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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)...
Funding Rate of Digital Assets: How to Avoid Being Misled
6.8.2020
The funding rate is an essential mechanism to allow derivative instruments to track the spot price of their underlying asset
Goldman Sachs Eyes Own Token as Bank Appoints New Head of Digital Assets
6.8.2020
The new digital asset head at Goldman Sachs said the bank was currently considering launching its own possibly fiat-backed cryptocurrency
BnkToTheFuture Steps Away From Banks Citing Mounting Risk to Clients’ Assets
5.8.2020
The online investment platform is moving clients' crypto and fiat assets to a Hong Kong-based trust company
Government-Owned Swiss Bank Launching Crypto Trading and Custody Services
4.8.2020
Basler Kantonalbank (BKB), Switzerland’s eighth-largest bank, is getting into crypto through its subsidiary, Bank Cler. Owned by the Swiss Canton of Basel-City, BKB has total assets of approximately $49 billion. Swiss Canton Bank Launching Crypto Services Local Swiss government-owned...
Coinbase Reviewing 19 Crypto Assets for Listing, Including Wrapped Bitcoin and Paxos Gold
1.8.2020
Crypto exchange Coinbase said Friday that it is reviewing 19 cryptocurrencies for possible listing. These new assets are: Ampleforth, Band Protocol, Balancer, Blockstack, Curve, Fetch.ai, Flexacoin, Helium, Hedera Hashgraph, Kava, Melon, Ocean Protocol, Paxos Gold, Reserve Rights, tBTC, The Graph...
Stablecoin Cold Storage Backed by Satoshis – Simba is a New Way of Holding Assets in Switzerland
31.7.2020
When it comes to Switzerland, first of all, people have associations with first-class chocolate, delicious cheese, the most precise watches, multi-purpose knives and, of course, a safe place to keep money. New Way of Holding Assets in Switzerland Since the dawn of time Switzerland has been...
Fidelity Digital Assets Quotes Bitcoin Creator Satoshi Nakamoto in Latest Investment Thesis
31.7.2020
Fidelity Digital Assets (FDA) quotes Satoshi Nakamoto in its latest investment thesis report. The thesis is part of a series of reports examining the perspectives driving interest and investment in bitcoin. FDA is affiliated with Fidelity through parent company Fidelity Management & Research...
Mainstream People Coming to Bitcoin, Digital Assets Data CEO Says
28.7.2020
Digital Assets Data CEO Mike Alfred explains increased Bitcoin interest from a number of parties
Self-Service Platform Issues Security Tokens Backed by Real-World Assets
27.7.2020
Tokenizer is putting the tools to turn real-world assets into security tokens within the hands of the everyman
Fidelity Digital Assets: The Omnibus Model for Custody
27.7.2020
Fidelity Digital Assets describes the origins of the omnibus custody model in traditional finance and explores how and why digital asset custodians apply the omnibus model to securing customer assets
Cyclebit Empowers Retailers to Accept Crypto Payments In-Store, Online and On-The-Go
27.7.2020
Cyclebit is a crypto payment processor that allows merchants to easily accept digital assets payments anywhere, in both offline and online environments. It is a global company already established in Canada, the U.S., Europe, and Southeast Asia. Cyclebit currently supports more than 20 of the most...
Exploring Decentraland: A Review of the Virtual World Built on Ethereum
27.7.2020
During the last two weeks, I’ve been roaming around the virtual world Decentraland in order to get some perspective on the platform supported by the Ethereum Blockchain. The following is a review of my experience in Decentraland and observing all that has been built since it was invoked over...
Ant Group Explains What its 100m per Day ‘Digital Assets’ Uploads Are
25.7.2020
Alibaba affiliate Ant Group has revealed details about the nature of the 100 million+ “digital assets” it said are uploaded onto its AntChain blockchain network “every day.”
As reported, the Ant Group earlier this week announced that it has launched AntChain, calling it a “new technology brand...
Bitcoin Price Can Hit $20K When US Banks Invest 1% of Assets — Analyst
24.7.2020
The increasing institutional interest in Bitcoin is “not hard to see” as U.S. regulators green light custody this week
New Russian Law Bans Bitcoin Payments for Goods and Services
24.7.2020
Russian lawmakers have passed a bill that gives legal status to cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin – but bans them from being used to pay for goods and services. Legislators approved the Digital Financial Assets (DFA) bill on July 22 after its third and final reading. It had already won backing...
Crypto Race Heats Up: Bitcoin’s Dominance Ratio Drops to Lowest Level in 12 Months
24.7.2020
The largest digital asset by market capitalization, bitcoin has lost a significant share of market dominance during the last few weeks. Bitcoin’s dominance ratio dropped to 61.5% on Thursday, after hovering around 66% for months on end. The last time the crypto asset’s dominance level...
Investors Now Lose Money by Holding Bonds, Pushing Them Into Riskier Assets
23.7.2020
Inflation-adjusted yields on all U.S. treasury bonds are now negative as the Fed is widely believed to be propping up markets
Ant Group Claims 100M Digital Assets Are Uploaded to Its Blockchain Daily
23.7.2020
Days after announcing an expected $200 billion IPO, the Alibaba affiliate has rebranded its enterprise blockchain to AntChain
South Korea to Charge 20% Tax on Bitcoin Profits Under New Law
23.7.2020
South Korea will now tax profits made from buying and selling of cryptocurrency at 20% after the government agreed to the decision on Wednesday. The decision was reached after months of debate. According to a taxation policy amendment notice released July 22, the Ministry of Economy and Finance...