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Growing institutional interest is helping to drive a recent spike in volume on Bakkt, according to its president, Adam White. But the U.S.-regulated crypto derivatives exchange is holding out hope its dormant options platform will eventually gain traction. Trading volumes for physically settled bitcoin futures on Bakkt rose to $134 million
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A push by the Trump administration has got Microsoft to consider a massive acquisition of TikTok’s global operations. It remains to be seen if Microsoft is willing to shell some more tens of billions of dollars for this deal.A recent report from the New York Times has brought a new
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President Trump recently claimed that Huawei poses a threat to U.S. national security. He’s correct; the company could prove to be a useful tool for the Chinese government if tensions between the U.S. and China escalate dramatically. Crippling a nation-backed entity that poses a threat to security is the right thing to
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Johann Schneider-Ammann, who served as the President of Switzerland in 2016, recently joined the board of Crypto Valley Venture Capital, or CV VC. CV VC is a startup that invests in crypto firms near Zug, Switzerland, the “crypto valley” of the namesake firm.Corresponding with Cryptox, Schneider-Ammann credited CV VC with
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News has been leaking that legendary Bitcoin whale Brock Pierce is making a run for the US presidency in 2020, according to
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Kanye West announced on Independence Day that he is running for president of the United States in 2020, taking on Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden. Responding to the bitcoin-friendly singer with 21 Grammy Awards, Tesla and Spacex CEO Elon Musk said West has his full support.Kanye
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Another day, another spat in the crypto space… The president of the Bitcoin Association, the entity behind Bitcoin Satoshi Vision (BSV), has accused Binance of cherry picking its relationships with the cryptocurrency project after news came out earlier this week that the exchange’s new mining pool was now the single biggest
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Institutional investors are taking up massive short positions in the S&P 500 Index, a sign that the latest relief rally is unsustainable, according to Bank of America. The S&P 500 Index closed above 3,000 on Wednesday for the first time since early March. Despite Bank of America’s bearish call,
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Former Bank of China President, Li Lihui, has revealed the launch of the digital yuan is imminent, and that the currency can replace cash if four key conditions are met. The central bank digital yuan is currently in the test phrase and is generating excitement among Chinese internet users. Searches on
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Nicolas Maduro, a former bus driver and Venezuela’s sitting president, has announced a campaign to support his country’s medical staff amid the coronavirus pandemic by airdropping one Petro to each doctor.The ‘Doctors of the Homeland’ initiative will see each Venezuelan doctor air-dropped one of the administration’s oil-backed Petro cryptocurrency
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