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Digital currencies

  • Monday, 6 October, 2025
    EU financial regulation
    EU watchdog prepares to expand oversight of crypto and exchanges

    Esma chair says move would help boost bloc’s capital markets by removing supervision from 27 separate authorities

    Verena Ross, chair of European Securities and Markets Authority (Esma), at the FinSum fintech summit in Tokyo, Japan in 2024.
  • Monday, 6 October, 2025
    Cryptocurrencies
    Kremlin-backed crypto coin moves $6bn despite US sanctions

    A7A5 token enables Russian financial flows after Washington cracks down on related exchange

    generic crypto coins and Kremlin
  • Sunday, 5 October, 2025
    Jemima Kelly
    Crypto skulduggery isn’t a bug, it’s the whole point

    Exploiting regulatory loopholes is the name of the game

    Illustration showing an bronze, coin-like circle in which a handshake is taking place
  • Friday, 3 October, 2025
    UK retail investors face delays before they can buy regulated crypto assets

    Industry executives frustrated by hold up as many investors eager to get exposure to digital market

    A neon sign with the b|itcoin logo reads “Bitcoin ATM Buy Here” behind a glass window at a gas station.
  • Wednesday, 1 October, 2025
    Central banks
    Stablecoins could cut reliance on bank lending, BoE governor says

    Andrew Bailey signals softening of stance towards digital tokens

    BoE governor Andrew Bailey
  • Wednesday, 1 October, 2025
    Andrew Bailey
    The new stablecoin regime

    An innovative technology must still answer old central banking questions

    The Bank of England in London
  • Wednesday, 1 October, 2025
    Cryptocurrencies
    Stablecoin surge will preserve US dollar dominance, says Trump Jr

    US president’s son warns that crypto industry must ‘entrench’ itself

    Donald Trump Jr holds a microphone while seated on stage during The Bitcoin Conference.
  • Wednesday, 1 October, 2025
    Cryptocurrencies
    UK seeks to keep £5bn bitcoin haul after money laundering convictions

    Complex legal battle over seized assets could run for years

    Zhimin Qian, left, and Seng Hok Ling, right
  • Tuesday, 30 September, 2025
    Cryptocurrencies
    Billionaire Barry Silbert seeks to shake legal woes ahead of Grayscale IPO

    Crypto businessman still faces lawsuit stemming from lender Genesis’s bankruptcy in the last crypto crash

    Barry Silbert and Tyler Winklevoss,
  • Monday, 29 September, 2025
    MicroStrategy Inc.
    Strategy’s incredible shrinking bitcoin purchases

    What shall we do with a shrunken Saylor?

  • Monday, 29 September, 2025
    Cryptocurrencies
    US regulator calls for crypto passporting with UK as she steps down

    Adrienne Harris to depart after four years as head of New York’s Department of Financial Services

    A neon sign for a bitcoin ATM.
  • Monday, 29 September, 2025
    Cryptocurrencies
    Crypto laundering mastermind pleads guilty in London court

    Woman admits £5bn investment fraud that she allegedly ran in China

    Montage featuring a photo of Zhimin Qian, a representation of bitcoin, and a Chinese flag
  • Monday, 29 September, 2025
    Stablecoins
    US and Eurozone central bankers divided over stablecoins

    Fed governor Christopher Waller endorses digital tokens at Frankfurt conference while Bundesbank president Joachim Nagel expresses caution

    Various physical representations of cryptocurrencies including Dogecoin, Bitcoin, Binance Coin, and Ethereum positioned closely together.
  • Monday, 29 September, 2025
    Financial & markets regulation
    Power struggle upends US crypto watchdog as Trump embraces industry

    Chair of commodity regulator left uncertain while digital currency moguls said to interfere

    Caroline Pham speaks at a podium during the FIA Boca50 conference, with a colourful abstract background behind her.
  • Monday, 29 September, 2025
    Stablecoins
    Swift to launch blockchain in response to rise of stablecoins

    Banks including Citigroup back move by payments group to allow ‘instant, always-on cross-border transactions’

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  • Thursday, 25 September, 2025
    Stablecoins
    Stablecoin issuer Circle examines ‘reversible’ transactions in departure for crypto

    President says sector should learn from traditional finance and allow refunds in cases of fraud or disputes

    The Circle website
  • Thursday, 25 September, 2025
    FT Financial Literacy and Inclusion Campaign
    Nigeria seeks to counter financial fraud scourge

    Citizens suffer at hands of crooks who profit from poor enforcement and understanding

    Girls in a social and financial skills session in Kaduna State facilitated by the Aflatoun Child Rights Cooperative Project and LYNX Nigeria ; a regulator’s Koran-inspired warning against scams
  • Wednesday, 24 September, 2025
    Tether
    Tether targets $500bn valuation with $20bn private funding round

    Deal would make crypto operator one of world’s most valuable privately owned companies

    A stack of Tether cryptocurrency coins placed on top of mock US dollar banknotes.
  • Tuesday, 23 September, 2025
    LexBitcoin
    Bitcoin treasuries play havoc with merger maths

    Strive deal points up fact that different bitcoin hoards can trade at different prices depending on who holds them

    Premium content
    Strive backer Vivek Ramaswamy
  • Tuesday, 23 September, 2025
    Cryptocurrencies
    Crypto hoarders turn to share buybacks in push to boost falling stock prices

    Tactic is ‘probably the death rattle’ for some as crypto treasury business model shows signs of unravelling

    A large gold Bitcoin symbol is displayed in a shop window with gold coins inside, as pedestrians walk by outside.
  • Tuesday, 23 September, 2025
    Binance
    Binance co-founder Zhao aims to open $10bn portfolio to outside investors

    Firm is one of world’s biggest crypto investors and is considering converting to an external-facing fund

    Changpeng Zhao walks outside wearing a suit and tie, looking serious, as he arrives at federal court.
  • Monday, 22 September, 2025
    Capital markets
    UK and US task force to explore co-operation on digital assets regulation

    New group established as London seeks to revive capital markets and Trump administration embraces crypto industry

    People walk along a covered walkway, with the City of London skyline in the background
  • Sunday, 21 September, 2025
    Cryptocurrencies
    UK watchdog speeds up crypto approvals in response to critics

    Regulators in Britain are facing calls to be more accommodating to the fast-growing sector

    David Geale stands outdoors in business attire, wearing a blue suit and tie, with office buildings in the background.
  • Saturday, 20 September, 2025
    Life & Arts
    Your phone gets stolen. Your crypto may be next 

    London is seeing a spike in crypto robberies — and it is the gold mine of information on our mobiles that makes it possible

    Stylised red blue and green image of a thief on a mountain bike snatching someone’s phone as crypto coins fall from it
  • Friday, 19 September, 2025
    Europe Express
    Digital euro debate rolls on as finance ministers mull payment rules

    Also in this newsletter: muck spreaders to get EU approval

    Premium content
    Euro coins shown as interlocking gears, emphasizing connection and co-operation in the European currency system.
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