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More People Dipping Toes Into Web Monetization
5.11.2020
Léonie Watson:
I do think that Coil and Web Monetization are at the vanguard of a quiet revolution.
Here’s me when I’m visiting Léonie’s site:
Enjoy the pennies!
My Coil subscription ($5/month) doles out money to sites I visit that have monetization set up and installed.
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Gold Price Expected to Rally Despite Concerns About Lockdown 2.0
5.11.2020
Gold industry players say the inevitable printing of new money by the U.S. will lead to an increase in the circulating supply of fiat currency. This increase, in turn, will further dilute the value of U.S. currency and thus diminish its perceived status as the world’s foremost reserve...
Covid-19: IMF Urges More Stimulus Support For Non-Contact Intensive Businesses
4.11.2020
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is encouraging countries to create money to mitigate the effects of lockdown restrictions on economies. Specifically, the international lender wants businesses and workers displaced by the pandemic related responses to get financial support as they adjust their...
Uniswap’s Retroactive Airdrop Vote Put Free Money on the Campaign Trail
3.11.2020
A detailed blow-by-blow of one of the most closely watched governance decisions in the history of DeFi
SEC Changes Rules, Making Fundraising Easier for Crypto Firms
3.11.2020
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has amended some exemption rules, making it easier for crypto companies to raise funds. The rule changes raise fundraising limits for Regulation Crowdfunding, Regulation A, and Regulation D’s Rule 504 offerings. SEC’s New Rules Allow...
A (Not Quite) Complete History of Money, Feat. Planet Money’s Jacob Goldstein
3.11.2020
One of the hosts of NPR’s legendary “Planet Money” takes us on a whirlwind tour of some of the key moments of money history in the last 1,000 years
$100 Million Accelerator Fund from Binance Now Supports PARSIQ, a Reverse-Oracle Blockchain Platform
3.11.2020
PRESS RELEASE. PARSIQ is a working platform that makes blockchain events consumable and blockchain data actionable. It allows users—both individuals, companies, enterprises—to monitor any events across different blockchains in real-time and at scale and connect those events to...
Major Defi Token Prices Plunge, as Money Moves Back Into Bitcoin
2.11.2020
Major decentralized finance (defi) projects fell sharply in October, with token prices tumbling by between 30% and 56%, as money appears to be moving away from the overhyped space and back into bitcoin. According to Coingecko data, Andre Cronje’s Yearn Finance (YFI) fell fastest, crashing...
Bitcoin is the best treasury reserve asset humanity’s ever had
1.11.2020
You could easily lose up to 90% of your fiat savings to inflation alone in 100 years, but that would never happen with Bitcoin
Money Reimagined: Who Are the Real Monsters?
30.10.2020
Next to the frightening creatures of the legacy financial system, bitcoin is the normal, wholesome outlier, like the niece from TV’s “The Munsters.”
Remittance Costs Lower in Q3 World Bank Study Shows – Only Cryptocurrencies Meeting UN Goal
30.10.2020
The latest study by the World Bank shows that it costs 4.98% on average to remit funds to South Asia which makes it the least expensive region while sub-Sahara Africa is the most expensive with an average cost of 8.47%. The quarterly study also finds that it is costlier to remit funds when using...
Crypto Startup Avanti Receives License To Operate as National Bank in Wyoming
30.10.2020
Crypto startup Avanti Financial Group has been granted a license to offer banking services by the Wyoming State Banking Board. The license, or bank charter, means Avanti can now operate as a conventional bank – but one with a twist, capable of holding both crypto and dollars. It plans...
Despite strong security token growth, tZERO continues to lose money
30.10.2020
While tZERO’s net revenues have nearly doubled year-over-year, Overstock’s fledgling security token exchange is still far from profitable
Dutch Police Seize $33 Million in Bitcoin from Couple Accused of Money Laundering
30.10.2020
Prosecutors from the Netherlands have seized 2,532 bitcoins worth $33 million after a couple was convicted of money laundering by the Rotterdam District Court. The man and his wife were sentenced to two years for illegal money transmission and the court claims the couple’s bitcoin stash...
Singapore’s largest commercial bank reportedly launching crypto trading
27.10.2020
Another global bank believes that digital assets are the future of the global economy
LibertyX launches Bitcoin-to-cash sales at ATMs in United States
27.10.2020
LibertyX wants to provide instant Bitcoin cashouts as the token hits new 2020 highs
The Many Facts Pointing to John Nash Being Satoshi Nakamoto
27.10.2020
Six years ago, a number of theories spread across the internet that claimed the famed American economist and mathematician John Forbes Nash Jr. was Satoshi Nakamoto. There’s a bunch of circumstantial evidence that has invoked some research into the possibility that Nash could have been...
Kevin Hart Learns Bitcoin Is a Legit Investment, Not ‘Voodoo Money’ in an All-Star Telethon
26.10.2020
Popular actor Kevin Hart gave bitcoin a boost this weekend during an all-star telethon to benefit the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA). Hart told viewers that cryptocurrency is a legitimate investment right after he called it “voodoo money.” Kevin Hart Shouts Out About Bitcoin...
Roll Raises Another $1M to Make Money Social
26.10.2020
Personal token platform Roll is announcing the raise of $1 million from Fabric Ventures, IOSG, William Mougayar and others
Abra CEO's portfolio is 50% Bitcoin as cash is 'becoming worthless'
26.10.2020
Abra's CEO purportedly increased his holdings prior to Bitcoin touching new 2020 highs