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Alphaville gets FOOC'd

  1. Urban redevelopment, Potemkin façade edition
  2. Crypto-courting in Kaliningrad
Alphaville gets FOOC'd

Radio 4's From Our Own Correspondent will profile bitcoin mining in Kaliningrad on Saturday!

By: Jemima Kelly

No one is killing it in crypto (not even Woz)

  1. Too smooth: the red flag at Patisserie Valerie which was missed
  2. No, the housing crisis will not be solved by building more homes
  3. Sorry Civil, 'crypto-economics' and 'constitutions' won't save journalism
  4. 'Short-termism' isn't a thing, say Fed economists
  5. Coinbase wants to be “too big to fail”, lol
  6. Regulation and innovation don't have to be enemies
  7. Retailers get so lonely around the holidays
  8. Folli Follie: $1bn of fake sales, and what to learn from the debacle
  9. The new green evangelism
  10. Tilray, how low can it go?
  11. The ICO behind the tragic Everest stunt is now “airdropping” tokens from rockets
  12. Beware the Hindenburg Omen?
  13. The broken conversation about financial regulation
  14. The improbably profitable, loss-making Blue Prism
  15. The EM rout is not made in America
  16. Wages and growth and honestly we just give up
  17. Britain's first blockchain-enabled co-working space isn't blockchain-enabled
  18. There is a FIRE that never goes out
  19. The WeWork Garden of Eden
  20. IQE: lumpy 'Apple' sauce at the pricey Cardiff chip shop
No one is killing it in crypto (not even Woz)

Fundraising via initial coin offerings has fallen off a cliff.

By: Jemima Kelly

People are freaking out about Tether

People are freaking out about Tether

The controversial “stable coin” is looking... not stable.

By: Jemima Kelly

Coinbase wants to be “too big to fail”, lol

  1. No one is killing it in crypto (not even Woz)
  2. Too smooth: the red flag at Patisserie Valerie which was missed
  3. No, the housing crisis will not be solved by building more homes
  4. Sorry Civil, 'crypto-economics' and 'constitutions' won't save journalism
  5. 'Short-termism' isn't a thing, say Fed economists
  6. Regulation and innovation don't have to be enemies
  7. Retailers get so lonely around the holidays
  8. Folli Follie: $1bn of fake sales, and what to learn from the debacle
  9. The new green evangelism
  10. Tilray, how low can it go?
  11. The ICO behind the tragic Everest stunt is now “airdropping” tokens from rockets
  12. Beware the Hindenburg Omen?
  13. The broken conversation about financial regulation
  14. The improbably profitable, loss-making Blue Prism
  15. The EM rout is not made in America
  16. Wages and growth and honestly we just give up
  17. Britain's first blockchain-enabled co-working space isn't blockchain-enabled
  18. There is a FIRE that never goes out
  19. The WeWork Garden of Eden
  20. IQE: lumpy 'Apple' sauce at the pricey Cardiff chip shop
Coinbase wants to be "too big to fail", lol

The company that wants to build an open financial future for the world by... becoming a bank.

By: Jemima Kelly

Parliament gets it, crypto-currency bunkum edition

  1. The baroness, the ICO fiasco, and enter Steve Wozniak
  2. The ICO whose team members are literally cartoon characters
  3. The London School of Cryptonomics
  4. Intel's disruption, and the problem with every token pitch
  5. Buy SEC tokens! Now!
  6. Crypto “hedge fund” update
  7. The CryptoMillionsLotto
  8. We ran away with your bitcoins!! LOL, JK
  9. About that Petro
  10. Michelle Mone brings a touch of the avant-garde to finance
  11. Conservative peer stakes her name on a crypto offering, just as the market crashes
  12. Crypto market put on notice — yet again
  13. ICO regulator anger translator
  14. Kodak makes last desperate bid for relevance with cryptocurrency
  15. Crypto cards just suffered a major setback
  16. Bank analyst very proud of his cryptocurrency mining rig
  17. Crypto startup wants to revive the non-dollar petrocurrency idea
  18. Crypto bust alert [siren]
  19. What ICO valuations tell us about the state of modern monopolies
  20. The Hitchhiker’s Guide To Cryptocurrencies
Parliament gets it, crypto-currency bunkum edition

Regulation of ICOs and crypto-exchanges is a “matter of urgency”.

By: Dan McCrum

Into the ether

Into the ether

Smart-contracting party fades.

