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Stablecoins and Exchange Coins – What’s the Difference From the Ol’ Corporate Bond?
9.9.2019
A new weekly record was set last week in global corporate bond sales, with investors grabbing hold of around $140 billion in new bonds according to data from Dealogic. This occurs against a backdrop of negative yielding debt, and the meteoric rise in popularity of stablecoins and exchange-native...
Various Methods for Expanding a Box While Preserving the Border Radius
6.9.2019
I've recently noticed an interesting change on CodePen: on hovering the pens on the homepage, there's a rectangle with rounded corners expanding in the back.
Expanding box effect on the CodePen homepage.
Being the curious creature that I am, I had to check how this works! Turns out, the rectangle...
JPMorgan Warns Stablecoins Like Libra at Risk of ‘System Gridlock’
6.9.2019
Libra can add negative yields to its growing list of risks, according to a new JPMorgan analysis
Initiative to Curtail Negative Interest Rates Gains Traction in Germany
24.8.2019
Negative interest rates, a common occurrence in Europe these days, are unpleasant for both banks and clients. And financial institutions have been increasingly transferring the bulk of the burden on to their customers. Some political factions in Germany, however, aren’t happy with the trend...
Smokescreens and Mirrors: How Does a Country Do an ICO? They Call It QE
22.8.2019
Financial regulators all around the world have been cracking down hard on ICOs for promising more than they can deliver. At the same time governments and central banks are pulling off far worse scams, such as QE, wiping out the savings of everyone that depends on them. To hide this fact they...
Major Swedish Bank Orders Negative Interest Rate on Euro Deposits
22.8.2019
Sub-zero interest rates have become the norm in some countries, especially in Europe. Nordic nations such as Sweden and Denmark have been in negative territory for a while and a growing number of banks in the region are now charging depositors for keeping their money. Saving in fiat right...
Bitcoin vs. Ripple Price Analysis: Bitcoin Grows By 2.99% whereas Ripple Makes a Negative Movement
20.8.2019
Bitcoin gained 2.99% over the last 24 hours, whereas Ripple is down by 2.36%. Ripple’s loss may not be a permanent one, and this may end soon. In the last 1 day, Bitcoin has managed to get a good growth of 2.99% whereas Ripple is down by 2.36%. In the last couple of days, both …
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Passing the Burden of Negative Rates to Bank Clients Opens Door for Cryptocurrencies
17.8.2019
Record low and negative interest rates have put commercial banks in a difficult spot. Across Europe, they have been passing the burden to their clients. Some have introduced fees for those with large account balances, while others are punishing everybody equally. In any case, some bankers fear this...
Bitcoin vs Ripple: BTC & XRP Both Are in Negative; Early Recovery Seems Unlikely
17.8.2019
Bitcoin is down by 0.22%, and Ripple lost 0.94% in the last 24 hours. Both the coins may take more than usual time to see a recovery. BTC and XRP, as two of the high ranked coins, have not been able to yield any significant growth over the last 24 hours. However, Bitcoin price got …
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IOTA Price Analysis: MIOTA Price Trend Shows Negative Signs, Bulls Appear Far Away
13.8.2019
IOTA trades sluggishly, has shown no move above $0.26 today Yesterday before closing, IOTA had traced a close above $0.26, but faced rejection above it The coin is below its 5-day SMA, carrying selling pressure IOTA price was oscillating between $0.25 to $0.26 in the later part of yesterday....
Crypto Market Sentiment Dropped: BTC in Positive, LTC in Negative Zone
12.8.2019
The crypto market sentiment measure, Sentscore, fell back to 4.76 (the average for the top 10 coins) this Monday, below 5.35 from last week, and closer to 4.43 from two weeks ago, according to Omenics, a crypto market sentiment analysis service.
Number one spot among the top 10 cryptocurrencies...
Normalizing Negative Interest: It’s Flabbergasting How Closely Media Parrots the Government
12.8.2019
Negative interest rates have been making big headlines lately, as several countries and big banks are now experimenting with the unorthodox monetary policy. While typically viewed as a last-ditch effort to shock some life back into struggling economies, these policies are getting a shiny new spin...
Owning Fiat Just Got More Expensive – NIRP Strikes Again
8.8.2019
With the recent Union Bank of Switzerland (UBS) announcement that even more customers will be charged to hold money in their banks, people are scrambling to find ways to preserve their wealth, while USB and others scramble to dam the losses resulting from national negative interest rate policy...
Ripple Price Analysis: Ripple (XRP) Gradually Diminishes Negative Growth; Price Rally May Take Time
3.8.2019
Ripple (XRP) is still down by 0.17% over the last 24 hours. The bullish medium-term outlook places the target at 0.7 USD. Contrary to the market’s trend, XRP has not yet started strengthening. The coin is still down by 0.17% over the last 24 hours. The four significant price swings, though, gave...
Crypto Market Sentiment: BTC Out of Positive, Tether in Negative Zone
29.7.2019
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The crypto market sentiment measure, Sentscore, went deeper into the neutral zone yet again, moving closer to the negative zone, now standing at 4.43, comparing to the last week’s 4.87, according to Omenics , a crypto market sentiment analysis service.
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Bitcoin Vs. Ripple: Bitcoin & XRP Go above the Negative Growth; Marching towards Price Rally
29.7.2019
Bitcoin & XRP have faced four unprecedented price swings each. There has been a slight growth in both the coins over the last 24 hours. Bitcoin and XRP both have started pacing towards recovery after huge days of slumber. Both the coins have added some value if we compare the current price with...
US, EU and Japan Could Trigger ‘Cold Currency War’ by Debasing Fiat
24.7.2019
The world’s major central banks are waging war to determine who can make their respective fiat currency weaker. With the likelihood of even more money printing and negative interest rates ahead, people need to be ready to see the value of their money evaporate and the price of everything else...
‘Don’t Worry We Can Just Print More Money’ – Swedish Central Bank Ponders -1.5% Interest Rate
6.7.2019
At a press conference on Wednesday, the head of the Swedish Central Bank admitted that interest rates could potentially go as low as -1.5%, and quipped that Swedes likely wouldn’t even protest. Other countries implementing negative interest rate policies are producing lukewarm results that...
Bank of Japan: Cash Prevents Digital Currencies With Negative Interest
5.7.2019
Bank of Japan says digital currencies can’t be issued by banks hoping to push through a negative interest rate agenda
New Study: US Dominates Crypto Twitter While Venezuela ‘Most Negative’
4.7.2019
Accounting for almost 40% of bitcoin tweets worldwide, the United States looms large over crypto twitter, a new analysis shows