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Bullishness Spreads to Major Altcoins (Except XRP) in Wake of Bitcoin Halving
20.5.2020
Despite Bitoin’s (BTC) recent halving on May 11 diverting some of the attention, other major cryptoassets have also seen strong performance in the days following the event, with early signs now indicating that the bullishness in BTC may be spreading to the broader crypto market.
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Bitcoin’s Hedging Performance in the Wake of the Coronavirus Outbreak
4.4.2020
Bitcoin’s abilities to hedge risk investment for various financial asset classes in particular stocks: Are they strong enough to face the crisis?
Cash Crisis: National Currencies Plunge in the Wake of Coronavirus
24.3.2020
Announcing an open-ended QE program Monday for unprecedented asset purchasing, the U.S. Federal Reserve has pledged to purchase assets "in the amounts needed," signaling the beginning of a virtually unlimited easing effort which will include moving into corporate bonds for the first time.
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Can’t Lock Down Bitcoin: Trump Ponders Halting Stock Trading, Grounding US Passenger Flights
21.3.2020
In the wake of the coronavirus outbreak and a looming recession, U.S. President Donald Trump and his administration are contemplating halting stock markets next week. The White House is currently considering grounding all passenger planes and ordering a nationwide shelter. However, bureaucrats from...
Crypto Is Brewing in Colombia: Active Adoption That Will Wake You Up
15.3.2020
The high popularity of cryptos among Colombians has made the country one of the leading references in the region
Fed Chair Powell Reveals US Response to China’s Digital Yuan, Libra, Public Payments Ledger
12.2.2020
In his testimony before the House Financial Services Committee, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell answered a number of questions regarding digital currencies. While stating that “a ledger where you know everybody’s payments” is not a problem in China, he believes it is...
Demand for Crypto Derivatives Swells as CME’s Bitcoin Volume Rises
22.1.2020
The global markets company Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) has seen considerable demand since launching its options contracts in the wake of the firm’s bitcoin futures. On the first day of swaps, CME’s bitcoin options saw 55 contracts ($2.3 million). By the end of the week,...
Davos Needs to Wake Up to the Ills of Centralization
17.1.2020
The lens of decentralization reveals a number of elephants in the room that world leaders at the WEF are missing
Don’t Blame China: Why BTC Still Can’t Compete With Fiat
26.11.2019
In the wake of recent price movements, doubts are beginning to crop up more and more around BTC maximalist circles. As focus shifts from Satoshi’s founding vision of the coin as cash to a mere digital gold to be saved and “cashed out” later, valid questions are indeed raised....
Venezuela to pay pensioners their bonuses in Petro
18.11.2019
CoinMarketCap Daily Newsletter Your daily newsletter for 18 November, 2019 “The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up.” – Paul Valery In today's newsletter, we will be covering: Bitcoin (BTC) rewards app Lolli responding to […]
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Venezuela to pay pensioners their bonuses in Petro
18.11.2019
CoinMarketCap Daily Newsletter Your daily newsletter for 18 November, 2019 “The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up.” – Paul Valery In today's newsletter, we will be covering: Bitcoin (BTC) rewards app Lolli responding to […]
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WATCH: Deribit CEO Says Crypto Exchange’s $1.3 Million Gaffe Was ‘Wake-Up Call’
7.11.2019
Deribit CEO John Jansen says the crypto exchange's $1.3 million payment to investors helped them stay competitive
U.S. Warns Visa, Mastercard to ‘Proceed With Caution’ Regarding Libra
11.10.2019
In the wake of Paypal’s very public exit from the Libra project, U.S. lawmakers are now pressuring Stripe, Visa and Mastercard to rethink their membership of the Libra Association as well. On October 8, three letters from two U.S. senators urged the tech and finance giants to “carefully...
FATF-Driven Delistings Capture the Criminalization of Privacy
17.9.2019
The delisting of privacy coins like monero, zcash, and dash is becoming something of a trend in Asia, and could soon expand elsewhere. In the wake of the intra-governmental Financial Action Task Force (FATF) issuing new global standards, Korean exchanges Okex and Upbit have announced they will...
The Modern Era of Free Range Slaves: How Bitcoin Breaks the Mold
3.8.2019
In a string of recent Tweets, 2020 Libertarian presidential candidate and fugitive from the law John McAfee has been talking about slavery. Urging people to “wake up” and assuring them that neither compliance with the status quo, nor stacks of riches, can set them free. Indeed, when...
Facebook’s Libra Is a ‘Wake-Up Call’ for Regulators, Says ECB Policymaker
8.7.2019
Benoit Coeure of the European Central Bank has said projects like Facebook's Libra require faster action from regulators
Flowery V20 Talk and Government Terror: Why Darknet Crime Is the Least of Our Worries
1.7.2019
Governments and central banking regulatory bodies continue to express concern about crypto being used for criminal purposes and terror. The terror campaigns of these very same governments continue unabated, however. In the wake of the V20 summit it might seem that lawmakers actually care about...
Central Europeans Are Beginning to Wake Up to Cryptocurrency Payments
13.6.2019
Poland's first cryptocurrency exchange queries users about why they use their loot
Fotky začnou žít jako ve filmech Harry Potter. Photo Wake-Up je rozpohybuje
24.1.2019
Představte si, že přijdete do galerie, nasadíte si brýle pro rozšířenou realitu a spoře oděné dívky s květy mangovníku od Paula Gauguina se rázem usmějí, sestoupí z obrazu a vyjdou vám vstříc...
Nemuselo by to být žádné sci-fi, nebo jen fikce z filmové série Harry Potter, tým z Washingtonské