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Cryptocurrency markets were sluggish Friday after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell stated that interest rate hikes should be made “more quickly.” Powell also indicated that a rate hike of 0.5 percentage point was “on the table” for next month. James Bullard, President of the St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank, said Tuesday that
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The president of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, James Bullard, has called for more aggressive measures to combat inflation and reduce the size of the Fed’s balance sheet. “The burden of excessive inflation is particularly heavy for people with modest incomes and wealth and for those with limited
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Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has fully resumed EUR and GBP deposits and withdrawals via the SEPA payment network and Faster Payments Services (FPS). Binance is also offering all verified users zero fees for depositing EUR via SEPA and GBP via FPS to “celebrate the return of SEPA and FPS.” SEPA and
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Stablecoin supply shows significant growth during the year. The market cap of the top stablecoins is roughly $181 billion, over 11% of the total crypto market, which is now at $1,6 trillion after shedding over $140 billion in the past two days over geopolitical concerns. Consequently, data shows that stablecoins
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Popular mobile payment service Cash App has integrated the Bitcoin (BTC) Lightning Network as a part of an update, allowing faster and cheaper BTC transfers using the Layer 2 (L2) payment protocol. Cash App is developed and owned by Block (formerly Square), a fintech firm co-founded by former Twitter CEO Jack
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The Ethereum ecosystem still has far more developers than rival networks, but they are catching up with a faster rate of growth.Ethereum competitors such as Polkadot, Solana, and Binance Smart Chain are growing faster in terms of development activity according to crypto research firm Electric Capital which released its findings
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The pace of the crypto industry’s acceleration in 2021 has surprised many, including Marcus Swanepoel, CEO of cryptocurrency exchange Luno. Swanepoel recently remarked: “We knew it was coming, but just not that fast, particularly in certain subsectors like NFTs and some altcoins.” Subsectors at ‘Top of Their Hype Cycle’ The acceleration of
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The biggest risk the bank sees is that policymakers move too fast and “implement measures that inadvertently inhibit adoption of cryptocurrencies,” and whilst not its base case, “regulators could still in theory adopt a highly restrictive stance on crypto-related services (or prohibit them altogether) that severely inhibit their growth.” Source
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Monetary authorities are finally taking crypto seriously – perhaps too seriously.The idea of fiat currency is something of a historical anomaly. Around 5,000 years ago, shiny metals became a store of value for goods and services. Those were soon fabricated into standardized tokens, becoming media of exchange. It wasn’t for
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