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    Markets InsightHilary Allen
    The dark side of tokenisation

    The financial industry needs to think of resilience as much as efficiency when putting real-world assets on to blockchains

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    Approvals follow January debut of first US spot bitcoin ETFs

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  • Wednesday, 22 May, 2024
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    First UK crypto ETPs to launch on May 28

    Regulator’s ruling means WisdomTree, 21Shares and Invesco bitcoin and ether funds will be off limits to retail investors

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  • Tuesday, 14 May, 2024
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    BlackRock closes in on crown of world’s largest bitcoin fund

    Asset manager pushes deeper into digital assets after ETF success

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  • Friday, 10 May, 2024
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  • Thursday, 18 April, 2024
    Markets InsightChris Dixon
    Crypto regulation must not prioritise memes over matter

    Lack of clarity in the industry is causing confusion among entrepreneurs

    A billboard in Times Square in New York displays signs for Dogecoin in 2021
  • Tuesday, 16 April, 2024
    Bitcoin
    Bitcoin’s halving makes its future pay-to-play

    As mining rewards fall, transaction fees must rise

  • Thursday, 21 March, 2024
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    An Anglo-Italian company says it has cracked bitcoin. People have questions

    Trade secrets and nonce sense

  • Monday, 18 March, 2024
    Exchange traded funds
    Crypto ETN providers head for UK but urge rethink on retail ban

    The FCA has said it will allow listing requests but only give access to ‘professional investors’

  • Sunday, 25 February, 2024
    News in-depthCryptocurrencies
    $100mn in crypto payments traced to Myanmar-based ‘scammers’

    Analysts say Tether digital coins were used to transfer funds from victims of ‘pig butchering’ racket

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  • Thursday, 1 February, 2024
    Chris Dixon
    Big tech killed the internet — blockchain can help revive it

    Unlike traditional computers, blockchains ensure that any code they run will continue to operate as designed

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  • Thursday, 14 December, 2023
    Markets InsightNouriel Roubini
    ‘Flatcoins’ are the way forward

    The tokens merge the benefits of blockchain and fintech to provide a hedge against inflation while doing social good

  • Tuesday, 5 December, 2023
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    Buying frenzy puts some Grayscale crypto funds at ‘absurd’ premiums

    Grayscale Filecoin Trust hit high of more than 10 times underlying value of its assets in November

  • Friday, 1 December, 2023
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    Tokenised securities: blockchain offers more than lower cost and faster speed Premium content

    Tokenisation would blur the line that separates private and public assets

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  • Tuesday, 14 November, 2023
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    An almost convincing Delaware-crypto-filing scam

    No, BlackRock is not creating a iShares XRP fund

  • 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

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  • Monday, 23 October, 2023
    ExplainerFT Guides
    Digital financial services: an explainer

    Online trading platforms and blockchain ledger technology are transforming the way people save and invest. Here, FT journalists explain the potential of these new developments in the retail and institutional financial services industry Supported by Infosys

  • Monday, 23 October, 2023
    FT GuidesDigital financial services: an explainer
    How is blockchain changing financial services?

    The technology has yet to make significant inroads into the traditional banking sector

    A man removing a computer unit from a wall-mounted bank of units in a cryptocurrency mining facility
  • Monday, 23 October, 2023
    FT GuidesDigital financial services: an explainer
    How can blockchain be used to trade bonds?

    Banks are making use of the technology underlying crypto — but how does it work with highly regulated assets?

  • 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

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  • Wednesday, 4 October, 2023
    Exchange traded funds
    Ether futures ETFs fizzle on US debut

    The nine ETFs saw combined trading volume of $6.6mn on Monday — attracting only a fraction of BITO’s $1bn initial haul

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