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How CBDCs Might Change Our Daily Payments
4.7.2020
Central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) could provide consumers with cheaper and faster payments, according to experts in the cryptocurrency and blockchain industry. They’ll sidestep the need for an account with a commercial bank, and in the process will reduce many of the costs and risks that come...
Rolling, Doubling, Consuming and 20 Crypto Jokes
4.7.2020
This week in crypto news on Cryptonews.com: Bitcoin whale population growth might be a mirage, retail may consume 50% of BTC supply after next halving, and young Roobinhooders might propel the next BTC rally. IOTA announced the release of Pollen, the first phase towards the decentralized IOTA...
Modern Monetary Theory Is Too Good To Be True
3.7.2020
The Australian government is planning to spend AUD 190 billion (USD 132 billion) to support the economy in response to COVID-19, according to the latest Parliamentary Budget Office estimate.
The total impact of COVID-19 on the government’s net debt, including both revenue impacts (down, because...
This is How Facebook's Novi Can Share Libra User Info With Others
1.7.2020
Social media giant Facebook's subsidiary Novi Financial has retained the right to share the information of Libra users with the third parties, with users' consent, and in certain cases - "without further notice."
As reported, in May, Facebook rebranded its Calibra subsidiary, responsible...
On-Chain Analysis Data Providers: Who Are They and What Do They Offer
28.6.2020
On-chain data analysis providers are not new. Firms like Chainalysis have been around for over five years. However, more recently, there has been an influx of new blockchain data analytics firms that aim to provide deep insight into blockchain network activity.
In this article, we will explore...
What Is Bitcoin Exchange Traded Crypto and What Impact Could It Have?
28.6.2020
On June 18, ETC Group and HANetf announced the listing of a new exchange-traded bitcoin investment vehicle – named Bitcoin Exchange Traded Crypto (BTCE) – on the Germany-based Xetra exchange.
But what exactly is BTCE?
And what potential impact could this new exchange-traded product have on...
Top 3 BTC Sentiment Analysis Tools: How They Work & How to Use Them
27.6.2020
Bitcoin (BTC) sentiment analysis tools can be powerful. Used correctly, they can allow traders and investors to gauge whether crypto markets (and their participants) are feeling bullish or bearish.
So, with some claiming that the market is now hovering between bear and bull status, perhaps there...
Reaching Highs, Buying Crypto, Making Partnerships and 20 Crypto Jokes
27.6.2020
This crypto-week, we saw that Bitcoin and Ethereum networks hit a number of all-time highs, they both recovered most of their losses after Black Thursday, and the gap between their fees was narrowed. Anthony Pompliano said he's not a BTC maximalist but that BTC is our one shot to separate money...
How to Apply Forex Scalping Strategies to Crypto Trading
21.6.2020
There are scores of ways you can trade and invest in cryptocurrencies.
Sure, you can buy and HODL or frantically day-trade to catch the day’s highs and lows. But how about going beyond all that? How about using the techniques traders in other markets apply when they invest?
It’s time to learn...
Bitcoin Is Blockchain’s ‘Killer App,’ But Blockchain Is Catching Up
21.6.2020
The bitcoin (BTC) vs. blockchain debate is almost as old as BTC itself. For years now, bitcoin maximalists have argued that blockchain without a cryptocurrency is mostly a slow database, while blockchain advocates have argued that bitcoin only scratches the surface of what decentralized ledgers...
Why Banks Hold the Key to Wider BTC Adoption and Hyperbitcoinization
20.6.2020
Banks will be instrumental in bringing about wider cryptocurrency adoption. Without their involvement, the general public will continue to view crypto as a less-than legitimate part of the world of finance.
Admittedly, the vast majority of financial institutions still view bitcoin (BTC) and other...
High Jumps, (Self)Hacks, Heated Competitions and 20 Crypto Jokes
20.6.2020
This week in the Cryptoverse, BTC mining difficulty made the highest jump in two years, the sender of USD 5.28 million Ethereum (ETH) transactions was revealed, and stablecoin volume became 5x ETH volume on Ethereum. Hackers stole a bitcoin with a “brute force” attack, while Bancor discovered...
3 Ways Blockchain Could Help Fight The Climate Crisis
15.6.2020
The world has failed to halt global warming. Four years after the signing of the Paris Agreement, most experts predict global warming will exceed the agreed thresholds, with disastrous consequences. As much as the world faces a climate crisis, it also faces a climate governance crisis: we know what...
Bitcoin Halving and Competitors Boost Pressure on Bitmain & Canaan
14.6.2020
The Bitcoin (BTC) mining hardware sector is opening up. New hardware manufacturers are entering the market with innovative new mining units, reducing the former dominance of major players such as Bitmain and Canaan.
And with the Bitcoin halving in May putting an extra squeeze on the profit margins...
Bitcoin and Black America: A Digital Uprising
14.6.2020
A protest at the Los Angeles City Hall in June. Source: Twitter, @callmethebear
In 2014, several surveys found that African Americans were less likely to know about and use Bitcoin (BTC). However, in 2020, a Coinbase study found that African Americans are now much more interested in and trustful...
Bitcoiners Ask: ‘WTF Happened In 1971?’ The Answer Might Shape The 2020s
13.6.2020
In 1971, the United States left the gold standard. Now, some people – particularly Bitcoiners – believe that the US and wider global population has largely suffered as a result. The government can print USD at will, in the process causing the kind of inflation that reduces the general population’s...
Real ETH Giveaways, Blackmaily ETH Fees, and 20 Crypto Jokes
13.6.2020
This weak, we started a very REAL ETH giveaway. Speaking of ETH, two all-time high ETH transaction fees were paid, becoming more mysterious and blackmaily with the third. Meanwhile, Steve Hanke explained why private currency boards are better than central banks for a free society. While Maker...
Bitcoin Spenders' Basket 2x the Size of Conventional One - Beliani CEO
8.6.2020
Crypto users purchase more furniture than other shoppers. This is the experience of Stephan Widmer, CEO of Beliani, a web-only international seller of furniture and home accessories, that served over 1 million customers across 16 countries in Europe.
Beliani started using services of major crypto...
Seedless Wallets Want to Make Bitcoin More User Friendly
7.6.2020
Source: Adobe/Сергей Шиманович
Bitcoin (BTC) has been around for more than 11 years, but it’s still rather difficult for the average person to use the network in a secure manner. One of the reasons for this is that Bitcoin works very differently from traditional online payment systems.
In Bitcoin...
Regulating & Enabling Innovation: A Policymaker’s Perspective
7.6.2020
Greg Medcraft. Greg Medcraft is the Director of the Directorate for Financial and Enterprise Affairs of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
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The past twelve months have served to illustrate the rate at which blockchain and other distributed ledgers technologies...