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    • 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

    • 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

    • 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

    • 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

    • 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

    • Friday, 30 December, 2022
      Case for blockchain in financial services dented by failures

      Despite high-profile experiments going awry in 2022, some banks are still committed to the technology

    • Friday, 16 December, 2022
      Hyun Song Shin
      The great crypto crisis is upon us

      Any regulation needs to look at what tangible economic benefits the industry actually offers

    • Tuesday, 6 December, 2022
      OutlookMercedes Ruehl
      Is Boris Johnson really the emissary that blockchain needs right now?

      FTX’s ignominious collapse leaves a sector searching for justification

    • Friday, 2 December, 2022
      Markets InsightRobin Vince
      Time for a reset of the crypto opportunity

      Disruptive behaviour by some should not be allowed to spoil the opportunity in digital ledger technology

    • Thursday, 24 November, 2022
      Gillian Tett
      Blockchain may have a green future regardless of crypto

      Scandals like FTX should not detract from the experiments going on with the technology elsewhere

    • Thursday, 24 November, 2022
      FTX: The Wallet Inspection

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    • Tuesday, 22 November, 2022
      FT Tech for Growth Forum
      How technology can help redraw the supply chain map

      Certain innovations show promise in dealing with current supply chain challenges, but companies must know which problems they want to solve first

    • Thursday, 17 November, 2022
      ASX Ltd
      Australian stock exchange apologises for dropping botched blockchain upgrade

      Pioneering project’s failure threatens to leave country behind UK and EU, critics say

    • Tuesday, 15 November, 2022
      Wait, wasn’t bitcoin supposed to solve this?

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    • Saturday, 12 November, 2022
      FTX Trading Ltd
      FTX balance sheet, revealed

      “Hidden poorly internally labled ‘fiat@’ account . . .”

    • Friday, 11 November, 2022
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      Changpeng ‘CZ’ Zhao, crypto’s ‘corporate raider’

      The Binance founder’s actions left Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX filing for bankruptcy

    • Tuesday, 8 November, 2022
      Farewell SBFweet prince

      FTX surrenders to Binance in crypto’s most hostile takeover

    • Thursday, 3 November, 2022
      Cryptocurrencies
      Crypto miners hit hard in digital asset industry’s downturn

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    • Tuesday, 1 November, 2022
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      Ether miners repurpose tools following the ‘Merge’

      Consumers plan to reuse energy-intensive equipment for alternative services

    • Friday, 28 October, 2022
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      Five of the worst ETF first-year performances are crypto-related

      The cryptocurrency and blockchain funds launched in 2021 just before prices tumbled

    • Wednesday, 19 October, 2022
      Markets InsightHilary Allen
      The ‘Merge’ did not fix Ethereum

      Switch in the way the blockchain works is leading to increasing centralisation of the network

    • Monday, 10 October, 2022
      Moody’s blockchain blind spot

      Reports of the technology’s adoption are greatly exaggerated

    • Friday, 7 October, 2022
      Binance
      Binance blockchain suffers $570mn hack

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