Cryptoasset regulation is a make or break moment for the City of London September 4, 2025 The UK must rapidly adjust to new digital assets technologies like crypto or risk losing our place as a global financial hub.
Overreaching banks are locking millions out of the crypto market August 22, 2025 Banks are locking millions out of the crypto market with arbitrary bans - this overreach needs to stop, writes Michael Healy.
Crypto assets could be lost upon death regardless of wills, warns lawyer August 20, 2025 Crypto assets are not automatically accessible or even traceable through existing methods, it prompts calls for reform to Wills as millions of Brits risk losing assets upon death
The five fintech segments to watch August 18, 2025 Global fintech funding slumped to its worst half-year in five years in the first six months of 2025. Investment reached $44bn (£32.47bn), falling from $54.2bn the year prior, whilst the number of deals fell from 2,376 to 2,216. Weak investment in the three months to June 31 2025, hurt the headline figures, with just $18.7bn [...]
Crypto is all that’s propping up London’s miserly capital raising statistics August 13, 2025 After London’s capital markets suffered one of their quietest starts to the year in decades, brokers all had the same words on their lips: second-half. Everything will pick up in the second half, they said. You just wait and see. If the start of the second half is anything to go by, those brokers may [...]
A Rachel Reeves and Andrew Bailey clash risks Britain’s stablecoin dream August 13, 2025 A Rachel Reeves and Bank of England clash risks derailing Britain’s stablecoin dream as the country plays catchup in the over £200bn market. The Chancellor referenced plans to drive forward “developments in blockchain technology including… stablecoin” in her 2025 Mansion House speech. But Reeves faces an obstacle to push her plans in the form of [...]
Revolut leads $500m fintech push into Formula 1 August 12, 2025 Revolut, Airwallex and OKX are among global fintech giants turning to Formula 1 in a major advertising push. Fintech firms piled over $500m (£370m) into F1 sponsorship deals for the 2025 season in a bid to ramp up their promotions. It comes as the average value of an F1 sponsorship deal climbed to over $6m [...]
Premier League players could be paid in crypto as blockchain evolves August 11, 2025 Premier League football players could have their salaries paid for in crypto, a new report into the future of the blockchain suggests. After over £400m was spent in the 2024-25 sporting season on deals and sponsorships, it has been suggested that digital currencies could replace traditional payments for player transfers and salaries. In 2021 Spanish [...]
WNBA sex toy incidents fuel crypto prediction boom for Polymarket August 7, 2025 Users of cryptocurrency-based predicting site Polymarket are cashing in on sex toys being thrown at WNBA matches in the US. There have been a number of incidents in the past week whereby sex toys have been thrown onto the court, momentarily stopping games. The vulgar short-term trend has impacted matches involving Indiana Fever, Los Angeles [...]
The Debate: Should the London Stock Exchange open 24-hour trading? July 23, 2025 Could 24-hour trading revive the London Stock Exchange? We get two market experts to go head to head in this week's Debate.