Various tools help to exchange stablecoins without the transaction being monitored and without any obligation to report it to the authorities. This facilitates suspicious activities which, according to some analysts, increasingly involve these digital currencies.

Stablecoins promise the stability that cryptocurrencies have historically lacked. But, in some cases, they’ve failed to deliver transparency on aspects such as corporate and ownership structure and the actual size of reserves. Not to mention warnings on the risks to international financial stability

While the European Commission is pushing for stablecoins, the ECB is putting the brakes on, highlighting the risks to financial stability and the effectiveness of monetary policy and promoting, as an alternative, accelerating the digital euro. According to President Christine Lagarde, this is a fundamental tool for Europe’s financial autonomy in response to Trump’s plans for cryptocurrencies

At the center of recent U.S. regulatory initiatives and with strong support from Donald Trump, stablecoins promise to be a fast and low-cost payment tool. Designed to solve the longstanding problem of volatility in cryptocurrency market, however, they do not come at no risk

Despite the growing interest of banks and Big Tech projects, private investment in the nuclear sector will continue to play a marginal role. While governments and taxpayers will still bear much of the risks

The assault by Monte dei Paschi has a clear objective: to transform Francesco Gaetano Caltagirone into one of the big players in the banking and insurance sector. The advantages for savers and taxpayers, however, are yet to be demonstrated

Donald Trump, some say, is likely to give new momentum to a previously proposed law that would prevent institutions from rejecting the most controversial customers

BankTrack’s: “Without regulations, Indigenous Peoples will continue to bear the brunt of harmful exploitation projects financed by banks”

The exit from climate deal, the Financial Times writes, is a signal following Trump’s re-election and increasing pressure from the fossil industry