Although UK revenues hit $11.3bn last year, a healthy 19% year-on-year rise.
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EU politics
Michael Roberts: Regulation of banks does not work
There is one big lesson from the Danske Bank money laundering scandal. Regulating the modern banking system does not work. Modern banks are now primarily giant hedge fund managers speculating on financial assets or they […]
Economics
Yanis Varoufakis: Bitcoin, Blockchain and the Future of Europe
In this interview Yanis Varoufakis discusses Bitcoin’s bubble, the fantasy of apolitical money and the opportunities for the blockchain to reform Europe. Read here
Energy
The Guardian: Bitcoin mining consumes more electricity a year than Ireland
Network’s estimated power use also exceeds that of 19 other European countries, consuming more than five times output of continent’s largest windfarm Read here
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