Retailer are worried about having enough inventory for year end holidays. Russia is backing up belleruse big time. Regulators want to play a bigger role in the crypto currency market. And maybe it's better to think of big coin as equity instead of currency.
American retailers are rushing to secure inventory ahead of the year end holiday season, US financial authorities are preparing to take a more active role in regulating the $1.5tn cryptocurrency market, and Russia released $500m in credit to Belarus as western countries target Minsk with sanctions. Plus, the FT’s Unhedged columnist Robert Armstrong explains why he thinks bitcoin might be better thought of as an equity call option than a currency.