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    • Thursday, 11 August, 2022
      Stablecoins do not make for a stable financial system

      Applying the logistics of financial stability to the cryptoverse

    • Monday, 8 August, 2022
      Markets InsightMiles Jennings
      In defence of stablecoins

      The culprit behind recent crypto tumult was not technology but a concept familiar to traditional finance — bad collateral

    • Tuesday, 2 August, 2022
      Markets InsightNicolaes Tollenaar
      The future of stablecoins is commercial bank money

      The business models of issuers will not survive unless they can pay or charge interest

    • Tuesday, 26 July, 2022
      News in-depthCryptofinance
      Tether’s recovery of an $840mn loan scrutinised in Celsius bankruptcy

      Case is a major test of how US insolvency rules will apply in the digital asset sector

    • Friday, 8 July, 2022
      Cryptocurrencies
      Top Fed official warns of ‘serious vulnerabilities’ in crypto industry

      Sector needs tighter regulation as it is susceptible to same risks as traditional finance, Lael Brainard says

    • Tuesday, 5 July, 2022
      Martin Wolf
      Cryptocurrencies are not the new monetary system we need

      They proliferate uncontrollably and are objects of speculation rather than stores of value

    • Thursday, 30 June, 2022
      Tether
      Tether’s mystery commercial paper exposure

      Tweets from the stablecoin’s CTO are raising new questions about reserve quality

    • Thursday, 23 June, 2022
      InterviewCryptocurrencies
      Singapore regulator vows to be ‘unrelentingly hard’ on crypto

      Stance marks shift in rhetoric from city-state that had courted digital currency companies

    • Tuesday, 21 June, 2022
      Cryptocurrencies
      Crypto exchange FTX bails out lending platform BlockFi

      Rescue prompts comparisons between chief executive Sam Bankman-Fried and a crypto central bank

    • Tuesday, 21 June, 2022
      Cryptocurrencies
      Staff at crypto operator Terraform Labs hit with flight ban

      South Korean prosecutors take action as they investigate company behind $40bn luna wipeout

    • Monday, 20 June, 2022
      Celsius Network Ltd
      Celsius warns it will ‘take time’ to stabilise as bitcoin hovers near $20,000

      Crypto lender says it has an ‘open dialogue’ with regulators after suspending withdrawals

    • Friday, 10 June, 2022
      US court orders Terraform Labs’ chief to comply with SEC subpoenas

      Do Kwon told to submit information on digital token trading network

    • Friday, 10 June, 2022
      Markets InsightSheila Bair
      Regulate stablecoins. Please!

      It is time for regulators to get creative and use their current powers to act

    • Thursday, 9 June, 2022
      Cryptocurrencies
      South Korea launches investigations into company behind luna crypto crash

      Legal pressure mounts on developer Do Kwon’s Terraform Labs after its tokens collapsed

    • Friday, 3 June, 2022
      Cryptocurrencies
      Japan passes stablecoin law giving protection to crypto investors

      Cryptocurrencies have come under global scrutiny following the collapse of a popular token

    • Wednesday, 1 June, 2022
      Behind the Money podcast26 min listen
      Tether’s path to the spotlight

      FT reporters dig into the professional histories of two executives who sit atop two of crypto’s most important businesses

    • Tuesday, 31 May, 2022
      UK Treasury proposes insolvency regime to manage stablecoins’ failures

      Collapse of terra has heightened regulatory concerns over the assets that underpin crypto markets

    • Monday, 30 May, 2022
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      The wages of Masayoshi Son as tech falls Premium content

      Tether’s Bahamas bank, Top Gun’s top takings, Xiaomi’s new TVs

    • Monday, 30 May, 2022
      Cryptocurrencies
      Tether has held some reserves at Bahamas bank Capital Union

      Stablecoin has faced $10bn in redemptions after it briefly lost its peg with US dollar

    • Friday, 27 May, 2022
      Serious MoneyClaer Barrett
      Hard lessons from the crypto crash

      Can anything challenge the belief that investing in digital assets is a guaranteed route to riches?

    • Wednesday, 25 May, 2022
      Lex
      Crypto/Luna: exchanges are likely to be the only winners Premium content

      Investors are left with little recourse if a cryptocurrency is delisted

    • Wednesday, 25 May, 2022
      Markets InsightHilary Allen
      We’re asking the wrong questions about stablecoins

      Real issue is whether these crypto assets should be allowed to exist at all

    • Wednesday, 25 May, 2022
      Behind the Money podcast20 min listen
      A crypto vibe shift?

      How a popular token’s collapse led to questions about the whole crypto market’s stability

    • Tuesday, 24 May, 2022
      Cryptocurrencies
      Money Clinic Podcast: Surviving the ‘Crypto Crash’

      As two young investors reveal the extent of their crypto losses, could more be done to protect consumers?

    • Friday, 20 May, 2022
      Tether
      Barclays to tether: the test is yet to come

      Bolting the stable door after the stablecoin has bolted

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