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Venezuelan Opposition Leader Proposes Establishing a Bitcoin Reserve
7.9.2024
Maria Corina Machado, head of the political coalition that contests the victory of Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela, has proposed establishing a bitcoin reserve for the country. Machado stated that bitcoin represented a lifeline for many Venezuelans, that protected their wealth from rampant...
Milei Reveals New Economic Phase for Argentina: Zero Monetary Issuance
1.7.2024
Javier Milei, the libertarian President of Argentina, has revealed the new policies that will be applied to cement the economic victories he has achieved in Argentina. In an interview, he stated that now, with the recent approval of the omnibus law, the country has reached phase two of its economic...
Solana Passes Proposal to Assign 100% of Priority Fees to Validators
28.5.2024
Solana validators have voted to pass Solana Improvement Document number 96 (SIMD-0096), which proposes that 100% of priority transaction fees will be awarded to validators. This breaks the current model that passes only 50% of these funds to validators, while the other half gets burned. According...
Vitalik Buterin claws back crypto community's right to redefine 'inflation'
28.5.2024
The Ethereum co-founder asserts the crypto community's right to redefine "inflation" as the increase in currency supply, challenging traditional economic definitions and addressing misinformation
Skybridge Founder: It Pays to Be Long Bitcoin — BTC Will Be Inflation Hedge and Store of Value as It Scales
16.4.2024
Skybridge Capital founder Anthony Scaramucci firmly believes that bitcoin will be both an inflation hedge and a store of value as the cryptocurrency scales. He emphasized that bitcoin is “still an early stage technical asset that will trade like other risk assets until it exceeds a billion...
Nearly Half of Users Primarily Use Crypto to Earn Extra Income — Binance Study
15.12.2023
Nearly half of the crypto exchange Binance’s users list “earning extra income as their primary use for crypto.” The survey also revealed that 36% of the respondents consider “achieving financial security and independence” as the primary objective for using crypto...
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong: ‘Bitcoin May Be the Key to Extending Western Civilization’
6.12.2023
Brian Armstrong, CEO of U.S.-based crypto exchange Coinbase, stated that Bitcoin could play a role in extending Western civilization. For Armstrong, Bitcoin represents an alternative to fiat currencies like the U.S. dollar, which people can use as an alternative to inflation. Coinbase CEO Brian...
BTC price nears 2023 highs — 5 things to know in Bitcoin this week
23.10.2023
Bitcoin is back near its year-to-date highs, but BTC price moves belie an underlying lack of support, analysis fears
Economic frailty could soon give Bitcoin a new role in global trade
24.12.2022
Aggressive interest rate hikes have wrought havoc on global markets. As a consequence, more countries may embrace Bitcoin in the year ahead
Bitcoin Price Outlook for September
9.9.2022
Almost ten days into September, market volume in bitcoin has started rising, as traders return to action following the summer break. As volume returns, so does volatility, with this week showing both high levels of bullish and bearish sentiment in the token. Looking forward to the remainder of...
Economist Predicts the Fed’s Response to Inflation Will Push Crypto Higher
19.4.2022
Allianz Chief Economic Advisor Mohamed El-Erian says that the Federal Reserve’s response to inflation will cause the prices of cryptocurrencies, like bitcoin, to “go higher.” He noted: “That’s what you get when you’ve waited too long to recognize what...
Bitcoin, Ethereum Slide, Liquidations Soar as Market Awaits US Inflation Numbers
10.3.2022
Bitcoin (BTC), ethereum (ETH), and much of the broader crypto market traded sharply lower today, with liquidations of leveraged long positions amplifying the price drop. The crash comes as the market prepares for yet another high US inflation figure, and follows a jump in prices yesterday after...
Inflation Is 'Huge Danger' as the US Government 'Overdid It a Little' - Charlie Munger
17.2.2022
While Berkshire Hathaway’s Vice Chairman Charlie Munger continues to voice his usual criticism of crypto, he also warns that inflation "is a very serious subject, you could argue it is the way democracies die" and "a huge danger."
He was speaking during an interview with Yahoo Finance....
Venezuelan Government Approves New Tax for Cryptocurrency and Foreign Currency Transactions
5.2.2022
The Venezuelan Government has approved a new tax that would affect transactions made in foreign currency and cryptocurrency transactions. Approved by the National Assembly of the country, the tax, called the “large financial transactions” tax would collect up to 20% over transactions...
Bitcoin hits $45K ahead of July inflation report, but one fractal hints at looming correction
8.8.2021
The flagship cryptocurrency hits its highest level in more than two months as inflation is expected to rise by another 0.5% in July
Turkey Residents Panicking Over Massive Inflation
19.8.2020
Turkish are losing faith in its local fiat currency, with confidence in the lira falling 20% this year
Peer-to-Peer Bitcoin Trading Tops $95 Million as Sub-Saharan Africa Records Set All Time High
6.8.2020
Weekly peer-to-peer bitcoin trading volumes topped $95 million globally with several countries recording new all-time highs for the year. The record trading volumes coincided with the most bullish week for cryptocurrencies with bitcoin (BTC) briefly trading above $12,000. As data from Usefultulips...