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Wall Street Says a Fed Digital Dollar Spells Destruction for Banks
24.5.2022
Wall Street bankers are arguing that the Federal Reserve launching its own digital dollar could crack the foundations of banking as we know it, according to letters that industry lobbyists sent to the U.S. central bank
Dollar Cost Averaging or Lump-sum: Which Bitcoin strategy works best regardless of price?
22.5.2022
A dollar invested into Bitcoin every month since December 2017 has provided investors a cumulative return of $160
Report: BRICS Countries Told to Consider Countering the Dollar’s Global Hegemony
22.5.2022
Chinese experts have called on leaders of BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) countries to consider countering the dollar, whose global hegemony is thought to be abusive. Still, the experts concede that any attempt to diminish the dollar’s dominance will take time. BRICS...
Do you have the right to redeem your stablecoin?
21.5.2022
Spoiler: No, stablecoin issuers do not guarantee the legal right for users to claim fiat currency back
Weaker dollar lifts Bitcoin to $30.7K as analyst eyes 60% BTC dominance
20.5.2022
Macro conditions flip to reduce pressure on risk assets, as one view gives Bitcoin bears $14,000 capitulation "hopium."
Microstrategy CEO Expects Bitcoin to ‘Go Into the Millions’ Despite Crypto Market Sell-Off
20.5.2022
Microstrategy’s CEO has predicted that bitcoin is “going to go into the millions” despite the recent cryptocurrency market sell-off. Noting that the cryptocurrency is the future of money, he said: “We are in it for the long term.” Microstrategy Sees Bitcoin as...
Aussie Dollar Holds Up after a Positive Jobs Data
19.5.2022
The employment data was released on the 19th of May in Australia. The effects of this data have so far been on the side of the AUD as it reportedly holds to a steady trajectory. However, experts remain still skeptical about the currency’s ability to rally against the USD in the long term....
Dollar Slides After Two-Decade High as Focus Shifts to Growth
18.5.2022
The United States dollar seemed to keep to the downside for the third consecutive day on Tuesday. Investors cashed out and cut their bets on the US interest rate hike to push for further gains. The American dollar fell from the two-decade high of 105.010 and settled for 104.169 in the dollar index....
Fantom Stablecoin DEI Remains Below Dollar Peg For Third Day, No Updates from the Team
18.5.2022
DEI, a hybrid algorithmic stablecoin of decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol DEUS Finance, has failed to restore its intended peg, currently trading under one dollar for the third day.
The stablecoin first lost its dollar peg on Sunday after a wave of uncertainty incited by the crash...
Stablecoin supplies and cash reserves in question amid crypto exodus
17.5.2022
The fallout from Terra’s collapse continues as outflows from Tether (USDT) hit an average of $1.1 billion a day over the past week
Finder’s Poll Conducted Weeks Before Terra’s Fallout Predicted LUNA Would Tap $143 This Year
16.5.2022
Just recently, the product comparison platform finder․com polled 36 fintech specialists about the cryptocurrency terra (LUNA) before terrausd (UST) lost its parity with the U.S. dollar. According to the poll, Finder’s experts predicted LUNA would be $143 before the end of the year....
Circle Says USDC Reserve Backed Entirely in Cash and Short-Dated US Treasuries
16.5.2022
On May 13, Circle’s chief financial officer Jeremy Fox-Geen published a blog post called “How to Be Stable,” following the aftermath of Terra’s stablecoin implosion. Circle’s CFO explained that since usd coin’s inception, the stablecoin aims to...
Deus Finance’s dollar-pegged stablecoin DEI falls below 60 cents
16.5.2022
Following the fall of TerraUSD, DEI, the algorithmic stablecoin by DEUS Finance, takes a nosedive below 60 cents
Dollar Gains Near Two-Decade High on Monday
16.5.2022
The US Dollar has gained a stronger momentum at the beginning of the week against its peers to near the 20-year high mark. The currency was last seen trading at 104.54 in the index, having crossed 105 for a moment at the end of the previous week. Investors sought safety amid rising concerns about...
Fantom Stablecoin DEI Becomes Latest to Lose Dollar Peg
16.5.2022
DEI lost as much as 46 cents in European hours this morning. It follows a trend of several algorithmic stablecoins losing their pegs
Buy the dip, or wait for max pain? Analysts debate whether Bitcoin price has bottomed
13.5.2022
BTC is flashing a few early bottoming signals, but analysts question whether “buying the dip” is a wise maneuver given the strength of the dollar and other factors
Dollar Near Two Decade High as CPI Maintains U.S. Rate Hikes
12.5.2022
The greenback has moved aggressively in the market, soaring close to its highest level since 2002. The mitigating CPI rates from April gave this much-needed push. With favoring numbers from the reports, the Federal Reserve decides on aggressive policy changes to keep the momentum. While the market...
USDT-dollar peg wobbles as markets continue to struggle: Tether CTO weighs-in
12.5.2022
LUNA/UST debacle leads to discrepancies in BTC-stablecoin trading pairs across global cryptocurrency exchanges
‘Dr. Doom’ Nouriel Roubini to Launch Tokenized Dollar Replacement — With Payment and ESG Features
12.5.2022
Economist Nouriel Roubini, a crypto skeptic known as “Dr. Doom,” is developing a tokenized asset intended to be a more resilient U.S. dollar. “Our goal is to create a global store of value … This is something akin to a substitute for Treasuries, or a digital asset that...
Independent Russian News Site Meduza Raises Over $200,000 in Crypto
11.5.2022
Pressure from the Kremlin and sanctions from the West have forced Russian news outlet Meduza to increasingly rely on cryptocurrency donations to fund its independent journalism. As the restrictions imposed over Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine have prevented its Russian readers from contributing...