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Opinions Divided on Bitcoin ETF in US as Experts Say 2021 Launch Is Possible
11.2.2021
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Experts are saying that an American bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded fund (ETF) could become “a real thing” in 2021 – but a debate has sparked on social media, with some warning products of this sort may still be some way off.
In a Bloomberg article...
WallStreetBets Is Disrupting Financial Markets — Possibly Permanently
7.2.2021
Pierre-Yann Dolbec, Assistant professor in marketing and Research Chair in Complexity and Markets, Concordia University.
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If the financial world follows the pattern seen a decade or so ago in other markets, such as fashion and music, Reddit’s WallStreetBets (r/wallstreetbets) phenomenon might...
GameStop: I'm A WallStreetBets 'Degenerate' & It's Just Getting Started
5.2.2021
Mohammad Rajjaque, Program Director, Accounting and Financial Management Division, University of Sheffield.
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I joined the WallStreetBets forum on Reddit almost two years ago. But I was far from the image of the typical “bored, young Reddit trader” that has been portrayed in the media lately....
GameStop and Dogecoin Show How Memes Can Move Markets
4.2.2021
Source: Twitter/@elonmusk
Jason Potts, Professor of Economics, RMIT University, Chris Berg, Senior Research Fellow and Co-Director, RMIT Blockchain Innovation Hub, RMIT University.
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One of the most difficult problems in finance right now is figuring out the fundamental economic value...
A Reddit Army Blurs The Line Between Crypto and Traditional Finance
1.2.2021
Philip Gradwell is Chief Economist at Chainalysis. He provides data and insight on the uses of cryptocurrencies and the direction of the market at markets.chainalysis.com.
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What does the phenomenon of retail traders coordinating on the internet to turn finance on its head have to do with...
Global Uncertainty Drops But Is Still 50% Above Historical Average
31.1.2021
Hites Ahir is a senior research officer in the International Monetary Fund (IMF)’s Research Department. Nicholas (Nick) Bloom is a Professor of Economics at Stanford University, and a Co-Director of the Productivity, Innovation and Entrepreneurship program at the National Bureau of Economic...
GameStop: How Redditors Played Funds For Billions (And What Might Come Next)
29.1.2021
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James Doran, Associate professor/Deputy head of school, UNSW.
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How does a small retail company that sells video games, worth less than USD 400 million in the middle of 2020, become a USD 10 billion company in less than six months? How does its share price climb from about USD 20...
Financial Professions Must Pivot to Stave Off Technological Extinction
27.1.2021
Erica Pimentel, PhD Candidate in Accounting, Concordia Public Scholar, Concordia University.
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Blockchain technology threatens to upend the financial sector. While this presents an opportunity to reduce costs for businesses and consumers alike, it may also make some professions, like accounting...
2021 Could Be Like 2017 — When Bitcoin Blasted Up More Than 21-Fold
25.1.2021
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...
Davos 2021 & A ‘Great Reset’: We Can't Count On the Same Old Globalists
24.1.2021
WEF founder Klaus Schwab addressing the press conference ahead of Davos 2021. ___
Jonathan Michie, Professor of Innovation & Knowledge Exchange, University of Oxford.
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The 51st World Economic Forum starts on January 25, but with a major difference. Whereas this is famously the annual...
Hip-Hop Star Soulja Boy Examines Crypto, Considers Creating His Own NFT Collectibles
20.1.2021
On January 19, the American hip-hop star and rapper DeAndre Cortez Way, otherwise known as “Soulja Boy,” asked his 5.2 million Twitter followers to tell him the best way to purchase crypto. Following the initial tweet, Soulja Boy continued to discuss cryptocurrencies for the rest of...
It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Altcoin Season
18.1.2021
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...
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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Countries are moving fast...
Is Bitcoin’s bull run over?
12.1.2021
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...
What to do When Low-for-Long Interest Rates are Lower and for Longer
10.1.2021
Tobias Adrian is the Financial Counsellor and Director of the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) Monetary and Capital Markets Department.
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Central banks have played a pivotal role in easing financial conditions in response to the COVID-19 shock, and helped avert a catastrophic downturn....
2021 Hashed Blockchain & Crypto Market Predictions
8.1.2021
Simon Seojoon Kim is the CEO and Managing Partner at South Korea-based blockchain accelerator Hashed.
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I. Bitcoin
A solid and continuous Bitcoin (BTC) bull run is expected in 2021.
Since the inception of Bitcoin, the amount of BTC owned by the exchanges has steadily increased. However, starting...
What Might Change The Currency Composition of Central Banks’ Reserve Holdings?
4.1.2021
Alina Iancu, Neil Meads, and Yiqun Wu work at the International Monetary Fund (IMF)’s Strategy, Policy, and Review Department, while Martin Mühleisen is the former director of this department.
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The currencies that are being held by central banks as foreign exchange reserves have remained...
Bitcoin Wheel Cannot Be Stopped
25.12.2020
Eric Wall is a part of the Arcane Research team and works as Chief Investment Officer.
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Market research 101
The wheel is in motion and cannot be stopped.
What we’ve witnessed during the last few months is just how amenable high-profile investors appear to be to the bitcoin (BTC) pitch....
Can Decentralized Finance Ever Be Regulated?
20.12.2020
Iwa Salami, Senior Lecturer in Financial Law and Regulation, University of East London.
As stock markets around the world struggle through the pandemic, bitcoin (BTC) has seen a steady rise in its price. In December, the cryptocurrency surpassed its all-time high of USD 20,000 and hit USD 24,000...
Charities, Buskers & Beggars Aren’t Feeling So Festive In Cashless Society
18.12.2020
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Spencer M. Ross, Assistant Professor of Marketing, University of Massachusetts Lowell. Sommer Kapitan, Senior Lecturer in Marketing, Auckland University of Technology.
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Collectors for the Paralympic Games carried donation buckets ahead of the recent Santa parade...