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Nexo Launches Buyback Program, Commits Initial $12M
3.12.2020
PRESS RELEASE. Nexo, the leading regulated digital financial institution with over $2 billion in assets under management, today announced the details of its buyback program. The company’s Board of Directors approved an initial repurchase of $12 million of its NEXO Token on an open-market...
Visa, Blockfi Launching Credit Card With Bitcoin Rewards — Get BTC Back on All Transactions
2.12.2020
Blockfi has unveiled a credit card with bitcoin rewards in collaboration with Visa. This is “the first credit card that lets you earn bitcoin back with every purchase,” Blockfi detailed. Visa Credit Card Offering Cash Back in Bitcoin Crypto financial services provider Blockfi announced...
Multi-utility tokens to enable Web 3.0 by providing more than financial value
2.12.2020
The benefits of utility tokens could soon stretch beyond payment facilitation and governance capabilities
Crypto.com Secures Australian Financial Service License
2.12.2020
Crypto.com has secured an Australian Financial Service License through its acquisition of The Card Group
Historian Niall Ferguson Says Bitcoin Is Winning the Covid-19 Monetary Revolution
2.12.2020
Historian and senior fellow with the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, Niall Ferguson says bitcoin is winning the Covid-19 monetary revolution. Hailing the virtual currency as a great place for the rich to store their wealth, Ferguson also notes that the bitcoin’s resilience...
Crypto.com secures an Australian Financial Service License
2.12.2020
The mandatory license will allow Crypto.com to issue crypto debit cards in Australia
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,...
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...
Biden should integrate Bitcoin into US financial system, says Niall Ferguson
30.11.2020
The economic historian says that President-elect Biden’s administration should consider Bitcoin as an alternative to a “Chinese-style digital dollar.”
Stablecoins ‘Pose Serious Risks’ to Financial Security, ECB’s Lagarde Says
30.11.2020
Stablecoins could "threaten financial security" if widely adopted, the ECB head said in a magazine interview
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...
Yield farming is a fad, but DeFi promises to change the way we interact with money
29.11.2020
The sector has a long way to go in terms of accessibility if DeFi really wants to challenge traditional financial institutions
CME Group Outpaces Competition Becoming the World’s Largest Bitcoin Futures Market
29.11.2020
Financial derivatives products for bitcoin have grown massively during the last few months. On Friday evening (EST), Arcane Research explained that the Chicago Mercantile Exchange has surpassed Okex as the largest bitcoin futures provider. The regulated derivatives market at CME has doubled month...
Big banks think new furniture is innovation, but they are wrong
28.11.2020
True innovations are a serious problem for traditional financial institutions, but fintech and crypto startups have the solution
Institutional money may propel Bitcoin to $250K in one year's time, says macro investor
27.11.2020
According to macro investor Raoul Pal, the latest Bitcoin rally is just the beginning of an institutional investor-led bull market
IOTA teams up with Austrian uni for Internet of Things and blockchain research lab
27.11.2020
The IOTA Foundation is teaming up with one of Austria’s most prestigious universities to foster research in distributed ledger technologies
Experts say institutions drove Bitcoin's rise to $19K and that alt-season is coming
26.11.2020
Market analysts are attributing Bitcoin’s sudden surge above $19,000 to aggressive demand from financial institutions and leading companies in the United States
Deloitte: Financial institutions to boost future blockchain spending
25.11.2020
A representative from the company expects 2021 to be "a breakout year for blockchain."
Colombian Stock Exchange to use blockchain for OTC derivatives trading
25.11.2020
The use of blockchain technology in Latin American stock markets is expanding
Leading Japanese Financial Firm SBI Holdings Rolls Out Crypto Lending Services
24.11.2020
A subsidiary of SBI Holdings said it's launched a service allowing users to ‘lend’ bitcoin to the firm and earn an interest at the rate of 1% annually in return