In a speech delivered yesterday, Hester Peirce, one of the five commissioners of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), outlined radical new proposals to make the US a friendlier market […]
In our latest podcast, Neil Walsh, the Vienna-based head of the Cybercrime, Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Counter-Financing of Terrorism (CFT) Department at the United Nations, gives an exclusive interview to […]
Last year’s PlusToken scam involved a clever combination of technology, fraudulent promises and viral marketing. The theft deprived its 3 million victims, mostly based in Asia, of over $2bn. But […]
Financial fraud makes for terrific stories. ‘When Genius Failed’, ‘The Smartest Guys in the Room’, ‘Devil Take the Hindmost’ and ‘Manias, Panics and Crashes’ are some of the classics of […]
Bitcoin’s hash rate—the processing power that secures the cryptocurrency’s transaction history—continues to soar and is now up sixfold in two years. Bitcoin miners currently perform an aggregate 123 exahashes (million […]
Global financial markets are now addicted to the trillions of dollars of liquidity being pumped into the system by central banks, says Michael Howell, CEO of CrossBorder Capital, a London-based […]
Ransomware attacks involving cryptocurrency are on the rise, and a new London lawsuit illustrates how the hackers are seeking to launder their ill-gotten gains. Lawyers say the case is a […]
The leading cryptocurrency will be the world’s future financial settlement network, says Obi Nwosu, chief executive of London-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinfloor, in an exclusive interview with New Money Review. Obi […]
Tether, the stablecoin issuer, is expanding its product range with the launch of a new digital token representing a troy ounce of gold. The token, called Tether Gold (XAUT), will […]
Emerging markets are at the forefront of the race to develop central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), and all eyes are on China. That’s the main conclusion of a new Bank […]
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