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Gamestop Shares and Reddit Fueled Stocks Plummet, Crypto Fans Say Bitcoin Is the Only True Attack
2.2.2021
Following the Wallstreetbets saga last week, a great number of the popular shares being fueled by social media have started to tank in value. Gamestock shares dropped over 60% on Tuesday, while AMC dropped more than 49% shaking investors who bought into these stocks to the core. Meanwhile, a number...
Yearn Finance Votes to Inflate YFI Token Supply by 20%
2.2.2021
The vote to mint an additional 6,666 YFI in order to fund future development on the Yearn protocol has passed
Michael Saylor Predicts Massive Investor Shift from Gold to Bitcoin After Buying Another $10M Worth of BTC
2.2.2021
Michael Saylor, the ‘bitcoin slayer’ that needs no introduction, continues his attacks on everything non-bitcoin, this time unleashing his wrath on gold. It Feels Great, Says Saylor of Owning More Than 71K Bitcoins In an interview with Andrew Henderson of Nomad Capitalist, a legal...
Indian Government Clarifies Position on Cryptocurrency and Digital Rupee
2.2.2021
The Indian government has clarified its position on cryptocurrency and the country’s digital currency in answers provided by the Ministry of Finance in Rajya Sabha, the upper house of India’s parliament. The Indian crypto industry sees this clarification as positive news and that...
Silver Squeeze Goes Viral, Ounce of Ag Jumps Above $30, Wallstreetbets Fans Question Trend’s Legitimacy
2.2.2021
This past week, another social media trend started on the Reddit forum r/wallstreetbets, which aims to initiate a large silver short squeeze in order to push the price of the precious metal to $1,000 per ounce. However, the silver squeeze trend comes with controversy, as numerous wallstreetbets...
A Reddit Army Blurs The Line Between Crypto and Traditional Finance
1.2.2021
Philip Gradwell is Chief Economist at Chainalysis. He provides data and insight on the uses of cryptocurrencies and the direction of the market at markets.chainalysis.com.
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What does the phenomenon of retail traders coordinating on the internet to turn finance on its head have to do with...
Robinhood Can’t Democratize Finance Using Old Tools
1.2.2021
Robinhood saw the ire of traders last week because it promised to be different. It turned out to be fancy app on top of an antiquated system
Ark Investment Study Suggests BTC Value Will Rise by $40,000 if All S&P 500 Companies ‘Allocate 1% of Their Cash to Bitcoin’
1.2.2021
According to the findings of a study by Ark Investment Management (AIM), the value of bitcoin can potentially increase by $40,000 if all S&P 500 companies allocate 1% of their cash holdings to the crypto. Similarly, if all these companies were to convert 10% of cash holdings into bitcoin,...
Elon Musk: Bitcoin is on the verge of seeing broader acceptance by finance
1.2.2021
Bitcoin is about to see broader adoption in the traditional finance world, says the world's richest man
Switzerland’s Crypto Broker AG Wins Securities House License From FINMA
1.2.2021
Banks can tick a box and start trading with us, said CEO Rupertus Rothenhaeuser
Goldman and Interactive Brokers Execs Claim Wallstreetbets Trend Could ‘Take Down the System’
31.1.2021
The heavy hitters in traditional finance have been concerned about the recent stock market action fueled by Redditors and a colossal number of retail investors. This week a Goldman Sachs executive warned that if these short squeezes continue it could “snowball through the market.”...
Regulatory sandbox and DeFi boom: How Spain pushed crypto adoption despite the pandemic
30.1.2021
A summary of the events that marked 2020 in the Spanish crypto space and opinions from different people of the industry who lived it from the inside
Run, blockchain, run! DeFi adoption needs faster block times
30.1.2021
Low-cost, low-latency and highly scalable blockchain infrastructure — that is what will lead crypto and DeFi to real mass adoption
CREAM Finance: Is This the Next Unicorn in DeFi?
30.1.2021
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Change is inevitable. Refinement takes time.
That's what traditional finance failed to do. Prioritizing systems' efficacy over user experience proves...
Coinbase Opts out of IPO Routine, Chooses Popular Direct Listing Route
30.1.2021
The San Francisco-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase recently announced the company plans to do a direct listing, as opposed to following the initial public offering (IPO) route. The decision means that Coinbase can float its shares on an exchange without hiring a financial institution...
$180 Million Bitcoin Investment Fund IPOs on Canadian Stock Exchange
29.1.2021
Canadian investment management firm Ninepoint has completed an initial public offering (IPO) of its bitcoin fund on the Toronto stock exchange. The company says the offering is the largest IPO of a bitcoin investment fund in Canada to date. Ninepoint Partners announced Wednesday that its Bitcoin...
GameStop Stock Has A Terrible Day, Still Closes At The Unthinkable Price Of $200
29.1.2021
A trading lockout on GameStop stock by a number of investing apps led to the saga’s weirdest day yet: class action lawsuits, calls for hearings on Capitol Hill, and the suggestion that Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen might need to recuse herself from overseeing Wall Street’s latest shitshow because...
Robinhood Blocks Users From Buying GameStop Stock
28.1.2021
The stock trading app Robinhood is currently blocking users from buying any more GameStop stock citing “recent volatility” as its price soared from just under $20 at the beginning of the month to over $300 at the end of yesterday.Read more
SBI Holdings and SMFG to launch digital securities exchange in 2022
28.1.2021
The upcoming digital stock exchange is expected to be the first Japanese exchange to trade digital securities using blockchain technology
Finance Redefined: What can you do about those gas fees? Jan. 20–27
28.1.2021
Fees are a DeFi user’s nightmare. How can you pay less?