By: Dan McCrum

The crypto periodic table (sigh)

  1. Charts and misdemeanours
  2. Deutsche Bank and the thin blue line
  3. Wot is colour
  4. US debt is going to crush us all (and gold is the answer)
  5. Wot is gravity
  6. Pie in the sky
  7. Some help please
The crypto periodic table (sigh)

Imperial College London is at it again.

By: Jemima Kelly

The baroness, the ICO fiasco, and enter Steve Wozniak

  1. Parliament gets it, crypto-currency bunkum edition
  2. The ICO whose team members are literally cartoon characters
  3. The London School of Cryptonomics
  4. Intel's disruption, and the problem with every token pitch
  5. Buy SEC tokens! Now!
  6. Crypto “hedge fund” update
  7. The CryptoMillionsLotto
  8. We ran away with your bitcoins!! LOL, JK
  9. About that Petro
  10. Michelle Mone brings a touch of the avant-garde to finance
  11. Conservative peer stakes her name on a crypto offering, just as the market crashes
  12. Crypto market put on notice — yet again
  13. ICO regulator anger translator
  14. Kodak makes last desperate bid for relevance with cryptocurrency
  15. Crypto cards just suffered a major setback
  16. Bank analyst very proud of his cryptocurrency mining rig
  17. Crypto startup wants to revive the non-dollar petrocurrency idea
  18. Crypto bust alert [siren]
  19. What ICO valuations tell us about the state of modern monopolies
  20. The Hitchhiker’s Guide To Cryptocurrencies
The baroness, the ICO fiasco, and enter Steve Wozniak

Michelle Mone's blockchain flop wasn't a flop! Saying so might get you reported to the police.

By: Jemima Kelly

How crypto PR works

How crypto PR works

Disappearing Softbank edition.

By: Hannah Murphy

Crypto pukes, again

Crypto pukes, again

Somebody pass the mop.

By: Jamie Powell

One for the ladies...

  1. No one is killing it in crypto (not even Woz)
  2. Too smooth: the red flag at Patisserie Valerie which was missed
  3. No, the housing crisis will not be solved by building more homes
  4. Sorry Civil, 'crypto-economics' and 'constitutions' won't save journalism
  5. 'Short-termism' isn't a thing, say Fed economists
  6. Coinbase wants to be “too big to fail”, lol
  7. Regulation and innovation don't have to be enemies
  8. Retailers get so lonely around the holidays
  9. Folli Follie: $1bn of fake sales, and what to learn from the debacle
  10. The new green evangelism
  11. Tilray, how low can it go?
  12. The ICO behind the tragic Everest stunt is now “airdropping” tokens from rockets
  13. Beware the Hindenburg Omen?
  14. The broken conversation about financial regulation
  15. The improbably profitable, loss-making Blue Prism
  16. The EM rout is not made in America
  17. Wages and growth and honestly we just give up
  18. Britain's first blockchain-enabled co-working space isn't blockchain-enabled
  19. There is a FIRE that never goes out
  20. The WeWork Garden of Eden
One for the ladies...

If you've a spare 495 euros, you might be sharing a bed with a friend on a blockchain cruise -- and one of you could go to the conference!

By: Jemima Kelly

Krugman gets it

Krugman gets it

He asks: what problem does crypto solve?

By: Dan McCrum

Crypto & government: from anarchy to amity in the USA

  1. No one is killing it in crypto (not even Woz)
  2. Too smooth: the red flag at Patisserie Valerie which was missed
  3. No, the housing crisis will not be solved by building more homes
  4. Sorry Civil, 'crypto-economics' and 'constitutions' won't save journalism
  5. 'Short-termism' isn't a thing, say Fed economists
  6. Coinbase wants to be “too big to fail”, lol
  7. Regulation and innovation don't have to be enemies
  8. Retailers get so lonely around the holidays
  9. Folli Follie: $1bn of fake sales, and what to learn from the debacle
  10. The new green evangelism
  11. Tilray, how low can it go?
  12. The ICO behind the tragic Everest stunt is now “airdropping” tokens from rockets
  13. Beware the Hindenburg Omen?
  14. The broken conversation about financial regulation
  15. The improbably profitable, loss-making Blue Prism
  16. The EM rout is not made in America
  17. Wages and growth and honestly we just give up
  18. Britain's first blockchain-enabled co-working space isn't blockchain-enabled
  19. There is a FIRE that never goes out
  20. The WeWork Garden of Eden
Crypto & government: from anarchy to amity in the USA

Coinbase sets up a PAC; the Winkevii donate to Cuomo; humble crypto bros beg for acceptance.

