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Money Reimagined: Letter to President Biden
22.1.2021
President Biden needs to reform the global financial system and avoid a 1930s-style depression. Digital currencies can help
Bitcoin Policy in Biden’s Washington, With Kristin Smith and Amy Davine Kim
22.1.2021
As the Biden Administration gets underway, what can we expect for cryptocurrency technologies alongside an ascendent bitcoin?
Idea Of Taxing Unrealized Gains Resurfaces As Money Printing Intensifies
21.1.2021
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United States President Joe Biden's Treasury secretary nominee Janet Yellen has once again become a topic of discussion in the Cryptoverse - this time over her comments suggesting she may look to tax of unrealized gains. And this has led some to question if the...
Bithumb CEO Predicts Only Four to Seven South Korean Crypto Exchanges Will Survive New Rules
20.1.2021
The CEO of the South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb has made some predictions regarding the upcoming new rules governing the national industry. In fact, the executive believes there will only be between four and seven exchanges surviving the new regulation. Smaller Companies Unlikely...
Economist Slams ECB Chief Lagarde’s Bitcoin Remarks as Dangerous for Cryptocurrency Regulation
20.1.2021
Responding to European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde’s recent remarks about bitcoin, the chief economist at investment firm Tressis said what Lagarde implied was “outrageous” and “dangerous” for cryptocurrency regulation. Economist Says Governments...
Crypto Chi: The future (and energy) of money and technology
18.1.2021
Crypto Chi is a combination of financial innovation, libertarian and capitalist ideology, and human empowerment
How compliance software detects fraud and money laundering involving crypto
18.1.2021
As the crypto markets mature and institutional money flows into the space, technology to detect fraud and money laundering involving digital assets is more important than ever
Steve Forbes Says Bitcoin’s Fixed Supply Limits Its Ability to ‘Meet the Needs of a Growing Economy’
18.1.2021
American publisher Steve Forbes has attacked bitcoin’s fixed supply saying this feature actually curbs the ability of the crypto to “meet the needs of a growing economy.” He also argues that bitcoin cannot replace the dollar because it is presently too volatile to function...
IMF Tells Governments: Spend as Much as You Can and Then Spend More
17.1.2021
The head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has called on countries worldwide to spend as much as they can and then spend more. She admitted that this is a “very unusual” policy for the IMF but it is needed to revive economies. Many people are interpreting her statement as very...
‘America and Sound Money,’ the Most Important Bitcoin Essay of the Last Year
17.1.2021
A reading of the “Stone Ridge 2020 Shareholder Letter” by Ross Stevens
Legally Speaking, is Digital Money Really Money?
17.1.2021
Catalina Margulis is a consulting counsel in the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Legal Department’s Financial and Fiscal Law unit, seconded from the Central Bank of Chile. Arthur Rossi is a Research Officer in the IMF Legal Department’s Financial and Fiscal Law unit.
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IMF Says Only 23% of Central Banks Can Legally Issue Digital Currencies
17.1.2021
Researchers at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have examined the central bank laws of 174 IMF members to answer the question of whether a digital currency is really money. They found that of all the central banks studied, only about 23%, or 40 central banks, “are legally allowed...
Risk management in crypto: Aka 'the art of not losing all your money'
16.1.2021
To attract and retain the interest of institutional traders, we need advanced risk management tools that can maximize gains for investors
Bitcoin has become nothing but the new Che Guevara T-shirt
16.1.2021
Bitcoin promised to create a new normal in finance, but it turned out to be nothing but the old normal with a new face
Argentine Billionaire Marcos Galperin Says Bitcoin a ‘Better Store of Value Than Gold’ as Officials Plan to Print More Pesos
15.1.2021
Argentine billionaire and CEO of the e-commerce platform Mercado Libre, Marcos Galperin says bitcoin is a better store of value than gold. However, the billionaire thinks the crypto will not replace fiat currency due to what he terms the high “energy cost required to process...
Money Reimagined: Bitcoin’s Warning for Central Banks
15.1.2021
Bitcoin's rising price reflects declining faith in the existing financial system. Will central bankers like Christine Lagarde take notice?
Crypto Infrastructure and the Internet Age, With Christopher Giancarlo and Marvin Ammori
15.1.2021
An insiders look at how new, disruptive technology and government interact
Elon Musk Deconstructs Money Prompting Bitcoiners to Ponder the Meaning
15.1.2021
Elon Musk. Tesla chief Elon Musk made another comment on the definition of money, with some interpreting it as supportive of Bitcoin (BTC) and others not as much.
In a Twitter exchange, Musk agreed with American author Ben Mezrich who said that he wouldn't turn down getting paid in BTC again....
US Fed: CBDC a ‘very high priority’ to combat bad private sector money
15.1.2021
The United States Federal Reserve needs its own digital currency to protect against a possible overnight proliferation of stablecoin technology, says Fed chairman Jerome Powell
Bitcoin chases new high as analyst says ‘smart money never stopped’ buying
15.1.2021
Increasing trading volume and demand from institutional investors have analysts expecting a new all-time high from Bitcoin price