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Stablecoin Savings: Circle Launches High Yield USDC Accounts for Businesses
7.11.2020
Two years ago the cryptocurrency firm Circle announced the launch of USDC, a stablecoin pegged to the U.S. dollar. This week, Circle revealed the launch of high yield digital dollar business accounts with APY up to 10.75%. On September 26, 2018, Circle and the Centre open-source consortium launched...
US Voting Over, But Near-Zero Interest Rates, Inflation Are Here to Stay
6.11.2020
Juan Villaverde is an econometrician and mathematician devoted to the analysis of cryptocurrencies since 2012. He leads the Weiss Ratings team of analysts and computer programmers who created Weiss cryptocurrency ratings.
Dr. Bruce Ng is an educator in the field of Distributed Ledger Technology...
Russia's central bank says the pandemic has accelerated regulators' interest in CBDCs
6.11.2020
The pandemic-induced crisis is galvanizing new trends across all aspects of the global economy, including digital currencies
Coronavirus Driving Interest in CBDCs, Say Central Bank Chiefs
6.11.2020
Central banks meeting in Russia said the coronavirus pandemic is a driving force behind growing interest in national digital currencies
Leverage is fueling Bitcoin’s rally to highest price since January 2018
5.11.2020
Bitcoin’s recent gains appear to have been driven by leverage-fuelled speculation, with open interest in futures and Binance’s leverage ratio pushing into new highs
Record $2.9B Bitcoin options open interest follows BTC rally to $14,259
4.11.2020
Open interest in Bitcoin options reached a new record at $2.9 billion, signaling that pro traders remain bullish on BTC price
Hashgraph CTO expects blockchain interest to grow even bigger in 2021
3.11.2020
We are at the "knee of an exponential curve, said the executive
Report: 55% of US Investors Show Interest in Bitcoin Investment, Covid-19 Catalyst to Changing Preferences
29.10.2020
A recent survey study reveals that more than half of U.S. investors (55%) have an interest in investing in bitcoin, a figure which is 19 percentage points higher than that of last year. This translates to a potential U.S. market of nearly 32 million bitcoin investor households. According to...
Trump Hackers Spur US Interest in Monero…But Not Prices
28.10.2020
Source: a screenshot, Instagram/realdonaldtrump
Crypto scammers who successfully hacked into United States President Donald Trump’s election campaign looking for payment in monero (XMR) appear to have sparked a new interest in the most popular privacy coin – albeit one that has failed to save...
Bitcoin investing interest up 19% compared to 2019, Grayscale report says
27.10.2020
Grayscale's poll found that the majority of people they spoke with were interested in Bitcoin
This Paradigm-Backed Startup Is Offering DeFi’s First ‘T-Bill’
27.10.2020
Newly launched DeFi lending project Yield Protocol is offering stable interest rates for investors
Interest In Bitcoin Spikes as PayPal, JPMorgan, and Kanye West Praise BTC
26.10.2020
Google searches for “bitcoin” (BTC) spiked last week, reaching almost three-month highs, after BTC-related positive news from PayPal was supported by favorable statements from banking giant JPMorgan and celebrity Kanye West, while the price hit a new yearly high.
However, people were...
Bitcoin Transaction Fees Spike 350% in a Month, as ETH Fees Decline
26.10.2020
Bitcoin transaction fees are on the rise again. Fees shot up more than 350% during the last thirty days to Oct. 22. The most significant increase occurred in the last week, as the price of bitcoin soared on growing institutional interest. According to data by Bitinfocharts, it cost an average...
CME’s Bitcoin Futures Rise Suggests Institutional Investors Are Starting to Swarm Toward Crypto
24.10.2020
The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) has become the second-largest derivatives market for bitcoin futures in terms of open interest. The popular exchange has seen an influx of demand since the recent Paypal announcement and the Bitmex debacle as well. Data shows that the Bitcoin Mercantile...
Bitcoin’s Rivalry With Gold Plus Millennial Interest Gives It ‘Considerable’ Upside Potential: JPMorgan
24.10.2020
A Friday note outlines institutional, corporate, and Millennial interest in the leading cryptocurrency
CME’s Rise in Bitcoin Futures Rankings Signals Growing Institutional Interest
23.10.2020
CME has risen to second place in terms of bitcoin futures open interest, passing Binance and BitMEX
Last Chance to Get Staked $750+ Million HEX Payout November 19th, 2020
22.10.2020
HEX.COM – The First High Interest Blockchain Certificate of Deposit – has outperformed every asset in 2020. Ranked Top 20 by Nomics (BTI verified #1 in Market Data Integrity), over $240 Million HEX are in active stakes paying a variable 28% APY. The average stake length is 5 years;...
Not Anymore, Mr. Buffett: Tokenization Marks a New Era for Gold
22.10.2020
Interest-earning tokenized gold proves The Oracle of Omaha wrong about gold’s utility by Stella Zlatareva, Nexo Editorial Team Gold’s worthContinue Reading
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Institutions Long and Hedge Funds Short: Bitcoin Options Traders Prep for ‘Big Moves’ Ahead
20.10.2020
Trends in bitcoin options markets are making it difficult for financial analysts to pinpoint BTC’s next move. Data from CME’s recently published trader report shows that institutional investors are capturing a larger number of bitcoin long contracts, while hedge funds are showing...
Luno Exchange Launches Interest-Earning Bitcoin Wallet
19.10.2020
Users of Luno's new bitcoin "savings wallet" can earn up to 4% interest per year, the exchange said