Last month cryptodollar issuer Tether agreed with New York prosecutors to come clean on its reserves, long a topic of controversy. But the general public may still end up none […]
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. […]
According to Dr. Franklin Noll, our digital money future will look a lot like the past: we are heading back to a time when humans had to juggle between many […]
Two of the three founders of the BitMEX cryptocurrency exchange will surrender to US authorities in coming weeks. Their forthcoming trials could help throw light on the controversial crypto-dollar, tether. […]
In the latest New Money Review podcast, Paul Gordon, the founder of Coinscrum, the UK’s oldest and most popular cryptocurrency networking and events group, shares his thoughts on the past, […]
The New York Attorney General (NYAG), Letitia James, today announced an $18.5m settlement of its fraud case against the cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex and its affiliated entity, stablecoin issuer Tether. The […]
Yesterday’s price crash revealed large dislocations in the market for the second-largest cryptocurrency, ethereum. Although cryptocurrencies can be traded around the world 24/7, there is no single market for the […]
The major promise of DeFi is decentralisation. But activity is now shifting to a wholly centralised platform. To an outsider, there are many incomprehensible things about the expanding DeFi craze: […]
Stablecoins—digital money backed by assets of stable value—are in vogue. But for a stablecoin to function, its users have to trust in its backing. And history is full of examples […]
Doubts remain about the leading cryptocurrency’s long-term viability. Bitcoin miners—the computers securing the network and keeping a record of transactions—rely on two sources of income: the block reward and the […]