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NYT Study: Coinbase Underpaid Female and Black Employees at Much Larger Rates Than Those in the Technology Industry
1.1.2021
An analysis performed by the New York Times of internal pay data at cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase unveiled disparities in salaries, showing their women and Black employees were underpaid. Coinbase Underpaid Women and Black Employees, Claims NYT Study According to the report, women employees were...
Mining Rig Makers Race to Create Next-Gen Ethereum Miner Before Staking-Only Kicks In
21.12.2020
The Ethereum network’s 2.0 transition has pushed the protocol to become one of the largest staking networks in the world with 1,683,905 ether locked into the contract worth $1 billion today. According to reports from China, while proof-of-work ethereum miners have two years left to mine...
QE Infinity: US Fed to Keep Rates at Zero, Billion-Dollar Bond Purchases Until Economy Recovers
18.12.2020
This week the U.S. Federal Reserve met for two days at the Federal Open Market Committee meeting and detailed that it would keep short-term borrowing rates at near zero. Meanwhile, the Fed also stated that it would continue buying bonds until the U.S. economy returns to full employment....
Clocking Terahash: Three Next-Generation Bitcoin Mining Rigs Launched During the Last Quarter
8.12.2020
Just recently, the China-based bitcoin mining rig manufacturer Microbt released a new ASIC device that clocks up to 112 terahash per second (TH/s). The new machine is one of the top-performing mining rigs on the market, according to today’s network difficulty and electrical rates below $0.06...
Over 5,000 Bitcoin Worth $97 Million from the 2016 Bitfinex Hack Spring Into Action
1.12.2020
As bitcoin surpassed its 2017 all-time high on Monday morning, a few hours later 5,045 BTC or $97 million worth of bitcoin from the 2016 Bitfinex hack was transferred. The hackers that stole the funds four years ago have moved the bitcoins numerous times this year. The hackers that stole 119,756...
What Would Negative Interest Rates Mean For Borrowers And Savers?
22.11.2020
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Harry Scheule, Professor, Finance, UTS Business School, University of Technology Sydney.
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There’s a row brewing in the corridors of financial power. The Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) recently advised the trading banks that the official cash rate might move from...
UK’s CBDC Could Facilitate Negative Interest Rates - Bank of England
19.11.2020
Should the Bank of England decide to issue a widely used central bank digital currency (CBDC), the move could help the country’s economy to benefit from negative interest rates, according to Andy Haldane, the central bank’s Chief Economist and Member of the Monetary Policy Committee.
“On...
300 Banks in Germany Charge Negative Interest Rates Including Deutsche Bank, Commerzbank, ING
15.11.2020
A new report reveals that more than 300 banks in Germany are now charging some customers negative interest rates. Some are big global banks, including Deutsche Bank, Commerzbank, and ING. 300 Banks Pass on the Burden of Negative Interest Rates to Customers Banks in Germany have been increasingly...
Macro factors could bring Bitcoin to $1 trillion market cap, strategic investor say
12.11.2020
Strategic investor Lyn Alden says 2020 macroeconomic environment is extremely favourable to Bitcoin
Currency Depreciation to Blame for 7.2% Drop in Global Remittances: World Bank Supports Digital Remittances
10.11.2020
According to a new report, the depreciation of some currencies against the U.S. dollar is contributing to the declining international remittances. After touching an all-time high of $548 billion in 2019, the World Bank report now projects remittances to drop 7.2% in 2020 to $508 billion and...
Circle’s high-yield USDC business accounts take aim at DeFi
7.11.2020
High yields and frequent interest payments on Circle’s business accounts may be designed to compete with DeFi protocols
US Voting Over, But Near-Zero Interest Rates, Inflation Are Here to Stay
6.11.2020
Juan Villaverde is an econometrician and mathematician devoted to the analysis of cryptocurrencies since 2012. He leads the Weiss Ratings team of analysts and computer programmers who created Weiss cryptocurrency ratings.
Dr. Bruce Ng is an educator in the field of Distributed Ledger Technology...
Federal Reserve Keeps Rates Close to Zero, Maintains Asset Purchases
5.11.2020
Federal Reserve releases statement from this week's monetary-policy meeting
This Paradigm-Backed Startup Is Offering DeFi’s First ‘T-Bill’
27.10.2020
Newly launched DeFi lending project Yield Protocol is offering stable interest rates for investors
Futures Traders Aren’t as Bullish This Time Around as Bitcoin Price Revisits $12,000, Data Indicates
21.10.2020
Futures funding stayed flat or turned negative despite bitcoin's rally to $12,000
How Stocks, Bitcoin and Other Investments Fare in a 0% Interest Rate World
18.10.2020
On Long Reads Sunday, a reading of a John Street Capital piece on the realities of a market characterized by zero-bound interest rates
Bitcoin’s Creator vs. Bezos: Satoshi Nakamoto’s Uphill Climb to Surpass the Amazon Founder’s Net Worth
17.10.2020
Jeff Bezos is the world’s richest man, but someday if bitcoin crosses a certain valuation then Satoshi Nakamoto will be the wealthiest if he/she or they are still alive. Today, Satoshi Nakamoto, is the 157th richest person worldwide, and the crypto asset will have to cross six digits in order...
Bitcoin Mining Rigs Struggle for Profits, Despite BTC’s Hashrate Reaching an All-Time High
16.10.2020
Bitcoin’s hashrate climbed to an all-time high (ATH) this week touching 166 exahash per second (EH/s) on October 14. Meanwhile, despite the recent price rise and hashrate ATH on Wednesday, only a small group of next-generation mining rigs are profiting at current bitcoin exchange rates....
Fidelity Digital Assets Touts Bitcoin Credentials, As Publicly Traded Companies Now Hold Over 600,000 BTC
15.10.2020
Fidelity Digital Assets (FDA) says diversifying an investment portfolio with bitcoin is especially essential now when benchmark interest rates globally are near or below zero. The opportunity cost of not allocating to bitcoin is simply higher explains FDA in its latest bitcoin investment thesis....
Bank of England Moves Closer to Negative Interest Rates, Asks Banks if They Are Ready
13.10.2020
The Bank of England has moved closer to adopting a negative interest rate policy. The central bank has asked commercial banks in the U.K. to provide details of how ready they are to deal with negative interest rates, asserting that for the policy to be effective, commercial banks need to be ready...