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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 […]

Revolut blocked large Friday withdrawal, says VC firm

March 11, 2023 Comments are Disabled

Shortly after Silicon Valley bank was shut by US regulators, e-money firm Revolut prevented a UK start-up from making a large cash withdrawal, the start-up firm’s venture capital (VC) backer […]

Silicon Valley bank run depegs USDC

March 11, 2023 Comments are Disabled

Yesterday’s decision by California’s banking regulator to shut Silicon Valley bank after a $42bn run by depositors, the second-largest bank failure in US history, threatens far-reaching consequences. One of its […]

No clarity on Revolut safeguarding

March 7, 2023 Comments are Disabled

Got funds on your Revolut card? If you do, you may wish to know what do the firm’s recent accounting problems say about the safety of its clients’ money. Read […]

Binance stops Ukraine withdrawals

March 5, 2023 Comments are Disabled

Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has stopped clients in Ukraine from using its services, preventing Ukrainians with cryptocurrency holdings from withdrawing their funds into local currency. In a 2 March statement on […]

Russia sanctions hit London gold market

February 1, 2023 Comments are Disabled

Sanctions imposed on Russia after its invasion of Ukraine have caused London, the world’s major bullion trading market, to shrink. According to the London Bullion Market Association (LBMA), gold held […]

Regulate crypto or let it burn?

January 25, 2023 Comments are Disabled

Former banker Sean Tuffy tracks the impact of global financial regulation on the investment business. In recent years he’s been paying a lot of attention to cryptocurrencies, digital assets and […]

Time to derail digital payments

January 12, 2023 Comments are Disabled

Since the coronavirus pandemic, many of us have switched from paying by cash to paying almost exclusively by card or digital wallet. My guest on the latest New Money Review […]

Adding crypto to payment cards is playing with fire

January 9, 2023 Comments are Disabled

Payment cards linked to cryptocurrencies are booming. But adding a volatile, fraud-ridden new technology (crypto) to a rickety old one (card payment networks) risks all kinds of new problems. By […]

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