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Tether’s market value falls 9% after stablecoin briefly lost peg against US dollar
Japan’s largest investment bank is setting up unit with 100 staff by 2024
Bankman-Fried criticises biggest digital asset over inefficiency and high environmental costs
Bet on digital assets comes despite fall in crypto and values Elwood Technologies at $500mn
Funds from ETF Securities and Cosmos beat rivals to market despite delays
Exchange’s shares fall after disappointing earnings and bleak outlook
Participants in a recent conference admit that leaner times are on the way for holders of digital assets
Binance.US is wise to raise funds while it can, but mainstream acceptance will be slow
As more people buy digital assets, many of them young, their appeal as a campaign tool is easy to understand
More change is on the cards but industry participants are accustomed to moving fast
Clubs have a different social role from other companies and should not encourage fans to take financial risks
A currency that cannot be corrupted by bad decisions is not what humans really want
FCA chair calls for ‘realism’ on how issuers and traders will be monitored after government launches ambitious bid
Bolting the stable door after the stablecoin has bolted
Platforms act as key decision makers on which digital assets are accessible to mainstream traders
Key player and policymakers must now embrace reform to weed out the bad, while retaining some good
Group led by Sam Bankman-Fried discloses ambition to become the ‘everything exchange’
The environmental, financial and psychological harm caused by ‘mining’ digital currencies is enormous
Country says it is trying to mitigate risks from growing use of sometimes volatile assets
Group’s shares have slumped around 75% this year as digital assets market pulls back sharply
Weeks after London pitched itself as a ‘global hub’, market disorder further muddies debate over regulation
Plus, FTX’s founder says Bitcoin has no future as a payments network and fintech M&A plummeted last month
Scott Chipolina, Jemima Kelly, Kadhim Shubber and Siddharth Venkataramakrishnan will take your questions at 3.30pm BST/10.30am ET
Investment bank’s decision could provide a new revenue stream but comes amid a plunge in crypto
Light-touch rules on digital assets and exchanges leave investors vulnerable and increase misunderstanding
Shocks to the cryptosphere’s vital cog can reverberate to financial markets
Disrupters of the global financial system have been disrupted as the Fed removes punch bowl of stimulus
The failure of a once-hyped stablecoin has sparked serious questions over the functioning of the entire crypto market
TradFi ruined everything, Morgan Stanley says
Crypto turns to the fake press release to prop things up
And how the Fed can control rent inflation
Heavy selling breaks stablecoin Tether’s link to the US dollar
Sam Bankman-Fried’s disclosure of $648mn in share purchases sends company’s stock soaring
Cash and bank deposits made up only 5 per cent of its assets as of the end of December
The $80bn stablecoin has drawn close scrutiny after it slipped far from its peg against the dollar
The ramifications of a tether crisis of confidence.
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