By: Jemima Kelly

Imperial College corrects eToro cryptopuff: it wasn't 'research' after all

Imperial College corrects eToro cryptopuff: it wasn't 'research' after all

The distinction is not academic.

By: Jemima Kelly

The ICO whose team members are literally cartoon characters

  1. Parliament gets it, crypto-currency bunkum edition
  2. The baroness, the ICO fiasco, and enter Steve Wozniak
  3. The London School of Cryptonomics
  4. Intel's disruption, and the problem with every token pitch
  5. Buy SEC tokens! Now!
  6. Crypto “hedge fund” update
  7. The CryptoMillionsLotto
  8. We ran away with your bitcoins!! LOL, JK
  9. About that Petro
  10. Michelle Mone brings a touch of the avant-garde to finance
  11. Conservative peer stakes her name on a crypto offering, just as the market crashes
  12. Crypto market put on notice — yet again
  13. ICO regulator anger translator
  14. Kodak makes last desperate bid for relevance with cryptocurrency
  15. Crypto cards just suffered a major setback
  16. Bank analyst very proud of his cryptocurrency mining rig
  17. Crypto startup wants to revive the non-dollar petrocurrency idea
  18. Crypto bust alert [siren]
  19. What ICO valuations tell us about the state of modern monopolies
  20. The Hitchhiker’s Guide To Cryptocurrencies
The ICO whose team members are literally cartoon characters

Because why bother scrolling through stock photos when you can just use Bitmoji?

By: Jemima Kelly

CFA: Chartered crypto analysts -- updated

  1. No one is killing it in crypto (not even Woz)
  2. Too smooth: the red flag at Patisserie Valerie which was missed
  3. No, the housing crisis will not be solved by building more homes
  4. Sorry Civil, 'crypto-economics' and 'constitutions' won't save journalism
  5. 'Short-termism' isn't a thing, say Fed economists
  6. Coinbase wants to be “too big to fail”, lol
  7. Regulation and innovation don't have to be enemies
  8. Retailers get so lonely around the holidays
  9. Folli Follie: $1bn of fake sales, and what to learn from the debacle
  10. The new green evangelism
  11. Tilray, how low can it go?
  12. The ICO behind the tragic Everest stunt is now “airdropping” tokens from rockets
  13. Beware the Hindenburg Omen?
  14. The broken conversation about financial regulation
  15. The improbably profitable, loss-making Blue Prism
  16. The EM rout is not made in America
  17. Wages and growth and honestly we just give up
  18. Britain's first blockchain-enabled co-working space isn't blockchain-enabled
  19. There is a FIRE that never goes out
  20. The WeWork Garden of Eden
CFA: Chartered crypto analysts -- updated

“This is not a passing fad.”

By: Jamie Powell

Universities of Britain: cosying up to crypto is a bad look

  1. No one is killing it in crypto (not even Woz)
  2. Too smooth: the red flag at Patisserie Valerie which was missed
  3. No, the housing crisis will not be solved by building more homes
  4. Sorry Civil, 'crypto-economics' and 'constitutions' won't save journalism
  5. 'Short-termism' isn't a thing, say Fed economists
  6. Coinbase wants to be “too big to fail”, lol
  7. Regulation and innovation don't have to be enemies
  8. Retailers get so lonely around the holidays
  9. Folli Follie: $1bn of fake sales, and what to learn from the debacle
  10. The new green evangelism
  11. Tilray, how low can it go?
  12. The ICO behind the tragic Everest stunt is now “airdropping” tokens from rockets
  13. Beware the Hindenburg Omen?
  14. The broken conversation about financial regulation
  15. The improbably profitable, loss-making Blue Prism
  16. The EM rout is not made in America
  17. Wages and growth and honestly we just give up
  18. Britain's first blockchain-enabled co-working space isn't blockchain-enabled
  19. There is a FIRE that never goes out
  20. The WeWork Garden of Eden
Universities of Britain: cosying up to crypto is a bad look

Imperial College London and eToro have published a joint report, and we can't see how it's not just PR.

