The worlds of traditional finance and cryptocurrency/blockchain are still far apart. But we should keep our eyes open for signs of a longer-term convergence between legacy and decentralised finance, says […]
If you thought investing in cryptocurrencies was risky, try making them. An estimated 4.3 million bitcoin mining machines around the world now perform around 82 exahashes (million trillion hashes) per […]
For years, scientists have been battling to build a computer that exploits one of the strangest areas of modern science—quantum physics. Now Google claims to have achieved a breakthrough by […]
Central banks around the world have so far been reticent about issuing their own digital currencies. But there’s one major exception: China, the world’s largest trading nation. Earlier this month, […]
Hardly at all, then at once—the tectonic plates of the global monetary system are shifting. Mark Carney, the outgoing Bank of England governor, yesterday shocked the traditionally staid annual August […]
Long-awaited and oft-delayed, Bakkt’s physically settled bitcoin futures are finally on the way. How big an impact will they have? A year after the launch plans were first announced, on […]
Derivatives based on cryptocurrencies are big business, generating fortunes for the owners of trading venues. But those exchanges don’t all play by the same rules. Confusingly, the global regulation of […]
Our guest on the latest New Money Review podcast is Andreas Antonopoulos, a computer scientist, author and public speaker. He made a flying visit to London last week and New […]
Facebook has released details of its long-awaited cryptocurrency, stating its ambition to provide the first global medium of exchange. The company’s CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, seems to be hoping that digital […]
The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has been described as ‘the world’s most exclusive club’. Its bimonthly policy meetings, held in Basel, Switzerland, bring together the heads of all the […]
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