2020-8-4 21:19 |
The federal securities watchdog has taken an interest in DeFi's most basic building block.
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Ethereum-based decentralized finance (DeFi) has taken the crypto world by storm in recent months as interest among investors continues to rise. The total value locked in the DeFi markets has grown at a fast clip to the extent of recently hitting an eye-popping $4 billion.
2020-7-26 01:17 | |
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The crypto market has taken positively to the FED’s announcement. Just hours after the chairman Jerome Powell, indicated that the interest rate would remain low, Bitcoin began climbing. In the last few hours, it has gained more than 2% to take the $10K position in some exchanges.
2020-6-11 09:22 | |
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In the past two months, the Federal Reserve has taken aggressive and unprecedented steps to mitigate the lasting damage to the US economy from the coronavirus pandemic. Now, the central bank left its benchmark interest rate unchanged in the 0% to 0.
2020-5-1 21:11 | |
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Derivatives trading has taken the crypto world by storm. As a matter of fact, the open interest of Bitcoin futuresContinue Reading The post Top 3 Mistakes Crypto Derivatives Traders Make appeared first on CoinMarketCap Blog.
2020-3-25 16:00 | |
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Bitcoin price is back above $5,000, trying to recover while the stock market and gold are taking a serious hit. Amidst this drop in price, the interest in “Bitcoin” on Google has surged. On a scale of 0-100, Google Trend for the search term “bitcoin” has taken a sharp rise of 88%, going from around […]
2020-3-17 19:08 | |
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Financial and crypto markets continue to quake as the coronavirus outbreak news worsens. Major US banks have taken steps to prevent stock buybacks that return capital to shareholders. According to reports, a group of major US banks including JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Citigroup, Morgan Stanley, Wells Fargo, Goldman Sachs and two others have suspended […] The post Major Banks Suspend Stock Buybacks as Interest Rates Fall to Zero appeared first on BeInCrypto.
2020-3-17 22:20 | |
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The Federal Reserve has just taken emergency precautions amid the coronavirus scare. In an effort to calm markets, they have cut interest rates. Bitcoin experienced some volatility when the news broke.
2020-3-4 18:57 | |
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In general, the adoption of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies has been in an upward trend, one that has been far from uniform. Interest has spiked alongside price in what is known as a Satoshi cycle, while institutional interest in blockchain has also only recently taken off, especially during the 2018 bear market when the price […] The post Cryptocurrency Wallet Adoption Has Tripled in Three Years appeared first on BeInCrypto.
2020-2-22 03:10 | |
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The Chinese government has taken multiple steps so far to contain the economic fallout from the coronavirus epidemic, including interest rate cuts and financial injections worth billions of yuan. It did it again this week, extending the monetary easing provided by the central bank.
2020-2-18 08:10 | |
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New York-based crypto exchange Gemini’s European wing Gemini Europe, LLC. has taken on board Julian Sawyer as the Managing Director for the UK and Europe. Gemini, one of the leading cryptocurrency trading businesses and custodian platforms, is tapping the rising interest of European traders for crypto-based investment.
2019-12-4 11:13 | |
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Market sentiment seems to have taken a thrashing from Bitcoin’s latest capitulation, but institutional investors may be committing themselves to BTC now more than ever. The Crypto Fear & Greed Index, an aggregate of various social and technical indicators measuring sentiment in the crypto market, has lurched towards “extreme fear” in tandem with Bitcoin’s month-long […] The post Spare us the BTC obituaries, institutional interest in Bitcoin is on the up appeared first on CryptoSlate.
2019-11-27 12:11 | |
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Stablecoins have taken over a significant portion of the cryptocurrency landscape. The team behind Dai is looking to shake things up significantly, with a rather unexpected approach. Dai has quickly become a popular stablecoin, primarily due to some investment platforms offering very high interest rates.
2019-11-19 02:00 | |
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You are all probably familiar with Bitcoin, the cryptocurrency that’s taken the world by storm. General interest in cryptocurrency has skyrocketed ever since Bitcoin passed the $1,000 price mark in January 2017.
2019-11-17 16:31 | |
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It may have taken a few months but it appears as if the institutional interest in Bakkt’s physically-settled Bitcoin futures contracts has started to really pick up steam. On Friday, the daily volume hit a new all-time high of $15.
2019-11-11 18:17 | |
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2019 has been the year in which crypto lending has really taken off. Centralized and decentralized finance have been major growth areas, aided by crypto exchange integration and a backdrop of negative interest rates in the banking sector.
2019-10-21 00:48 | |
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Google’s new infatuation with Ethereum has recently taken the entire crypto ecosystem by a storm. They have reportedly partnered with Chainlink, as an official Cloud Partner and the relationship suggests a deep and detailed interest in blockchain technology.
