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Largest crypto exchange moves into US equity trading

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Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, is launching tokenised equity trading for its clients, starting with an offering of Tesla shares. The move will permit Binance’s clients to own US […]

Bitcoin arbitrage opportunities and risks

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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 […]

Echoes of Libor in Coinbase’s bitcoin price-rigging

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In an echo of the 2011 Libor scandal, Coinbase’s past manipulation of the bitcoin price impacted a key market benchmark. On Friday the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), which regulates […]

Rising bond yields threaten share prices

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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 […]

Three ways to have anonymous CBDCs

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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. […]

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