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Cryptonews Rewind 2020: Q2 - Bitcoin Halving, CBDCs, And Hacks

29.12.2020
Here is what happened in the Cryptoworld in the second quarter of this year: Total crypto market capitalization in Q1 April The second quarter of 2020 started with halvings and pre-halving events. As the Bitcoin (BTC) halving was approaching, miners were putting pressure on the BTC price,...

Cryptonews Rewind 2020: Q1 - Missile Strike, COVID-19, Black Thursday

28.12.2020
Here is what happened in the Cryptoworld in the first quarter of this year: Total crypto market capitalization in Q1 January The year started with Ethereum (ETH)'s Muir Glacier, announced to be a successful upgrade on the Ethereum mainnet, and the Cryptoverse wondered if Ethereum 2.0 would happen...

2021 Trends in CBDCs: More Pilots, Maybe Some Launches, But Not For Retail

27.12.2020
The more the price of bitcoin (BTC) rises, the more institutions and corporations become interested in this most popular cryptocurrency. However, the same relationship doesn’t seem to hold for central banks and governments: instead, the more the price of bitcoin rises, the more central banks...

Satoshi Nakamoto from NSA, AntiChrist and Other Bitcoin Conspiracy Theories

26.12.2020
The most popular cryptocurrency, Bitcoin (BTC), is filled with conspiracy theories, ranging from the plausible to the downright absurd. Let’s take a quick look at the most common Bitcoin conspiracy theories for a good laugh or - if you choose to believe them - a peek down the rabbit hole. 21e8 On...

Data Leaks, Regulatory "Fun" and 20 Crypto Jokes

26.12.2020
In the week leading to the holidays, a Twitter exchange between Elon Musk and Michael Saylor added fuel to the BTC rally, but shortly, as BTC dropped below USD 23K, and then it went back up. You know, the usual. But then serious problems hit the fan for Ledger and their users when personal info...

Bitcoin Wheel Cannot Be Stopped

25.12.2020
Eric Wall is a part of the Arcane Research team and works as Chief Investment Officer. ______ Market research 101 The wheel is in motion and cannot be stopped. What we’ve witnessed during the last few months is just how amenable high-profile investors appear to be to the bitcoin (BTC) pitch....

In Its Quest For Financial Inclusion Crypto Plays A Role In International Aid

25.12.2020
In December, the United Nations has warned that “2021 is literally going to be catastrophic,” largely as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, not to mention underlying economic and development issues. Such forecasts are highly troubling, but until blockchain technology and cryptocurrency help...

Bitcoin & Crypto Taxes In US: When to Sell and When to Hodl

24.12.2020
With 2021 in sight, bitcoin (BTC) and other crypto investors in the US are facing a fork in the road. They can cash in on the gains that 2020 has delivered and take profits off the table or continue to hodl until the new year or longer. Whichever way they decide to go will determine when and...

Yield Farming-boosted DeFi Set For New Fields With Old Challenges in 2021

20.12.2020
2020 was the year of the DeFi explosion. Having had modest beginnings in 2018 and 2019, decentralized finance really took off this year, with the likes of Maker, Compound and Aave combining to push the total value locked (TVL) into the DeFi space to over USD 16bn. This peak represents a growth...

Can Decentralized Finance Ever Be Regulated?

20.12.2020
Iwa Salami, Senior Lecturer in Financial Law and Regulation, University of East London. As stock markets around the world struggle through the pandemic, bitcoin (BTC) has seen a steady rise in its price. In December, the cryptocurrency surpassed its all-time high of USD 20,000 and hit USD 24,000...

Gift Ideas For a Very Merry Crypto Christmas 2020

19.12.2020
With another bitcoin (BTC) all-time high and Christmas knocking on our wreath-decorated doors, we are reminded that a major aspect of the holiday season is certainly - that’s right – shopping after an impressive bull run in the market this year. Let’s take a look at some interesting crypto-themed...

High Spikes, Higher Jumps, Highest Bulls and 20 Crypto Jokes

19.12.2020
In the week of bulls, bitcoin not only touched the USD 20K level, but it shot right past it, and towards USD 23K, and over it. It’s much appreciated (pun intended). As more people are interested in buying BTC and ETH than selling them, Bitcoin bulls and bears listed the reasons why they think...

Charities, Buskers & Beggars Aren’t Feeling So Festive In Cashless Society

18.12.2020
Source: Adobe/bruno135_406 Spencer M. Ross, Assistant Professor of Marketing, University of Massachusetts Lowell. Sommer Kapitan, Senior Lecturer in Marketing, Auckland University of Technology. _______ Collectors for the Paralympic Games carried donation buckets ahead of the recent Santa parade...

If Traditional Finance Moves to CBDCs, 2 Scenarios Open for DeFi - INDX CEO

17.12.2020
Source: Adobe/Михаил Зябликов Traditional finance can't escape decentralized finance (DeFi). The former's move into digital currencies is bound to impact both, producing two main possible scenarios, according to Jonathan DeCarteret, CEO of tokenized crypto fund INDX Capital. DeFi is light years...

DeFi on Binance Smart Chain: What’s Already Yielding?

16.12.2020
Source: Instagram, Binance Launched on September 1, 2020, Binance Smart Chain (BSC) has already been noticed in the DeFi (decentralized finance) community. Let’s take a quick look into BSC and discuss some of the popular yield farming protocols on the new blockchain. What is Binance Smart...

COVID-19 Further Exposes Inequalities in the Global Financial System

16.12.2020
Ramya Vijaya, Professor of Economics, Stockton University. _____ To stem the economic fallout from COVID-19, developed countries have injected an unprecedented USD 9 trillion into their economies. The International Monetary Fund has recommended sustained fiscal support, emphasizing greater...

Governments Paralyzed by Pandemic and Politics Are Bullish for Crypto

15.12.2020
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...

Regulatory Kaleidoscope Challenges Crypto Industry - Crypto.com CCO

15.12.2020
An increasingly diverse and costly set of rules will keep challenging the crypto industry in 2021, Antonio Alvarez, Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) of Crypto.com, a major cryptoasset-powered debit card, trading, and lending services firm, told Cryptonews.com in an interview. According to him,...

Several Swiss Banks Are 'Ready to Go' Upon Crypto Gateway Launch - SDX

15.12.2020
The Swiss Stock Exchange (SIX) and its partners developing a new crypto gateway for Swiss banks are already in talks with several local banks, with some of them ready to go at the gateway launch, Tim Grant, Head of Business at the SIX Digital Exchange (SDX) told Cryptonews.com. And these banks...

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