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First Mover: Bitcoin at Last Passes $10K, But Why Has It Struggled While Gold Shone?
27.7.2020
It's a tricky thing to explain why bitcoin has been underperforming as central-bank money printing helps drive gold to a new record.
Gold, Stimulus and a Futures Gap: 5 Things to Eye in Bitcoin This Week
27.7.2020
Gold builds on all-time highs as markets wait for news from the U.S. Federal Reserve and Bitcoin price volatility returns — where will it go?
Tether’s Gold-Backed Stablecoin in Demand as Commodity Hits ATH
27.7.2020
The price of gold and Tether’s XAUT rallied to more than $1,900 today, a value not seen since September 2011
Market Update: Crypto Cap Nears $300 Billion, BTC Hits $10K, ETH Rallies Hard
26.7.2020
The digital currency economy is steadily approaching a $300 billion market capitalization, as a great number of coins have been seeing decent gains. Bitcoin touched a high of $10,135 on July 26, during the early morning trading sessions, but ethereum is outpacing the top crypto measured by market...
Income Inequality: Can Bitcoin or Other Cryptocurrencies Fix This?
24.7.2020
Despite the benefits of crypto being in the hands of the few, the current crisis may be a harbinger of change
Market Wrap: Bitcoin Near $9,600 as Gold Hits High, Uniswap Liquidity Over $100m
24.7.2020
Bitcoin is up for the week, gold gets a new high and DeFi keeps growing
World Will Not Adopt a Bitcoin or Gold Standard, Says Peter Brandt
23.7.2020
The world is headed for special drawing rights with gold participating, but not a return to the gold standard, the trader says
EU Leaders Approve $2.1 Trillion Budget, US Lawmakers Expect Another Round of Covid-19 Relief Money
23.7.2020
The world’s bureaucrats have been on a money creation spree and on July 21, the European Union approved an unprecedented $2.1 trillion coronavirus relief budget. Additionally, American leaders are in the midst of approving a new stimulus relief act amid July’s unemployment extension...
As Spot Gold Surges Higher, Tether’s Gold Token Lags Behind
23.7.2020
While gold-backed crypto tokens are being touted as an alternative to USD-pegged stablecoins, a previous price premium on these tokens has now turned into more of a mixed picture as one popular token leads, while other lags behind the soaring traditional spot gold price.
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Market Wrap: Bitcoin Fails to Stay Above $9,400 While Dai Supply Skyrockets
22.7.2020
Low volume and volatility continue to plague the bitcoin market but the supply of dai soars
Bitcoiners Are Not Looking for a Store of Value, Gold Bug Adam Schiff Says
21.7.2020
Although Bitcoin holders often describe the asset as a store of value, gold advocate Peter Schiff said such participants do not actually seek wealth storage, hunting instead for profit
Amir Taaki Knocks Bitcoin Coinjoin Schemes – Calls Methods ‘Absolute Garbage’
21.7.2020
On July 17, the well known Dark Wallet creator and early Bitcoin developer, Amir Taaki, criticized bitcoin privacy methods on Twitter. Taaki claimed that UTXO mixing concepts like Coinjoin were “absolute garbage.” Taaki also knocked other concepts like Mimblewimble and privacy-centric...
Getting Out of Cash Is Key to Wealth and Inflation Protection, Pompliano Says
18.7.2020
Describing the current economic state, including pending inflation, Anthony Pompliano noted exiting cash into other assets as the key to wealth
Blockchain Spreads Its Vines to Root Out Counterfeit Wines and Spirits
18.7.2020
When it comes to counterfeiting booze, wine is an easy target. Fortunately, blockchain makes a particularly good pairing with the wine market
Peter Schiff’s Bitcoin Hack Comment Invites Ridicule
16.7.2020
Euro Pacific Capital CEO, Peter Schiff’s comment suggesting Bitcoin might be the next target following a hack of multiple VIP Twitter accounts has been ridiculed by bitcoiners. Seemingly relishing the prospect of a bitcoin hack, Schiff a gold bug and a well-known bitcoin critic, signs off...
Bitcoin Cash Is the Only Fork Underperforming Bitcoin This Year
16.7.2020
Bitcoin cash has underperformed bitcoin by 18 percentage points this year while other forks have outperformed by at least 44 percentage points
Abra CEO Agrees With Bitcoin's Role as Digital Gold
16.7.2020
Abra CEO and founder Bill Barhydt said he sees Bitcoin as a store of value, increasingly distancing itself from mainstream market price correlation
Gold Bug Peter Schiff: 'Is the Twitter Hack a Harbinger for Bitcoin?'
16.7.2020
Pavel Luptak — co-founder of Czech cryptocurrency community hub Parallel Polis — says Schiff’s suggestion has no foundations in reality
Survey: 60% of Bitcoin Investors Will Die With Their BTC If Price Stays Below $10,000
15.7.2020
About 60% of bitcoin investors are willing to hold their coins until they die if the price fails to breach the key $10,000 level. Now that’s according to a Twitter poll by Peter Schiff. The gold-bug asked bitcoin ‘hodlers’: “How much longer does the price of #Bitcoin have...
Gold Bug Peter Schiff Learns Bitcoin Holders Won’t Sell at Any Price
14.7.2020
Almost 60% of 13,000 people say they will “hodl” Bitcoin to the grave if the BTC price fails to trade above $10,000