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Status of Second Stimulus Checks as Deadline for Government Shutdown Draws Near
1.12.2020
As Americans wait to hear if they will receive second stimulus checks, lawmakers are scrambling to avert the looming government shutdown. A spending bill, which could include some stimulus measures, must be passed before the Dec. 11 deadline to avoid the shutdown. Stimulus Payments Affected...
Experts Divided on New Russian Crypto Regulations
1.12.2020
An influential Russian politician has spoken up in favor of the country’s forthcoming crypto regulations rollout – but opposition voices are not so sure that the new rules will do anything to help the crypto sector.
Per media outlet RIA Novosti (via Prime), Arseniy Poyarkov, a member of State...
ECB Chief Christine Lagarde Downplays Bitcoin’s Risks to Financial Stability, Troubled by Stablecoins
1.12.2020
ECB President Christine Lagarde downplays any risks bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies could pose to financial stability and monetary sovereignty. In contrast, she sees stablecoins, such as Facebook-backed libra, as posing “serious risks.” Christine Lagarde, Bitcoin,...
Earnfinance Is a Powerful DeFi Platform for Staking, Farming and Borrowing – YFE Presale Is Live
30.11.2020
PRESS RELEASE. What is yield farming? Yield farming, also referred to as liquidity mining, is a way to generate rewards with cryptocurrency holdings. In simple terms, it means locking up cryptocurrencies and getting rewards. In some sense, yield farming can be paralleled with staking. However...
Gold Sees Largest Weekly Outflow Ever, Metal Prices Spiral Lower, Analysts Expect Flows Into Bitcoin
30.11.2020
Gold investors are getting anxious, as the precious metal’s prices have slid a great deal since a number of vaccine companies have revealed medicines to combat the coronavirus. The price of one ounce of fine gold is valued at $1,770 per unit after the precious metal registered the third...
Influential Historian Urges Joe Biden to Bring Bitcoin Into Financial System
30.11.2020
Joe Biden. Source: A screenshot, Instagram/joebiden
As China is leading the central bank digital currency (CBDC) race and the United States has taken a back seat, Niall Ferguson, an influential economic historian, suggested President-elect Joe Biden consider leapfrogging the crowd and going...
Venezuelan Army Starts Mining Bitcoin for ‘Unblockable Income’
30.11.2020
The Venezuelan Army has inaugurated a cryptocurrency mining center with bitcoin mining equipment aimed at generating “unblockable income,” as the country attempts to bypass U.S. sanctions. The crypto mining center has the support of the country’s crypto regulator, Sunacrip....
Ukraine To Teach Citizens About Bitcoin, Crypto Crime Warning + More News
30.11.2020
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The Ukrainian Ministry of Education has unveiled an educational course for citizens that comprises modules on bitcoin (BTC), crypto...
Bitcoin Crushes Previous All-Time Price Highs Surpassing 2017’s Bull Run
30.11.2020
Digital currency markets are on a tear this week, as a myriad of crypto assets have seen enormous gains during the last two days. Then finally, on November 30, 2020, the largest blockchain in terms of market cap, bitcoin (BTC) surpassed the crypto asset’s 2017 all-time highs (ATH) after...
Bitcoin Starts Its Series of Hitting All-Time Highs
30.11.2020
After an accelerated bull run this past weekend, on Monday, the most popular cryptocurrency, bitcoin (BTC) started revisiting its all-time highs (ATHs).
Per Coingecko.com, BTC hit USD 19,686 today, surpassing its previous ATH of USD 19,665, reached on December 16, 2017.
At pixel time, BTC trades...
ECB President Touts Digital Euro, Bashes Bitcoin, Stablecoins
30.11.2020
Christine Lagarde. Source: A screenshot, Instagram/europeancentralbank
As the European Central Bank (ECB) is intensifying its efforts to roll out a digital euro, Christine Lagarde, President of the ECB, is also mounting attacks on bitcoin (BTC), among other cryptoassets and stablecoins.
In...
Guggenheim Investment Fund to Invest $497 Million in Grayscale’s GBTC Seeking Bitcoin Exposure
30.11.2020
Guggenheim’s billion-dollar Marco Opportunities Fund (MOF) may seek indirect exposure to BTC through the investment of 10% of its net asset value into Grayscale’s BTC Trust (GBTC). The investment (when complete) means MOF will have committed as much as $497 million into the GBTC. In...
Watch Grayscale Bitcoin Trust For BTC Price Clues - JPMorgan
30.11.2020
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Investments into and out of the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) will be key over the coming weeks for the bitcoin (BTC) price direction, according to US-based major investment bank JPMorgan Chase & Co.
"A failure by the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust to receive additional...
Who Invests In Bitcoin More? Competition Among Multibillion Funds Is Now On
30.11.2020
After major hedge fund Tudor BVI decided to allocate "a low single-digit" of its assets to bitcoin (BTC) futures contracts earlier this year, another behemoth, the Guggenheim Macro Opportunities Fund just raised the stakes by announcing its plans to allocate up to 10% of its net assets....
Fighting Definancialization: Cryptologic Methods Like Bitcoin Could Protect Wealth From the Great Reset
30.11.2020
The Great Reset agenda is trending once again on social media, numerous news outlets, and a variety of online forums. During the last few months, the Great Reset proposal has been pushed worldwide, as it allegedly seeks to create a sustainable economy following the coronavirus pandemic. Meanwhile...
Better than DeFi: SINOVATE’s New Infinity Nodes Provide Up to 130% Returns
30.11.2020
SINOVATE’s Incorruptible Data Storage (IDS) dCloud network is providing game-changing decentralised cloud storage to the market – and to do that, the network needs reliable, distributed hardware and dedicated servers which will provide it with the stability and longevity needed to...
Bitcoin and Altcoins Regain Strength and Bullish Momentum
30.11.2020
Bitcoin price gained bullish momentum after it broke the USD 17,800 and USD 18,000 resistance levels. BTC even climbed above the USD 18,250 and USD 18,500 levels. The price is currently (05:00 UTC) consolidating gains, with key hurdles near USD 18,680 and USD 18,800.
Similarly, there was a steady...
Russia to Recognize Bitcoin as Property With Legal Protection
30.11.2020
The Russian prime minister has outlined the government’s plans to amend existing laws to recognize cryptocurrency as property. This means bitcoin owners will have the legal rights to defend and recoup their cryptocurrencies in court. Russia to Recognize Bitcoin as Property During...
Canadian Public Company Dumps Ethereum and Monero for Bitcoin
30.11.2020
A Canadian publicly held company has liquidated all of its ethereum and monero holdings and put all of the proceeds into bitcoin. The company is led by a well-known poker player and former member of the European Parliament. Cypherpunk Dumps Monero and Ethereum for Bitcoin Cypherpunk Holdings,...
Introducing MoonDeFi, a New Part of Decentralized Finance
29.11.2020
PRESS RELEASE. Centralized exchanges have been the backbone of the cryptocurrency market for years. They offer fast settlement times, high trading volume, and continually improving liquidity. However, there’s a parallel world being built in the form of trustless protocols. Decentralized...