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Zero Interest Rates Not The Only Driver For Stablecoin Demand
11.4.2020
The coronavirus has brought zero USD interest rates. And with zero or potentially even negative interest rates, it might also bring greater demand for stablecoins and for cryptocurrencies more generally.
Why? Because now there's no opportunity cost when it comes to holding USD-backed stablecoins...
Traditional Traders Show Growing Interest in Crypto
5.4.2020
A report published by Acuiti details that institutional firms are showing interest in Bitcoin and Ethereum derivatives
Zero Interest Rates Could Hamper the Stablecoin Business
1.4.2020
Negative interest rates will force stablecoins to look at their fee structures and cut costs. Only the fittest will survive, says our columnist
USD Stablecoins Are Surging, But Zero Interest Rates Complicate Business Model
30.3.2020
With investors seeking safety in dollars, stablecoins have seen inflows of more than $2 billion since the crash. But zero interest rates threaten business revenue
Crypo Lender Celsius Taps Chainlink’s Price Oracles for Interest Rate ‘Decentralization’
30.3.2020
Celsius Network has teamed up with oracle provider Chainlink to make the price feeds it uses to calculate asset interest rates less centralized
Bitcoin Price Volatility Alert as 50K BTC Options Open Interest Expires
26.3.2020
Bitcoin rejecting $7,000 comes as a large swathe of options open interest is set to expire on Friday
BitMEX Open Interest Collapses After Controversial Long Squeeze
24.3.2020
Open interest in XBT/USD on BitMEX has crashed by over 50 percent from 115,000 BTC to 55,000 BTC over the past 12 days
Baidu and Google Trends See Increased Interest in Purchasing Bitcoin
23.3.2020
Search results on Google and Baidu indicate a surge in the number of people interested in purchasing Bitcoin
Crypto Lender Cred Is Offering Investors 10% Interest With Spencer Dinwiddie Partnership
20.3.2020
Crypto investors can "pledge" five different cryptos, including two stablecoins, to Cred and earn up to 10 percent interest in a new partnership with NBA star Spencer Dinwiddie
Interest in BTC Futures Drops Amid Discussions of Financial Market Closure
18.3.2020
Despite record-high volatility in bitcoin (BTC), derivatives traders appear to be pulling money out of the market, while a “rush to cash” becomes the overarching theme for the financial markets. The moves in bitcoin follow major volatility in the traditional financial markets, where some of...
Binance Lending Adds Bitcoin Cash to Flexible Deposits Letting Users Earn Interest on BCH
18.3.2020
Bitcoin cash users now have another venue to earn interest on their digital asset holdings. Binance has added support for BCH flexible deposits on its lending platform, alongside ETH and EOS. This development comes just as competition in the crypto lending field is heating up. Also Read: Binance...
Crypto Lending Firm BlockFi Raising Interest Rates on BTC and ETH
18.3.2020
BTC’s and ETH’s interest rates at the crypto lending firm will be increased starting April 1, while some stablecoins’ will remain the same
Gemini’s Nifty Gateway Bets on Celebs to Drive Interest in Crypto Collectibles
17.3.2020
The Gemini-owned Nifty Gateway just opened its marketplace for non-fungible tokens
Bitcoin Sinks Below $5K Despite Fed Reserve’s Slashing of Interest Rates
16.3.2020
The Fed's cutting of interest rates has done little to calm the markets
Bitcoin Price Tops $5.9K as Fed Cuts Interest Rates to 0%, Restarts QE
16.3.2020
Bitcoin and altcoins benefit from the Federal Reserve’s attempt to combat the economic downturn brought about by COVID-19
Blockchain Lender Reports 300% Surge as Fed Slashes Interest Rates
11.3.2020
The Fed’s emergency interest rate cuts have spurred a flurry of lenders to seek blockchain-based loans with Morgan Creek-backed fintech Figure Technologies
Coronavirus Prompts Fed to Slash Interest Rate – Stocks Slide, Gold Spikes, Bitcoin Uncertainty
4.3.2020
The U.S. Federal Reserve slashed interest rates by 50 bps on Tuesday citing concerns about the coronavirus outbreak against the bleak economy. The last time the central bank slashed rates by leveraging an “emergency rate shift” by half a percentage point was after Lehman Brothers filed...
Celsius Doubled Its Total Paid Crypto Loan Interest Since November
24.2.2020
Crypto lending platform Celsius continues to grow its user base, and has doubled its total paid interest since late last year
Here’s Why Interest Rates on Cryptocurrencies Could Be a Game-Changer
22.2.2020
The growth in crypto lending platforms is giving birth to a new type of valuation metric: interest rates
Not All Central Banks Have an Interest in CBDCs
16.2.2020
A central bank survey reveals cryptocurrency is set to gain 1.6 billion users within 3 years