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Fed expects near 0% interest rates for years, potentially boosting BTC's value proposition
16.9.2020
Bitcoin keeps looking better and better each time the U.S. devalues its own currency
Market Wrap: With Fed Rate Policy Unchanged, Bitcoin Passes $11K; Ether Options Bet on Price Below $400
16.9.2020
Bitcoin's price continues to trend upward while the ether options market signals bearish sentiment
Federal Reserve Now Targets Inflation Above 2%, Bitcoin Breaks $11k
16.9.2020
Federal Reserve officials said Wednesday that they would hold U.S. interest rates close to zero and work to push inflation above 2% "for some time."
3 reasons Bitcoin price just hit $11,000 despite altcoin stagnance
16.9.2020
The price of Bitcoin surged past $11,000 but it might be too early to expect a significant rally to begin
First Mover: Binance’s CZ Doesn’t Even Dispute That DeFi Might Be Inevitable
16.9.2020
Big crypto exchanges like Binance, Huobi and OKEx are rushing out DeFi platforms to cash in on the fast-growing industry and stanch user defections
All Eyes on Fed Reserve Rate Announcement, as Bitcoin Fights for $11K
16.9.2020
With the Fed's decision on rates due later Wednesday, bitcoin traders will be watching the U.S. dollar action
Report: Market Valuation of 14 Banking Giants Shed $635 Billion This Year
16.9.2020
The world’s largest banks lost a considerable amount of market valuation amid the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a new report that estimates financial incumbents lost $635 billion. Between December 2019 and August 2020, the market caps of 14 major banking institutions lost upwards of 30-50%...
First Mover: Bitcoin Investors the Sane Ones as Federal Reserve Cheers Inflation, Price Nears $11K
15.9.2020
Cryptocurrencies' 2020 gains are the truth gauge as markets react to the Federal Reserve's inflation goal, where Zimbabwe is the model of success
Macroeconomic Trends Boost Bitcoin and Gold, US Dollar Index Shows Bearish Double-Top
15.9.2020
According to a number of reports and commentary from financial analysts, the world is “drowning in U.S. dollars” after the Federal Reserve decided to pump billions of dollars into the hands of 14 central banks via liquidity swaps. Moreover, recent technical analysis shows...
First Mover: As Central Banks Print $1.4B an Hour, Bitcoiners Bet on Federal Reserve ‘Capture’
14.9.2020
Though no fresh stimulus is expected this week from the Fed, bitcoiners betting on money printing could just wait for the next sell-off in U.S stocks
Federal payments licensing push could boost crypto adoption
11.9.2020
The Office of the Comptroller’s move to license payments firms at the federal level is receiving push-back from state regulators
Bitcoin and cryptocurrency are no hedge for inflation
9.9.2020
Rather than a hedge against inflation, cryptocurrencies are an alternative to the dominant system entirely
Unlimited QE and an Index Portfolio: How Fed Chair Jay Powell Can Pump His Bags
5.9.2020
In mid-August the U.S. stock market defied odds and mainstream media claimed after the Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index touched new heights on August 18, it ‘officially’ ended the “shortest bear market in history.” Interestingly while roughly 30 to 40 million...
MIT is helping the Boston Fed build a CBDC that can be scaled for consumer use
3.9.2020
Can MIT help the U.S. catch up to China in the CBDC race?
US Federal Court Rules NSA Mass Surveillance Illegal, Credits Edward Snowden
3.9.2020
A federal appeals court has ruled that the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) mass surveillance program that collected data on billions of Americans’ telephone calls was illegal and possibly unconstitutional. The program was exposed by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden. A Victory...
$1 Trillion in Housing Bonds: US Real Estate Crisis Held Back by Fed’s Mortgage Purchases
3.9.2020
The U.S. real estate market is facing a conundrum, as there’s now a tidal wave of renters who can’t pay rent and a massive number of mortgage defaults stacking up like never before. Amid the looming real estate chaos, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) enacted public...
US federal court calls NSA’s mass phone data collection illegal
2.9.2020
A U.S. circuit court has concluded its review of a terrorism financing case that begin in 2010, saying that the NSA's phone tapping was illegal but that it was a minor part of the evidence
Let Them Eat Equities! The Economic Chickens Come Home to Roost, Feat. Luke Gromen
2.9.2020
One of the best-known macro analysts breaks down last week’s Jerome Powell speech and whether it truly represents a new policy era for the Federal Reserve
Microstrategy’s $250 Million Bitcoin Buy Consequential
2.9.2020
When a publicly owned company decides to invest about $250 million in an asset that was widely attacked more than a decade ago, it says a lot about how the world has changed. The reasons and the timing of Microstrategy’s bitcoin incursion could not have come at a better time for...
Bitcoin, USD velocity both crash — but BTC price reacted differently
2.9.2020
Rampant inflation of the dollar’s M2 money supply is only enriching the “cantillionaires,” Max Keiser argues as its velocity hits record lows