Financial Regulation International

The rapid global proliferation of cryptocurrencies – digital currencies using advanced cryptography (typically blockchain) to verify and secure transactions and maintain supply – has seen governments scrambling to regulate what some see..

“Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” George Santayana 1863–1952 In the aftermath of the Revolutions of 2011 and 2013, Egypt’s economy saw a sharp contraction, given an increasing budget deficit,..

Following a decade of technological innovation in payment systems, one of the latest research areas is the development of a central bank digital currency (CBDC). In contrast to traditional electronic fiat currency constituting a liability of an..

As of 6 January 2021, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has banned crypto-derivatives, options trading and exchange-traded notes for retail investors. It justified its reasoning because of the:Inherent nature of the underlying assets, which..