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Third-largest stablecoin loses its dollar peg

May 9, 2022 Comments are Disabled

Terra, the third-largest stablecoin by market size, is trading at a discount to its dollar peg after heavy investor selling that threatens broader contagion effects. With a market capitalisation of […]

US legislators want Treasury, not Fed to run digital dollar

March 28, 2022 Comments are Disabled

A group of US legislators wants the US Treasury to introduce a fully anonymous digital dollar, countering plans for the central bank to take the responsibility of digitising the national […]

DeFi’s dangerous alphabet soup

March 24, 2022 Comments are Disabled

In 2008, a few obscure three-letter financial products—MBS, ABS, CDOs and SIVs—set off the biggest financial crisis in history. Now, could a new alphabet soup of DAOs, NFTs, Dapps, DMMs […]

Johnson can’t stop Putin using Russia’s gold

March 24, 2022 Comments are Disabled

According to UK prime minister Boris Johnson, Britain and its Western allies will increase the economic pressure on Russia by examining whether more can be done to prevent President Vladimir […]

Gold stablecoins boom despite concerns

March 17, 2022 Comments are Disabled

A recent surge of interest has seen the assets of gold stablecoins pass $1bn in value. But business and disclosure standards in the sector are uneven and patchy. A stablecoin […]

Gold in the time of war

March 16, 2022 Comments are Disabled

On 28 February the US, EU and UK froze most of the Russian central bank’s $630bn foreign currency reserves, responding to the country’s invasion of Ukraine. In the words of […]

BIS ditches neutrality over Russia

March 12, 2022 Comments are Disabled

When applying sanctions to Russia’s central bank this week, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) made a radical departure from the neutral stance it adopted during the second world war. […]

The sanctions craze and our dangerously unstable systems

March 10, 2022 Comments are Disabled

“In the case of Putin we are in this very dangerous place. We have reacted so aggressively and moved so far, so fast that he is personally humiliated under anything […]

Fake IDs blow hole in Russia sanctions

March 8, 2022 Comments are Disabled

Amidst the escalating war in Ukraine, Western countries are seeking to step up sanctions against Russia-linked entities. But sanctions can only be enforced if the dividing line between permitted and […]

Kleptocratic money flows may kill democracy

March 2, 2022 Comments are Disabled

Democratic systems are at risk from a reliance on oligarchs’ money flows, says Tom Burgis, an author and journalist at the Financial Times. Burgis is the author of a 2020 […]

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The sanctions craze and our dangerously unstable systems

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