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Is Bitcoin About to Break Into Traditional Financial Models?
2.3.2021
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Despite a pronounced dip in value at the beginning of 2021, Bitcoin has continued to enjoy a stellar few weeks of late.
Firstly, the market leading crypto token reached a new high of $48,635 last month...
This Is Why Old Models Don't Work With Bitcoin According to Raoul Pal
23.2.2021
Raoul Pal. Source: a video screenshot, Youtube/Real Vision Finance
The old economic models used to grasp various asset price bubbles from the past are distorting our view of bitcoin (BTC)'s recent price spike, as cryptocurrencies should be considered as exponential trends powered by network...
Epic Settles Real Lawsuit With Fake Money
22.2.2021
Fortnite players who purchased one of Save The World’s randomized Loot Llamas will receive 1000 V-Bucks, developer Epic announced today. The move comes as part of a preliminary class action settlement regarding loot boxes.Read more
Mexican Companies Are Willing to Join the Bitcoin Bandwagon in the Wake of Tesla’s Investment, Says Expert
17.2.2021
Bitcoin-buying frenzy among major companies could hit Mexican firms soon, as interest keeps increasing across the country. An expert is expecting that local businesses will follow the same path as mainstream U.S.-based companies such as Tesla. Current Bitcoin Performance Could Make Companies...
Building a Decentralized and Uncensorable Internet — The Nexus Protocol
18.1.2021
PRESS RELEASE. On December 21st, 2020, the Nexus Protocol white paper was released. The new internet will be driven by a blockchain-based operating system (LX-OS) and communications protocol (Nexus Protocol), that will be connected by a distributed satellite-based mesh network. The white paper...
Publicly-Listed Lottery Company to Buy $14.4M Worth of Bitcoin Mining Machines
13.1.2021
A U.S. listed Chinese sports lottery firm announced that it has entered into a purchase agreement to acquire bitcoin (BTC) mining machines. The deal involves the issuing of $14.4 million worth of 500.com Class A ordinary shares. Models Include S17, T17, M20s and S9 According to the announcement...
How the most popular Bitcoin price prediction models fared in 2020
24.12.2020
In a year of extreme volatility, Bitcoin price models have never had so much to prove — how did they do?
Cryptocurrencies Prove Central Bank Models Are Obsolete, Says Professor
4.12.2020
A Spanish professor and economist stated that cryptocurrencies have brought out the “obsolescence” of central banks, although their capitalization is still “very insignificant.” Crypto Is Not Only About the ‘Speculative Noise’ Pablo Agnese, an economics professor...
New Paper: Ripple Network Doesn’t Meet Criteria To Reach Consensus
3.12.2020
A brand-new paper which analyzes the Ripple network concluded that the network does not reach true consensus, as its protocol “may violate safety and liveness,” and doesn’t follow the established models and algorithms for a Byzantine agreement. Report Claims XRP’s Network...
Vijay Boyapati’s Four Mental Models for Valuing Bitcoin
18.11.2020
From “Tulip Mania” to “the World’s Reserve Currency,” these valuation models show the full range of bitcoin’s long-term possibilities
Nasdaq-Listed Firm Marathon Buys 10,500 Next-Gen Bitcoin Miners for $23M
15.8.2020
One of the earliest Nasdaq-listed cryptocurrency mining companies, Marathon Patent Group, announced a new agreement contract with the ASIC mining manufacturer Bitmain. According to the public company, Marathon has agreed to purchase 10,500 next-generation Antminer S-19 Pro models for $23 million....
The Three Most Controversial Bitcoin Price Models and What They Predict
7.7.2020
Many are highly critical of the three highly popular models used widely by Bitcoin analysts — stock-to-flow, Hyperwaves, and Elliott Waves
Web 3.0 Will Drive Decentralized Business Models, Says Blockchain Exec
7.7.2020
Kevin Chou discussed how content creators could build their own virtual economies with blockchain technology
Record Breaking Unmoved Bitcoin Data Sparks Expectation of Imminent Bull Run
30.6.2020
The amount of bitcoin that has not moved in over a year is at an all-time high. The last peak was in 2016, before the bitcoin bull run that saw the price spike to $20K. Several forecasting models have predicted that the price of bitcoin will reach $20K this year and the next bull run […]
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Tech Giants Are Role Models in Developing Cross-Chain Interoperability
8.5.2020
Analysis of the challenges and benefits of creating blockchain protocols capable of true interoperability
Data Shows the US Economy Was Collapsing 5 Months Before the Coronavirus Outbreak
3.5.2020
During the last two months, the global economy has shuddered and a great number of people still attribute the financial meltdown to the Covid-19 outbreak. However, during the last two weeks, the blame has shifted, as many citizens are now blaming the government lockdowns, overly-predictive models...
Bitcoin Price Models Go to War (Again) as Rainbow Champion Decries S2F
16.4.2020
Source: Adobe/Наталья Самбулова
The crypto community has once again been drawn into a heated online discussion about which price model – if any – most accurately predicts movements in bitcoin (BTC) prices.
An asset manager has sparked the latest debate by championing the so-called rainbow chart...
Blind Faith in S2F Models: Analysts Question Measuring Bitcoin’s Price With Stock-to-Flow
6.4.2020
One of the most bullish charts for predicting the price of bitcoin is the infamous stock-to-flow (S2F) model. The S2F analysis shows the price of BTC could reach $55,000 in the near future. One advocate of the S2F model, the Twitter account known as ‘Plan B,’ wrote a report about...
How Financial Models Could Move Bitcoin’s Price After the Halving
1.4.2020
If history is a guide, financial models forecasting the post-halving bitcoin price are just as likely to shape the future as predict it
The Gig Economy Is Unfair. Here’s How Token Models Can Help
9.3.2020
The gig economy is unfair to many workers. We need tokenized co-operatives, says Gys Hough, a Dutch VC