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Crypto banks' savings rates are ten times greater than high street, but are they safe?

  • Written by Matthew Shillito, Lecturer in Law, University of Liverpool
Crypto banks' savings rates are ten times greater than high street, but are they safe?Big rates, not insignificant risks.Velishchuk Yevhen

Leading crypto banks such as BlockFi and Nexo are attracting a lot of attention. Customers can earn an APY (annual percentage yield) of up to 12%, dwarfing high-street savings accounts, whose interest rates are sub-1%. But before you rush to transfer your hard-earned savings, there’s some...