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  • Thursday, 26 May, 2022
    David Pilling
    Central African Republic’s adoption of bitcoin is mostly about geopolitics

    What use is cryptocurrency in an impoverished country where 85 per cent of people lack access to the internet?

  • Thursday, 26 May, 2022
    Lex
    Crypto start-ups: private investment goes against the market flow Premium content

    Rising rates and fears of a recession have not deterred fundraisers

  • Wednesday, 25 May, 2022
    FT MagazineGillian Tett
    The supposed method in El Salvador’s crypto madness

    The perspective on bitcoin looks different from an emerging market vantage

  • Wednesday, 25 May, 2022
    LexStablecoins
    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
    Cryptocurrencies
    Behind the Money, an FT podcast about business, money and power returns

    From hostile takeovers to C-suite intrigue, Behind the Money takes you inside the business and financial stories of the moment

  • 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?

  • Monday, 23 May, 2022
    News in-depthCryptocurrencies
    $40bn crypto collapse turns South Korea against the ‘Lunatic’ leader

    Implosion of cryptocurrency offering 20% yield makes developer Do Kwon ‘the most hated man in Korea’

  • Monday, 23 May, 2022
    Special ReportExchanges, Trading and Clearing
    The future of crypto trading is futures

    While traditional exchanges push for a slice of lucrative crypto action, specialist platforms are trading highly regulated US derivatives

  • 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
    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

  • 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 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
    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

  • 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

  • Friday, 13 May, 2022
    Did institutional investors crash the crypto party?

    TradFi ruined everything, Morgan Stanley says

  • Thursday, 12 May, 2022
    LexTether
    Tether: stablecoin sees stable foundation shaken Premium content

    Cash and bank deposits made up only 5 per cent of its assets as of the end of December

  • Thursday, 12 May, 2022
    ExplainerTether
    Why is tether central to the global cryptocurrency market?

    The $80bn stablecoin has drawn close scrutiny after it slipped far from its peg against the dollar

  • Thursday, 12 May, 2022
    Stablecoins
    How stablecoins are destabilising crypto

    The ramifications of a tether crisis of confidence.

  • Thursday, 12 May, 2022
    Markets InsightKatie Martin
    What happens in crypto may not stay in crypto this time around

    Even some who have sipped the Kool-Aid accept the latest cracks may be different

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