Bitcoin is an aspirational store of value according to Fidelity Digital Assets. Fidelity Digital Assets, subsidiary of multi-trillion dollar investment firm Fidelity Investments, views Bitcoin (BTC) as an “aspirational store of value” and an “insurance policy” against a troubled financial system according to a new report. Fidelity holds over $8 trillion in assets and its […]
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Bybit exchange’s CEO believes maturity of the crypto derivatives market plays an important role in attracting more institutional investors. In a Cointelegraph China Great Bay Area International Blockchain Week pre-event interview on July 29, Ben Zhou, CEO of derivative exchange Bybit, argued that the maturity of the derivatives market is the main reason for institutions […]
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Wash trading hurts investors and taints the crypto industry, but extinguishing it will be difficult absent global regulation. When Bitwise Asset Management declared in a March 2019 presentation to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission that 95% of the Bitcoin (BTC) trading volume being reported globally on cryptocurrency exchanges was “fake,” it jolted rating […]
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Creating global standards for tokenized carbon markets will provide more clarity, but data challenges need to be addressed. Climate change is one of the greatest problems facing society today. Therefore, it shouldn’t come as a surprise to see large corporations stepping in to mitigate their environmental impact. For example, Amazon plans to be carbon neutral […]
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The purported investment fund is exhibiting some shady behavior. Last week Cointelegraph published a story about investors having difficulty getting their money back from a crypto fund called AMFEIX, which promised high-yield profits for investors who sent them Bitcoin (BTC). Our story described more than 500 pending withdrawals from users trying to get their money […]
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In a recent YouTube AMA, Charles Hoskinson gave an update on the promotion of Cardano across the African continent. Charles Hoskinson, CEO of Cardano (ADA) developers IOHK, took to YouTube on July 25 for one of his regular ask-me-anything sessions. Among a wide range of topics covered, Hoskinson gave details about the status of a […]
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Pavillion Hub brings blockchain technology to the Steam gaming platform, and 22nd Century Racing Series is a worthy showcase of the possibilities this enables. As blockchain technology continues apace in its quest to infiltrate and improve the gaming sector, multiple platforms have been springing up to vy for your attention. Earlier this month Cointelegraph reported […]
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Despite a number of choke points, development continues for both security tokens themselves and the market infrastructure to support them. The general hype circa 2018 proclaimed security tokens as crypto’s killer app. After Bitcoin fell from its $20,000 peak in December 2017, some of the more revolutionary promises of cryptocurrencies had lost their luster — […]
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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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Cointelegraph gets techy with CEO Ruben Merre, on some of the NGRAVE wallet’s security advances. From its initial announcement back in April to the $430,000 raised in the recently completed crowd-sale, the NGRAVE ZERO has created huge buzz in the crypto community. Billed as the most secure hardware wallet available, the permanently air-gapped ZERO is […]
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