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How National Digital Currencies Will Change Our Lives

As the U.S. accelerates its printing press, China is already testing the digital yuan. Given this new reality, it becomes clear that the finance world will never be the same. But why do we need digital money? How is it better than traditional fiat money? What are the pitfalls? The coronavirus epidemic has accelerated cryptocurrency’s exit process ...

15 May 2020 /payments /crypto

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COVID-19 Outbreak and Crypto Market

The futuristic utopia that technological progress promises is coming ever closer at an astonishing pace, yet unseen challenges, have surfaced during the COVID-19 virus outbreak. The pandemic has managed to plunder and destabilize the world in just the last few months, putting in danger not only lives, but economic boundaries, well-established glob...

08 April 2020 /crypto /covid-19

Konstantin Rabin Head of Marketing at Kontomatik

Why does cryptocurrency need more exchange platforms?

These are confusing times for everyone both mentally and financially. While the stock market is crashing and governments are spending trillions trying to salvage the situation caused by the coronavirus, cryptocurrency has been sort of hanging in the air. At the beginning of the year, Bitcoin, the most famous and mainstream cryptocurrency out there...

27 March 2020 /inclusion /crypto

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Cryptocurrency firms: Do you have your house in order?

It’s no surprise that the 5th Money Laundering Directive tightened up on the cryptocurrency sector in the EU, finally catching up with the US. There has been a void in regulations in this sector which has certainly enabled bad actors to avoid appropriate checks and allowed fraud and other criminal activity to steam ahead using this currency. Both ...

09 March 2020 /crypto

Sheza Gary Project Strategiest at Self Employed

Hedging Against Downside Risk with BTC

Many analysts are of the opinion that there is merit in using Bitcoin (BTC) as a safe-haven contrarian investment for hedging purposes. A caveat is in order: "Volatility plays a major role and the BTC value fluctuates at any given time. ResearchGate conducted extensive analysis into the merits of Bitcoin and gold for hedging purposes and thei...

26 February 2020 /markets

Konstantin Rabin Head of Marketing at Kontomatik

Could crypto algo trading benefit from regulations?

Cryptocurrency has completely changed the way people approach currency trading and market regulations in general. While the concept is still relatively new to some people it has become one of the most popular talking points for everyone involved in finance and technology. Most countries are on the journey towards creating a crypto friend environme...

28 January 2020 /regulation /crypto