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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 […]

Volumes and volatility stress US equity infrastructure

April 13, 2021 Comments are Disabled

Under pressure to reduce the operational risks in the US equity markets, infrastructure providers say they can shorten the time it takes to settle a share trade, but not eliminate […]

Tether doubles assets since year-end, reaching $45bn

April 13, 2021 Comments are Disabled

The volume of tethers in issue has doubled since the end of 2020 to over $45bn, despite continuing uncertainty over the largest stablecoin’s asset backing. Tether is a cryptocurrency version […]

Largest crypto exchange moves into US equity trading

April 12, 2021 Comments are Disabled

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 […]

Signal follows messaging apps into money

April 8, 2021 Comments are Disabled

Encrypted communications app Signal is seeking to combine messaging and digital payments for users, following similar initiatives from Facebook and Telegram. According to Wired magazine, Signal is introducing support for […]

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 […]

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

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Largest crypto exchange moves into US equity trading

Signal follows messaging apps into money

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