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Bitcoin arbitrage opportunities and risks

April 6, 2021 Comments are Disabled

Why is the price of bitcoin for future settlement above the current (‘spot’) price? How are hedge funds trying to arbitrage differences in cryptocurrency funding rates? Why is the largest […]

Echoes of Libor in Coinbase’s bitcoin price-rigging

March 22, 2021 Comments are Disabled

In an echo of the 2011 Libor scandal, Coinbase’s past manipulation of the bitcoin price impacted a key market benchmark. On Friday the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), which regulates […]

Bitcoin transaction fees rise—but are they enough?

February 18, 2021 Comments are Disabled

Doubts remain about the leading cryptocurrency’s long-term viability. Bitcoin miners—the computers securing the network and keeping a record of transactions—rely on two sources of income: the block reward and the […]

Linking energy and money

February 11, 2021 Comments are Disabled

Far from being a problem, bitcoin’s electricity consumption is healthy. In fact, making an explicit link between energy and money would help promote sustainable economic development, says Andrew Webber, founder […]

Gold or bitcoin—which store of value?

December 21, 2020 Comments are Disabled

One has been around for three billion years, the other for only twelve. Yet supporters of the upstart—bitcoin—say it can beat gold as a vehicle for long-term savings. In the […]

All eyes on tether

December 15, 2020 Comments are Disabled

For its promoters, it overcomes unfair restrictions on access to the world’s banking system. For critics, it’s the engine of a massive, system-wide fraud. All eyes are on tether, the […]

Standard Chartered, Northern Trust team up in crypto custody

December 9, 2020 Comments are Disabled

SC Ventures, the innovation and ventures unit of Standard Chartered Bank, and Northern Trust, one of the world’s largest custodian banks, are teaming up to create Zodia Custody, a new […]

Regulators fall short on digital assets

October 16, 2020 Comments are Disabled

As they grapple with the anarchic growth of digital assets, regulators and policymakers around the world have been trying to bring some order to the frenzy. In the wake of […]

The great bitcoin experiment

August 19, 2020 Comments are Disabled

Bitcoin is a live, multi-billion-dollar experiment involving tens of millions of willing participants. It’s also a case study in game theory, the field of science that studies the interactions between […]

Hard assets hit new highs

July 27, 2020 Comments are Disabled

The slump in the US dollar is beginning to accelerate. The gold price leapt to a new all-time high in early trading on Monday 27 July, with silver and bitcoin […]

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Bitcoin arbitrage opportunities and risks

Echoes of Libor in Coinbase’s bitcoin price-rigging

Bitcoin transaction fees rise—but are they enough?

Linking energy and money

Gold or bitcoin—which store of value?

All eyes on tether

Standard Chartered, Northern Trust team up in crypto custody

Regulators fall short on digital assets

The great bitcoin experiment

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