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Payments company Square’s announcement that it would put some $50 million, or 1% of its assets, into bitcoin has touched off speculation that more corporations might do the same. Jack Dorsey, the Twitter CEO who also helms Square, is a longtime bitcoin bull, so it wasn’t a huge surprise his company would
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The Money Reimagined PodcastAfter reading this newsletter, make sure you check out the latest edition of our podcast. This week, Sheila Warren and I talk to Hyperledger Executive Director Brian Behlendorf about self-sovereign identity, the topic of the column below. A developer whose three-decade career has seen him deeply involved in
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Ray Dalio has warned investors of the perils of holding cash. He argues the U.S. dollar has become a risky asset as a result of fiscal stimulus and debt production.The market would largely agree with Dalio’s assessment, given its fight to gold, other currencies, and equities.But the flight away from
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In the year 2030, if we do this right, money, the foundation of our economy and civilization will be unrecognizable. As a society we have grown so accustomed to the status quo of today’s money – fiat currencies issued and controlled by governments and central banks – that we forget
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Before we get into this week’s column, an announcement, one I’m super excited about. Today, we’re simultaneously launching a new podcast under the same name as this newsletter: CryptoX’s Money Reimagined. Like the newsletter, it’s a conversation around the technological, political and social forces reshaping our financial system. For each show,
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The unprecedented plunge of the shares of HSBC and Standard Chartered on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange has pushed the exchange to lead losses in the Asian region.Renowned international banks including the Hong Kong-based arms of HSBC Holding Plc (HKG: 0005), Standard Chartered Plc (HKG: 2888), and others have been
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The massive leak of suspicious activity reports shows how banks let the government know about likely money laundering, then go right on providing services. The FinCEN Files are a leaked cache of suspicious activity reports filed by banks with the U.S .Financial Crimes Enforcement Network. The more than 2,000 files, representing
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Haunting red skies, a mounting death toll and a giant swath of smoldering devastation across 12 western U.S. states compels us to talk this week about climate change and what it means for the cryptocurrency industry. Because, whether you like it or not, both of those things are not going away. Sadly,
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DeFi is continuously growing, however, only a few people in crypto world benefit from using such platforms. Here are Top-6 options that can be used to raise money in this way.Many crypto users have heard about DeFi and some of its better-known platform options. However, only a few crypto users
Read MoreThe rapid growth in decentralized finance and yield farming is likely to attract greater regulatory attention according to a recent report.A joint research paper by global management consulting firm BCG Platinion and Crypto.com has indicated that the rapid growth in DeFi in 2020 has created the potential for money laundering
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