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Strong US Dollar Posts 5-Week High, Markets Price in a 75 bps Fed Rate Hike for June
6.5.2022
While precious metals, stocks, and cryptocurrencies saw a significant downturn this week, the U.S. dollar tapped a 20-year high against the Japanese yen and a number of other currencies. The greenback has seen five weeks of consecutive gains following the Federal Reserve’s 50 basis point...
SEC vs. NVIDIA, Sanctioned Bitcoin Mixer, Bluesky Code, VCs Target NFTs + More News
6.5.2022
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Bitcoin Sell-Off Continues as Asian Markets Fall Amid Weak China Cues
6.5.2022
Bitcoin continues losses as major markets around Asia end the week
Crypto Mining Rig Maker Canaan Added to SEC List of Scrutinized China Companies
5.5.2022
The firm has until May 25 to dispute its inclusion on the list, which could eventually see it delist from the Nasdaq
First Mover Asia: Events in China, India Have Also Weighed on Crypto Prices
5.5.2022
Investors may have been focusing on interest rate hikes and the economic fall out of Russia’s Ukraine invasion, but bitcoin has been subject to other headwinds: cryptos rise post rate hike
Hundreds of NFTs listed on OpenSea from Shanghai residents during COVID lockdown
4.5.2022
In response to the city’s COVID-19-related lockdown, Shanghai residents turned to the blockchain to preserve their experiences
Fintech Study Estimates 4.4 Billion Global Users Will Adopt Mobile Wallets by 2024
3.5.2022
According to a recently published study by Merchant Machine, mobile wallets are predicted to have 4.4 billion users by 2024. Merchant Machine’s findings show the global pandemic propelled the popularity of digital wallets and researchers expect the numbers to grow from 44.50% of...
Bitcoin retreats toward $38K after Friday sparks losses for 'nearly everything' outside China
30.4.2022
Chinese equities were the rare winners as the May holidays arrived with a whimper for most traders
2 key metrics point toward further downside for the entire crypto market
30.4.2022
Futures data and decreased demand for Tether signal that the crypto market is set for another round of pain
Digital Yuan Giveaway: Shenzhen Residents to Receive 15 Million Yuan in Digital Currency
29.4.2022
The Chinese government is giving away 15 million yuan in central bank digital currency (CBDC) to 130,000 residents of Shenzhen this Friday. The digital yuan can be used at nearly 5,000 stores with no minimum purchase required. Digital Yuan Pilot Continues China’s central bank,...
Residents of 3 Chinese cities paying taxes and charges with digital yuan
29.4.2022
China has expanded its central bank digital currency pilot program to include the payment of tax, stamp duty and social security
Digital Yuan Now Being Used to Pay Taxes in Chinese Pilot Zones
29.4.2022
Some Chinese citizens now appear to be paying their taxes in the digital yuan, with the pilot gathering pace in the nation’s fast-growing pilot area.
Per Hangzhou.com, a number of government organs in Zhejiang province are trialing solutions that involve “the online transfer of digital yuan”...
Chinese court rules marketplace guilty of minting NFTs from stolen artwork
26.4.2022
A user of the NFT marketplace NFTCN allegedly poached a creation of an artist and sold it as an NFT for $137 to another user
First Mover Asia: Slow Start to the Week for Crypto as China Lockdowns Drag on Stocks, S&P 500
26.4.2022
Major equity markets in Asia have declined significantly in recent months, and bitcoin has followed a similar pattern
While Global Markets Get Spooked by Covid and a Hawkish Fed, Stocks and Crypto Rebound After Musk Buys Twitter
25.4.2022
Wall Street suffered Monday morning as the major U.S. stock indexes dropped further, building on losses gathered last week. Reports indicate that investors are concerned about the upcoming Federal Reserve rate hikes and China’s recent Covid-19 outbreak. As equities floundered on Monday,...
Bitcoin bears tighten their grip on BTC now that $40K is the new resistance level
25.4.2022
Mounting concerns about the state of the global economy and traders' risk-off sentiment continue to weigh on Bitcoin price
Crypto Market Drops Alongside Stocks on Global Worries; Australian Spot Bitcoin ETF Set for Debut
25.4.2022
The crypto market initially traded lower on Monday, before trimming its losses later in the trading day as sentiment improved. The market action came after heavy selling before the weekend on comments from US Federal Reserve (Fed) Chairman Jerome Powell last week, hinting that a 50-basis point...
Financial Stability Risks Grow as War in Europe Complicates Push to Contain Inflation
23.4.2022
Tobias Adrian is the Financial Counsellor and Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)’s Monetary and Capital Markets Department.
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While no systemic event has materialized, the balance of risks has tilted more firmly to the downside....
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Chinese Man Uses Digital Yuan to Pay Court-issued Fine in Legal First
22.4.2022
Chinese media outlets have been reporting on a new first for the digital yuan – with the central bank-issued token used to pay a court-issued fine for the first time.
Per Chinaqw, on April 19, a man surnamed Wei, the plaintiff in a motor vehicle traffic accident liability dispute case, had been...
Ex-Chinese Central Bank Chief Says Digital Yuan Not Intended for International Trade
20.4.2022
The former governor of the central People’s Bank of China (PBoC) has reiterated claims that the forthcoming digital yuan has been designed primarily for retail use by domestic and even international users – not for cross-border trade purposes.
China has loosely pegged the value of its yuan fiat...