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The Future of Money and the Payment System
5.12.2019
Source: a video screenshot, YouTube, Bloomberg Markets and Finance
This is a lecture by Agustín Carstens, General Manager of the Bank for International Settlements, held at Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, USA, on December 5, 2019.
Main highlights:
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The Bitcoin Halving Debate: Has the Market Priced In This Major Event?
3.12.2019
One of the most contentious topics in crypto right now is next year's Bitcoin (BTC) halving. From around May, miners will receive only BTC 6.25 (USD 46,000) as a reward for every block they confirm, and the crypto community is currently at odds over whether the resulting reduction in supply...
Check out 13 Crypto/Blockchain-Related Companies from the Fintech100
1.12.2019
Thirteen crypto and/or blockchain-related companies are on the list of the best and the most promising financial technology (finthech) companies in 2019.
A fintech venture capital (VC) firm H2 Ventures and “big four” accounting firm KPMG published their Fintech100 annual report recently, which...
5 Ways to Stack Bitcoin Sats
1.12.2019
The term “stacking sats” has become one of the biggest memes in the Bitcoin (BTC) community in 2019. Not a day goes by where you don’t see the hashtag #stackingsats on Crypto Twitter. And, for good reason.
Dollar-cost averaging bitcoin - even with small amounts - could turn out to be a lucrative...
Crypto 2020: Security Trends Next Year and Beyond
30.11.2019
Cryptography is the cornerstone of informational security, but not everything is entirely secure in the world of cryptocurrency. Crypto-exchanges are still subject to fairly regular attacks and hacks, while even cryptocurrencies are confronted with the rare 51% attack.
How will this picture change...
Hack Worries, Roller Coaster and 20 Crypto Jokes
30.11.2019
The Cryptoworld was hit this week with major news that Upbit lost ETH 342,000 (USD 53 million). The week started badly with BTC tumbling below USD 6.7K, but it rallied 10% some 7 hours later, with altcoins moving upwards too, then it dropped below USD 7K again and rallied another 10% two days...
Don't Confuse These Two Kinds of Digital Assets
25.11.2019
Martin D. Weiss, the founder of Weiss Ratings; Juan Villaverde leads the Weiss Ratings team that created Weiss cryptocurrency ratings.
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If you visit crypto websites or ask casual observers, you might come away thinking there are thousands of "cryptocurrencies" in the world.
Big mistake!
Yes...
More Than 1,000 Cryptos Have Already Failed - What's Next?
24.11.2019
Gaining currency?
Wit Olszewski
Gavin Brown, Senior Lecturer, Finance, Manchester Metropolitan University, and Richard Whittle, Research Fellow in Economics, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Many cryptocurrencies have been launched in the past few years, often...
Ethereum Name Service - What’s Human Readable Domain Name Good For?
24.11.2019
Nick Johnson and Alex Van de Sande of the Ethereum Foundation began experimenting with a solution to replacing the hex addresses employed in the Ethereum blockchain with human-readable addresses. Following burgeoning interest from the market for the solution, the Ethereum Name Service (ENS)...
Crypto 2020: Institutions to Pick Bitcoin, Retail to Stay in Altcoins
23.11.2019
Both institutional and retail investments are indispensable if crypto is to grow, but it's likely that in 2020 we'll see different kinds of investment from different demographics. As experts tell Cryptonews.com, institutional investors might become more important next year and are likely to focus...
Leaked Passwords, Miner Capitulations and 20 Crypto Jokes
23.11.2019
This week saw personal data and passwords of GateHub wallet users leaked online, as well as discussions about 80,000 Bitcoins stolen from Mt. Gox. We learned that BTC may dip below USD 7K before the halving (and it did), and miners may or may not be capitulating. Meanwhile, Ethereum managed...
Is Blockchain-powered Medicine Just What the Doctor Ordered?
17.11.2019
Just about every major business area you care to name – from the financial sector to the food industry – seems to have invested big in fintech and decentralized technology. But many medical professionals still want to keep blockchain at arm’s length. Why is that?
“Healthcare professionals...
Non-Fungible Tokens: What Is It and What's Been Happening in 2019
17.11.2019
Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) achieved mainstream attention in 2017 following the popularity of the crypto collectibles game CryptoKitties. The NFT market has evolved since then.
In this article, we will delve into non-fungible tokens to understand what they are and what they can do. We will also...
Crypto 2020: What Regulators Might Bring Next Year and in the Decade
16.11.2019
Ten years in, and crypto is still largely unregulated and uncontrolled in many parts of the world. But over the past couple of years, a growing number of countries have introduced cryptocurrency regulations, with varying degrees of permissiveness and restrictiveness.
These countries include...
Surveillance, Blockchain Importance and 20 Crypto Jokes
16.11.2019
Welcome to your crypto-week summary. Let’s see what happened. While financial professionals say BTC will outperform S&P 500, a Manhattan condo was paid for with BTC and Buterin said that Bitcoiners may change their minds on PoS. Bakkt opened its Bakkt Warehouse to all institutions, Justin...
From Corporate Desperation to Ethereum Riches: A Journey
15.11.2019
Dan Conway. Source: a screenshot, Instagram/danconwaywriter
Dan Conway, an author and a self-described “expert on crypto culture, decentralization and corporate America,” shared with the world how he bet his life savings on crypto and earned millions.
Conway says he was an executive in a vast...
The World Wants to Know Bitcoin Price, BTC Forecast and Is It Healthy?
10.11.2019
It's safe to say that Bitcoin (BTC) is the most talked-about cryptocurrency in the world – but in what way have the people around the world been mentioning it in the past 12 months, starting November 2018 when bitcoin price dropped to USD 4,000?
To find out, we’ve looked at different search terms...
How to Earn Bitcoin By Running a Lightning Node
10.11.2019
Depending on who you ask, the Lightning Network will either be the long-awaited solution to Bitcoin’s (BTC) scalability woes or a technological experiment that is bound to fail. Regardless of where your opinion lies, you can currently use the Lightning Network - despite still being in beta -...
Crypto 2020: How Adoption Will Look Next Year and Beyond
9.11.2019
According to Kaspersky's Cryptocurrency Report 2019, 19% of surveyed people (in 22 developed economies) have bought at least one kind of cryptoc urrency or another, and while this is an encouraging percentage for such an immature sector, it's clear that crypto still has a long way to go if it wants...
Manipulations, Turns, Exchanges and 20 Crypto Jokes
9.11.2019
Well, it was seven days of twists and turns, and we’re not necessarily talking about crypto prices. Tezos rallied on news from major exchanges, an analyst discussed why DOGE is doing better than most altcoins, and a report said that a single whale manipulated 2017 Bitcoin rally, though multiple...