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May 29 2026

South Korea economy
Why South Korea’s won is falling despite a chip export earnings bonanza
AI is driving a record trade surplus yet Seoul still has one of Asia’s worst-performing currencies
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May 28 2026

Russian rouble
Rouble’s strength piles pressure on Russian war economy
Rising energy exports have helped push currency to three-year high, making other exports less competitive
May 27 2026

Cryptocurrencies
Central banks complete successful tests of cross-border blockchain payments
Prototype, backed by Federal Reserve Bank of New York and BoE, allows near-instantaneous settlement of payments
May 27 2026

Markets
AI’s mixed economic signals
Plus, the euro convergence trade
Hakyung Kim
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May 27 2026

Blockchain
How some blockchains enable front-running
Regulators need to tackle the issue and address the cost to investors of excessive transparency
Donald Wilson
May 27 2026

Sovereign bonds
Eurozone issuers turn to non-euro debt in hunt for new investors
Sovereign borrowers look to issuance in US dollars, Swiss francs and other currencies
May 26 2026

War in Ukraine
UK imposes sanctions on crypto exchange tied to billionaire Justin Sun
Foreign Office announces measures against Huobi among several entities it says helped Russia evade economic pressure
May 22 2026

Mara Group Holdings Ltd
Alphaville. A bitcoin miner spent $860k armouring vehicles for its bosses, a fact for which we have very little context
The best defence may in fact be defence
May 22 2026

Cyber Security
Crypto industry braces for quantum computing threat
Threat to code that underpins bitcoin has moved ‘from theoretical to credible’, industry figures warn
May 21 2026

Cryptocurrencies
Crypto platforms rush to launch derivatives linked to SpaceX
Binance among exchanges to offer so-called perpetual futures to speculate on price of rocket company’s upcoming IPO
May 21 2026

US Department of the Treasury
Senators seek to curb US Treasury’s ability to fund foreign allies
Bipartisan bill aims to restrict Scott Bessent’s use of $219bn Exchange Stabilization Fund
May 21 2026

Pound Sterling
Alphaville. Back-door ERM is a really bad idea
The UK’s price of issuing euro-denominated debt would be a surrender of monetary policy sovereignty
May 21 2026

Markets
EMs don’t panic like they used to
There’s been convergence with DMs
Daire MacFadden
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May 21 2026

Renminbi
Iran war opens ‘golden window’ for China’s renminbi
Analysts say use of Chinese currency in global oil trade is on the rise
May 20 2026

Markets
The FT View. Farage, crypto and the £5mn gift
His rightwing populist Reform UK is uniquely reliant on a crypto billionaire
The editorial board
May 20 2026

European companies
Euro stablecoin project gains backing of 37 banks
Dutch company Qivalis adds 25 new lenders as continent seeks to challenge dollar’s crypto dominance
May 20 2026

The Story of Money podcast53 min listen
The deal that put the dollar at the centre of the world
The Bretton Woods agreement: a tale of boozing, womanising, espionage and a heart attack
May 19 2026

Renminbi
Alphaville. America needs to put the renminbi back on the international agenda
‘Managed trade’ isn’t the answer
May 18 2026

US-China relations
The battle the US is winning against China
It is a stunted financial power, leaving the US free to rule global markets
Ruchir Sharma
May 16 2026

Cryptocurrencies
Sponsor reviews crypto conference partnership over pole-dancing party
Crypto exchange OKX reconsiders sponsorship of Consensus Miami after ‘immature’ official after-party event
May 15 2026

Gilts
Gilts fall as traders brace for Burnham to challenge Starmer
Greater Manchester mayor is lightning rod for concerns over possible loosening of UK’s self-imposed borrowing limits
May 15 2026

Corporate bonds
Big Tech goes beyond Wall Street for huge AI borrowing
US tech giants including Alphabet and Amazon are tapping foreign debt market at an unprecedented rate
May 14 2026

Turkish economy
Turkey scraps inflation target as economic strains deepen
Central bank increases target to 24% from 16% due to accelerating rise in prices triggered by Iran war
May 14 2026

Stablecoins
Bank of England set to water down stablecoin rules after industry pressure
Deputy governor says initial plans may have been ‘overly conservative’ and central bank ‘looking very hard’ at alternatives
May 13 2026

Eric Trump
Eric Trump joins Beijing trip as family-linked group chases China deal
Company with ties to US president’s son has MOU with chipmaker that Congress warned is connected to Communist Party

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