By: Jemima Kelly

The London School of Cryptonomics

  1. Parliament gets it, crypto-currency bunkum edition
  2. The baroness, the ICO fiasco, and enter Steve Wozniak
  3. The ICO whose team members are literally cartoon characters
  4. Intel's disruption, and the problem with every token pitch
  5. Buy SEC tokens! Now!
  6. Crypto “hedge fund” update
  7. The CryptoMillionsLotto
  8. We ran away with your bitcoins!! LOL, JK
  9. About that Petro
  10. Michelle Mone brings a touch of the avant-garde to finance
  11. Conservative peer stakes her name on a crypto offering, just as the market crashes
  12. Crypto market put on notice — yet again
  13. ICO regulator anger translator
  14. Kodak makes last desperate bid for relevance with cryptocurrency
  15. Crypto cards just suffered a major setback
  16. Bank analyst very proud of his cryptocurrency mining rig
  17. Crypto startup wants to revive the non-dollar petrocurrency idea
  18. Crypto bust alert [siren]
  19. What ICO valuations tell us about the state of modern monopolies
  20. The Hitchhiker’s Guide To Cryptocurrencies
The London School of Cryptonomics

LSE: educators of JFK, Friedrich von Hayek, and the next big thing in crypto trading.

By: Jemima Kelly

Intel's disruption, and the problem with every token pitch

  1. Parliament gets it, crypto-currency bunkum edition
  2. The baroness, the ICO fiasco, and enter Steve Wozniak
  3. The ICO whose team members are literally cartoon characters
  4. The London School of Cryptonomics
  5. Buy SEC tokens! Now!
  6. Crypto “hedge fund” update
  7. The CryptoMillionsLotto
  8. We ran away with your bitcoins!! LOL, JK
  9. About that Petro
  10. Michelle Mone brings a touch of the avant-garde to finance
  11. Conservative peer stakes her name on a crypto offering, just as the market crashes
  12. Crypto market put on notice — yet again
  13. ICO regulator anger translator
  14. Kodak makes last desperate bid for relevance with cryptocurrency
  15. Crypto cards just suffered a major setback
  16. Bank analyst very proud of his cryptocurrency mining rig
  17. Crypto startup wants to revive the non-dollar petrocurrency idea
  18. Crypto bust alert [siren]
  19. What ICO valuations tell us about the state of modern monopolies
  20. The Hitchhiker’s Guide To Cryptocurrencies
Intel's disruption, and the problem with every token pitch

Nobody wants to be locked in.

By: Dan McCrum

Carney is down with the crypto kids

  1. No one is killing it in crypto (not even Woz)
  2. Too smooth: the red flag at Patisserie Valerie which was missed
  3. No, the housing crisis will not be solved by building more homes
  4. Sorry Civil, 'crypto-economics' and 'constitutions' won't save journalism
  5. 'Short-termism' isn't a thing, say Fed economists
  6. Coinbase wants to be “too big to fail”, lol
  7. Regulation and innovation don't have to be enemies
  8. Retailers get so lonely around the holidays
  9. Folli Follie: $1bn of fake sales, and what to learn from the debacle
  10. The new green evangelism
  11. Tilray, how low can it go?
  12. The ICO behind the tragic Everest stunt is now “airdropping” tokens from rockets
  13. Beware the Hindenburg Omen?
  14. The broken conversation about financial regulation
  15. The improbably profitable, loss-making Blue Prism
  16. The EM rout is not made in America
  17. Wages and growth and honestly we just give up
  18. Britain's first blockchain-enabled co-working space isn't blockchain-enabled
  19. There is a FIRE that never goes out
  20. The WeWork Garden of Eden
Carney is down with the crypto kids

The new tech vernacular has infiltrated the Bank of England

By: Thomas Hale

The John Taylor-backed “stablecoin” that's backed by, um, stability

The John Taylor-backed "stablecoin" that's backed by, um, stability

An “algorithmic central bank” might sound fun, but the idea from Basis looks unlikely to work.

