Ireland’s economy didn’t collapse when the banks shut for long periods in the 1960s and 1970s; instead, local shopkeepers and publicans acted as ‘a second level of banking’. But don’t romanticise it too much
Today’s technologies are facilitating crime on a vast scale, and Ireland has a significant footprint in this murky, international gang-controlled world
Digital currency has been on a tear since US election result
Cryptocurrency is a digital asset that has proven you don’t need a practical use case to be a lucrative investment
Me & My Money: Ciaran Marron, chief executive of Activ8 Solar Energies
Technological solutions to the problem of too much government is something that appeals to appeals to both Bitcoin advocates and Trump supporters. Both want to use AI and blockchain to leave messy problems like death, taxes and climate change behind
US president elect has touted crypto assets in his campaign
Pledges to raise tariffs, cut taxes and slash regulations encouraged investors to dive into a range of assets that looked likely to benefit
Criminal Assets Bureau seized virtual currency from former Dublin beekeeper who grew cannabis crops for years, without drawing Garda attention, until caught by chance
Fraudsters stole almost €100 million from Irish consumers last year – an increase of 16 per cent on 2022
Worries over whether authorities are being too cautious on cutting interest rates take effect as jobs growth slowdown weighs on sentiment
Investors step back from crypto currencies as risk aversion hits global markets
Facts and truth can be fluid both in the world of the bitcoin bros and the former president Trump
Singapore-based crypto asset exchange has received VASP authorisation from the Central Bank
Donald Trump's Truth Social is seeing believers using their retirement funds to bankroll one obscenely wealthy individual to even greater riches
Inside Business podcast with Ciarán Hancock
The most popular cryptocurrency is starting to look like more than a passing fad
Anyone with a sense of financial history knows how the fever for the cryptocurrency will end. And it’s not pretty
Cryptocurrency struggled in 2022 following monetary tightening by central banks and a number of high profile crypto failures
Bitcoin retreats as speculators book profits after crypto’s fierce run-up to much-anticipated ETF launch
Fund giant sticks to principles on type of investment it offers clients
Cryptocurrency drops below $39,000, defying expectations of gains after SEC ruling
US regulator’s approval seen as victory for industry despite warnings about ‘myriad risks’
Iseq All Share dips 1.88% on a weak day for the banks
Rachel O’Dwyer digs behind the medium of exchange and portrays cyptocurrency, blockchains, artworks and digital assets with a less than optimistic eye
Jawad Yaqub (45) accused of stealing bitcoin worth up to £8m at current market value
Speculate only with what you can afford to lose, and don’t forget about tax if you do make money
Request would have meant ‘the end of the crypto industry in the US’, according to Brian Armstrong
Retiree Gerald Stitt claims he invested close to €300,000 in what he though was a cryptocurrency
Central Bank governor’s comments come weeks after EU voted in favour of sweeping regulations
New regulatory framework to be rolled out from 2024 but near consensus vote obscures wide range of views on crypto
Bitcoin hit its highest level in nine months on Monday
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How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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