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Analysts Question Gold’s Safe Haven Status – 2008 Data Shows Central Banks Oversaturated Bullion Markets
17.3.2020
After bitcoin prices dropped below the $5K region on Monday morning, gold also slid significantly. It saw a small spike in value after the Federal Reserve announced slashing the benchmark rate by 100 bps, but gold prices subsequently dropped below $1,500 per ounce hours later. The current sentiment...
Bitcoin Reacts to Fed’s 0% Rate Drop, Reserve Requirements Removed, $700B in Stimulus
16.3.2020
On Sunday, the U.S. Federal Reserve slashed the benchmark short-term rate by 100 basis points bringing it to zero. In addition to the rate cut, the Fed promised $700 billion in bond purchases and eliminated all reserve requirements for smaller financial institutions. However, the Fed’s rate...
Curious About Bitcoin, Nigerians See Increasing Opportunities to Buy and Spend Cryptocurrencies
17.2.2020
Higher prices since the start of the year have been restoring popular interest in cryptocurrencies. Google searches for “bitcoin” have increased since December to about half of those registered in June last year. There’s one country that sticks out as a benchmark for...
4 ‘Bitcoin Contenders’ With Zero Use Cases and Barely Any Infrastructure
6.2.2020
Cryptocurrency markets and the industry are extremely competitive and many users believe a single digital asset will reign someday, and that it may not be BTC. Over the last few years, many holders believe the assets they hold are bitcoin contenders with coins like IOTA, EOS, ADA, XRP, and...
Nomura Launching Benchmark for Japan’s Crypto Assets
30.1.2020
Pegged to Japan's cryptocurrency market, Nomura's benchmark will be available to domestic and overseas institutional investors and crypto exchanges, among others
Paris Saint-Germain Teams up With Cryptocurrency Exchange Platform CoinCasso
29.1.2020
Paris Saint-Germain and cryptocurrency exchange platform CoinCasso have joined forces in a multi-year international partnership, with the virtual currency giant becoming an Official Partner of the Parisian club in all markets outside of France. CoinCasso is a blockchain specialist and will now...
Ethereum Was The ‘Most Relevant Benchmark’ for Crypto in 2019
23.1.2020
Ethereum (ETH), the second-most valuable digital asset by market capitalization, has become the “most relevant benchmark of the crypto market” in 2019, a new research from Binance Research claims.
According to them, ETH displayed the “highest median correlation” with other digital assets over...
The Country With Europe’s Highest Interest Rate Has Cut It 5 Times This Year
14.12.2019
Around half of European countries, over 20, now have 0% interest rates and a few are already in negative territory. Ukraine, which has the highest benchmark interest rate on the continent, has just reduced it again, for the fifth time this year. The race between central banks to cut rates, when...
‘In Small Steps’ China Cuts Benchmark Interest Rates
1.12.2019
Careful not to rush too much with stimulus, the Chinese government nevertheless realizes that its behemoth economy is invariably slowing down. New loan interest rate cuts have been announced recently to encourage bank lending and borrowing in the private sector. With a brewing liquidity crisis...
CME’s CF Benchmarks To Work As A Benchmark Administrator After Getting EU License
14.9.2019
CME Group’s Bitcoin Index provider, CF Benchmarks has earned itself the status of the first cryptocurrency index provider, which will now be recognized as a Benchmark Administrator under the European Benchmarks Regulation (EU BMR). On September 13, 2019, the U.K’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)...
CME’s Bitcoin Index Provider Wins First Crypto Benchmark License in EU
13.9.2019
The U.K FCA has authorized CF Benchmarks as a Benchmark Administrator under EU regulation coming into effect in January
Hong Kong Protest Leader Hopes to Incite Run on Chinese Banks
16.8.2019
The 11th week of protesting in Hong Kong has passed as the world has witnessed massive sit-ins at the national airport and demonstrations across several locations citywide. The 2019 anti-extradition bill protests have affected Hong Kong’s local economy, investors have dumped on the benchmark...
Ripple’s Q2 Report: XRP Up, Volume Down, Benchmark Changed
25.7.2019
Ripple, a California-based blockchain startup focusing on the banking sector, released their Q2 XRP Markets Report for this year, which shows that XRP price is up, but trading volume is down.
These are the major points delivered by Ripple’s second-quarter report:
Sales of Ripple’s native token...
Binance Coin Price Analysis: BNB Coin Sets A New Benchmark By Moving Past $36
14.6.2019
BNB coin has set a new all-time high of $36 on June 13 Binance Coin proves its worth before investors and market leaders This has been a wonderful year for Binance Coin (BNB) as it crosses its all-time high values twice within 15-days time period. BNB coin first touched $35 in May, and now...
CryptoCompare Launches Exchange Benchmark in Response to Concerns Over False Volume Reporting
12.6.2019
Crypto data provider CryptoCompare has launched an Exchange Benchmark product that ranks over 100 crypto spot exchanges worldwide
CryptoCompare Launches Benchmark Rankings for Cryptocurrency Exchanges
12.6.2019
Cryptocurrency data and indices provider CryptoCompare is working to make it easier to spot good, and bad, crypto exchanges
Japan Hopes to Set Global Crypto Law Benchmark With Latest Regulatory Update
5.6.2019
Coincheck voices its concern over new crypto laws in Japan, while other exchanges claim to be excited as they await for the arrival of institutional investors
Samsung Galaxy S10 – What’s Up With the Crypto Wallet?
1.6.2019
Samsung’s new flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S10, had one of the most anticipated premieres this year. The launch of the high-end lineup, comprising three models, marked the 10th anniversary of the Galaxy S series, considered a benchmark in the Android world. A slew of new features were...
CoinMarketCap cryptocurrency benchmark indices to launch on NASDAQ, Bloomberg and Thomson Reuters today
20.3.2019
CoinMarketCap will launch two comprehensive headline indices calculated and administered by Solactive, the German index provider Today, we will be launching two cryptocurrency benchmark indices on NASDAQ GIDS, Bloomberg Terminals, Thomson Reuters Eikon (Refinitiv), and Börse Stuttgart. These...
Futuremark má nový benchmark, který změří výkon počítače ve virtuální realitě
16.11.2017
Společnost Futuremark, která stojí za známými testovacími programy jako je 3DMark, PCMark a dalšími, před nějakou dobou představila i specializovaný VRMark. Tento nástroj měří výkon počítače pomocí rozhraní DirectX 12 ve virtuální realitě.
Předchozí verze obsahovala dvě testovací dema Orange a