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Heat rises over cryptocurrencies’ carbon footprint

January 7, 2022 Comments are Disabled

It took less than a week for Mozilla, the non-profit behind popular web browser Firefox, to backtrack on a New Year’s resolution to accept more funding in cryptocurrency. “Last week, […]

The growing problem of cryptocurrency addiction

December 16, 2021 Comments are Disabled

In the latest New Money Review podcast, psychotherapist Tony Marini talks about the growing problem of addiction to cryptocurrency. Tony Marini Marini, a specialist in gambling addiction, works at the […]

Coinbase, Kraken, eToro censured for UK crypto ads

December 15, 2021 Comments are Disabled

Three leading cryptocurrency exchanges misled UK clients with digital advertisements, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) said today. The ASA is the UK advertising regulator, with the responsibility of ensuring UK […]

Ethereum fees up tenfold in five months

December 10, 2021 Comments are Disabled

The fees collected by cryptocurrency miners for processing transactions on the ethereum network have rocketed more than tenfold in just five months, according to data firm CryptoCompare. Total monthly fees […]

London launders the world’s dirty money

December 9, 2021 Comments are Disabled

According to the UK government, the country is one of the best in the world at tackling money laundering. Nothing could be further from the truth, says a leading think […]

Unstable DeFi could trigger wider crash, warns BIS

December 6, 2021 Comments are Disabled

The booming decentralised finance (‘DeFi’) market suffers from an existential problem, says the Bank for International Settlements (BIS): it isn’t decentralised. Meanwhile, the contagion risks from DeFi to the rest […]

Blockchain: an insider’s paradise

November 24, 2021 Comments are Disabled

The decentralisation inherent in cryptocurrency networks like bitcoin is valuable for its governance benefits, according to Hyun-Song Shin, head of research at the Bank for International Settlements (BIS). But this […]

Sweden calls for EU-wide bitcoin mining ban

November 11, 2021 Comments are Disabled

The Swedish government has called for a European Union-wide ban on the mining of energy-intensive cryptocurrencies like bitcoin and ethereum. Bitcoin and ethereum use an energy-intensive computer algorithm called ‘proof-of-work’ […]

Fed says stablecoin risks are growing

November 9, 2021 Comments are Disabled

The US central bank has warned of growing risks in the stablecoin sector. In its half-yearly Financial Stability report, released yesterday, the Federal Reserve said that stablecoins pose a growing […]

Cryptocurrency—who’s in charge?

November 4, 2021 Comments are Disabled

Cryptocurrency is an experimental technology. But it’s also a $2.5trn market with growing and increasingly complex linkages to the traditional financial system—whether through ETFs, the futures market, central clearing, repo […]

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Heat rises over cryptocurrencies’ carbon footprint

The growing problem of cryptocurrency addiction

Coinbase, Kraken, eToro censured for UK crypto ads

Ethereum fees up tenfold in five months

London launders the world’s dirty money

Unstable DeFi could trigger wider crash, warns BIS

Blockchain: an insider’s paradise

Sweden calls for EU-wide bitcoin mining ban

Fed says stablecoin risks are growing

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