It’s all about location and perception. Much has been said about attractive interest rates offered by popular crypto lending platforms like BlockFi, Celsius Network and Nexo. However, there are two sides to every coin. Paying out high interest rates requires charging even higher rates to the borrowers. Yet, Nexo co-founder Antoni Trenchev disagrees that crypto […]
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The rise of crypto-related crimes and money laundering cases is the result of the increasing mass crypto adoption. The modern world has become too small for comfort. The truth is that technological advancement is a double-edged sword, which has the potential to enhance human lives drastically at many levels and disrupt them in the blink […]
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Stablecoin runs could occur if users lose confidence in the issuer or its network. The European Central Bank has warned the global community about the risks of so-called “stablecoin runs.” Analogous to the term “bank runs” in the traditional financial system, stablecoin runs could occur if end users lose confidence in the issuer or its […]
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Which asset is the most popular long-term investment — the answer may not surprise you. According to a recent survey of Huobi traders, 45% of respondents have time horizons longer than one year, with 12.5% saying that they are willing to wait over four years for a return on their investment. This seems to contradict […]
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Brian Armstrong has taken Apple to task over its allegedly exclusionary policies towards crypto app developers. Brian Armstrong, the CEO of United States cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase, alleges that Apple is stifling innovation in crypto and sidelining DeFi to protect itself from competition. In a Twitter thread published on Sept. 11, Armstrong doubled down on his […]
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With regulators unlikely to change old-fashioned rules in favor of the emerging market, DeFi might be burdened under fraud and new portions of restrictions. Over the years, we have seen a lot of trends such as initial coin offerings, initial exchange offerings, security token offerings, decentralized autonomous organizations and many more, but none of these […]
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If the bulls can find momentum from the current bounce in Bitcoin and altcoins a short-term bottom may be in place. The short-term gyrations in crypto and stock prices are usually based on sentiment and technicals, while the long-term trends generally follow stronger underlying fundamentals. Therefore, if the fundamentals do not weaken, smart investors view […]
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“Millennials are buying more of the Bitcoins and the cryptocurrencies,” says Ruchir Sharma. According to a Morgan Stanley executive, the young and adventurous usually go for crypto, while older investors stick to more traditional assets. In a Sept. 8 interview with CNN anchor Julia Chatterley, Morgan Stanley’s head of emerging markets and chief global strategist […]
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Former U.S. Homeland Security Department general counsel, Stevan Bunnel, has been appointed as Libra’s top lawyer. Stevan Bunnel, former general counsel for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), has been revealed as the Libra Association’s new leading lawyer. Since leaving the Homeland Security Department in 2017, Bunnell co-chaired the data privacy-focused legal practice O’Melveny […]
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There are certain stages that we need to go through before we are able to challenge and potentially replace the existing and proven gaming systems. When CryptoKitties burst onto the scene back in November 2017, we had our first taste of load-testing a blockchain solution at scale. Congestion spiked, and we saw glimpses of how […]
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