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Federal Reserve Bank President Says Most Cryptocurrencies Are Worthless
27.5.2021
The president of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, James Bullard, says that most cryptocurrencies are “worthless.” He noted that if “cryptocurrency can facilitate transactions that are difficult to make in conventional currencies, then they will have a purpose and might...
USD 10K+ Crypto Transfers & IRS, Central Banks on Crypto Volatility + More News
20.5.2021
Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.
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The US Treasury said the Biden administration’s proposal to strengthen tax compliance includes a requirement for transfers of...
The Fear Factor: A Volatility Index for Crypto Arrives
15.5.2021
As Coti ramps up efforts to bring a decentralized fear index to crypto, it has enlisted the help of Professor Dan Galai, one of the pioneering brains behind the Cboe Market Volatility Index (VIX), to help the organization develop a crypto-oriented version. VIX Co-Creator to Join Coti-Backed...
‘Black Swan’ Author Pulls a 180- Nassim Taleb Says ‘Bitcoin’s a Failure, at Least for Now’
14.2.2021
On February 12, the well known Lebanese-American essayist and risk analyst, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, declared that the leading digital currency bitcoin is a failure, at least for now. Cryptocurrency fans have been upset by Taleb’s recent statements, after it seems the renowned author has done...
Bitcoin whale explains to Bloomberg why crypto volatility will decline
28.1.2021
The CEO of One River Asset Management believes BTC volatility will decline as its price continues to climb
New ‘market fear’ index lets traders bet on crypto volatility
19.1.2021
COTI’s new Crypto Volatility Index allows traders to profit from highly-volatile cryptocurrency markets
South Korean Traders Offered First Fear-Greed Crypto Volatility Tool
19.1.2021
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The South Korean crypto firm Dunamu, the operator of the market-leading Upbit trading platform, has launched a real-time digital assets “fear-greed” gauge that it claims will help crypto enthusiasts measure whether traders are spooked, clambering for profits –...
Defi Index CVX Measures Crypto ‘Market Fear’ and Implied Volatility
3.11.2020
The decentralized finance (defi) platform cvx.finance has launched the beta version of its “Crypto Volatility Index”, otherwise known as the “CVX.” The CVX is an index similar to the “Market Fear Index” (VIX) commonly used in traditional finance, but cvx.finance...
Crypto Long & Short: What Investors Get Wrong About Volatility (and Not Just for Crypto)
6.9.2020
Many investors conflate volatility with risk, a fundamental error that says more about our collective psychology than it does about portfolio management
Surviving Crypto Volatility With Derivatives Contracts
23.4.2020
More transparency in the crypto market could be achieved by different derivatives trading options
Best of Crypto Volatility: ‘80% Correction’ or ‘New Parabola’
8.7.2019
As the crypto market is showing positive signs again an the entire cryptoverse tries to guess on bitcoin’s next move, legendary trader and technical analyst Peter Brandt shared his view that reminds how volatile this market can be.
In a tweet on Sunday, the analyst said that he sees two possible...
Crypto Volatility Jumps as Market Crash Coincides with Coinbase Outage
27.6.2019
Bitcoin (BTC) once again showed its volatility that coincided with an outage that lasted just under an hour at exchange platform Coinbase . (Updated on 13:21 UTC: updates throughout the entire text.)
BTC had been soaring at prices of over USD 13,800 on June 26 when an outage of Coinbase’s website...