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US-style ‘spot’ funds are not available to retail customers on the continent — but similar products are
Now that ‘spot’ funds have regulatory approval, due diligence experts will help decide if they can be offered to clients
Market Questions is the FT’s guide to the week ahead
Zhimin Qian’s spectre loomed over the trial of her ‘carer and assistant’ Jian Wen for money laundering
Katrín Jakobsdóttir tells the FT the island nation needs food security in a hostile world
Research counters recent claims that investors are switching to vehicles holding ‘digital gold’
Trade secrets and nonce sense
Cryptocurrency down 16% from its peak as net fund flows turn negative
What were two Chinese women doing in a rented mansion in London with an astronomical amount of cryptocurrency?
The FCA has said it will allow listing requests but only give access to ‘professional investors’
As Sam Bankman-Fried awaits sentencing this month for fraud, digital assets are booming again. Yet the problems that exposed his empire in 2022 are as relevant today as they were then
Plus, an update on Binance’s troubles in Nigeria
From next month, bitcoin ‘halving’ will force companies to work twice as hard for rewards
(It’s nothing)
A grift that keeps on giving
Capital flows from institutional investors are driving up the price of tokens such as bitcoin
FCA softens stance on sector by permitting bitcoin and ethereum-backed exchange traded notes
Price of world’s largest cryptocurrency topped $70,000 on Friday
Plus, Spain plans to block Sam Altman’s Worldcoin and it’s a tough time for crypto miners
More than $7.5bn has flowed into new spot ETFs since their approval by US regulators in January
Crypto bulls gleefully expect an increase but their target of $100,000 seems over-optimistic
Plus, Sam Bankman-Fried’s plea for leniency and Nigeria detains two Binance executives
Every day we stray further from God’s light
Coinbase reports disruptions as traffic on trading platform jumps tenfold
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