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Bitcoin’s (BTC) price recently surged following fake news about a BTC ETF approval, according to one analyst this is an event with unexpectedly far-reaching consequences. In his video on Oct. 18th, popular crypto YouTuber Crypto Banter provided an in-depth analysis of how this fake news impacted the crypto market and what
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On the former point, Coinbase is not the largest spot bitcoin exchange. It currently sees somewhere around 2.5% of global daily trading volume, according to BTC/USD trading pair data from CoinGecko and CoinMarketCap. You can quibble about the details, bitcoin trading exchange volumes could also include trading pairs between many
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Ava Labs CEO Emin Gün Sirer will be calling on United States officials to “nurture” and “support” responsible blockchain innovation, warning that they face “disastrous consequences” if they don't.Gün Sirer’s comments in defense of what he describes as a “revolutionary technology” is part of a testimony that he is scheduled
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Top executives from 146 major companies in the U.S. — including Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, Nasdaq, and Pfizer — have urged President Joe Biden and congressional leaders to act swiftly to prevent the U.S. from defaulting on its debt, which could occur as early as June 1. They warned of
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Indonesia is introducing a new national payment system as the country furthers its de-dollarization efforts and protection against “possible geopolitical consequences.” The new payment system will replace Visa and Mastercard in state-owned institutions and companies, a top central bank official said. “We expect that very soon it will become widespread.” Indonesia
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A Goldman Sachs executive who also serves as the chair of a Treasury advisory committee has warned that a U.S. default poses “real risk to the U.S. dollar.” She stressed: “Anything that moves us away from being viewed as the world’s reserve currency, of being the safest most liquid asset
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Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell has warned of “highly uncertain and adverse” economic consequences if the U.S. defaults on its debt obligations. “No one should assume that the Fed can protect the economy from the potential short and long-term effects of a failure to pay our bills on time,” he
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A myriad of unforeseeable “consequences” will be brought about by retail central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), the managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) claimed.The IMF's Kristalina Georgieva erred on the side of caution regarding retail CBDCs in a May 1 interview at the Milken Institute’s 2023 Global Conference.Georgieva
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Charles Nenner, a financial analyst that served as head of market timing for Goldman Sachs for more than a decade, has warned about the end of dollar hegemony and its consequences for the U.S. According to Nenner, the BRICS bloc and the influence of Saudi Arabia will end the dollar
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Cryptocurrency exchange Zipmex has reportedly not received the latest payment under its buyout agreement with venture capital firm V Venture. The exchange has sent a letter to the firm warning that it will have to begin liquidating one of its units without that money.The $1.25 million payment was intended to
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