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3 Reasons Facebook Should Buy and Hold Bitcoin
28.4.2021
Yesterday, one of the top subjects of conversation on Bitcoin Twitter was initiated when investor Alistair Milne claimed there is a rumor that Facebook will announce they hold bitcoin (BTC) on their books on Wednesday. There is a long history of false rumors and reports when it comes to huge...
How Bitcoin and DeFi are Completely Different Phenomena
25.4.2021
Decentralized finance (DeFi) applications, specifically on Ethereum (ETH), have exploded in popularity over the past couple of years. While bitcoin appears to be here to stay as a global, apolitical store of value, the basic idea behind DeFi is to go beyond the creation of a new, base monetary...
UK Banks Getting Tough on Bitcoin, But AML Rules Are The Real Problem
25.4.2021
Matthew Shillito, Lecturer in Law, University of Liverpool.
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NatWest, the UK retail bank, has announced it will not engage with business customers who accept payment in bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies. It follows recent announcements from HSBC that it won’t allow transfers from digital...
Ethereum Won't Hide From Quantum Computers Behind PoS Shield
24.4.2021
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Quantum computing has long been regarded as Bitcoin (BTC)’s ‘bogeyman.’ The popular fear is that, as secure as Bitcoin and other proof-of-work cryptoassets are in terms of standard cryptography, quantum computers could provide additional means of breaking them.
One...
Going Up, Going Down, Getting Liquidated and 20 Crypto Jokes
24.4.2021
This was one roller coaster of a week! So the usual. One of the things that marked it was DOGE with its massive rally. Unsurprisingly, DOGE crashed, but copydoges were dominating DEX trading. But before Monday morning marked the beginning of the new week, bitcoin and some altcoins went for a walk...
Understanding the Rise in Long-Term US Treasury Yields
23.4.2021
Tobias Adrian is the Financial Counsellor and Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)’s Monetary and Capital Markets Department, Fabio M. Natalucci is a Deputy Director of the department, while Rohit Goel and Sheheryar Malik are experts in the same department.
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The rise in long-term...
The Case Of Mobile Money In Ghana
21.4.2021
Ghana is in the throes of a mobile money boom.
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PK Senyo, Senior Lecturer in Information Systems, University of Southampton.
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Mobile money — a technology that enables financial transactions through mobile phones without a bank account — is driving...
What’s Preventing Crypto Payments from Entering the Mainstream?
20.4.2021
Pavel Matveev is the Co-founder and CEO of Wirex, a blockchain-based payments platform.
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In the past few years, interest in crypto has increased dramatically as businesses and individuals begin to recognize the benefits that blockchain technology can offer. Meanwhile, with bitcoin (BTC)...
NFT Performance Art: Corporations Could Capitalize On Protest
19.4.2021
Petr Davydtchenko. _______
Lowell Gasoi, Instructor in communication studies, arts advocacy, Carleton University.
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Russian artist Petr Davydtchenko made what what he claims was the first performance art NFT in February. According to an article in The Art Newspaper, in a digital recording...
Why NFTs Aren’t Just for Art and Collectibles
18.4.2021
Master Snooker by DinizBr ArtW. Are non-fungible tokens (NFTs) one-trick ponies? They’ve certainly taken the art and digital collectible world by storm, raising millions of dollars for a handful of high-profile artists and (mostly) the NBA, but what else can they do?
Well, given that the NFT...
The Great Depression and Money Printers of Today
18.4.2021
The Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial in Washington. Mary O'Sullivan, Professor of Economic History, Université de Genève.
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At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, US Federal Reserve System governor Jerome Powell made an extraordinary declaration: “We’re not going to run out...
Crypto and Traditional Finance To Merge Via M&As
17.4.2021
As Coinbase has already gone public, and eToro, Kraken are also planning to list their shares, we can also expect to see an increase in acquisition activity in the coming months.
While it’s expected that mergers and acquisitions are set to increase this year, what isn’t so clear is who will...
From ATHs Over Bans to 20 Crypto Jokes
17.4.2021
This was very busy week in crypto: one day before the Coinbase direct listing, BTC and ETH hit their new all-time highs, and dogecoin led the market, soon landing on the 8th spot by market capitalization, while many industry insiders saw the listing as a bullish event for the crypto space and...
Considering Coinbase's COIN? You Might Be Better Buying Bitcoin Instead
14.4.2021
Andrew Urquhart, Associate Professor of Finance, ICMA Centre, Henley Business School, University of Reading.
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Coinbase, the San Francisco-based crypto exchange, is going public on April 14. The company will trade under the ticker COIN and list 114,850,769 shares on the Nasdaq with an initial...
Bitcoin Is More ‘Public’ Money than Central Bank-Issued Fiat Currencies
11.4.2021
If you’ve read a research or policy paper from a government or central bank in recent years, you may have noticed an interesting distinction such institutions tend to make when it comes to money. They like to refer to national fiat currencies as ‘public money’ and cryptocurrencies — as well...
A Closer Look at the Environmental Impact of Bitcoin Mining
11.4.2021
Christopher Bendiksen, Head of Research at CoinShares, major European major digital asset manager.
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Bitcoin (BTC) is a settlement system like FedWire, not a payments aggregator like VisaIt uses energy to deliver that function independently of central authoritiesGlobal energy production...
With Banks Turning to Bitcoin, Is It Finally Time to Long the Bankers?
10.4.2021
The banks are coming. After years of derision and suspicion, major banks are gradually warming to Bitcoin (BTC), with many major financial institutions beginning to roll out crypto-related services.
In the past, much of the Bitcoin community was taken to declaring, “Long bitcoin, short...
Corrections, Anticipations, Retractions, BTCzations + 20 Crypto Jokes
10.4.2021
Never a dull week in the Cryptoverse! Altcoins went booming, bitcoin went consolidating, and professional traders were reminding the new players to exercise caution, but then BTC corrected lower following the much-anticipated announcement of Coinbase's results. As Allianz Chief Economic Adviser...
Volatility Is Crypto’s Best Friend
9.4.2021
Stephen Ehrlich, Co-Founder and CEO at Voyager Digital, a crypto-asset broker.
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Volatility is good for crypto. It serves multiple purposes as the whole crypto ecosystem matures, which we have to remember is an industry and technology that is still only just over a decade old. New and emerging...
An Asynchronous and Divergent Recovery May Put Financial Stability at Risk
8.4.2021
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Tobias Adrian is the Financial Counsellor and Director of the International Monetary Fund’s Monetary and Capital Markets Department.
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After enduring a tumultuous 2020, the global economy is finally emerging from the worst phases of the COVID-19 pandemic, albeit...