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Billionaire Ray Dalio Speaks in Davos — Says ‘Blockchain Is Great, but Let’s Call It Digital Gold’
24.5.2022
This week the world has been talking about the World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos, Switzerland, which started on May 22 and ends on May 26. At the event, Bridgewater Associates founder Ray Dalio spoke about today’s economy, the Federal Reserve, cash, and cryptocurrencies. Dalio...
People Want Digital Cash, Governments Need to Accept That, Circle CEO Says
24.5.2022
There is a reason that “cash is king,” and people around the world want a digital form of cash that is private, offers final settlement, and cannot be “turned off” by a central party, argued Jeremy Allaire, co-founder and CEO of digital payments company Circle.
Allaire said that for...
The ‘Lunatic’ Movement: A Look at Terra LUNA’s Inception and the People That Helped Do Kwon Rise
23.5.2022
After the LUNA and UST meltdown, many crypto investors have been curious about the project’s rise in popularity and people wonder about the background of Terra’s co-founder Do Kwon. Moreover, it is not commonly known that Terraform Labs was also founded by Daniel Shin, the founder...
Crypto remittances must have allure of cash without regulatory constraints — Jeremy Allaire
23.5.2022
The CEO of Circle joined Ripple’s Brad Garlinghouse and Asif Saleh of BRAC in a panel discussion at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting
Poorer Americans Are More Likely to Use Crypto, GameStop's Ethereum Wallet, eBay's NFTs + More News
23.5.2022
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3 red flags that signal a crypto project may be misleading investors
20.5.2022
The challenges faced by Terra, Wonderland and a handful of other DeFi projects exposed the need for investors to do more research and avoid cult personalities
Cash Management Firm Coinshift Closes $15M Series A Led by Tiger Global
17.5.2022
Treasury management platform Coinshift has closed a $15m series A funding round, with investment from the likes of Tiger Capital and Alameda Ventures
Stablecoin supplies and cash reserves in question amid crypto exodus
17.5.2022
The fallout from Terra’s collapse continues as outflows from Tether (USDT) hit an average of $1.1 billion a day over the past week
Circle Says USDC Reserve Backed Entirely in Cash and Short-Dated US Treasuries
16.5.2022
On May 13, Circle’s chief financial officer Jeremy Fox-Geen published a blog post called “How to Be Stable,” following the aftermath of Terra’s stablecoin implosion. Circle’s CFO explained that since usd coin’s inception, the stablecoin aims to...
Bitcoin price reclaims $30K as Bitcoin Cash hits fresh record low against BTC
11.5.2022
Bitcoin SV joins the hard fork in posting dismal price performance as the dust settles on the Terra UST debacle
Bitcoin Cash to Include Bigger Integers and Native Introspection in Upcoming Upgrade
10.5.2022
Bitcoin Cash is preparing to include two significant improvements in its upcoming upgrade. Programmed to happen on May 15, the Bitcoin Cash Improvement Proposals (CHIPs) approved to be included are CHIP-2021-03, which brings bigger script integers to the chain, and CHIP-2021-02, which has to...
ECB Favors Transparency Over Privacy in Digital Euro Design, Presentation Reveals
5.5.2022
The European Central Bank (ECB) leans toward a “transparent” digital euro over one that ensures a higher level of privacy for its users, a presentation devoted to the project has indicated. In the document, the monetary authority explores different privacy options for...
Renowned Luxury Brand Gucci to Accept Bitcoin, Ethereum Payments in the US
5.5.2022
Italian luxury brand Gucci will accept crypto payments across five flagship stores in the US by the end of the month and aims to expand the pilot to include all of its directly-operated stores in North America by this summer....
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How to Navigate Metaverse Without ‘Cash Grab’?
3.5.2022
Gunnar Jaerv is the COO of First Digital Trust, an Asia-based technology-driven financial institution._____
When Meta revealed its metaverse, Horizon Worlds, and the features it would unleash for creators within the digital universe, the conglomerate called it a step toward its “long-term...
232 Wikipedia Users Force the Online Encyclopedia to Ditch Bitcoin, Ethereum, and BCH Donation Options
2.5.2022
The Wikimedia Foundation, the body that operates the user-created web-based encyclopedia Wikipedia, has announced that it will no longer accept crypto donations. ...
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Global Investment Bank Goldman Sachs Offers Its First Bitcoin-Backed Loan
30.4.2022
Global investment bank Goldman Sachs has reportedly offered its first-ever loan backed by cryptocurrency. The cash loan was collateralized by bitcoin owned by the borrower. A spokesperson for Goldman Sachs explained that the deal is interesting to the investment bank due to its structure...
Roger Ver Embraces Dogecoin After Bitcoin Cash Loses 50% Against Bitcoin
29.4.2022
Roger Ver, the early Bitcoin (BTC) evangelist-turned Bitcoin Cash (BCH) supporter known as ‘Bitcoin Jesus’, is now voicing his support for Dogecoin (DOGE), calling it better than BTC. The strange turn of events comes as BCH continues to lose ground against its competitor BTC.
Speaking in...
Dogecoin Jesus? Roger Ver resurfaces on Twitter, backs DOGE over BTC
29.4.2022
“Bitcoin Jesus” Roger Ver has made a comeback to Twitter and says Dogecoin is a top contender for the world’s dominant cryptocurrency
US needs 'electronic tokens' with functionality of cash — Software Freedom Law Center legal director
28.4.2022
Software Freedom Law Center legal director Mishi Choudhary supported tokens that were not quite CBDCs nor cryptocurrencies, but with cash-like privacy features many users may want
Cashing out Bitcoin to save a dog’s life from cancer is 'the moon for us'
28.4.2022
A Redditor from the United States cashed in on all of their Bitcoin to pay for their dog, Derby’s cancer treatment