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The Cryptocurrency’s Tale: 20 Crypto Jokes
10.8.2019
Though this week’s events were fewer, they were important for the community nonetheless.
Litecoin went through its second halving, followed by no dramatic changes in the metrics, while Bitcoin shot over USD 12,000 just to drop below USD 11,500 later again. In the meantime, BITpoint resumed trading...
Six Alternative Hardware Wallets to Check Out
8.8.2019
It's well-known that the chances to lose your crypto are higher if your private keys to your coins are stored online and/or in an ill-protected environment. To keep crypto safe, a so-called "cold" storage, such as a hardware wallet, is vital. There’s certainly a myriad of wallet options out there...
Can Blockchain Be a Driver of Transparency in Governance?
8.8.2019
Albert Isola. Source: Switch!
Following the financial crisis of 2008, governments across the globe scrambled to find ways of improving transparency and efficiency, not only in financial services but across various areas of government. MiFID II (the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive)...
Similarities and Differences Between Libra and Visa
7.8.2019
The founding partners of the Libra Association.
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In all the hype that has surrounded its Libra currency, Facebook has been able to distract attention away from an important issue. Libra is being hyped as Facebook’s bitcoin but it’s really a proposal...
The Bitcoin Perpetuals Swaps Market is Growing - What You Need to Know
6.8.2019
The perpetual swaps market for cryptoassets is growing. First brought to market by leading crypto derivatives exchange BitMEX in 2016, perpetual swaps on bitcoin have started to gain more traction among crypto traders in the past twelve months. Today, several exchanges offer perpetuals while market...
H. Peirce: 'Regulators Can Create a Healthy Environment for Crypto'
5.8.2019
This is a speech by Hester M. Peirce, pro-crypto commissionaire at the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), given at the SUSS Convergence Forum: Inclusive Blockchain, Finance, and Emerging Technologies in Singapore on July 30.
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Renegade Pandas: Opportunities for Cross...
Local Gov’t Stablecoins Booming in South Korea
4.8.2019
A shining windmill in Ulsan, the seventh-largest city in the country, that is planning to launch its UlsanPay project. Cryptocurrency companies are pariahs in South Korea, where initial coin offerings and direct investment remain banned. But blockchain technology, which the government has earmarked...
How Much Bitcoin Is Really Being Traded in Zimbabwe?
4.8.2019
If you are a regular reader of crypto media, you may be under the impression that Zimbabwe is one of the hottest bitcoin trading hubs in the world. Faced with a struggling economy and the re-introduction of a previously-failed sovereign currency, the Southern African state has been labeled as...
What Effect Could an Indian Ban Have on the Global Crypto Industry?
3.8.2019
With a number of Indian crypto-exchanges having closed down in the midst of an already harsh environment for cryptocurrency, it would seem that the introduction of a cryptocurrency ban is now almost inevitable in India.
But while there's little doubt that this would be a massive blow for Indian...
Crypto is the New Black: 20 Crypto Jokes
3.8.2019
Any week is a news-filled week in the cryptoverse.
We were fine without BTC's 10K-up-and-down antics this week, but it met its first interest cut by the US Federal Reserve, and people are not quite sure how to interpret the impact of this event. Nonetheless, after a senator said that U.S. can't...
Giant Backed Terra's Strategy Works, Says Stablecoin Co-Founder
1.8.2019
The goal of Terra, a South Korea-based stablecoin project aimed at mass adoption, is to become the largest payments network in Asia in the next three years, Daniel Shin, co-founder of Terra, told Cryptonews.com.
To accomplish its goal, Terra, which is backed by South Korea’s internet giant Kakao...
Hey, Gov’t Officials! Do You Still Think You Can Ban Bitcoin?
28.7.2019
Juan Villaverde is an econometrician and mathematician devoted to the analysis of cryptocurrencies since 2012. He leads the Weiss Ratings team of analysts and computer programmers who created Weiss cryptocurrency ratings.
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Dear government official,
If you’re a member of Congress...
How to Invest in IEO: a Step-by-Step Guide
28.7.2019
Initial exchange offerings (IEOs) have been growing in popularity in the past few months. As ICOs (initial coin offerings) are starting to move into the background and STOs (security token offerings) have not really taken off yet, IEOs have stepped in to fill the void.
In this article, you will...
What a Possible Global Recession Could Mean for Crypto
27.7.2019
Emerging in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, Bitcoin was conceived by 'Satoshi Nakamoto' and its early converts as a means of placing international finance on a more objective and incorruptible footing, one which couldn't be adulterated by self-serving banks or governments.
Fast forward...
Game of Cryptos: 20 Crypto Jokes
27.7.2019
You remember how last week Bitcoin went under USD 10K, then over USD 10K? Go ahead click on the links as the same thing happened this week, and nobody batted an eye.
The anticipation and the guest list for the Sun-Buffett luncheon grew by day, but then it was pushed back, allegedly due to Sun’s...
Cryptoasset Margin Trading: How Safe is it?
24.7.2019
The major digital asset trading platform, Binance, recently announced that it now also supports margin trading and warned that it “is highly subjected to market risk”. However, in a recent interview with Bloomberg, Binance CEO, Changpeng Zhao, said that the margin trading offering is “quite safe...
Gov’t Attacks Facebook Libra; Proves Value of Decentralization
21.7.2019
Juan Villaverde is an econometrician and mathematician devoted to the analysis of cryptocurrencies since 2012. He leads the Weiss Ratings team of analysts and computer programmers who created Weiss cryptocurrency ratings.
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Facebook’s Libra is a massive challenge to governments.
For the first...
7 Ways to Short Crypto
21.7.2019
Bitcoin has been on a tear since the start of the year and “crypto winter” has officially been declared over by many analysts. While a lot is pointing towards a continuance of the current “crypto spring” rally, some investors (and notorious bitcoin bears) believe that we could see a correction...
Does the Cannabis Industry Really Use Crypto?
20.7.2019
Despite the wave of cannabis legalization across U.S. states and several countries, banks are still reluctant to bank cannabis businesses due to their perceived regulatory riskiness. As a result, the “cannabusiness” is effectively a cash-only business.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, many bitcoin...
I Know What you did Last Crypto Winter: 20 Crypto Jokes
20.7.2019
Bitcoin went bellow USD 10K. That happened.
By the time I typed this, altcoins rallied, then Bitcoin jumped over USD 10K. That happened.
In the ever-larger world of regulations-related news, a Chinese court reportedly recognized Bitcoin as having legal value as property; U.S. CFTC is investigating...