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CDCROP: Custodia Bank CEO Caitlin Long on CoinDesk TV's "All About Bitcoin." (CoinDesk TV)
Consensus Magazine
Opinion
What Now for Crypto Banking?
Regulators are leery of traditional banks offering services to crypto companies, and wary of specialist crypto banks, like Custodia, with new business models. Frances Coppola asks: Where do we go from here?
CDCROP: Custodia Bank CEO Caitlin Long on CoinDesk TV's "All About Bitcoin." (CoinDesk TV)
By Frances Coppola
Mar 2, 2023 at 11:07 p.m. UTC
Mar 2, 2023
OpinionCustodiaRegulationbankingcrypto banking
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Mercados
No-livewire
Tras el colapso de FTX, ¿cuál es la diferencia entre liquidez e insolvencia?
¿FTX colapsó por una “crisis de liquidez”, una “corrida bancaria” o insolvencia? Las palabras importan.
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By Frances Coppola
Dec 15, 2022 at 5:42 p.m. UTC
Dec 15, 2022
no-livewire
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Consensus Magazine
Opinion
After FTX: Explaining the Difference Between Liquidity and Insolvency
Did FTX fall because of a “liquidity crisis” or a “run on the bank,” or was it insolvency? The language matters.
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By Frances Coppola
Dec 14, 2022 at 10:01 p.m. UTC
Dec 14, 2022
OpinionFTXLiquidity
Elon Musk at Heidi Klum's Hallowe'en Party 2022.
Layer 2
Twitter
Crypto Can Help With Elon Musk’s Twitter Identity Issue
The Blue Bird site faces a classic “Byzantine Generals” problem that Bitcoin solved.
Elon Musk at Heidi Klum's Hallowe'en Party 2022.
By Frances Coppola
Nov 11, 2022 at 3:42 p.m. UTC
Nov 11, 2022
TwitterElon MuskOpinion
CDCROP: Wall Street during the bank panic in October 1907. (New York Public Library via Wikimedia)
Layer 2
Opinion
Crypto’s 1907 Moment
Financial stability ultimately depends on the trustworthiness of people, not the reliability of technology.
CDCROP: Wall Street during the bank panic in October 1907. (New York Public Library via Wikimedia)
By Frances Coppola
Nov 1, 2022 at 3:42 p.m. UTC
Nov 1, 2022
OpinionSam Bankman-Fried
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Consensus Magazine
Bank for international settlements
Banks Aren’t Going to 'HODL' Bitcoin
New proposals from the Bank for International Settlements are unlikely to lead banks to hold bitcoin. But they could open the door to CBDCs, says our columnist.
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By Frances Coppola
Aug 3, 2022 at 6:08 p.m. UTC
Aug 3, 2022
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Crypto 2022: Future of Money Week
Opinion
Why This Crypto Crash Is Different
There can be no return to the highly leveraged, fractionally reserved cryptocurrency system whose illusory riches are now giving way to real losses, says our columnist.
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By Frances Coppola
Jun 29, 2022 at 7:26 p.m. UTC
Jun 29, 2022
Opinion
The Bank of England (Travelpix Ltd/Getty Images)
Consensus Magazine
Usdc
No, the UK Is Not Going to Make USDC and USDT Legal Tender
For “legalize” read “regulate.”
The Bank of England (Travelpix Ltd/Getty Images)
By Frances Coppola
May 27, 2022 at 9:59 p.m. UTC
May 27, 2022
USDCUSDTStablecoinUKUK GovernmentUSDTUSDC
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Consensus Magazine
Opinion
Why Stablecoin Interest Rates Are So Damn High
Or, why Jeremy Allaire can't stop printing.
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By Frances Coppola
Mar 7, 2022 at 5:18 p.m. UTC
Mar 7, 2022
OpinionStablecoinsUSDC
Monitors in Times Square display the Coinbase logo during the company's initial public offering. (Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images)
Policy
Blockfi
The SEC to Coinbase: Crypto Banking Is Still Banking
Coinbase is not the first would-be crypto lender to run into trouble for trying to act like a bank, says our columnist.
Monitors in Times Square display the Coinbase logo during the company's initial public offering. (Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images)
By Frances Coppola
Sep 14, 2021 at 1:00 p.m. UTC
Sep 14, 2021
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