On this day in 1922, Howard Carter became the first to enter the tomb of King Tutankhamun. He couldn’t see much, at first – he’d made a small hole in the door and had to peer through it using a torch. But it was enough for him to see something. People were divided on what happened when Carter opened the door. Some saw history being brought to life. Others believed it unleashed a curse. It sometimes feels that, with cryptoassets and stablecoins, we are standing at the same type of door. We saw the first glint of what was to come in 1990 with the launch of eCash. It hinted at a something that would define an age – the ... (full story)