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Why Bitcoin’s ‘Culture War’ Matters
3.6.2019
Michael J. Casey is the chairman of CoinDesk’s advisory board and a senior advisor for blockchain research at MIT’s Digital Currency Initiative. Let’s talk about bitcoin, toxicity and inclusiveness. (Boy, my Twitter feed is going to have fun over the next few days.) To start with, let me take...
Litecoin Price Analysis: China-US Trade War Benefits Cryptomarket, Litecoin (LTC) Soon To Turn Green
31.5.2019
A China bond sell-off to give wings to Litecoin, Bitcoin, Ethereum, and XRP. Litecoin to soon recover intra-day drop. Litecoin experienced a steep fall in the intraday market. The coin touched its 24hr high at $119 but soon dropped due to the selling pressure. The investors of Litecoin are going...
How Could US-China Trade War Affect Crypto
30.5.2019
When we think about a war of any sort, trade war included, we don’t tend to think about anything remotely positive. Yet, the current US-China trade war, if it spreads into the US bond market, can see China selling-off US Treasuries, which might in turn make certain cryptos soar.
This possibility...
Bitcoin’s ‘Toxic’ Twitter ‘Culture War’ Explained
29.5.2019
A flare-up between developers, startup members and other members of the ecyostem around bitcoin raised a range of questions over the weekend
South Korean Won Gets Hammered With Increase In Foreign Investments
27.5.2019
The rise in trade by South Korean investors in foreign stocks and bonds in the previous quarter is threatening to push the Won currency further down. An increase of 51 percent was observed in foreign stocks and bond trades by Korean investors in the last three months alone according to data...
Pressure Rises on Chinese Economy as Industrial Profits Shrink for April
27.5.2019
The downturn in the Chinese economy and the shrinking of domestic demand has been one of the biggest stories in international economics for the better part of a year. In addition to that, the turmoil brought upon by the damaging trade war with the United States has had its own effect on...
Wall Street Believes That the Trade War with China is Set to Continue
24.5.2019
The trade war between the United States and China has proven to be the biggest diplomatic and economic issue in the world over the past few months. However, following the escalation of tensions between the two sides over the past few weeks, there is a belief that the trade war is going to persist...
Xi Jinping Warns China to Brace for Tough Time Ahead Amidst Trade War
23.5.2019
The trade war between the United States and China has been an incredibly damaging one for both countries, but needless to say, it is the latter which has had a tough time during this prolonged crisis. The Asian nation had put up a brave front throughout the course of the skirmish, but in a stunning...
US Dollar Sustains Two and a Half Year Highs as Trade Tensions Grip
22.5.2019
The trade war between the United States and China has possibly been the most damaging trade issue that has engulfed the world in recent years. It is only natural considering the fact that the two nations are the two biggest economies in the world and when a trade impasse of this nature takes place...
Worsening US-China Trade War Is Behind BTC Price Rise, Digital Currency Group CEO Claims
21.5.2019
The CEO of Digital Currency Group has suggested that the recent rise in bitcoin prices could be linked to the U.S.-China trade war
Japan’s Topix May Increase By 15% In 2020: Morgan Stanley
17.5.2019
Morgan Stanley, a leading investment bank, is expecting the Japanese Topix to increase by close to 15% by mid of 2020. As per a report published last week, it says that the Japanese stocks are the opposite of American stocks. While the American stocks are loved, the Japanese stocks are ‘oversold...
Brazil’s Soybean Farmers: the Big Winners of US-China Trade War
17.5.2019
The trade war between the United States and Chine has comfortably been the most significant development as far as global trade is concerned, and even after months of talks between the two nations, no resolution is yet at sight. In fact, the tensions have escalated after the two countries resumed...
American Consumers Feel The Heat Of Trade War, Walmart Raises Prices
17.5.2019
Trump’s imposition of tariffs on Chinese products attracted a retaliatory tariff hike by China on American products. The latest victim of this trade war is the average American consumer as Walmart in a statement said that it would increase prices on the items that are imported from China....
Japan Considering Downgrading Its Economy As Per Direct Sources
16.5.2019
A Japanese government source said that the government might downgrade the economic outlook for its country as the factory output and exports fall due to the ongoing trade war with the U.S. and China. The report which will be released next week is also fueling speculation that Prime Minister Shinzo...
Can Bitcoin Win the Digital Payments ‘Gauge War’?
16.5.2019
Bitcoin could learn a lesson from the railways, says Simon Johnson: For the customer, it’s just about getting from A to B fastest and cheapest
Trade War With China Is Good For GSP Countries As Per Report
15.5.2019
The Generalized System Of Preferences is an initiative of the US trade preference program, which gives the third world countries a chance to grow their economy and move out of poverty. As per reports, in the ongoing trade war with China, the GSP countries seem to have an advantage. Some of...
Asian Stocks Show Upward Trend as Trade War Worries Ease
15.5.2019
The US President Donald Trump seems to have softened his stand and is looking for a compromise from China that resulted in the Asian stocks rising from a 14 week low. The Asian stocks also rode high on the optimism that the Beijing government will inject more stimulus to the Chinese economy as they...
The US Starts Legal Process To Impose Taxes On New Chinese Imports
14.5.2019
The US-China trade war which seemed to be end soon after both countries said that the talks were going in the right direction took a turn for the worse on Sunday as US President Trump in a tweet said that the talks were going ‘too slowly’ and that he would impose tariffs on $250 billion …
The...
How The Trade War With Washington Can Affect Europe?
14.5.2019
Europe is bracing for the May 18 deadline of President Trump’s imposition of tariffs on European goods especially the auto sector. Trump is likely to decide the fate of those tariffs on Saturday and that could impact the global growth and Europe’s auto sector the most. On the basis of revenues,...
NZ Exporters Affected By Brexit, Trade War: NZ Finance Minister
14.5.2019
The New Zealand finance minister believes that the global economic environment is unfavorable for the NZ exporters to make profits due to the ongoing trade war between the US and China and also the effects of Brexit. The impact of Brexit on New Zealand New Zealand has had friendly relations with...