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Non-committal CBDC Report Highlights BIS, Central Banks’ Indecision
9.10.2020
The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) and a group of leading-economy central banks has issued a report outlining what they believe the key principles of a central bank digital currency (CBDC) should be – but yet again went to great pains to sit on the fence when it comes to the matter...
Report: Bitcoin Surges With Rising Real Interest Rates and Economic Stimulus While Gold Performs Better With Rising Inflation
8.10.2020
A new report by Bitstamp and Bytetree says bitcoin responds better to the rising money supply, rising real interest rates and a strong economy. This is in contrast to gold which appears to perform better when real interest rates are falling while inflation is rising. To support these findings,...
Bitcoin To Hit $100,000 in Five Years as Demand and Adoption Increase – Report
6.10.2020
Bloomberg analyst Mike McGlone has predicted that the price of bitcoin will hit $100,000 by 2025. McGlone premised his argument on past bitcoin trends, including the period in which the price took four years to go from $1,000 to $10,000 in 2017. “So, doubling that time frame for maturation...
Report: Europe’s new crypto regulations pose existential questions for DeFi
6.10.2020
Decentralized finance “may prove difficult to subject to regulatory requirements,” a regulatory adviser says
Europol Names Privacy Wallets, Coins, Open Marketplaces as ‘Top Threats’ in Internet Crime Report
5.10.2020
Monero, Samurai, Wasabi, OpenBazaar cited as threats in Europol report
$9 Trillion in Stimulus Injections: The Fed’s 2020 Pump Eclipses Two Centuries of USD Creation
5.10.2020
Since September 2019, research shows the Federal Reserve has pumped over $9 trillion to primary dealers by leveraging enormous emergency repo operations. A recently published investigative report shows the U.S. central bank submits the daily loan tally, but the Fed will not provide the public with...
Tron Shedding ‘Blockchain Vegas’ Tag May Lead to Ethereum Inroads – Report
5.10.2020
The Tron (TRX) network remains one of the main challengers to Ethereum (ETH)’s blockchain’s throne after the former experienced its biggest quarterly rise in value yet. But among other things that would help decrease Ethereum’s dominance, Tron still needs to ditch its gambling dapp-fuelled “Las...
ETH Volumes Top $119.5 Billion in Q3: High-Risk Dapps Dominate Tron Network
4.10.2020
A recent report says total Dapps transaction volumes reached $125 Billion in Q3 2020, a figure which is $113 billion higher than in Q2 2020. From these volumes, the Ethereum blockchain accounts for 96% or $119.5 billion of the total created value with the majority of this being attributed to...
SEC Is Willing to ‘Try’ a Tokenized ETF, Chairman Says: Report
3.10.2020
SEC Chairman Jay Clayton expressed an openness to a tokenized exchange-traded fund
Zimbabwe’s Stock Exchange Open to Crypto Listing Subject to ‘Regulatory Approval’
3.10.2020
Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) CEO Justin Bgoni says its recently licensed subsidiary, the Victoria Falls Stock Exchange is open to listing bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. However, according to local media reports, any such listings are still dependent on the digital asset issuers getting...
Mexico Receives 11% of All LATAM Retail Crypto Payments - Report
3.10.2020
Mexican firms and individuals have reportedly processed 11% of all the retail payments made in crypto in Latin America from July 2019 to the same month in 2020 – with most of the crypto used in these transactions originating in the United States.
According to El Economista, Chainalysis expert...
Coinbase Reportedly Warns Some UK Users It’s Handing Their Details to the Taxman
2.10.2020
U.K. users of the exchange who have received £5,000 or more in the past tax year will have their information passed to the tax authority
PwC’s global crypto tax report reveals the need for further regulatory guidance
2.10.2020
The majority of global jurisdictions have crypto asset taxation guidelines, yet additional frameworks are required to keep up
Report: 76% crypto miners use renewables as part of their energy mix
1.10.2020
The use of renewable energy for cryptocurrency mining has seen considerable growth, according to a new report
Merchants accepting Bitcoin laud ‘zero chargeback risks’, says BitPay report
30.9.2020
Bitcoin integration led to positive results for the merchants in this study
CBDCs Could Challenge US Dollar’s Dominance: Deutsche Bank
30.9.2020
Central bank digital currencies have the potential to challenge the primacy of the U.S. dollar, according to a new report from Germany's Deutsche Bank
Cumulative Ethereum Transaction Fees in 2020 Supersede Bitcoin’s by a Long Shot
30.9.2020
This week the research and analysis team Coin Metrics published a report on how decentralized finance (defi) is “fueling Ethereum’s growth.” Meanwhile, the researchers also highlighted that Ethereum’s cumulative transaction fees in 2020 are now over $350 million and more...
New Zealand Tax Agency Asks Crypto Firms to Hand Over Clients’ Personal Data
29.9.2020
The Inland Revenue Department (IRD) of New Zealand has requested that crypto companies in the country hand over their customers’ personal details, cryptocurrency asset values as well as the type of asset held. According to a September 28 report by Radio New Zealand, the tax agency says...
Report: Impermanent loss on Uniswap and other AMMs is always permanent
29.9.2020
Is it time to find another name for this phenomenon?
Russia Proposes Harsh Penalties for Unreported Cryptocurrency Holdings
26.9.2020
Russia’s Ministry of Finance has drafted a bill with harsh penalties for anyone who does not report their cryptocurrency holdings above a certain level. Penalties include jail terms and fines. New Russian Crypto Bill The Russian Ministry of Finance has sent out a new draft bill addressing...