2019-6-17 19:10 | |
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There is still a lot of excitement and interest as a result of Bitcoin’s price rally. Many people are now closely watching the market and hoping for many things and some of the most popular Bitcoin proponents have at one point or the other, either taken to social media or have used time at different […]
2019-5-30 19:15 | |
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By CCN: With the bitcoin price trading above $8,000 once again, the mainstream financial media has once again taken an interest in cryptocurrencies. ShapeShift CEO and Founder Erik Voorhees was featured in an interview with Bloomberg where he confronted the bitcoin bubble debate and regulation.
2019-5-16 04:30 | |
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Tether has taken a lot of heat for admitting it is running a fractional reserve. There’s no doubt that Tether’s unregulated nature makes this approach risky and that its lack of transparency is unsettling, but the entire modern banking system is architected on fractioned assets.
2019-5-13 16:37 | |
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Deloitte has already taken steps to become involved with blockchain. The company has ditched Ethereum, adopted VeChain, and is looking ahead at overtaking bitcoin transactions. Director and Consultant Cillian Leonwicz shared in LinkedIn about a week ago: “We wrote more transactions than Bitcoin over the weekend by migrating our client work from Ethereum to VeChain […]
2019-5-8 20:45 | |
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The mainstream adoption of cryptocurrencies has been the main aim of proponents and organizations working in the world of digital assets. This goal seems to be closer to being a reality as financial mainstays have taken an interest in digital assets, either by dabbling in the technology or by fully embracing the concept by adding […] The post Bitcoin [BTC], Ethereum [ETH] trading reportedly in the works at eTrade after TD Ameritrade news appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2019-4-27 11:00 | |
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BlockFi, a leading cryptocurrency lending platform, had captured multiple headlines in the space, first with a decrease in the offered interest rate and then the backlash that they received because of it.
2019-4-6 21:30 | |
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This article was originally published by 8btc and written by Olusegun Ogundeji. Bitcoin has crossed the $5,000 price range again (after its first reach to that level in 2017) following a sudden breakout on April 2, 2019.
2019-4-4 18:42 | |
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Special thanks to Glen Weyl, Phil Daian and Jinglan Wang for review Over the last few years there has been an increasing interest in using deliberately engineered economic incentives and mechanism design to align behavior of participants in various contexts.
2019-4-5 04:03 | |
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There is a feature from Google called Google Trends that provides a lot of information about how people spend their time learning about cryptocurrency. Historically, Bitcoin has taken the lead in the searches, as far as the crypto industry.
2019-4-3 09:34 | |
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Some cryptocurrency investors have taken to earning interest on their holdings during this volatile market. They are now using a practice called staking or forging to earn some extra coins while they wait for a bull market to return.
2019-2-1 18:29 | |
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According to Elections Canada, the agency that runs federal elections in Canada, there has been “a growing interest” in cryptocurrency donations. This trend has prompted some political parties to ask for a ruling on how best to manage bitcoin and other cryptocurrency political donations and how to navigate the various reporting systems required by both Elections Canada and the parties so that they comply with the Canada Elections Act.
2019-1-24 20:28 | |
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Even though cryptocurrency and blockchain technology has taken off in popularity over the past few years, the complicated nature of both still represents a stumbling block for interested people who might want to start investing on their own.
2019-1-11 18:24 | |
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October 31, 2008, and January 3, 2009. The two dates have cemented themselves with Promethean significance into Bitcoin’s lore. On the October 31, Satoshi Nakamoto published the Bitcoin white paper, a constitution of sorts for his revolutionary monetary system and its intrinsic currency.
2019-1-3 07:14 | |
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As tax season is rapidly approaching, some states, like Ohio, have decided to set a new standard for the rest of the country to follow. Back in November, Ohio became the first state in the U.
2019-1-3 20:53 | |
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Back in early August this year, the team at Lite. IM had taken crypto adoption to a whole new level when they announced that Litecoin (LTC) was available via Telegram and Text Messages. The move by Lite.
2018-12-30 13:27 | |
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eToro, a social trading platform, recently released the findings of a survey which covered a wide array of questions concerning interest in cryptocurrency. eToro commissioned independent market research firm Provoke Insights who studied 1,000 Americans.
2018-12-19 18:48 | |
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Google trends Bitcoin interest hit its highest since April this week as BTC price has taken a beating in the past week. Google Trends ‘Bitcoin’ Interest Hits April Bull-Run Levels You know what they say: any publicity is good publicity.
