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Travis Kling on Bitcoin as a Safe Haven Asset
8.1.2020
Ikigai’s Travis Kling looks at BTC's correlation to gold and crude in response to Iran missile strikes, plus SEC priorities and Congressional intrigue
Federal Reserve Considers Creating a Separate Entity for Cash Injections
8.1.2020
While American President Donald Trump wages war with Iran, the U.S. Federal Reserve has continued to inject fresh capital into the hands of private banks by giving them $100 billion in overnight and 14-day repos on Tuesday. The same day, Rabobank strategist Philip Marey predicted the central bank...
Bitcoin Price Will Be Golden in 2020 Thanks to Limited Supply, Increasing Use: Bloomberg Report
8.1.2020
Bitcoin, like gold, is a limited asset that can't be easily increased to meet demand. Bloomberg analysts predict the price of both will rise this year
Japanese Firms SBI and GMO Join the Digital Gold Rush in Texas
8.1.2020
The city of Rockdale, Texas is attracting attention again, similar to the interest the region saw back in the fifties when the Alcoa aluminum smelting facility set up shop. These days, Rockdale’s change is due to the influx of bitcoin miners coming to town from all around the world....
Bitcoin Still Uncorrelated with Gold & Stocks; A New Trend Emerging?
8.1.2020
Bitcoin (BTC), the best performing asset of the last decade, ended 2019 on a far better note than both gold and the U.S. S&P 500 stock index, while still remaining uncorrelated to traditional assets, a new report from crypto exchange operator SFOX noted. However, there might be a new trend forming...
Bitcoin May Follow Gold With Significant Price Breakout
8.1.2020
Bitcoin looks set to take a page out of gold's book and confirm a price breakout on the weekly chart
Store of Value Remains Crypto’s Best Use Case
7.1.2020
Store of value was the most viable and desirable use case across crypto in 2019 and offers a basis to increase adoption in the second decade of crypto, says Ryan Zurrer of Dialectic
Bitcoin Jumps 5%, Gaining With Gold, After US Kills Top Iranian Official
3.1.2020
Bitcoin jumped the most in two weeks after a U.S. drone strike killed a top Iranian military commander, fueling speculation that heightened geopolitical turmoil might spur demand for the cryptocurrency in 2020
Why Nick Szabo Probably Isn’t Satoshi
2.1.2020
Search online for ‘possible creators of Bitcoin’ and Bit Gold creator Nick Szabo will always appear near the top of the list. His long history in the cypherpunk space, his writings on money, digital cash, and smart contracts, and some facts about his past have often been used to create...
Veriblock Captured Close to 60% of BTC’s OP Return Transactions in 2019
1.1.2020
During the course of 2019, the most used BTC-based OP_Return protocol, Veriblock, outshined Omni Layer outputs. According to statistics, Veriblock captured 57% of BTC’s OP_Return outputs in 2019. Ever since the protocol’s opcodes started dominating, a number of BTC influencers called...
Turkish Bank’s Blockchain Platform for Digital Gold Transfers Goes Live
31.12.2019
Major Turkish bank Takasbank has launched its blockchain-based gold transfer platform
Central Bank Gold Hoarding Hits 50-Year High
30.12.2019
While dozens of the world’s economic leaders participate in extreme monetary easing policy, central banks have also been hoarding gold. Central banks accumulated over 668 tons in gold purchases this year, which is more than 2018’s record numbers. In fact, the key drivers in gold demand...
Peter Schiff Says Every Asset Class But BTC is Rallying as 2019 Ends
29.12.2019
Peter Schiff makes a sarcastic remark about Bitcoin, pointing out that it is the only asset class that is not rallying by the end of 2019
Germans Rush to Buy Gold as Draft Bill Threatens to Restrict Purchases
27.12.2019
Reports have emerged depicting long lines in front of a physical gold sales location in Germany, in view of pending legislation which would once again lower the anonymous purchase limit, this time from €10,000 to €2,000. The last drop happened in 2017 when the limit was set...
Bitcoin Gained 8.9 Million Percent Over the Last Decade
27.12.2019
2020 is fast approaching and the last decade will be behind us. Throughout the last ten years, the biggest unicorn firms were born like Uber and Airbnb. However, even though Bitcoin isn’t a company, the best investment of the decade belongs to the decentralized cryptocurrency Satoshi created....
How to Modify Nodes in an Abstract Syntax Tree
26.12.2019
One of the more powerful concepts I've stumbled across recently is the idea of abstract syntax trees, or ASTs. If you've ever studied alchemy, you may recall that the whole motivation for alchemists was to discover some way to transform not-gold into gold through scientific or arcane methods.
ASTs...
Bitcoin Fixed Supply Means Futures Aren’t a ‘Threat’ to Price — PlanB
26.12.2019
Bitcoin’s “inelastic” supply makes it stronger against futures manipulation, PlanB suggests
Bitcoin Can Take 50% of Gold’s Market Share, Hit $250,000 — CNBC
20.12.2019
Tom Lee and Brian Kelly suggest Tim Draper’s $250,000 Bitcoin price tag can come true
Bitcoin Price Set to Outshine Gold and Stocks By Big Margin in 2019
20.12.2019
Despite the downtrend in the latter half of 2019, bitcoin is on track to significantly outperform gold and stocks
‘Stacking Sats’ vs. ‘ETH is Money’ – The Memes That Shaped 2019
18.12.2019
NLW breaks down ten memes and narratives that dominated the crypto conversation in 2019