• January 8 2022
  On Wall StreetBitcoin

  Crypto world divide exposed by ‘bividend’

  BTCS Nasdaq-listed company distributes capital in bitcoin — an asset with value, but no purpose

  
• November 24 2021
  FT SeriesHow to eat and drink it this Christmas

  Our 25 favourite hotel bars

  We asked FT writers to nominate the best destinations for the perfect drink. Here are the top picks

  
• November 20 2021
  The Long ViewDigital currencies

  MiamiCoin, a currency without sovereignty

  City-states have always had their own money, but they have also controlled it

  
• October 9 2021
  The Long ViewUS economy

  The $1tn coin is a poor replacement for US treasuries

  Platinum currency is a short-term tactic for the White House but not a long-term fix 

  
• September 11 2021
  FT Readers

  ‘Surviving 9/11’: FT Readers share their thoughts

  Join the conversation in the comments below to tell us your memories of the day.

  
• September 8 2021
  FT MagazineTerrorism

  ‘I am still captive’: surviving 9/11

  When the Twin Towers fell, Brendan Greeley ran. This is his story 

  
• September 6 2021
  ReviewHistory books

  How Europe went from backwater to global dominance

  'The Verge’ takes up the question of the Great Divergence, exploring how for a time, the continent grew faster than the rest of the world

  
• August 30 2021
  Transcript

  How community banks were small business saviours during the pandemic

  US community banks played an instrumental role in keeping small businesses alive

  
• August 30 2021
  FT News Briefing podcast9 min listen

  Afghanistan faces economic catastrophe, US community banks

  The US withdrawal and Taliban takeover leads to inflation, cash shortages and economic insecurity

  
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• August 29 2021
  The Big Read

  How US community banks became ‘irreplaceable’ in the pandemic

  Local lenders played an outsized role in dispensing loans to small businesses but must continue to adapt as banking moves online

  
• August 20 2021
  The Long ViewSovereign bonds

  A quality theory of Treasuries

  To value US sovereign debt, think about what it buys

  
• July 27 2021
  Federal Reserve

  The Fed should stop treating all money the same

  As a cash pile mounts in the financial system, the central bank’s interest rate policy is working less well than it used to

  
• July 3 2021
  On Wall StreetFederal Reserve

  Let’s all please stop calling dollars ‘fiat money’

  Currencies are not memes that only have value because governments say they do

  
• June 16 2021
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  ‘Would you like a ski room with that?’ On board the new superyachts

  Banja spas, jacuzzi islands, helipads and centrifuges... Here’s the spec on what’s hot right now

  
• May 22 2021
  On Wall StreetBitcoin

  How can bitcoin become money if it is too valuable to spend?

  The cryptocurrency has risen in value but is meant to be more than an asset

  
• May 21 2021
  How To Spend It: The Travel Issue

  A fine romance in New Orleans

  Dree Hemingway illuminates fashion’s easy glamour, while Brendan Greeley pens a love letter to the city he once called home

  
• April 23 2021
  On Wall StreetBitcoin

  Bitcoin boom fuels fight over money creation

  Throughout history, hard coin and credit have circulated together

  
• March 25 2021
  FT AlphavilleShipping

  The bank effect and the big boat blocking the Suez

  Perhaps it was the wind. But in hydrodynamics, size matters.

  
• February 27 2021
  On Wall StreetBitcoin

  Bitcoin cannot replace the banks

  Cryptocurrency hopes are based on a misunderstanding of how money is created

  
• February 15 2021
  FT News Briefing podcast9 min listen

  EU to allow UK data flow, commodities boom, China's box office

  Brussels set to allow EU data into the UK, prices signal a new commodity 'supercycle'

  
• February 2 2021
  Markets InsightPrecious metals

  No long-term silver lining for markets

  History shows its limited value as a shelter in catastrophic financial collapse

  
• January 27 2021
  FT News Briefing podcast10 min listen

  EU vaccine exports, stock prices, India’s farmers

  Germany pushes Brussels to allow member states to block exports of coronavirus vaccines produced in the EU

  
• January 26 2021
  FT News Briefing podcast10 min listen

  Spac mania, Russia protests, Zoom’s troubles in China

  Companies are raising money at a blistering pace, and Zoom’s warning for other groups in China

  
• January 25 2021
  FT News Briefing podcast10 min listen

  US takes a hard line on Russia, the way forward for Waymo

  After Russia arrests of thousands of protesters, EU leaders are set to meet on Monday

  
• January 18 2021
  FT News Briefing podcast10 min listen

  Pompeo’s blitz, Merkel’s heir apparent, tech boom shapes cities

  The US secretary of state has delivered a deluge of last-minute measures that will impede the incoming administration