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The worst things on the internet in 2020
24.12.2020
Look, even without COVID, 2020 was going to be garbage. It was an election year, for fuck’s sake, so a glut of unhinged political punditry was destined to clog up our social media feeds and needle our glazed eyeballs. In keeping with tradition, it all turned out to be even worse than we could have...
Coinbase seeks extended feedback deadline to FinCEN’s new crypto rules
22.12.2020
Coinbase says that a 15-day notice-and-comment period for FinCEN’s new crypto rules is not enough
Bitcoin FOMO? Tesla and these four stocks crushed BTC's gains in 2020
22.12.2020
Coronavirus and renewable energy are among the triggers of huge dividends for holders of certain equities this year
Japan Leverages 80 Tons of Gold to Help Fund Part of Its Stimulus Package
21.12.2020
Japan’s finance ministry has reportedly leveraged 80 tons of gold to help fund part of its huge stimulus package aimed at combating the coronavirus crisis. The Asian country, which is saddled with public debt twice the size of its economy, is under pressure to find non-tax revenues to cover...
Bank of America Investor Survey Highlights the Most Crowded Trades: ‘Long Tech, Short USD, Long Bitcoin’
15.12.2020
The highly anticipated Bank of America fund manager survey has been published, and this December fund managers who participated in the survey are sweeping up risk assets. The asset managers have dropped cash for the first time in close to seven years, as levels are down 4%. Moreover, strategists...
P2P Bitcoin Trading: Venezuela, Colombia Account for Over 23% of Total Localbitcoins Volume
15.12.2020
A study revealed a rising trend in bitcoin (btc) volume trading across Latin America amid the coronavirus pandemic and rising inflation, pushing the figures to record highs and putting Venezuela and Colombia at the top of the ranking. Latin America Sees a Bullish Trend in Bitcoin P2P Trading Volume...
How They Made a Vaccine So Fast
15.12.2020
Vaccine development takes time. Earlier this spring, we learned that the previous record for vaccine development was four years from sample to approval, and that we might not see a COVID vaccine for years, if at all. But here we are, barely one year past the discovery of the novel coronavirus,...
Surgeon General Compares Developing Covid Vaccine To Playing Xbox
14.12.2020
The first Covid-19 vaccines began being distributed in the US today, and amidst the rollout Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams took to Fox News to talk about the race to develop a cure for the pandemic. And to do that he started talking about Xbox.Read more
Publicly recanted! Luminaries who came to terms with crypto in 2020
13.12.2020
Bitcoin may never be a widely used medium of exchange, but it has become a useful store of value, former critics concede in 2020
Bitcoin Is Going Through the Roof in Argentina While the Government Imposes New Taxes
11.12.2020
Argentina’s Senate approved an extraordinary one-time wealth tax to fight the coronavirus pandemic by seeking to boost government revenue and targeting millionaires with assets of more than 200 million pesos ($2.5 million). At the same time, the country still faces a 35% inflation....
As Citizens Suffer Central Banks Flush Trading Houses With Trillions, Ease Corporate Strains
10.12.2020
Central banks across the world have been increasing stimulus and letting inflation run high in order to combat the disastrous economic effects of the coronavirus outbreak response. The Bank of Japan has recently become the country’s largest stockholder and the European Central Bank...
Balaji Srinivasan: The Man Who Called COVID
8.12.2020
The former Coinbase CTO sounded the alarm early about the virus. More broadly, he’s emerged as a prolific and perceptive thinker about the trust and knowledge problems crypto aims to solve
Bitcoin Dissidents: Those Who Need It Most
8.12.2020
The global pandemic and interwoven political and economic crises became fertile ground for Bitcoin to become a tool for human rights
Snowden Recalls His Bitcoin Comment Made During the Coronavirus-Driven Meltdown in Crypto Market
7.12.2020
The famous American whistleblower, Edward Snowden, took to his Twitter account once again to talk about bitcoin. This time around, he confirmed on December 7, his call on the bottom that the crypto reached on March 12, 2020. Snowden Remembers His Call on Bitcoin’s Bottom in March 2020 Edward...
New Stimulus Proposals Gain Support While Lawmakers Push for Second Stimulus Checks to Help Americans
7.12.2020
Two new stimulus packages have been proposed while lawmakers continue to push for second stimulus checks to help Americans cope with the coronavirus-led economic crisis. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell want to add stimulus measures to the spending bill that...
Darknet Market Crypto Revenues Hit All-Time Highs in 2020
5.12.2020
A study revealed that darknet markets have astonishing figures so far in 2020, despite the coronavirus pandemic, but the dynamics changed compared to the last year’s numbers. Darknet Vendors Surpassed $800 Million in Revenues Despite Covid Pandemic According to the Chainalysis report, darknet...
Financial Analysts Expect US Dollar to Soften Further, 2021 Could Be the Greenback’s ‘Worst Year Ever’
4.12.2020
Well before the coronavirus pandemic, global economists expected a grim-looking American economy and during the last ten months of the Covid-19 outbreak, the U.S. financial system looks even worse. Economists and analysts say the biggest concern is the U.S. dollar faltering into the unknown, as...
Canada could launch CBDC sooner than expected, central bank exec says
3.12.2020
COVID-19 could force the Bank of Canada to launch a CBDC sooner than previously expected
Catching Covid-19 Sucked, Though Video Games Helped
2.12.2020
Some call it a hoax. Others say it’s no worse than the common cold. But make no mistake: the covid-19 pandemic is very, very real. If you don’t believe the mountain of scientific literature, the army of medical professionals, the frontline reporting from countless reputable sources, the firsthand...
Gold Sees Largest Weekly Outflow Ever, Metal Prices Spiral Lower, Analysts Expect Flows Into Bitcoin
30.11.2020
Gold investors are getting anxious, as the precious metal’s prices have slid a great deal since a number of vaccine companies have revealed medicines to combat the coronavirus. The price of one ounce of fine gold is valued at $1,770 per unit after the precious metal registered the third...