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Perils of protest: Not only does Catalonia risk leaving the euro, it could could also see FC Barcelona barred from playing in the Spanish league. Photograph: Gerard Julien/AFP/Getty Images
Economic uncertainties of an independent Catalonia

Catalonia would be excluded from the European Union if it broke away from Spain, according to opponents of the region’s independence drive. They also (...)

Fredrik Voss, third from left, and the Nasdaq team developing software to allow the trading of stocks in private companies on a blockchain, the kind of public ledger used in the Bitcoin market, in New York. Financial firms are looking at the network and software that make it possible for Bitcoin to move around the world instantly and inexpensively. Photograph: Sasha Maslov/The New York Times
Wall Street takes a keen interest in Bitcoin’s technology

Most people still think of Bitcoin as the virtual currency used by drug dealers and shadowy hackers looking to evade the authorities. But the innovati(...)

Spain’s economy minister Luis de Guindos says Spain’s economy is in good shape. Photgraph: Andrea Comas/Reuters
Spanish government positive despite market rumblings

Spain is one of the countries where the Greek crisis is being most keenly followed, due to its own economic characteristics which in the past have mad(...)

Former Spanish prime minister Felipe Gonzalez speaks to journalists after a meeting Lilian Tintori (right) and other wives of Venezuelan imprisoned opposition leaders, and members of the opposition alliance in Caracas, on Monday. Photograph: Miguel Gutierrez/EPA
Former Spanish PM’s visit gives boost to Venezuela’s opposition

Former Spanish prime minister Felipe González has made a short visit to Venezuela to offer support to two jailed politicians in a move which has he(...)

South Korean tech giant Samsung announced a new mobile payments system, Samsung Pay, at Mobile World Congress. (Photograph: Gustau Nacarino/Reuters)
Banks happy to live with tech firms moving into payments

PAMELA NEWENHAM in BarcelonaFrancisco Gonzalez, the chief executive of Spanish bank BBVA, has said he is happy to live with tech firms moving into the(...)

Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss hpe to start a regulated bitcoin exchange. The twins received $65 million in Facebook shares and cash in 2008.
Winklevoss twins aim to bring bitcoin mainstream

Bitcoin, the virtual currency that was once the talk of the financial world, has been taking a beating over the past year with the price tumbling d(...)

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