A central bank policy mistake is likely to cause the next financial crisis, says Dan Awrey, my guest on the latest episode of the New Money Review podcast. “The combination […]
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’ […]
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 […]
Binance chief executive, Changpeng Zhao, has denied responsibility for scams conducted across his exchange’s decentralised finance (DeFi) platform, Binance Smart Chain. In a blog published on 4 November, Zhao said […]
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 […]
Last year commodity giant Glencore pocketed $1.3bn through a clever trade it made when oil prices briefly went negative. Amidst the coronavirus shock to global trade flows, tankers idled, crude […]
US authorities are seeking to rein in the financial stability risks created by the runaway growth of the stablecoin market, according to a new report released yesterday. Stablecoins are digital […]
Robinhood’s infatuation with crypto was short and sweet, if last night’s corporate earnings report is anything to go by. Robinhood shares fall below July IPO price The trading app’s revenue […]
The market at the centre of the world’s financial system—repo—is witnessing record popularity. But it’s always prone to collapse, and now cryptocurrencies are joining the fray. The repo market The […]
Stablecoins—digital currencies pegged to existing money, like the dollar, euro, pound or gold—are the hottest topic in finance. From crypto-market dollars like Tether and Circle to Facebook’s Diem project and […]
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