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  • Sunday, 25 February, 2024
    News in-depthCryptocurrencies
    $100mn in crypto payments traced to Myanmar-based ‘scammers’

    Analysts say Tether digital coins were used to transfer funds from victims of ‘pig butchering’ racket

    Tether token and logo with a mobile phone with heart on screen
  • Thursday, 1 February, 2024
    Chris Dixon
    Big tech killed the internet — blockchain can help revive it

    Unlike traditional computers, blockchains ensure that any code they run will continue to operate as designed

    Montage of images of a blockchain schematic overlaying a person’s hand using a computer mouse
  • Thursday, 14 December, 2023
    Markets InsightNouriel Roubini
    ‘Flatcoins’ are the way forward

    The tokens merge the benefits of blockchain and fintech to provide a hedge against inflation while doing social good

  • Tuesday, 5 December, 2023
    News in-depthETF Hub
    Buying frenzy puts some Grayscale crypto funds at ‘absurd’ premiums

    Grayscale Filecoin Trust hit high of more than 10 times underlying value of its assets in November

  • Friday, 1 December, 2023
    Lex
    Tokenised securities: blockchain offers more than lower cost and faster speed Premium content

    Tokenisation would blur the line that separates private and public assets

    Network cables and computer processing units
  • Tuesday, 14 November, 2023
    Cryptocurrencies
    An almost convincing Delaware-crypto-filing scam

    No, BlackRock is not creating a iShares XRP fund

  • Thursday, 2 November, 2023
    FT GuidesDigital financial services: an explainer
    How can blockchain platforms make currency trading cheaper?

    HSBC and Wells Fargo are bucking the trend and using the technology to settle foreign exchange transactions

    A montage showing a spread of coins in different currencies with two chains crossing diagonally over them and logos of HSBC and Wells Fargo superimposed on top
  • Monday, 23 October, 2023
    ExplainerFT Guides
    Digital financial services: an explainer

    Online trading platforms and blockchain ledger technology are transforming the way people save and invest. Here, FT journalists explain the potential of these new developments in the retail and institutional financial services industry Supported by Infosys

  • Monday, 23 October, 2023
    FT GuidesDigital financial services: an explainer
    How is blockchain changing financial services?

    The technology has yet to make significant inroads into the traditional banking sector

    A man removing a computer unit from a wall-mounted bank of units in a cryptocurrency mining facility
  • Monday, 23 October, 2023
    FT GuidesDigital financial services: an explainer
    How can blockchain be used to trade bonds?

    Banks are making use of the technology underlying crypto — but how does it work with highly regulated assets?

  • Monday, 23 October, 2023
    FT GuidesDigital financial services: an explainer
    What are digital bonds and how are they issued?

    The European Investment Bank is one of the institutions leading the way with four such offerings so far

    Montage showing brutalist office block with ‘European Investment Bank 100’ sign in front and sky made up of digital code
  • Wednesday, 4 October, 2023
    Exchange traded funds
    Ether futures ETFs fizzle on US debut

    The nine ETFs saw combined trading volume of $6.6mn on Monday — attracting only a fraction of BITO’s $1bn initial haul

    Representation of Ethereum, with its native cryptocurrency ether
  • Friday, 22 September, 2023
    Cryptofinance
    Wall Street’s token crypto gesture Premium content

    Plus, updates on Galaxy and life in the Bankman-Fried home

  • Monday, 18 September, 2023
    Special ReportThe Future of Banking
    Crypto tumult spurs rethink on best uses for blockchain

    Tokenisation to create new markets, and decentralised ledgers to boost security, offer opportunities for growth

    FTX logo and mobile app adverts are displayed on screens
  • Tuesday, 12 September, 2023
    Looking at LSE Group’s blockchain plans and trying not lose our minds

    Awoouu (wolf howl)

  • Monday, 4 September, 2023
    LSE Group draws up plans for blockchain-based digital assets business

    Exchange operator in talks with UK government and regulators over new trading venue

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  • Friday, 25 August, 2023
    Cryptofinance
    Crypto miners try to harness Nvidia hype Premium content

    Plus, updates on FTX and an infamous crypto mixing service

    Nvidia logo
  • Thursday, 3 August, 2023
    LexCryptocurrencies
    Worldcoin/Altman: lowballing for eyeballs will not brake AI juggernaut Premium content

    Start-up has raised far less in funding than OpenAI, and is yet to present a convincing business model

    Worldcoin’s orb which scans eyeballs to verify identities
  • Tuesday, 6 June, 2023
    Cryptocurrencies
    In light of SEC suing Coinbase and Binance, some memorable crypto press releases

    Things sure have changed here on shitcoin mountain

  • Wednesday, 31 May, 2023
    LexBitcoin
    Bitcoin: crypto backers hope scarcity can solve everything  Premium content

    Regulator warnings have made banks more skittish about holding their assets after FTX’s failure

    An illustration of Bitcoins
  • Wednesday, 17 May, 2023
    Exchange traded funds
    Fund groups race to launch first US ether futures ETF

    Direxion, Roundhill Investments, Bitwise and Valkyrie file for launch immediately after Grayscale

    Representation of Ethereum
  • Sunday, 5 February, 2023
    The Big Read
    Can the pioneer of blockchain gaming survive the crypto winter?

    Yat Siu has become the pre-eminent investor in this hyped field. But as well as the slump in crypto assets, he faces questions from regulators

  • Friday, 27 January, 2023
    Watches & Jewellery
    Finematter digital certificates smooth way for circular jewellery economy

    Platform aims to increase transparency on provenance of pieces from smaller makers, boosting resale potential

    Finematter’s CEO Caroline Chalmer sitting by a window, arms resting on the chair
  • Thursday, 26 January, 2023
    Markets InsightOusmène Jacques Mandeng
    CBDCs are set to transform how payments are made

    Development of the digital currencies is gathering pace around the world

    Bank of England bank notes composing room in 1909
  • Monday, 2 January, 2023
    LexBanks
    Central bank digital currency: blockchain could upend banking Premium content

    Banks must lead industrialisation of their services or risk further erosion of earnings from core activities

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