2018-11-23 21:00 | |
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When the towers in New York fell, I became obsessed with economics. I wanted to follow the money to understand what happened on that dreadful day. During that time of inquiry, I found myself very interested in Austrian economic theory.
2018-11-21 19:26 | |
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The Lightning Network continues to post steady growth. According to data from 1ML, the network is now supported by roughly 4,070 nodes, which house just over 12,500 payment channels, an average of 10.
2018-11-17 01:17 | |
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In an apparent first, the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged the founder of EtherDelta, Zachary Coburn, with running an “unregistered national securities exchange,” according to a press release from the regulator.
2018-11-9 20:32 | |
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Multiwallet Seeks Maltese Government’s Approval For Europe-Focused Custodial Service During the Malta Blockchain Summit, which took place on November 2, it was disclosed that blockchain firm, Multiwallet has taken the necessary measures to get hold of a Maltese custodian license.
2018-11-3 03:24 | |
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The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), one of two major providers of Bitcoin Futures in the U.S., revealed trade volumes increased 41 percent in Q3 2018 with interest rates up by 19 percent. Booming Bitcoin Futures Market While the retail cryptocurrency market has taken a downturn in 2018, the institutional-focussed Bitcoin futures market seems to be […] The post CME Report: Bitcoin Futures Trading 41 Percent Up from Q3 2018 appeared first on CryptoSlate.
2018-10-19 13:00 | |
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In late August, messaging giant LINE launched its own proprietary blockchain, the LINK chain, and its own cryptocurrency, the LINK token. While LINE is the first publicly traded company to have launched its own blockchain mainnet, it isn’t the first social media network to embrace cryptocurrencies.
2018-10-10 13:46 | |
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In what seems like the first coordinated strike from government agencies, the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have taken action against a securities broker for violating federal laws in connection with security-based swaps funded by bitcoin.
2018-9-29 22:29 | |
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Binance CEO Changpeng “CZ” Zhao has in five years taken his initial interest in cryptocurrencies and turned his passion into one of the most successful cryptocurrency exchanges in the world. The young CEO has even graced the cover of Forbes magazine’s crypto rich list and was highlighted as being among the wealthiest entrepreneurs operating across.
2018-9-27 23:00 | |
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Each year, the NSA runs a Codebreaker Challenge, a competition aimed at aspiring cryptographers and hackers. Details of the 2018 competition have been published, and there is a twist that may be of interest to blockchain enthusiasts.
2018-9-24 17:50 | |
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The lively political system in Taiwan continues to foster interest, discussion, and even the use of cryptocurrencies, as more people express an interest in technological innovation. Officials in Taiwan have taken a marked interest in virtual currency and blockchain.
2018-9-24 12:00 | |
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Bitcoin is in the news, and we’ve all seen the stories about early investors who’ve made millions and driven away in new lambos. So it’s only natural that people who haven’t invested already are wondering if they should.
2018-9-21 19:18 | |
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The world of lobbying has taken a rather unexpected turn–with the Washington Post reporting that a collection of cryptocurrency firms are looking to formulate a D. C. based lobbying group.
2018-9-12 18:08 | |
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Update (September 7): Goldman Sach’s CFO Martin Chavez has since called reports of dropping the bitcoin trading desk “fake news. ” (The original Business Insider report quoted unnamed sources as the basis of the information.
2018-9-8 21:57 | |
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Goldman Sachs is struggling to find a way to trade bitcoin. The financial services giant has scratched its plans to open a desk for trading cryptocurrencies, at least for the near term, according to a Business Insider report on September 5, 2018.
2018-9-6 21:57 | |
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The crypto industry has scored another first, as a junior U. S. Senator from Montana, Steve Daines, has lobbied against the planned closure of a coal-fired power plant in Rosebud County, arguing that its closure could harm the growing cryptocurrency mining industry in the state.
2018-8-28 19:11 | |
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Cryptocurrency seems to have taken over the world in the past 18 months or so, and, unsurprisingly, a number of celebrities have jumped on the Bitcoin bandwagon too. Here are seven celebrities who are advocates of digital currency: 1.
2018-8-27 11:00 | |
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Tether has announced the expansion of its USDT token to an eighth blockchain.
The FMA reports two-thirds of the investment fraud reports filed in 2020 were related to cryptocurrency and digital currency trading products.
This is the second bitcoin ETF approved to trade in Canada.
Geely will own 80% of the venture while Concordium will own the rest.
Gates has previously criticized cryptocurrencies and said he'd short bitcoin "if there was an easy way to do it."
A new tie-up with payments firm Klarna brings the exchange access to more than 5,000 banks across Europe.
Local firm Bitcoin Suisse has partnered with the canton of Zug, converting cryptocurrency tax payments into Swiss francs.