New Global Reserve Currency Announced This Summer to End Cash
For the first time in its history, the World Economic Forum at Davos gave stablecoins and tokenization their own dedicated...
archiveDavos
Keynes’s Bancor idea needs revisiting in wake of Trump
On Tuesday last week, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney effectively announced the death of the 80-year-old "rules-based world order".At least...
Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq futures slip after brutal sell-off in wait for Trump’s Davos speech
US stock futures faltered on Wednesday, eyeing a return to the steepest selloff in months as Wall Street waited for...
Trust is the new currency in the AI agent economy
The growth of the AI agent economy presents threats to trust levels – and opportunities to reimagine trust.Trust in AI...
Stablecoin surge: Reserve-backed cryptocurrencies are on the rise
Stablecoins are pegged to reserve assets like fiat currencies or gold.Relative price stability has made stablecoins a popular medium of...
What’s next for the US dollar? Economists discuss at Davos
The US dollar is at a near-record high, but its future role as the world’s reserve currency continues to be...
What are carry trades and how do they impact global markets?
The Japanese stock market collapsed in early August, causing knock-on effects on the global economy.Carry trades – borrowing in low-interest...
The strong US dollar is hurting other countries’ currencies
The US dollar has risen by almost 15% against some of the world’s most traded currencies this year.This has prompted...
How China’s Digital Currency Could Challenge the Dollar
Many nations—especially those with testy relations with the U.S., like Russia and China—would also prefer to settle accounts directly via...
How the world’s currencies got their names
From country to country, monetary units vary nearly as much as the cultures and languages that use them. But have...
