Why Amazon Web Services for IoT Is No Longer in the Game
The development of the Internet of Things (IoT) is impossible without the creation of a decentralized environment. Tethering
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Why the Housing Market Recovery Could Take Longer Than You Think
The Fed’s buying spree of mortgage-backed securities has driven interest rates to historic lows. Forbearances have saddled lenders with a $1 trillion burden. Lenders are coping by imposing stricter borrower conditions that will inhibit the housing market’s ability to sustain a recovery. The Federal Reserve’s response to the pandemic
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3 Reasons Why COVID-19 Might Keep Your Jobs Longer Than You Think
Many lost jobs in the U.S. are unlikely to recover due to disruptions in supply chains and consumer demand. A study from the University of Chicago suggests that even a vaccine may not aid economic recovery. Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz predicts double-digit unemployment until 2022. When the U.S. recovers
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Bitcoin Halving Means Miners Will No Longer Be Biggest Sellers of BTC
Following the Bitcoin (BTC) halving on May 12, traders generally expect the price of the top-ranking cryptocurrency by market capitalization to drop. According to a prominent on-chain analyst, the selling pressure may come from crypto exchanges.Willy Woo, the co-founder of Hypersheet, said that exchanges will likely begin selling their storage
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Former UFC Champion ‘Can’t Sit On Sidelines Any Longer’ — Buys Bitcoin
American mixed martial artist and former UFC lightweight champion, Eddie Alvarez, has bought one Bitcoin (BTC). In a tweet, May 7, he claimed he “can’t sit on the sidelines any longer.”Peer pressure worksAlvarez credits fellow former MMA champion and renowned Bitcoin bull, Ben Askren, for convincing him to take the
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Coronavirus Crisis Accelerates CBDC Race, Cash No Longer Untouchable
The COVID-19 pandemic is pushing the global economy toward a major recession, but there may be a silver lining in all this for the crypto industry: The accelerated adoption of central bank digital currencies.The use of cash seems to be plunging these days — particularly now, as people are
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The Ethereum Community Is No Longer Fighting With Itself
This post is part of CoinDesk's 2019 Year in Review, a collection of 100 op-eds, interviews and takes on the state of blockchain and the world. Bob Summerwill is Executive Director of the Ethereum Classic Cooperative, a volunteer for the Ethereum Project and Community Ambassador for CryptoChicks.2016 and 2017 were
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Hedera Hashgraph Asks Investors to Wait Longer for Tokens After Price Crash
Hedera Hashgraph, the company behind the blockchain-like Hedera network, is asking investors to wait longer for tokens they paid for, in order to stabilize their cratering price. In return for a delayed distribution of their HBAR tokens, investors would ultimately get more of them than originally stipulated in a simple
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Bitcoin No Longer Looks Like ‘Digital Gold’ by One Measure
For most of the year, bitcoin's price showed a modestly negative correlation with the S&P 500. In other words, the world's largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization tended to rise on days when the bellwether stock-market index fell, and vice versa. Source
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Canada’s Einstein Exchange No Longer Has Bulk of Users’ Claimed CA$16M: Receiver
The exchange, taken over by a Canadian securities regulator two weeks ago, has just CA$45,000 in crypto and cash left. Source
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