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 […]
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 […]
Money in the traditional financial system is highly segmented, depending on its form and user. Can new digital currencies avoid going down the same road? Coins and banknotes, deposits at […]
Blockchain forks—the splitting of a cryptocurrency into two—are an occupational hazard for anyone involved in this emerging asset class. Now the head of a cryptocurrency trading firm has called for […]