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Every card purchase can be a taxable disposal. There are three ways to reduce or avoid that, and one of them changes the arithmetic entirely.
By Maria Fernandez, DeFi Protocols & RWA On-Chain Analyst · 8 min read
Advertised cashback tells you almost nothing. Here is the arithmetic on £1,000 of spending, with every cost the marketing leaves out.
Maria Fernandez · October 3, 2026
There is no single best stablecoin, because holding one for six months and moving one between venues are different problems with different answers.
David Turner · October 1, 2026
The cashback is real. So is the spread applied when your crypto is sold at the till, and it is usually the larger number.
Maria Fernandez · September 29, 2026→
The cost of moving money between venues is mostly a choice, and the expensive mistakes are avoidable with two habits and one small test transaction.
Emily Carter · September 27, 2026→
One has the better disclosure, the other has the deeper market. That single sentence explains almost every decision people make between them.
David Turner · September 25, 2026→
Pegs break for a small number of reasons, and each of the big cases isolates one. Here is what actually happened, and which risk applies to your holdings.
Maria Fernandez · September 23, 2026→
A stablecoin is a promise that one token equals one dollar. Everything interesting is in who makes that promise, what stands behind it, and who can check.
David Turner · September 21, 2026→
The two highest-scoring venues in our table, separated by an audited balance sheet on one side and a bank charter on the other — and a large, avoidable fee gap.
David Turner · September 19, 2026→
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