By: Jemima Kelly

It might be a long wait for “the equivalent alternative to ICOs”

  1. No one is killing it in crypto (not even Woz)
  2. Too smooth: the red flag at Patisserie Valerie which was missed
  3. No, the housing crisis will not be solved by building more homes
  4. Sorry Civil, 'crypto-economics' and 'constitutions' won't save journalism
  5. 'Short-termism' isn't a thing, say Fed economists
  6. Coinbase wants to be “too big to fail”, lol
  7. Regulation and innovation don't have to be enemies
  8. Retailers get so lonely around the holidays
  9. Folli Follie: $1bn of fake sales, and what to learn from the debacle
  10. The new green evangelism
  11. Tilray, how low can it go?
  12. The ICO behind the tragic Everest stunt is now “airdropping” tokens from rockets
  13. Beware the Hindenburg Omen?
  14. The broken conversation about financial regulation
  15. The improbably profitable, loss-making Blue Prism
  16. The EM rout is not made in America
  17. Wages and growth and honestly we just give up
  18. Britain's first blockchain-enabled co-working space isn't blockchain-enabled
  19. There is a FIRE that never goes out
  20. The WeWork Garden of Eden
It might be a long wait for "the equivalent alternative to ICOs"

Please have patience.

By: Jemima Kelly

Markets Live

Kaminska Live: June 20, 2018

Live markets commentary from FT.com

By: Dan McCrum, Jemima Kelly

Crypto-courting in Kaliningrad

  1. Alphaville gets FOOC'd
  2. Urban redevelopment, Potemkin façade edition
Crypto-courting in Kaliningrad

“Whatever is not illegal is legal.”

By: Jemima Kelly

Join us for Kaminska Live at 3pm, a Parliament TV watching party

Join us for Kaminska Live at 3pm, a Parliament TV watching party

Come Bitcoiners, come all, for the Treasury inquiry on digital currencies.

By: FTAlphaville

Blockchain insiders tell us why we don't need blockchain, redux

Blockchain insiders tell us why we don't need blockchain, redux

Banks' favoured distributed ledger Ripple says banks unlikely to process payments with distributed ledgers.

By: Jemima Kelly

Has bitcoin come to the end of its Tether?

Has bitcoin come to the end of its Tether?

New research suggests crypto prices have been propped up by eurodollar-lookalike Tether.

By: Jemima Kelly

Let’s not try make 'crypto chicks' a thing

  1. No one is killing it in crypto (not even Woz)
  2. Too smooth: the red flag at Patisserie Valerie which was missed
  3. No, the housing crisis will not be solved by building more homes
  4. Sorry Civil, 'crypto-economics' and 'constitutions' won't save journalism
  5. 'Short-termism' isn't a thing, say Fed economists
  6. Coinbase wants to be “too big to fail”, lol
  7. Regulation and innovation don't have to be enemies
  8. Retailers get so lonely around the holidays
  9. Folli Follie: $1bn of fake sales, and what to learn from the debacle
  10. The new green evangelism
  11. Tilray, how low can it go?
  12. The ICO behind the tragic Everest stunt is now “airdropping” tokens from rockets
  13. Beware the Hindenburg Omen?
  14. The broken conversation about financial regulation
  15. The improbably profitable, loss-making Blue Prism
  16. The EM rout is not made in America
  17. Wages and growth and honestly we just give up
  18. Britain's first blockchain-enabled co-working space isn't blockchain-enabled
  19. There is a FIRE that never goes out
  20. The WeWork Garden of Eden
Let’s not try make 'crypto chicks' a thing

We don't need “gender equality” in other forms of gambling, so why crypto?

By: Jemima Kelly

That crypto-crash in full

That crypto-crash in full

When Bitcoin vomits, Ethereum and the rest follow.

By: Dan McCrum and Jemima Kelly

Tokens all the way down

  1. No one is killing it in crypto (not even Woz)
  2. Too smooth: the red flag at Patisserie Valerie which was missed
  3. No, the housing crisis will not be solved by building more homes
  4. Sorry Civil, 'crypto-economics' and 'constitutions' won't save journalism
  5. 'Short-termism' isn't a thing, say Fed economists
  6. Coinbase wants to be “too big to fail”, lol
  7. Regulation and innovation don't have to be enemies
  8. Retailers get so lonely around the holidays
  9. Folli Follie: $1bn of fake sales, and what to learn from the debacle
  10. The new green evangelism
  11. Tilray, how low can it go?
  12. The ICO behind the tragic Everest stunt is now “airdropping” tokens from rockets
  13. Beware the Hindenburg Omen?
  14. The broken conversation about financial regulation
  15. The improbably profitable, loss-making Blue Prism
  16. The EM rout is not made in America
  17. Wages and growth and honestly we just give up
  18. Britain's first blockchain-enabled co-working space isn't blockchain-enabled
  19. There is a FIRE that never goes out
  20. The WeWork Garden of Eden
Tokens all the way down

Why invest in a token to invest in an IPO?

By: Dan McCrum

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