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Wirecard: Crypto Card Users’ Funds Locked as UK Regulator Suspends Subsidiary
27.6.2020
UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) on Friday suspended the license of Wirecard Card Solutions (WCS), a unit of troubled Wirecard AG, which is responsible for issuing Visa cryptocurrency debit cards. It means some users of cards such as Crypto.com’s Mco visa debit card and Tenx’s visa...
Online Data Analysis Points to Venezuela Accepting BTC for Passports
26.6.2020
During the last week, a number of bitcoiners have been discussing Venezuela’s Administrative Service for Identification, Migration, and Foreigners, also known as SAIME accepting bitcoin payments for passport applications and renewals. A number of crypto journalists couldn’t confirm...
The Analytics That Matter
25.6.2020
I’ve long been skeptical of quoting global browser usage percentages to justify their usage of browser features. It doesn’t matter what global usage of a browser is, other than nerdy cocktail party fodder. The usage that matters is what users on your site are using, and that can...
CBDC Issuance Is ‘Not a Reaction’ to Libra, Says Central Bank Body
25.6.2020
The Bank for International Settlements appeared to contradict its own prior statements in a new digital payments report
Is Mobile Decentralized Exchange Trading Riskier? Komodo's CTO Says Not Necessarily
24.6.2020
Security for mobile decentralized exchange usage depends on several factors
Not Just a Pretty Name: Blockchain Creating Real Value in Traditional Industries
24.6.2020
Blockchain technology is transitioning from a conceptual tool that powered the ICO boom into a value-adding service for mainstream industries
How to Make localStorage Reactive in Vue
24.6.2020
Reactivity is one of Vue’s greatest features. It is also one of the most mysterious if you don’t know what it’s doing behind the scenes. Like, why does it work with objects and arrays and not with other things, like localStorage?
Let’s answer that that question, and while we’re at it, make...
Where the NY Fed ‘Bitcoin Is Not New’ Blog Goes Wrong
24.6.2020
A recent post categorizing Bitcoin as just another fiat currency uses some strange definitions of money, our columnist writes
Miners Are Sending Bitcoins to Exchanges Again – and That May Be Bearish
24.6.2020
A sudden spike in miner outflows of bitcoin to exchanges makes the cryptocurrency vulnerable to a price drop, according one analyst
Jim Rogers Discusses Bitcoin as Money and Why Governments Will Stop Crypto
23.6.2020
Jim Rogers, who cofounded the Quantum Fund with billionaire investor George Soros, has shared his view on bitcoin, its use as money, and governments’ response to the growing use of cryptocurrency. He predicts that central banks will not let uncontrolled money be used. Jim Rogers Talks Bitcoin...
DeFi Protocols Should Be Fiduciaries, Not Structured Product Dealers
23.6.2020
Open protocols can help reform the financial system, says our columnist. But they need to come with safeguards consumers understand
Let's Not Make a New ICO Bubble Out of DeFi, Says Waves CEO
23.6.2020
Waves founder Sasha Ivanov warns that decentralized finance's surge might have negative consequences
Analyst: Half of Crypto’s Top 10 Assets 'Absolutely Do Not Deserve' to Be There
22.6.2020
The co-founder of crypto research house Blockfyre suggested that five of the top ten cryptocurrencies by market cap did not deserve to be there
Wirecard CEO Quits as Crypto Card Firm Reveals Missing $2.1 Billion Does Not Exist
22.6.2020
Wirecard chief executive officer quit as the crypto card payments firm revealed that the €1.9 billion ($2.1 billion) missing from its accounts may not exist. CEO Markus Braun resigned on June 19, after nearly 20 years at the helm. James Freis has been appointed interim chief executive,...
Fiat Crash Not a Prerequisite for Bitcoin Takeoff, Says Saifedean Ammous
19.6.2020
Source: Fundación Rafael del Pino video screenshot.
Do fiat currencies need to fail for crypto to truly take off? For many crypto experts hoping for monetary collapse and a digital coin-powered revolution, bitcoin (BTC) dominance seems impossible without a massive public loss of faith...
Outflow of Bitcoin From Miners at Lows Not Seen Since 2010
19.6.2020
Miner outflows of bitcoin have dropped to decade lows, with analysts saying a hoarding mentality and a drop in issuance after the halving are responsible
Bitcoin and S&P 'Largely Uncorrelated' & 'Not Uncorrelated' - Analysts
18.6.2020
A look at a larger picture shows that bitcoin (BTC) and stocks have been uncorrelated for most of the coin's existence, says an analyst, while another one adds that BTC is "not an uncorrelated asset." It's a matter of nuance, it seems.
The question of whether or not bitcoin is correlated...
Ex-CFTC Chairman w/ Ripple as a Client Argues XRP is Not a Security
18.6.2020
As the debate continues over whether XRP, the cryptocurrency affiliated with US-based fintech company Ripple, is or is not a security, a former US financial regulator is the latest person to join the discussion. However, there now exists a business connection between the ex-regulator and Ripple....
Bitcoin Price Not as News-Driven as Previously Thought, Study Finds
18.6.2020
Source: Adobe/Pixel-Shot
Despite bitcoin (BTC) having a reputation for wild price swings, investors shouldn't necessarily get too concerned about potential bad news surrounding it, suggest the results of a new study on bitcoin’s price volatility.
The study went into great detail on the impact...
US Fed Chair Says Private Entities Should Not Help Design Central Bank Digital Currencies
17.6.2020
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said he believes central banks would have to design and implement CBDCs, not private entities