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The legal fiction that drove colonialism

July 31, 2023 Comments are Disabled

We often look at colonial empires as territories gained and occupied by nation states. But across four centuries, colonialism has above all been the business of companies, says my interviewee […]

Hacking into payment systems

July 3, 2023 Comments are Disabled

Tim Yunusov is a computer scientist and security researcher with a special interest in banking and payment systems. He’s also written a series of articles on hacking for New Money […]

AI’s shady links to cryptocurrency

May 19, 2023 Comments are Disabled

In the latest episode of the New Money Review podcast I’m joined by Kyle Gibson, a senior staff researcher and writer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Open Learning initiative. […]

2023—year of bank runs

May 10, 2023 Comments are Disabled

2023 has been a year of bank runs, most notably in the US. What’s going on? And how should we invest in response? In the latest New Money Review podcast, […]

Bitcoin clogs up as retail gambling surges

May 9, 2023 Comments are Disabled

Transaction fees on the bitcoin network have surged after a new spike in retail speculation in cryptocurrencies. Having traded in a $2-4 range for the last year, in recent days […]

A phone grabber could drain your bank account in minutes

May 4, 2023 Comments are Disabled

Some frauds and scams aimed at emptying your bank account are ringing alarm bells. But what about the ones that aren’t? Authorised push payment fraud (APPF) – where the victim […]

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) today warned that some financial technology (fintech) firms present an ‘unacceptable risk of harm’ to customers and to the broader financial system as a result […]

“We’ll Revolut that to you”

March 15, 2023 Comments are Disabled

If there’s one country where Revolut is an indispensable part of the payments landscape, it’s the Republic of Ireland. But Revolut’s Irish success comes at the expense of uncertainty regarding […]

Bitcoin, gold and silver soar amidst SVB fallout

March 13, 2023 Comments are Disabled

Prices for bitcoin, gold and silver soared today following a US government bailout of the depositors of Silicon Valley bank (SVB). At $24,049, bitcoin registered a 15 percent one-day rise. […]

USDC seeks to restore parity to dollar

March 12, 2023 Comments are Disabled

On Friday night the USDC stablecoin fell to 10 percent below its $1 per share target value. On Saturday, the stablecoin’s issuer said it would continue to redeem USDC at […]

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“We’ll Revolut that to you”

Bitcoin, gold and silver soar amidst SVB fallout

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