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FT AlphavilleJemima Kelly

When bitcoin bros* talk money-printing

If central banks can print money out of thin air, why can’t the rest of us?

Could you be an FT Alphavillain?

FT Alphaville is looking for writers.

The complete letters of Nomad Investment Partnership [UPDATE]

Just in time for Christmas.

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Texas; speculation; ARKK; and much more.

Coinbase’s offering docs have just dropped [Update]

Ceci n'est pas an ICO. Or an IPO. It's a direct listing.

Gamestop: meme-cry

Time is a flat circle

Craig Wright is taking legal action to recover $3.5bn of “stolen bitcoin”

Craig-toshi Nakamoto is back. And he means business.

FT AlphavilleClaire Jones

How rampant is spending about to get?

It depends on what side of the pond you live.

FT AlphavilleIzabella Kaminska

NY attorney lasers Bitcoin’s key funding mechanism

The NY Attorney-General’s ruling on Tether and Bitfinex stands to destabilise the way dollars flow into the bitcoin value system. But Bitcoin’s meme warriors are buffering up their defences.

Michael Bolton wants you to break up with your brokerage

Did someone say froth?

FT AlphavilleJemima Kelly

Rishi Sunak’s fishy foray into chat-show hosting

Rishi meets: Lady Mone of Mayfair.

This is nuts, this is the electric vehicle crash

Electric vehicle stocks are getting crushed. Colour us surprised.

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