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    Nikou Asgari

    Digital Markets Correspondent

    Nikou Asgari covers trading, traditional and crypto exchanges for the FT from London. She previously worked in New York, writing about US mergers and acquisitions and the US pharmaceutical industry during the coronavirus pandemic, and has also covered European markets and corporate finance from London. She joined the FT in 2018.
    Email Nikou Asgari @nikasgari  on Twitter (link opens in a new browser window)

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    • Wednesday, 6 December, 2023
      Société Générale
      Société Générale to become first big bank to list a stablecoin

      French lender launches trading of token fully backed by euros on Bitstamp exchange

      The Société Générale logo
    • Tuesday, 5 December, 2023
      Cryptocurrencies
      New Binance chief refuses to disclose global headquarters’ location

      Richard Teng maintains stance taken by predecessor Changpeng Zhao, who pleaded guilty to US charges last month

      Richard Teng
    • Tuesday, 5 December, 2023
      Cryptocurrencies
      Binance’s $4.3bn fine was set high as a warning, says US regulator

      CFTC commissioner says crypto groups should ‘take the hint’ after penalty designed to bring ‘order and structure’

      Binance chief executive Changpeng Zhao
    • Tuesday, 5 December, 2023
      London Stock Exchange Group
      London Stock Exchange suffers new trading outages

      Small-cap stocks affected in incidents that appear identical to glitch in October

      A sign on the outside of the London Stock Exchange Group’s offices in the City of London
    • Thursday, 30 November, 2023
      Euroclear SA
      Belarus debtholders dispute frozen $800mn bond at Euroclear

      Securities depository holds up payments due to disagreement over debt status

      Brussels skyline
    • Sunday, 26 November, 2023
      Cryptocurrencies
      Crypto Kings dethroned as crackdown sweeps away old guard

      Criminal and civil charges end boom era’s ‘cult of personality’

    • Thursday, 23 November, 2023
      Unhedged podcast18 min listen
      What the London Stock Exchange really trades

      The LSE has become a data merchant. Do its listings still matter?

    • Thursday, 23 November, 2023
      Binance
      Binance’s crypto dominance under threat after loss of founder Zhao

      US compliance squeeze means new chief executive Richard Teng will be hard-pressed to keep exchange competitive

      Changpeng Zhao
    • Friday, 17 November, 2023
      London Stock Exchange Group
      LSE Group chief says higher US stock market valuations ‘a myth’

      David Schwimmer defends London market after Glencore said it would list planned mining spin-off in New York

      David Schwimmer
    • Thursday, 16 November, 2023
      The Big Read
      LSE Group: when equities are no longer the stock in trade

      The 300-year-old exchange makes under 4% of its revenues from listing and dealing stocks, as it has become one of the world’s biggest financial data groups

      A montage of vertical red and green arrows depicting LSE revenues pointing in opposite directions, random numbers and a two-toned line chart
    • Monday, 13 November, 2023
      Venture capital investment
      The Block sold to Foresight Ventures in deal worth $70mn

      Singapore venture capital group takes 80% stake in crypto media group

    • Wednesday, 8 November, 2023
      Fintech
      The crypto ATM business is somehow still booming

      In the anarcho-capitalist, ungovernable, legally murky world of hash-for-cash machines, the good times have never ended

    • 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
    • Thursday, 2 November, 2023
      UK financial regulation
      Former FCA boss warns of risks to investors from UK plan to regulate crypto

      Charles Randell says treating sector’s assets the same as regular investments could lead to ‘consumer harms’

      Charles Randell, former chair of the Financial Conduct Authority
    • Monday, 30 October, 2023
      Cryptocurrencies
      UK pushes ahead with plans to regulate crypto market

      Ministers seek to strengthen oversight of stablecoins, bringing rules in line with traditional financial services

      Two Tether crypocurrency coins
    • Thursday, 26 October, 2023
      Russian assets
      Euroclear earns €3bn from Russian assets frozen by west

      Windfall for Belgian depository likely to raise pressure to channel proceeds to Ukraine

      The Moscow International Business Center
    • Monday, 23 October, 2023
      Cryptocurrencies
      Tougher UK crypto regime sparks boom for compliance advisers

      Start-ups receive boost from new marketing rules on digital assets

      Skyscrapers in the City of London square mile
    • 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
    • Thursday, 19 October, 2023
      Cryptocurrencies
      New York sues DCG, Gemini and Genesis over alleged $1.1bn crypto fraud

      More than 230,000 investors were lied to over safety of cryptocurrency investments, says lawsuit

      Letitia James speaks to media
    • Thursday, 19 October, 2023
      London Stock Exchange Group
      LSE outage halts trading in hundreds of small-cap stocks

      Incident means investors limited to trading shares in FTSE 100 and 250 indices and depositary receipts

      People walk inside the atrium of the London Stock Exchange
    • Saturday, 14 October, 2023
      Cryptocurrencies
      City minister presses UK regulator to show restraint on new crypto advertising rules

      Andrew Griffith calls on FCA to show ‘forbearance’ over tougher standards

      Crypto advertising on the London Underground in 2021
    • Wednesday, 11 October, 2023
      ETF HubLatest news on ETFs
      European investors count the cost of US ‘meme stock’ clean-up

      Banks and fund managers face shorter window to finalise deals as US reforms its securities market

      Signage outside a GameStop store in New York
    • Friday, 29 September, 2023
      Cryptocurrencies
      Three Arrows co-founder sent to prison in Singapore, says liquidator

      Teneo says Su Zhu, a key figure at the collapsed crypto hedge fund, was arrested at Changi airport

      Bitcoins
    • Friday, 29 September, 2023
      Cryptofinance
      Cutting to the Chase in London Premium content

      Plus, Binance exits Russia and Pokémon as a security token

    • Wednesday, 27 September, 2023
      Binance
      Cryptocurrency exchange Binance to exit Russia

      World’s largest crypto marketplace sells local business to a venue that launched on Tuesday

      Montage of Binance logo and Moscow skyline
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