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Jamie Crawley

Jamie Crawley

Bitcoin halving: What does this mean and what will its effect be?

Bitcoin’s 2020 halving took place today. This happens around once every four years and is of much interest to cryptocurrency investors due to the profound effect halving has had on the cryptocurrency in previous occurrences. Halving refers to the number of coins that miners receive for adding new transactions to the blockchain being cut in half. Th...

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Jamie Crawley

Jamie Crawley

The pros and cons of CBDCs

Multiple central banks are looking closely at developing digital currencies to address the threat posed by projects such as Libra. There are many benefits to be found in central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), likely to be magnified amidst the Coronavirus pandemic as more and more transactions are carried out electronically and cash usage continu...

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Jamie Crawley

Jamie Crawley

Welcome to the era of stablecoins

Thanks in no small part to Facebook’s controversial Libra project, stablecoins have attained a great deal of interest in recent months and many questions have been thrown up about their place in the global financial system. How many stablecoins might exist with in a few years? What are the benefits and risks to banks and central banks? What techni...

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