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Paypal’s Crypto Embrace: Morgan Stanley Says Move Boon for Mass Adoption, Critics Say Payment Giant Violates Crypto Principles
24.10.2020
The entry of Paypal into the cryptocurrency industry continues to expose the divide between traditional crypto space players who are less enthusiastic and non-crypto players who endorse the move. Non-crypto players like the analysts at Morgan Stanely are agreement with the notion that the payments...
Multilotto: Play Transparent Online Lotteries With Equal Opportunities for Every Player
22.10.2020
When you hear about gambling, you’ll remember some fancy Casino resorts in Las Vegas and Macau or some local brokers in your street. The gambling system has evolved beyond the traditional houses to online gambling. Online gambling is valued at US$ 46 billion, and it is projected to around...
Bitcoin Can't be Correlated to Traditional Assets - Virgin Galactic Chairman
8.10.2020
Chamath Palihapitiya. Source: a video screenshot, Youtybe/Bitcoin/CNBC
If you follow the bitcoin (BTC) price movement, it will seem connected to traditional assets - but it can't be, as it's the opposite of today's financial infrastructure, according to Chamath Palihapitiya, CEO of venture capital...
Polkadot reveals ‘initial parachain offerings’ to counter traditional IPOs
6.10.2020
Polkadot reveals details of a new crowdfunding mechanism: the initial parachain offering
Law Decoded: Transformations in crypto exchanges and traditional institutions, Sept. 18-25
25.9.2020
Maybe one day, drawing distinctions between crypto and traditional finance will seem quaint
Uquid Launch the Defi Shopping Stake (DSS) and Defito Finance (DTO)
21.9.2020
The trouble with many current DeFi projects is that while they eliminate traditional institutions from the mix, they instead transfer ultimate control over to a select group of insiders who have their financial motives and agendas. It’s an arrangement that’s ripe for abuse,...
SWIFT Says Criminals Prefer Cash for Money Laundering, Not Cryptocurrency
10.9.2020
A new report by the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) says cryptocurrency is seldom used for money laundering activities compared to fiat or other traditional methods. Despite the perception that crypto assets are a preferred haven for illegally acquired funds...
Crypto Borrowing: Here Are Seven of the Best Interest Rates on the Market
9.9.2020
Cryptocurrency is sizing up traditional finance on its legacy turf of lending and borrowing with competitive interest rates (currently as low as 0.44% for ethereum and 4.50% per year for bitcoin) as well as less cumbersome verification procedures. Crypto holders present their virtual assets...
Going Jamstack with React, Serverless, and Airtable
27.8.2020
The best way to learn is to build. Let’s learn about this hot new buzzword, Jamstack, by building a site with React, Netlify (Serverless) Functions, and Airtable. One of the ingredients of Jamstack is static hosting, but that doesn’t mean everything on the site has to be static. In fact, we’re...
Minereum Launches Crypto Bond With up To 50% Yield
26.8.2020
Minereum, the project behind the first self-mining smart contract, has released a new crypto bond allowing investors to earn up to 50% a year on their digital assets. The Minereum Crypto Bond is described as a blockchain experiment to prove that it is technically possible to bring traditional bond...
Why Are Traditional Investors So Hungry for Yield Curve Control?
23.8.2020
When FOMC minutes suggested the Federal Reserve might not employ yield curve control, the markets reacted angrily
Report: Bitcoin Untied from the Economic Cycle, ‘Largely Uncorrelated to Other Asset Classes’
19.8.2020
On Tuesday, Coinshares Investment strategist James Butterfill published a report which shows that bitcoin is a unique asset, but is “largely uncorrelated to other asset classes” like commodities and traditional stocks. Coinshares Investment strategist James Butterfill published a...
South African Firms Ordered to Cease and Desist in 2 US States for Crypto Debit Card Fraud
17.8.2020
Two U.S. states have issued emergency cease and desist orders to South African firms and a South African national promoting a cryptocurrency debit card scheme. The companies claim that the card is like a traditional Mastercard but the states say the scheme is fraudulent. South African Firms...
Learn to Profit From Bitcoin’s Growing Correlation With Traditional Assets
13.8.2020
Veteran crypto traders Scott Melker and Michaël van de Poppe will be discussing Bitcoin’s different types of correlation with traditional assets and how to best profit from them
Only Bitcoin Outpaces G4 Central Bank Balance Sheet Growth
7.8.2020
Investment strategist Raoul Pal says bitcoin is the only asset with a growth rate that outpaced that of G4 central bank balance sheets. Pal says G4 central bank balance sheets have grown much faster than traditional safe-haven assets like gold. A founder and CEO at Global Macro Investor (GMI)...
Pomp: Goldman Sachs’ Interest In Blockchain Shows Innovation Out of Necessity
6.8.2020
Anthony Pompliano states innovation inevitability in light of recent blockchain comments from new Goldman Sachs brass, Mathew McDermott
How DeFi Could Disrupt Traditional Finance, Feat. Sergey Nazarov
29.7.2020
"Imagine a world without counterparty risk..." - Chainlink's co-founder Sergey Nazarov shares why the move from brand-based contracts to math-based contracts is inevitable
Why Blockchain Exchanges Are Now Using Traditional Exchange Technology
29.7.2020
An increasing number of cryptocurrency exchanges are beginning to take steps to work with traditional stock and asset exchanges
Despite Stock Market Disaster Predictions, Bitcoin Markets Permeate Bullish Signals
24.7.2020
A number of Wall Street veterans like Bear Traps Report author, Larry McDonald, think that markets might see some “disastrous and unimaginable” impacts in the near future. Another seasoned analyst, Larry Williams, believes the S&P 500 will shudder after July 28. Despite the pending...
US Regulator Green-Lights Banks for Cryptocurrency Custody Services
23.7.2020
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has clarified that national banks and federal savings associations can provide cryptocurrency custody services for customers. The OCC sees banks providing crypto custody services as “a modern form of traditional bank activities related...