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DeFi-ing the odds: Why DeFi could rebuild trust in financial services
4.4.2021
While legacy finance is losing the people’s trust, decentralized finance is becoming the fair and deserved future of money
Bitcoin Options Market Places Low Odds of Sky-High Rally in 2021
11.2.2021
Bitcoin's options market sees only a 12% probability of prices rising above $100,000 by the end of December
JPMorgan Warns of Bitcoin Correction, Describing BTC as Overbought
22.12.2020
JPMorgan’s analysts have warned about the odds of a bitcoin correction which would increase if the flows into Grayscale’s bitcoin trust slow significantly. The analysts indicated that bitcoin is “overbought.” JPMorgan Reveals Bitcoin’s Outlook The analysts at JPMorgan...
DeFi the odds: Total user numbers up 55% in just six weeks
13.11.2020
Decentralized finance users steadily increased by 40% during October, despite many DeFi tokens posting heavy losses for the month
FTX Increases Trump Futures Margins Before the Election, Biden Futures Lead by 64%
31.10.2020
At the beginning of the year, the trading platform FTX Exchange launched a futures market so people can bet on the U.S. election and created a futures contract token called TRUMP. On Friday, FTX revealed that the exchange is lifting the initial margin requirements to $0.50 for its TRUMP token...
Analyst: 1,500 Bitcoins Lost Every Day, Less Than 14 Million Coins Will Ever Circulate
19.9.2020
A cryptocurrency analyst, Timothy Peterson claims that 1,500 bitcoins are lost each day meaning only 14 million BTC will ever circulate. The figure is at odds with the estimate of many organizations including Markets.bitcoin.com which place the figure at 18.5 million coins. Still, Peterson, who...
Against the Odds, Some Bitcoin Traders Are Betting on a $36K Price by Year’s End
14.9.2020
The Deribit exchange has seen a spike in investors buying the $36,000 December call option despite the market placing low odds on a new record high this year
Unlimited QE and an Index Portfolio: How Fed Chair Jay Powell Can Pump His Bags
5.9.2020
In mid-August the U.S. stock market defied odds and mainstream media claimed after the Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index touched new heights on August 18, it ‘officially’ ended the “shortest bear market in history.” Interestingly while roughly 30 to 40 million...
Crypto leaders at odds over SEC’s ‘accredited investors’ move
28.8.2020
Many prominent crypto players responded positively to the SEC decision, while others said the move falls short
Odds of Bitcoin Hitting Record High in 2020 Are (Slightly) Up, Options Data Suggests
27.7.2020
The likelihood of bitcoin challenging 2017's record high by the end of this year may have just nudged up – but don't raise your hopes too high just yet
How Bitcoin Allows Cloudbet to Offer the Fairest Odds in Soccer
20.7.2020
One crypto sportsbook is using the English Premier League’s return to demonstrate how blockchain technology helps it to offer customers fairer prices to maximise their winnings. Cloudbet, the pioneering bitcoin operator, recently announced that for each remaining game in the EPL season, it would...
Crypto Crime on the Rise — Good Odds of 2020 Becoming a Record-Breaker
7.6.2020
Experts believe that a more holistic crypto ecosystem, especially one that is more AML-centric, is needed to help prevent the spread of crypto scams in 2020
Player Hits $250,000 (29 BTC) Slots Jackpot Staying at Home
2.5.2020
Staying at home can pay off, not only for one’s health but also for one’s Bitcoin stash. This statement has never been more true for anyone than the lucky player who just added over 29 BTC to his wallet by playing the exclusive game of Slots. Let’s face it, in most cases, the odds...
Bitcoin On-Chain Analytics at Odds With Sub-$8K Bitcoin Price Forecasts
3.3.2020
Bitcoin’s on-chain analytics suggest that the asset’s price action is not as bearish as it seems
Crypto Accused of Facilitating Illegal Gambling — What Are the Odds?
20.2.2020
Crypto has continued to attract a lot of negative attention for its increasing popularity within the global illegal gambling market
Cryptocurrency Futures and Prediction Markets Show Trump Wins the US 2020 Election
8.2.2020
In less than 270 days the United States will have its 2020 election and millions of people worldwide will be betting on whether Donald Trump is reelected. Cryptocurrency participants are currently wagering their digital assets on the election outcome, where the odds on prediction markets...
New ‘TRUMP’ Token Giving 62% Odds of US President’s Reelection
7.2.2020
Crypto traders outside the U.S. now have a way to weigh in on President Trump thanks to a new digital token, the TRUMP
Bitcoin Price Dips Below $9K Support as Traders Weigh Correction Odds
31.10.2019
Bitcoin price could fall to $8.2K, according to one prediction
Remote Conferences; Bridging the Gap, Clearing the Odds
16.7.2018
A few weeks back, I saw one of my esteemed mentors decry the psychological traumas he had experienced, following series and series of refusals at certain embassies.
“A child concentrating hard at school” by Les Anderson on Unsplash
You would think he went for a contract he did not have the capacity...