Bitcoin hits new all time high at $68k November 9, 2021 The world’s oldest cryptocurrency is barrelling towards the $70k price point for the first time with price up more than 3 per cent today. In the early hours of this morning Bitcoin set a new record price of $68,641 helping to keep the global crypto market’s value above $3tn for the second day running according [...]
China to advance the development of state issued digital currency November 9, 2021 China’s government remains at the cutting edge of digital payments technology with plans to further “advance” the development of an eYuan. China’s flagship digital currency is backed by its central bank and has fast gathered pace with an initial trial gathering over 20m users and seeing transaction values top 34.5bn yuan (£3.9bn) in a matter [...]
Haydn Hammond – when bankers go crypto November 8, 2021 Crypto AM writer Jillian Godsil interviews banker-turned-crypto enthusiast Haydn Hammond.
VCs invest record $6.5 billion in crypto as demand keeps growing November 8, 2021 Data from CryptoCompare shows that the price of Bitcoin started last week at around $62,000 and slowly dropped to retest the $60,000 mark, from which it bounced off to now trade at $66,000
Disney+ to offer discount on subscription service to boost audience November 8, 2021 With its second birthday coming up Disney+ is dropping the price of its subscription service to $1.99 for a month as it seeks to grow its subscriber base. The offer will begin today and will be valid until next week for new and eligible returning subscribers in the United States and some other countries according [...]
Senior Tory MP Geoffrey Cox starts £400k-a-year job at City law firm November 8, 2021 Senior Tory Geoffrey Cox has revealed he has started a £400,000-a-year job at a City law firm as parliament prepares to discuss whether MPs should be able to have lucrative second jobs. Cox, a former attorney general, started his new role at multinational law firm Withers LLP on 1 November and will be working 41 [...]
Ethereum sets new record high as US mayors compete for Bitcoin pay November 8, 2021 It’s been a strong start to the week for the Bitcoin price, which is up around six per cent over the past 24 hours to just below $66k.
Bitcoin ETF may have driven hype and price – but is it for you? November 8, 2021 Bitcoin ETFs are, according to Crypto AM columnist Nigel Green, an important milestone in the mass adoption of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies - but are they for you?
Climate change and the humble auditor – CityAM : CityAM November 8, 2021 The relevance of climate change to world leaders, Royals, activists, Leonardo DiCaprio, chief execs and both former, and current central bank heads, is largely understood, by their presence at Cop26, to be of paramount importance. But what on earth auditors have to do with climate change, is rather more perplexing. One explanation is that audit [...]
Whitehall needs stronger independent regulator, says former top civil servant November 8, 2021 The UK Civil Service is an unaccountable “closed shop” and there needs to be stronger independent regulation of Whitehall, according to a former top mandarin. Lord Nick Macpherson, former permanent secretary at the Treasury, said there needs to be a “dramatic overhaul of the appointments system” to end the era of “personal patronage” in Whitehall. [...]