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  • Saturday, 21 May, 2022
    On Wall StreetBrendan Greeley
    The eternal dream of automatic money

    A currency that cannot be corrupted by bad decisions is not what humans really want

  • Friday, 20 May, 2022
    #techFT
    No thanks for the meme-ories Premium content

    Musk denies harassment, Grab recovers, Amazon Fire 7

  • Friday, 20 May, 2022
    Celsius Network Ltd
    Crypto lender Celsius stung by sell-off in digital asset market

    Value of customer assets deposited on platform has shrunk by half since the start of 2022

  • Friday, 20 May, 2022
    Cryptocurrencies
    Financial regulator cautions UK against rushing to create ‘crypto hub’

    FCA chair calls for ‘realism’ on how issuers and traders will be monitored after government launches ambitious bid

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

    Bolting the stable door after the stablecoin has bolted

  • Friday, 20 May, 2022
    News in-depthCryptocurrencies
    Luna collapse highlights crypto exchanges’ role as gatekeepers

    Platforms act as key decision makers on which digital assets are accessible to mainstream traders

  • Thursday, 19 May, 2022
    Gillian Tett
    The Goldilocks crisis may have arrived for crypto

    Key player and policymakers must now embrace reform to weed out the bad, while retaining some good

  • Thursday, 19 May, 2022
    Financial services
    Cryptocurrency platform FTX expands into US equities market

    Group led by Sam Bankman-Fried discloses ambition to become the ‘everything exchange’

  • Thursday, 19 May, 2022
    Jemima Kelly
    There is a moral case against crypto

    The environmental, financial and psychological harm caused by ‘mining’ digital currencies is enormous

  • Wednesday, 18 May, 2022
    Argentina
    Crypto adoption spreads in Argentina even as central bank tightens rules

    Country says it is trying to mitigate risks from growing use of sometimes volatile assets

  • Tuesday, 17 May, 2022
    Coinbase
    Coinbase slows hiring as chill in crypto markets hits exchange

    Group’s shares have slumped around 75% this year as digital assets market pulls back sharply

  • Tuesday, 17 May, 2022
    Tether
    Investors pull $7bn from Tether as stablecoin jitters intensify

    Tether’s market value falls 9% after stablecoin briefly lost peg against US dollar

  • Tuesday, 17 May, 2022
    Helen Thomas
    Crypto’s collapse highlights UK policy tensions

    Weeks after London pitched itself as a ‘global hub’, market disorder further muddies debate over regulation

  • Monday, 16 May, 2022
    #techFT
    Crypto world howls over luna eclipse Premium content

    Tech groups cut jobs and risk, Uber’s new addition, electric chopsticks

  • Monday, 16 May, 2022
    FintechFT
    Inside India’s complex relationship with crypto Premium content

    Plus, FTX’s founder says Bitcoin has no future as a payments network and fintech M&A plummeted last month

  • Monday, 16 May, 2022
    Q&ATwitter Inc
    Is this cryptogeddon? Join a live FT Twitter discussion

    Scott Chipolina, Jemima Kelly, Kadhim Shubber and Siddharth Venkataramakrishnan will take your questions at 3.30pm BST/10.30am ET

  • Monday, 16 May, 2022
    Cryptocurrencies
    Nomura prepares to launch crypto subsidiary

    Japan’s largest investment bank is setting up unit with 100 staff by 2024

  • Monday, 16 May, 2022
    LexNomura Holdings Inc
    Nomura: pushing into bitcoin futures as price slump shakes confidence Premium content

    Investment bank’s decision could provide a new revenue stream but comes amid a plunge in crypto

  • Monday, 16 May, 2022
    Markets InsightKarel Lannoo
    EU’s proposed crypto regulations are flawed

    Light-touch rules on digital assets and exchanges leave investors vulnerable and increase misunderstanding

  • Monday, 16 May, 2022
    Bitcoin
    Bitcoin has no future as a payments network, says FTX chief

    Bankman-Fried criticises biggest digital asset over inefficiency and high environmental costs

  • Sunday, 15 May, 2022
    ETF HubLatest news on ETFs
    First crypto ETFs to launch in Australia underwhelm on debut

    Funds from ETF Securities and Cosmos beat rivals to market despite delays

  • Sunday, 15 May, 2022
    Cryptocurrencies
    Goldman Sachs and Barclays bank invest in Alan Howard’s crypto platform

    Bet on digital assets comes despite fall in crypto and values Elwood Technologies at $500mn

  • Sunday, 15 May, 2022
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Stablecoins need to be tethered by real-world rules

    Shocks to the cryptosphere’s vital cog can reverberate to financial markets

  • Saturday, 14 May, 2022
    The Long ViewKatie Martin
    The crypto shake-out shows boring is back

    Disrupters of the global financial system have been disrupted as the Fed removes punch bowl of stimulus

  • Friday, 13 May, 2022
    The Big Read
    The week that shook crypto

    The failure of a once-hyped stablecoin has sparked serious questions over the functioning of the entire crypto market

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