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Halt the Internet? BIS Report Critiques Blockchain and DLT Claims

Halt the Internet? BIS Report Critiques Blockchain and DLT Claims

A financial institution operated by the world’s central banks is taking aim at cryptocurrencies, questioning their ability to deliver on their promise in a new report published Sunday morning. The document, titled “Cryptocurrencies: looking beyond the hype” and released by the Bank of International Settlements (BIS), explains the history behind ...

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The rise of the petro-yuan

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China is aiming to overthrow the U.S. dollar as the currency of choice for the oil market, a move that could have far-reaching consequences. Beijing hopes to challenge the dollar by setting up a futures market with its own currency, the yuan. To that end, reports indicate that China is set to ...

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World’s biggest market: Humans not allowed

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The $5.1 trillion-a-day currency market is losing its human touch. That’s the conclusion of trading and foreign-exchange heads surveyed by the organizers of the TradeTech FX conference in Miami. Of the 100 North America-based respondents, 94 said they aimed to automate more of their foreign-exchange trading operations in the next ...

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A ‘regime change’ is about to hit currency markets

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The currency market is typically controlled by the U.S. dollar. One strategist believes that control will shift from the U.S. dollar to a cross asset correlation. This change in the currency markets will help riskier assets such as the Australian dollar. For years currency market movements have been dominated by ...

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Bank of England steps up scrutiny of lenders

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 The Bank of England is stepping up its scrutiny of banks and other lenders on credit cards, personal loans and car purchases amid fears that growing consumer debt could rebound on the banking system. Threadneedle Street is writing to the firms it regulates after reviewing the consumer credit sector, where ...

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PM attempts to reassure business on Brexit

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  The Prime Minister has struck a conciliatory note to business leaders who have demanded that Britain stays in the customs union in a transition period after the legal date of Brexit in 2019. Speaking to Sky News at the G20 summit, Theresa May chose not to restate the position ...

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