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Argentina’s Peso Plunges After Central Bank Tightens Foreign Exchange Controls: Citizens Discuss Bitcoin Adoption
18.9.2020
The Argentine peso plunged by more than 10% shortly after the country’s central bank announced measures to tighten controls on the movement of foreign currency. The peso, which is officially pegged at 72 for every USD, touched new lows of 145 to the greenback on the black market. The latest...
Defi Economy Rebounds: Total-Value Locked Jumps 28% Capturing Close to $9B
18.9.2020
The total-value locked (TVL) in decentralized finance (defi) economy has recaptured much of the value lost during the Sushiswap fiasco last week. At the time, the defi TVL tumbled down to $6.8 billion from the $9.6 billion high on September 8, suffering a loss of close to -29%. Since then, however...
Inflation Hit Ethiopia Demonetizes Currency To Curb Cash Hoarding
17.9.2020
The Ethiopian government has unveiled a new set of banknotes that are expected to help authorities in curbing cash hoarding, illegal trade and illicit financial flows. The move is also aimed at boosting the liquidity of banks that are struggling to cope with Ethiopia’s cash-based economy....
Bitcoin Birch says no retail crypto-wide bull run likely for rest of 2020
17.9.2020
He isn't bearish. In fact, his ideas appear to lean ever so slightly bullish
Monetary Policy Is Finished and Macro Debates Are Boring, Feat. Raoul Pal
17.9.2020
A wide-ranging conversation about the state of macro, why central banks can’t really do anything and why private markets are leading the future of money
First Mover: Federal Reserve Does What It Wants to Do as Bitcoin Hits $11K
17.9.2020
This week's Fed meeting ushered in a new regime for U.S. monetary policy, offering a reminder of just how frequently top officials change the rules
Federal Reserve Now Targets Inflation Above 2%, Bitcoin Breaks $11k
16.9.2020
Federal Reserve officials said Wednesday that they would hold U.S. interest rates close to zero and work to push inflation above 2% "for some time."
First Mover: Binance’s CZ Doesn’t Even Dispute That DeFi Might Be Inevitable
16.9.2020
Big crypto exchanges like Binance, Huobi and OKEx are rushing out DeFi platforms to cash in on the fast-growing industry and stanch user defections
‘Sharing Economy’ Startup ShareRing Tapped for China’s Blockchain Service Network
16.9.2020
A provider of an ecosystem for the "sharing and rental economy," ShareRing will join China’s government-backed blockchain initiative
The Decade of the Living Dead: How Zombie Companies Are Robbing Tomorrow’s Economy
15.9.2020
The percentage of companies that can’t afford to pay the interest on their debt has reached a new all-time high in the wake of central bank intervention
First Mover: Bitcoin Investors the Sane Ones as Federal Reserve Cheers Inflation, Price Nears $11K
15.9.2020
Cryptocurrencies' 2020 gains are the truth gauge as markets react to the Federal Reserve's inflation goal, where Zimbabwe is the model of success
Macroeconomic Trends Boost Bitcoin and Gold, US Dollar Index Shows Bearish Double-Top
15.9.2020
According to a number of reports and commentary from financial analysts, the world is “drowning in U.S. dollars” after the Federal Reserve decided to pump billions of dollars into the hands of 14 central banks via liquidity swaps. Moreover, recent technical analysis shows...
World's largest banks lost 3x Bitcoin's market cap during the pandemic
14.9.2020
Prior to COVID-19, six leading banks had a market cap above Bitcoin's. How many still do?
The Business of Geopolitical Competition
14.9.2020
As Oracle wins a bid for TikTok US, a look at how tech competition, culture competition and currency competition shape the business of geopolitics
NFT Economy Grows Exponential: $1M in Non-Fungible Token Sales Last Week
14.9.2020
While a number of people are focused on decentralized finance (defi), the non-fungible token (NFT) industry has also exploded in demand in 2020. Last week, NFT sales soared nearing a million dollars in volume, as the blockchain-based Sorare fantasy soccer card game saw over $221,000 in sales during...
Is Being the ‘Saudi Arabia of Money’ Good for America?
13.9.2020
A reading of “How to Diagnose Your Own Dutch Disease,” a look at the problems of America’s dollar trade
The Raw, Savage Capitalism of Open-Source Protocols
12.9.2020
Recapping the biggest stories of the week, including Joe Biden’s China plan, a market holding pattern and, of course, the strange competitive saga of SUSHI
‘As Toppy as It Gets’: Metals, Bitcoin and Fiat’s Race to the Bottom, Feat. Tavi Costa
11.9.2020
The Crescat Capital portfolio manager gives his take on the flashing macro warning signals and why it is an explosive moment for gold, silver and (potentially) bitcoin
New DeFi Project Xfinance(XFI) ILO Presale Will Start Today
10.9.2020
As the cryptocurrency world is experiencing rapid growth, decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms are also rising. In early 2019, there were only $275M of crypto collateral in the DeFi economy than the current $5 Billion+; this represents the massive adoption of this platform. XFI Presale Xfinance...
How Monetary Policy Undermined American Resilience
10.9.2020
A legacy of artificially low interest rates is not just the death of savings, but a forced buying into the perpetual growth machine of financial asset prices