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Stablecoin: How will it impact the UK payments regime?

Stablecoin: How will it impact the UK payments regime?

Bazil Sansom
16 Jul 2024

When I pop to my local newsagents for my Friday night treat, it is still jarring to find I must spen...

How to realise the benefits of CBDCs

How to realise the benefits of CBDCs

Hamish Monk
11 Jun 2024

With a good amount of responses to Finextra’s introductory short read, ‘What is CBDC?’ we follow up ...

Is Europe ready for MiCA?

Is Europe ready for MiCA?

Madhvi Mavadiya
07 Jun 2024

Europe is currently at the tipping point of regulating cryptocurrency. The European Union has passed...

US Elections 2024: Will a crypto-savvy President be preferred after the FIT21 bill?

US Elections 2024: Will a crypto-savvy President be preferred after the FIT21 bill?

Madhvi Mavadiya
30 May 2024

May 2024 saw the US House of Representatives pass FIT21 – the Financial Innovation and Technology f...

Hyperbitcoinisation: Fantasy or reality?

Hyperbitcoinisation: Fantasy or reality?

Hamish Monk
28 May 2024

The first page of the cryptocurrency history book should open in the early 1970s, when the United St...

Ukraine’s crypto adoption: Why alternative finance is increasingly vital

Ukraine’s crypto adoption: Why alternative finance is increasingly vital

Hamish Monk
10 May 2024

For those well-read on the economic and financial pressures induced by conflict, it will come as no...

From cash to crypto: Understanding the changing face of money

From cash to crypto: Understanding the changing face of money

Vid Hribar
28 Feb 2024

This piece was co-authored by Gerald Ruschka, digital banking leader at RBI. Money is a topic that ...

EU CBDC: What do we know so far about the digital euro?

EU CBDC: What do we know so far about the digital euro?

Sehrish Alikhan
21 Feb 2024

The European Central Bank (ECB) has been working on developing the digital euro, a central bank digi...

CBDCs in fintech services: What are the risks and opportunities?

CBDCs in fintech services: What are the risks and opportunities?

Vladimir Krasik
15 Feb 2024

Many central banks around the world are now pursuing projects of central bank digital currencies (CB...

Crypto disputes on the rise – a 2024 look at litigation, arbitration and regulation

Crypto disputes on the rise – a 2024 look at litigation, arbitration and regulation

Nell Perks
31 Jan 2024

The English courts and international arbitral institutions have observed a steady uptick in crypto d...

When is the next Bitcoin halving? Everything you need to know

When is the next Bitcoin halving? Everything you need to know

Dominique Dierks
19 Jan 2024

The next Bitcoin halving is just around the corner, which will have significant impact on not just t...

What is an ETF? All you need to know after the US SEC approves Bitcoin spot ETFs

What is an ETF? All you need to know after the US SEC approves Bitcoin spot ETFs

Níamh Curran
11 Jan 2024

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced its approval of 11 bitcoin spot ETFs, al...