Updated Bitcoin stock-to-flow model with deviation bands shows a few interesting patterns surrounding previous BTC halvings. Since Bitcoin’s (BTC) creation in 2009, the digital asset has undergone a halving event every four years, cutting the number of coins constantly entering the ecosystem in half, making it a deflationary asset. Based on its hard-coded scarcity, and […]
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As crypto regulation is accepted in UAE blockchain projects could stand to benefit. The Securities and Commodities Authority (SCA) in the United Arab Emirates has drafted a resolution on regulating crypto assets, providing greater clarity for crypto-related projects in the Middle East nation. With the focus usually on China, Japan or the United States, the […]
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Stablecoin Tether (USDT) has gained popularity as a payment method, catching up with Bitcoin and Ether according to a Bloomberg report. Stablecoin Tether (USDT) is gaining popularity as a payment method, with some analysts seeing it catching up with Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH). As Bloomberg reported on Oct. 25, cryptocurrency payments processor CoinPayments registered […]
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The Association of National Numbering Agencies will assess the adoption of numbering standards for digital assets. A global association of national numbering agencies has set up a new task force to assess the adoption of name standards for digital assets. All types of tokens to be considered The Association of National Numbering Agencies (ANNA) will […]
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The volume Bitcoin futures on digital asset platform Bakkt has hit a new all-time high, with over 450 Bitcoin futures contracts traded today. Bitcoin (BTC) futures volumes on digital asset platform Bakkt have hit a new all-time high, with 452 BTC futures contracts traded at press time. Per historical data from Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) — […]
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Fed’s balance sheet expands to $3.97 trillion in weeks as ex-Bank of England governor predicts a looming financial crisis. Bitcoin (BTC) proponents are voicing fresh alarm after the United States Federal Reserve printed more than its entire market cap in new money this month. Fed balance sheet approaches $4T As noted by cryptocurrency social media […]
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A deluge of interest in Bitcoin from big finance may not be the catalyst for adoption in the long term, warns Meltdem Demirors. Bitcoin (BTC) may not benefit from an influx of institutional traders, a senior executive at one of the industry’s best-known businesses warned. Wall Street and Unexchanged Bitcoins Speaking in an interview on […]
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Microsoft is bolstering its blockchain offerings on the Azure platform through a series of partnerships, Insolar the latest to join. Thanks to the high computational flexibility that it offers, the influence of cloud computing on the blockchain space continues to grow. It’s less of a surprise, then, that cloud computing giants — such as Amazon, […]
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As exchanges expand Bitcoin derivatives, the CFTC clears the way for Ether futures. But will investors be interested in such a tool? The United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) hasn’t come to bury Ether, it’s come to regulate it. That was the message drawn from Heath Tarbert’s remarks from the stage at Yahoo Finance’s […]
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Washington risks devaluing the dollar’s status in the future if it fails to respond to innovation, says the former regulator. The ex-head of the United States’ commodities regulator thinks the government must digitize the dollar and take power away from central banks. Giancarlo wants independently maintained dollar In an opinion piece for the Wall Street […]
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