Nigeria’s new Virtual Assets Council doesn’t close all the loopholes in crypto-asset regulation.
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The US dollar is said to benefit from ‘exorbitant privilege’ in international trade. But history shows that may not last.
NZ has ruled out an outright ban on crypto ATMs. Overseas experience suggests targeted safeguards could protect users from fraudsters.
Turns out it can be quite easy – if you are the US president.
A recent ruling has clarified how one NZ dollar-backed crypto token fits within financial law. Just what does this mean for investors?
The US dominates international payment systems.
What is emerging is not the end of trust but its reconfiguration.
But implementing a bitcoin-based toll system will be difficult without US approval.
Iran is drawing on a characteristic of money that has been around since at least the bronze age: enabling trade between strangers and across political boundaries.
For decades, the US seriously pursued the idea of ‘peaceful nuclear explosions.’
Crypto works in Nigeria because of very human networks of trust.
Cryptocurrency is seen as anonymous by some criminals, but transactions leave a trace.
The personal fortune of Donald Trump is also thought to have soared thanks to his crypto holdings.
The worlds of cryptocurrency, blockchain and digital nomadism are colliding in hotspots like the Thai city of Chiang Mai.
North Korea was behind a $1.5 billion digital bank heist in February 2025. Other countries are similarly stealing crypto to fund nefarious activities.
New Zealanders trade cryptocurrency worth billions every year, largely invisible to the tax system. That will change with the start of the next financial year.
Cryptocurrency expert Larisa Yarovaya explains the risk and rewards of bitcoin treasury companies on The Conversation Weekly podcast.
Tony Burke on Thursday will outline new powers to combat money laundering, terrorism financing and crime risks associated with cryptocurrency and Crypto ATMs.
Private banks are launching a euro-pegged cryptocurrency. It could spell disaster for Europe’s economy.
The Sovereign Individual celebrates the instincts of the impossibly wealthy to accumulate, hoard and insulate themselves from the messier demands of mass democracy.
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