Decision to use the tokens to back crypto deals highlights boom in digital collectibles market

Bankman-Fried criticises biggest digital asset over inefficiency and high environmental costs

Payments company becomes the most valuable start-up in Africa as investors bet on continent’s fintech scene

Digital token named after Elon Musk’s dog funds ‘full out marketing assault’ with fee on purchases

Higher exposure to digital assets leaves owners vulnerable to downturn

The software engineer has denounced crypto assets as vehicles for pure speculation. But his views have made him a target of harassment — including death threats

They proliferate uncontrollably and are objects of speculation rather than stores of value

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A less prominent factor behind the crypto bubble may have been a faster rise in the price of assets, such as housing, than in wages

Sterling falls below $1.07 despite central bank and government reassurances about interest rates and stable finances

BlockFi was among a clutch of firms that liquidated the Singapore-based group’s positions

Lord, make me solvent, but not yet

Prolonged shutdown of vital trade route risks severe disruption to supply chains

BoE says companies offering the cryptocurrency should not enjoy ‘regulatory arbitrage’

Novi to offer free person-to-person payments after securing regulatory approval across US

Derivatives reflect risk of heavy selling that could overwhelm smaller players

Purists believe platform has forsaken crypto’s true principles

Debate? No thanks. Doubts? Not welcome. How the world of cryptocurrency diehards really works

Plus, Europe reconciles a gas price surge with a record UK green sovereign bond offering

Giancarlo Devasini’s status at the centre of the cryptocurrency world is a remarkable transformation from his previous careers

Traders like Dave Portnoy are driving up some stocks but fund managers question the fundamentals of the broader rally

Still, keep an eye on the Japanese bond bid

What just happened at FTX?

Swedish fintech’s decline highlights how investors are souring on ‘buy now, pay later’ sector

The strategist and professor discusses how to invest in companies that get better as they get bigger

Financial nihilism has produced this game of Monopoly money

It’s easy to be profitable if your real unique selling point is being a beneficiary of regulatory arbitrage.

Legal pressure mounts on developer Do Kwon’s Terraform Labs after its tokens collapsed

Suspensions come as country’s most indebted property developer faces liquidity crisis

Negotiations between singer-songwriter and Sam Bankman-Fried’s crypto group collapsed this spring

Topix drops after national broadcaster says leader will step down over health problems

Decision is most concrete move yet by an index provider in wake of Ukraine invasion

Cut in net Italian share of QE purchases in May prompts criticism from top government aide

Yen strengthens and stocks drop but analysts say Shinzo Abe’s successor is unlikely to rip up policies

Asset manager blames proposals that are ‘overreaching’ or ‘simply redundant’

World’s financial system has become dependent on huge central bank balance sheets

Households turning down thermostats 3C could reduce much of the gap between supply and demand

Firm’s retreat comes after it was targeted by group of day traders

Moody’s also launches review of Moscow’s credit rating as Ukraine invasion shakes markets

EMs have a tendency to overshoot, and by some measures this was what happened

Other Latin American nations will be invited to join plan which could create world’s second-largest currency union

Applying the logistics of financial stability to the cryptoverse

FCA chair calls for ‘realism’ on how issuers and traders will be monitored after government launches ambitious bid

Firm could become the latest casualty from turmoil in the digital asset sector following FTX’s collapse

Equities gain 20% in dollar terms as hot inflation again pushes savers into shares

Federal prosecutor launches criminal investigation into suspected bribery and money laundering

Reserve managers’ purchases rose 152 per cent last year and they expect to keep buying

Exploring new frontiers in uninformed trading flow

Case is a major test of how US insolvency rules will apply in the digital asset sector

An issue of new special drawing rights would help the world economy, if done correctly

‘Drugs, guns, girls and workers’ are areas where digital assets are increasingly being used

The NYU professor on efficient markets, dangerous emotions, and Nvidia

Company is latest to initiate court proceedings after sharp sell-off this year

Sum more than double the cost to other US lenders that channelled flood of deposits to cash

Tether’s market value falls 9% after stablecoin briefly lost peg against US dollar

Berkshire Hathaway vice-chair foresees pain in FT interview, but says it will not be as severe as 2008

Crypto asset manager has focused on key legal detail in letter to regulator ahead of July deadline

‘Retention’ payments for those running bust groups reward failure, say lenders

Managers step away from risk-taking as Wall Street equities endure longest selling streak since 2011