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 [...]
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 [...]
Exclusive: Coinbase to ‘hire like crazy’ in the UK June 11, 2025 Coinbase is ramping up its UK presence with plans to hire more staff and deepen investment, as the country moves towards a new era of crypto regulation and increasing mainstream adoption. “We’re going to be hiring like crazy in the UK”, Coinbase’s UK lead Keith Grose told CityAM, before adding that London will continue [...]
Lord Cruddas’ CMC Markets takes control of blockchain firm May 7, 2025 CMC Markets, the firm founded by Conservative Peer Lord Peter Cruddas, announced on Wednesday it had acquired a majority stake in StrikeX Technologies. The London-based trading firm upped its holding in the blockchain firm to 51 per cent from 33 per cent previously. Shares in CMC Markets were up 0.3 per cent in midday trading [...]
Could Trump’s tariff war turn crypto into a safe-haven asset? April 11, 2025 As trade tensions reignite under Trump’s wavering tariff announcements, global markets are once again bracing for volatility. The US President’s announcement of his ‘reciprocal’ tariffs last week triggered market chaos. His surprise move, expanding and intensifying tariffs on a wide range of imports, shook equities, manufacturing and commodities alike. But in the world of crypto [...]
Bitcoin plummets as chaos of Trump’s tariffs spread to crypto April 7, 2025 The chaos of Trump's tariffs has spread across Bitcoin and the cryptocurrency market, with digital assets taking a hit.
New tax rules set to hit crypto in 2025 March 28, 2025 As the UK tightens the screws on cryptocurrency taxation, investors and policymakers find themselves at odds over the future of digital finance. From April, around 12 per cent of UK crypto holders could face a hefty 24 per cent capital gains tax (CGT) rate – part of a broader tax squeeze that some argue is [...]