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    • 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

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    • 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

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    • 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

    • 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

      Bitcoin offices in Istanbul, Turkey
    • 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

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    • 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

      FT montage of cryptocurrency images
    • 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

      Efi Chalikopoulou illustration of a golden crypto coin with electronic circuits on it, some of them green leaves and flowers grow. The coin is drawn on a yellow background on the left side turning green at the right side with branches of leaves in different shades of green.
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