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Reviewing El Salvador’s Bukele Predictions for 2022: What Went Wrong?
2.1.2023
Nayib Bukele, president of El Salvador and die-hard Bitcoin enthusiast, formulated a series of predictions about the behavior of bitcoin and the crypto ecosystem for the past year. These included the top price of bitcoin, the influence of the cryptocurrency on U.S. elections, the issuance of...
‘Everything bubble’ bursts: Worst year for US stocks and bonds since 1932
30.12.2022
While the crypto markets have taken a bashing in 2022, it hasn’t exactly been rosy for US stocks, bonds and real estate either
Brazilian Securities Commission CVM Opens a Path for Funds to Invest in Crypto
26.12.2022
The Brazilian Securities Commission CVM has cleared the path for funds to dive into cryptocurrency-based investments. The institution issued a new set of rules that allows financial investment funds to invest in cryptocurrency tokens with the equivalent protections offered to other investment...
Bank of Japan’s Kuroda Shocks Markets by Raising the Benchmark Rate to 0.5% From 0.25%
20.12.2022
The Japanese yen is up 3.42% against the U.S. dollar on Tuesday as the Bank of Japan surprised the world by deciding to allow the benchmark interest rate to rise to 0.5% from 0.25%. The Japanese central bank was one of the only banks worldwide to hold off on raising benchmark interest rates,...
Blackrock Warns of Unprecedented Recession for 2023, Bull Markets Not Returning
13.12.2022
Blackrock, one of the largest asset management companies in the world, has warned that 2023 will be a year of recession different from other recessions in the past. As part of its recently issued 2023 Global Outlook report, Blackrock states that a new economic playbook is required in a world...
Goldman Sachs Is Trying to Make Blockchain Bonds Happen
11.12.2022
The killer app won’t come from private, permissioned blockchains used to settle bond placements by huge, multinational investment banks. Crypto Long & Short is CoinDesk's weekly newsletter featuring insights, news and analysis for the professional investor
Crypto Markets Today: BlockFi Files for Bankruptcy Protection, MakerDAO Rejects $500M Proposal to Invest in Bonds and BTC Slides
28.11.2022
Crypto prices dived amid continued market contagion triggered by the FTX collapse earlier this month. Crypto Markets Today is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter diving into what happened in today's crypto markets
MakerDAO Community Rejects CoinShares Proposal to Invest Up to $500M in Bonds
28.11.2022
The largest decentralized lending protocol MakerDAO previously approved a plan to invest $1.6 billion with Coinbase Prime for an annual yield of 1.5%, but this latest plan didn't fly
Tokenized government bonds free up liquidity in traditional financial systems
28.11.2022
There are a number of benefits associated with tokenized government bonds, yet adoption may take time
El Salvador Establishes National Bitcoin Office to Manage ‘All Projects Related to the Cryptocurrency’
26.11.2022
After the Salvadoran president Nayib Bukele revealed the country would buy a single bitcoin every day, a report published by Torres Legal details that the government of El Salvador has created a National Bitcoin Office (ONBTC). The report says the entity was created via Decree No. 49, which...
Bukele's government introduced a bill to launch the 'Bitcoin bonds'
23.11.2022
A new bill confirms the government’s plan to raise $1 billion and invest them into the construction of a “Bitcoin city.”
El Salvador Proposes Digital Securities Bill, Paves Way for Bitcoin Bonds
23.11.2022
The legislation paves the way for the issuance of El Salvador's "volcano bonds" expected to raise $1 billion for the government
Bitcoin Price and Ethereum On The Rise, El Salvador to Issue Bitcoin Volcano Bonds
23.11.2022
On November 23, the leading cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, showed signs of new recovery, having broken through the downward trendline and 50-day moving average to trade near $16,500. Similarly, Ethereum, the second-most valuable cryptocurrency, has followed Bitcoin's lead and pumped over 5%...
Coinbase, MicroStrategy Bonds Tank as FTX Collapse Dents Institutional Confidence in Crypto
21.11.2022
High bond yields are reflective of sharply higher rates as well as skepticism about the long-term viability of crypto amongst institutional investors, one investor said
Circle Starts Moving USDC Reserves Into a Blackrock-Managed Fund, Firm Expects to Be ‘Fully Transitioned’ Next Year
6.11.2022
According to the crypto firm Circle Internet Financial, the company is “deepening” its partnership with the world’s largest asset manager Blackrock. Circle disclosed that it has started to transfer USDC reserves into a Blackrock-managed fund that’s registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange...
UBS AG launches digital bond settled on blockchain and traditional exchanges
3.11.2022
With atomic settlement technology, the company said its digital bond settles through the SIX Digital Exchange (SDX), not requiring a central clearing counterparty
JP Morgan executes first DeFi trade on public blockchain
3.11.2022
The MAS Chief Fintech Officer said the successful test was “a big step towards enabling more efficient and integrated global financial networks.”
Porter Finance Team Returns for Second Shot at DeFi Bonds Project
1.11.2022
Three of the four team members at Porter Finance say the potential for on-chain bond issuances is still massive, months after the protocol was suddenly shuttered
Robert Kiyosaki Warns Stocks, Bonds, Real Estate Will Crash as Fed Continues Rate Hikes — Advises Buy Bitcoin Before Fed Pivot
30.10.2022
The famous author of the best-selling book Rich Dad Poor Dad, Robert Kiyosaki, has warned that stock, bond, and real estate markets will crash as the Federal Reserve continues to raise interest rates. Noting that the Fed will pivot, he advises investors to buy bitcoin. Robert Kiyosaki Recommends...
‘Crypto CAT Bonds’ – A Killer App for Digital Assets?
28.10.2022
In this issue of Money Reimagined, Michael Casey delves into the potential that innovative crypto insurance providers have to, on the one hand, address real-world risk management challenges and, on the other, foster practices that bring some stability, security and adoption to decentralized finance