Youth want to run Britcoin, law firms surge in crypto
When the head of the treasury launched a search for someone to lead their work on a digital pound, they probably expected someone quite senior to...
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Britcoin is ‘likely’, plus face UN anti-crypto influencers
If you thought crypto would be less hectic in 2023, you were wrong. First, the Treasury Department published a major consultation on how it would regulate...
The Fintech files: Kraken’s ‘savage’ layoffs, more trouble for crypto hedge funds
Employees at Kraken have become the latest victims of the crypto winter after the US-based exchange announced 1,100 job cuts. One employee said: “I went to...
The Fintech files: Kraken’s ‘savage’ layoffs, more trouble for crypto hedge funds
Employees at Kraken have become the latest victims of the crypto winter after the US-based exchange announced 1,100 job cuts. One employee said: “I went to...
Fintech files: BlockFi bust, former Celsius execs tell all, Tory super crypto donor does it again
Just when you thought crypto couldn’t get any more chaotic, another company has filed for bankruptcy – lender BlockFi. The firm was one of the most...
The Fintech Files: Fidelity cashes in on crypto chaos, Cunliffe calls for regulation, latest FTX bankruptcy
The collapse of Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX has shattered confidence in the crypto sector and, in the eyes of some, presented it with an existential problem. But...
The Fintech Files: FTX fallout, MPs make Binance squirm, and crypto sector full of ‘f****** sociopaths’
It’s been seven days since Sam Bankman-Fried said: “FTX is fine. Assets are fine.” Many things are still unclear, but one thing is certain: FTX was...
The Fintech Files: StanChart Targets Abu Dhabi, Nomura Looks at Crypto Trading
While regulators in the US, UK and Europe have been dragging their feet on crypto, Abu Dhabi has been quietly throwing in some business. The emirate...
The Fintech Files: Royal Mint NFT is still in the works, JPMorgan hires from Celsius
When Liz Truss resigned as Prime Minister last week, crypto firms were concerned that it could further undermine Britain’s plans to become a so-called “crypto hub”....
The Fintech files: Institutional money will ‘drag us’ out of crypto winter, FCA goes on a hiring spree
Highlights from London’s Digital Asset Summit on October 17 included David Mercer, CEO of LMAX, speaking on the topic on everyone’s mind: the length of the...
