Bitcoin has the ability to replace gold as a safe haven for investors as the world turns digital, says Nigel Green. Nigel Green, the CEO and founder of financial consultancy firm deVere Group, says Bitcoin’s recent bullish activity shows it has the power to replace proven safe haven assets like gold. In a statement on […]
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The price of gold and Tether’s XAUT rallied to more than $1,900 today, a value not seen since September 2011. The Tether Gold stablecoin was valued at $1,902 on July 24, putting the price of gold within reach of the commodity’s all-time high set in September 2011. Gold has risen 22.7% from $1,550 to $1,902 […]
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Bitcoin Depot’s Brandon Mintz says blockchain can help find a cure for COVID-19 which will play a big role in the technology’s adoption. The blockchain community is playing a significant role in helping to develop pharmaceutical drugs to combat COVID-19, as blockchain can bring immense computational power to confirm transactions, and generate new coins, according […]
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Check out this week’s Bad Crypto podcast. It’s been a good week for Bitcoin. The dollar price is up more than 3 percent to around $9,500. That $10,000 ceiling is looking more fragile than ever. One sign that the ceiling may be about to break is the decline in Google searches for “Bitcoin.” According to Google […]
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China’s digital yuan looks to be scaling smoothly but its core political slogan may disrupt further development. China leads the development of central bank digital currency (CBDC ) in the world. Digital yuan has been already tested in some areas in China while Western nations have just started talking about CBDCs. Six central banks such […]
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Southeast Asia’s relations with open finance and emerging technologies have become more prominent during the COVID-19 pandemic. As the COVID-19 pandemic swept across the globe, history seemingly repeated itself as familiar public health strategies were gradually implemented from one jurisdiction to the next. From recommendations of social distancing to lockdowns, such measures have disrupted even […]
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Despite the benefits of crypto being in the hands of the few, the current crisis may be a harbinger of change. The COVID-19 pandemic has forced economies to a halt and stretched the central banking system. Central banks have been printing money on a scale like never before, which makes the 2008 financial crisis pale […]
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Travala.com’s native token AVA will now be added to the Swipe wallet service and Visa card platform — making it spendable at 60 million merchants worldwide. At a time of unprecedented upheaval in the global tourism industry, blockchain-based travel booking service Travala and Swipe aim to boost crypto’s useability. Announced on July 24, Travala’s native […]
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A new survey shows that Turks may not be trading and using cryptocurrencies as much as previous reports have indicated. A new survey seems to debunk the common conception of Turkey as a cryptocurrency-savvy country. Major Turkish crypto exchange Paribu had a simple aim: to find 1,000 Turkish citizens who somehow heard about crypto. It […]
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Decentraland users can see the works of Marvel and DC comic artist José Delbo at the in-game MakersPlace gallery. José Delbo, a comic book artist who has drawn for both DC and Marvel, kicks off a week-long exhibition today (July 23) in the Ethereum-based virtual reality world, Decentraland. The artist, who started his career at […]
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