Why Isn’t Bitcoin Outperforming Most Risk Assets? A Market Conundrum
Mike McGlone, Senior Commodity Strategist at Bloomberg Intelligence, has recently suggested that Bitcoin’s (BTC) underperformance compared to the stock market may be
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Bitcoin Mining Is an Oligopoly, and Proof-of-Stake Isn’t Any Better
Today PoW and PoS blockchains have conflicting interests between miners/validators and network users. Users would benefit from faster and cheaper transactions, but in general, this will increase costs to miners and validators, reducing their profits. A version of this conflict came up during Bitcoin's Blocksize War, where some argued to
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The Digital Euro Isn’t a Threat to Data Privacy
As such, the ECB is looking to replicate some cash-like features, like paying offline or not needing a bank account. But in designing these experiences there will be a choice on what are the limit above which identify verifications are needed. And, to advance anti-money laundering goals, the limits are
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Crypto ‘regulatory approach isn’t needed now’ — New Zealand central bank
The New Zealand central bank is ramping up its monitoring of stablecoins and crypto-assets following public submissions, but has stopped short of calling for a “regulatory approach.”In a June 30 statement, Ian Woolford, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand’s (RBNZ) director of money and cash said that the RBNZ agrees
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First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Maintains $30K as ‘the Economy Isn’t Breaking Just Yet’
ALSO: Singapore ranked second in CryptoX's Crypto Hubs survey. The city state raised billions through IPOs, weathered the collapse of homegrown darlings Terraform Labs and Three Arrows Capital and is now searching for the right regulatory balance to encourage crypto without getting burned again. Source
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Zimbabwe’s Gold-Backed Digital Token Isn’t Enough to Stabilize Local Currency, Economists Say
The reason experts are skeptical of the gold-backed digital token’s prowess is because it may not be enough to stop money supply growth, which is the real problem at hand. A digital token, without strong macroeconomic policies in place, cannot reduce the amount of money circulating in the economy, Chitambara
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‘Near impossible to know’ what is and isn’t a security: Mark Cuban on SEC
Billionaire investor Mark Cuban has become one of the latest industry figures to call out the United States securities regulator for purportedly failing to provide cryptocurrency firms with a clear registration process.The Shark Tank investor claimed in a June 11 Twitter post that no registration exists in the SEC’s “Framework
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Crypto Wallet Maker Ledger’s Communication Blunder Shows Being Right Isn’t Good Enough
The offending comment seems to simultaneously affirm all of the worst fears being floated – and also belittle the worriers for not catching on sooner. Regardless of intent, both “technically speaking” and “whether you knew it or not” will be heard as condescending, even dismissive. “Yes we can do the
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‘It isn’t just criminals who want privacy’
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who is challenging United States President Joe Biden for the Democratic nomination in the 2024 presidential election, has taken to Twitter again to share more of his thoughts on cryptocurrency.Kennedy criticized Biden on May 2 for calling the U.S. banking system “safe and sound” the previous
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Dogecoin isn’t a security and is unstoppable says executive
Share Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on Telegram Copy Link Link copied In a recent interview with FOX Business, in honor of 4/20, dogecoin (DOGE) day, Marshall Hyner, who has worked with the Dogecoin Foundation since 2013; claims the meme coin cannot be classified as a security. When asked
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