […]

Is BlockFi a weak point for bitcoin?

April 7, 2021 Comments are Disabled

Could a bitcoin arbitrage-gone-wrong have broader consequences for the cryptocurrency market? ‘GBTC’, the US-listed Grayscale Bitcoin Trust, is a true bitcoin whale, owning more than 3 percent of the cryptocurrency […]

Bitcoin arbitrage opportunities and risks

April 6, 2021 Comments are Disabled

Why is the price of bitcoin for future settlement above the current (‘spot’) price? How are hedge funds trying to arbitrage differences in cryptocurrency funding rates? Why is the largest […]

Rising bond yields threaten share prices

March 17, 2021 Comments are Disabled

Ten-year US Treasury bond yields could double again from current levels, unsettling stock markets. The V-shaped economic recovery we’ve seen since the coronavirus panic of last March could push US […]

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A cryptocurrency sceptic speaks out

Could NFTs challenge bitcoin’s store-of-value promise?

Europe’s first common money was bronze

Living in revolutionary times

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Is BlockFi a weak point for bitcoin?

Bitcoin arbitrage opportunities and risks

Rising bond yields threaten share prices

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