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  • Wednesday, 9 January, 2019
    Call for pan-EU rules on crypto assets

    Year-long study finds patchwork of rules could be exploited, putting consumers at risk

  • Thursday, 3 January, 2019
    FT AlphavilleJemima Kelly
    Happy birthday bitcoin. Your gift: a log chart in The Times

    A fitting chart for a ten-year-old.

  • Wednesday, 2 January, 2019
    Crypto funds appeal for patience after rout

    Collapse in prices in 2018 shakes faith in the future of digital assets

  • Tuesday, 1 January, 2019
    Eswar Prasad
    The Fed should seize blockchain’s potential  

    Central banks must embrace new financial technologies to boost market stability

  • Sunday, 30 December, 2018
    FCA probes 18 businesses involved in cryptocurrency deals

    Regulator also issued warnings to dozens of companies suspected of crypto scams

  • Monday, 24 December, 2018
    AnalysisMarkets
    Trades of 2018: the good, the bad and the wrongfooted

    Volatility and politics clashed in a year that roiled almost every market

  • Friday, 21 December, 2018
    Merryn Somerset Webb
    Christmas books for investors

    How a republished 1840s classic sheds light on the bitcoin bubble

  • Friday, 21 December, 2018
    Katie Martin
    Year in a Word: Crypto

    A long overdue dose of common sense seems to have killed the digital token fad

  • Thursday, 20 December, 2018
    UK government ‘ready’ to allow regulator oversight of crypto assets
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  • Wednesday, 19 December, 2018
    Crypto miners fight for survival amid market turmoil

    Falling prices and rising costs mean finding efficiencies is key to riding out the storm

  • Monday, 17 December, 2018
    FT AlphavilleJemima Kelly
    You know things are bad when Tether is in the crypto top 5

    Dolla dolla bill y'all.

  • Friday, 14 December, 2018
    FT AlphavilleJemima Kelly
    It turns out “bond tokens” and “share tokens” might just be classed as securities

    “Having to apply US securities regulation to the system had a serious negative impact on our ability to launch”.

  • Friday, 14 December, 2018
    FT AlphavilleJamie Powell
    The bitcoin price is wrong

    You gotta have faith.

  • Monday, 10 December, 2018
    FT AlphavilleJemima Kelly
    Chart crime as a measure of crypto-desperation

    Because who doesn't love a dreadful, misleading, four-month old chart.

  • Monday, 10 December, 2018
    Gibraltar slaps £250k fine on WaveCrest; CEO stands down

    “In several respects its AML/ CFT systems and controls...fell below the standard expected of it for regulatory purposes.”

  • Friday, 7 December, 2018
    FT AlphavilleJemima Kelly
    “Cryptoassets” are crashing again. Is it time to start calling them cryptoliabilities instead?

    Being an asset is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are one, you aren't.

  • Friday, 7 December, 2018
    Bitcoin
    Bitcoin slides to 15-month low

    Cryptocurrency was nearing $3,000 mark

  • Tuesday, 4 December, 2018
    Bitcoin
    Crypto miners undeterred by market collapse, Argo Blockchain says

    Steep fall in value of many virtual coins has failed to dent demand in mining subscriptions

  • Friday, 30 November, 2018
    FT AlphavilleJemima Kelly
    Puff the tragic cryptowagon smokes out the Mumsnet demographic

    Some mothers do 'ave em. But most, thank God, don't.

  • Thursday, 29 November, 2018
    Initial coin offerings
    Floyd Mayweather and DJ Khaled settle SEC claims over ICOs

    Boxer and rapper were charged for failing to disclose payments for promoting digital currencies

  • Thursday, 29 November, 2018
    FT AlphavilleJamie Powell
    Crypto-shills

    Last year, Joe Public went all in on crypto, and plenty egged them on.

  • Wednesday, 28 November, 2018
    Bitcoin
    Bitcoin edges back above $4,000

    Cryptocurrency is on track for its biggest daily rise since April

  • Wednesday, 28 November, 2018
    AnalysisFT Trading Room
    Corners of Wall St remain undeterred by crypto crash

    Mainstream finance is experimenting with digital tokens despite bitcoin tumble

  • Monday, 26 November, 2018
    Bitcoin
    ‘I need a selling season’ — bitcoin sinks below $4,000

    Cryptocurrency has lost nearly three-quarters of its value since January

  • Monday, 26 November, 2018
    Bitcoin
    Capitulation is the wrong word for the bitcoin market

    An absence of buyers is the phenomenon here.

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