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Bitcoin vs. Modern Monetary Theory
17.5.2020
We are about the experience “the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression,” according to International Monetary Fund (IMF) Chief Economist Gita Gopinath. The coming economic downturn will be the result of the lockdown measures that were put into place by governments around the world...
4 Examples How The Powers That Be Are Making A Case For Bitcoin
17.5.2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has proved to have far-reaching effects on the lives of people across the globe. Not only are hundreds of thousands of people at risk of premature death due to the virus but the powers that be are adding to people’s misery.
In this article, we discuss the actions...
Tokenization Getting Personal With New Opportunities and Old Dangers
16.5.2020
Personal tokens are here. Yes, that’s right: you can now tokenize yourself, putting a token on a blockchain that assigns a value to your own personal reputation.
Over the past few months, personal tokens have become more visible. While still remaining a fairly niche sector within crypto, some...
Happy Halving, Indecisive 9K and 20 Crypto Jokes
16.5.2020
And Satoshi said let there be halving, and the halving was good. Leading to it, BTC dropped, erasing its weekly gains, with altcoins bleeding too, then returning above 9,000 yet again. We looked into how BTC changed since the last halving in 2016, and CME Group revealed why this halving...
5 Historic Post-Halving Bitcoin Price Predictions
15.5.2020
With its third mining reward halving Bitcoin (BTC) entered its so-called fourth epoch, bringing together hopes that the outspoken BTC bulls are right and the price will skyrocket again.
Let’s remember five high-profile post-halving bitcoin price predictions that may make you want to stack more...
Is Bitcoin’s Lightning Network Ready to Replace Altcoin Use Cases?
10.5.2020
For many, Bitcoin’s (BTC’s) Lightning Network (LN) is viewed as a way for the world’s most popular cryptocurrency to enable faster, cheaper payments. While many altcoins, such as Bitcoin Cash (BCH) and Litecoin (LTC), have specifically focused on low transaction fees for smaller cryptocurrency...
Rain, Government, and BTC Bulls to Help Chinese Miners After Bitcoin Halving
9.5.2020
The third Bitcoin (BTC) halving will change the mining industry. With mining reward effectively being cut by 50%, many miners and mining companies will be forced offline.
Only the most efficient and economically viable will survive. The question is: will the surviving miners be mostly concentrated...
Hot Scandals, Business Giants, Halvation and 20 Crypto Jokes
9.5.2020
It was a fun, pre-halving week. Coinbase analyst said that we shouldn't count on banks to invest in crypto, and options traders appear to be skeptical about current ETH price. Business giants join a new consortium to help firms ‘manage digital assets’, Blockstream updated their BTC satelite...
Gold's Post-Pandemic Upside Is Huge. But it Pales Alongside Bitcoin
8.5.2020
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...
Three Reasons Why Valiu Picked Bitcoin Over Stablecoins in Venezuela
5.5.2020
In an attempt to help Venezuelans to store their savings in a more stable currency, Colombia-based fintech, Valiu, decided to indirectly use Bitcoin (BTC) rather than one of the many available stablecoins. There are three reasons why BTC has won in this case.
“Liquidity, business model,...
BitPay vs BTCPay: Which Bitcoin Payment Processor is Right for Your Business?
3.5.2020
Although most of the activity around bitcoin (BTC) and other cryptocurrencies currently has more to do with price speculation than actual commerce, there are still plenty of reasons as to why accepting bitcoin payments makes sense for some businesses. Whether you believe in the ideas behind Bitcoin...
Bitcoin’s Halving: Stars are Aligning for Next Big Bull-Run
3.5.2020
George McDonaugh is the CEO and Co-Founder of KR1 plc, the London listed cryptocurrency and blockchain investment company.
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Could it ever be a good thing to have your salary cut in half? Ask a Bitcoin (BTC) miner and your answer might well be a resounding ‘yes’.
The spotlight is on Bitcoin once...
COVID-19 Crisis Weighs On Crypto M&A, Startups To Sweat Harder
2.5.2020
Several crypto M&A deals have been delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the general economic uncertainty, Torbjørn Bull Jenssen, the CEO of Arcane Research, told Cryptonews.com. Also, crypto startups will need to put more effort in order to secure fresh capital, he added.
The CEO of...
Mainnet, Testnets, Targets, Multiple Clients and 20 Crypto Jokes
2.5.2020
Another crypto week is behind us, so let's take a quick look at what happened. Bitcoin soared to pre-crash levels, Cardano announced their new "mainnet wallet", Hive saw a major pump and a smaller dump on listing news, Telegram's Gram token launch was postponed indefinitely, Plan...
How Healthy Will the Bitcoin Network Be Post-halving?
29.4.2020
Johnson Xu is the Chief Analyst at TokenInsight, a token data and rating agency.
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Bitcoin (BTC)’s third halving is now less than two weeks away, per most estimates. As such, the industry is curious to discover what will happen to the Bitcoin network in the wake of this long-awaited...
NFT Devs Build While Users Follow Ethereum Price & Wait For Better Products
26.4.2020
F1® Delta Time NFTs are used in the game as core assets for play. The coronavirus-related lockdown might help the non-fungible token (NFT) market, but industry players should offer better products if they want this sector to go mainstream.
While the NFT market is slow lately and people...
Is Liquid Sidechain a Path for Better Bitcoin Privacy?
26.4.2020
Although Bitcoin (BTC) first hit the mainstream as a sort of anonymous Internet currency that allowed people to order drugs via darknet markets like Silk Road, the reality is transactions made on the network are completely public. Indeed, the current level of privacy offered by Bitcoin and many...
Facebook’s Libra Has Changed. But It Still Might Be a Win for Bitcoin
25.4.2020
Facebook’s Libra has changed. Having been roundly criticized after its unveiling in June 2019, it has now updated its white paper in a bid to placate regulators and governments.
Most notably, the new look Libra gets rid of any intention to move to a permissionless ledger. It also introduces a range...
Digi-Yuan Confirmations, Royal Screw-Ups and 20 Crypto Jokes
25.4.2020
Another eventful crypto week. Let's take a look at what happened. So, China's central bank officially confirmed that digital yuan testing is coming soon, and there are reports that McDonald’s, Starbucks, and Subway may take part in its testing. Uniswap and Lendf.Me were attacked using a known...
How Trading Bots Can Pump Altcoins
24.4.2020
Have you ever wondered why “vaporware” coins that have little to offer are still trading among the top digital assets with millions in daily trading volumes and asset prices that just seem off? Well, there are several reasons for that and trading bots are likely one of them.
In this article,...