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Chancellor Rishi Sunak recently announced that Bank of England and Treasury officials would set up a new task force to review the potential benefits of a UK Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) – a so-called ‘Britcoin’. The news came just days after cryptocurrency exchange platform Coinbase listed on the New York Stock Exchange in a $76bn IPO. Ma...
20 May 2021 /crypto Cryptocurrency Insights
At one point on Wednesday, May 19, Bitcoin plunged 30% to near the $30,000 mark (a new low since February) before climbing back 8%. Altcoins suffered even bigger losses. Ethereum price crashed 46% on May 19 as it dipped from $3,441 to $1,850 (a day earlier, the 15% fall stopped at $2.9k). Just a day ago, Binance was trading at $432 — more than 37%...
20 May 2021 /inclusion /crypto Cryptocurrency Insights
George Connolly President at Oneledger
Cryptocurrencies and the environmental challenges Bitcoin lovers and detractors have been fiercely arguing whether Bitcoin, the No. 1 cryptocurrency in terms of market capitalization, is good for the environment or not. Bitcoin evangelists say that "the government-controlled currency and the entire financial infrastructure that supports it r...
19 May 2021 /crypto Blockchain Observations
Nischal Shetty CEO at WazirX
Cryptocurrency has gained significant traction in recent years and has caused quite an excitement, especially in the investment sector. In the first week of 2021, the price of Bitcoin managed to hit a new record high of $42,000. However, right after that, on January 11th, Bitcoin’s value dropped by more than 20% while some other cryptocurrencies
19 May 2021 /crypto Cryptocurrency Insights
In September 2020, security developers working closely with Bitcoin made an uncomfortable and public revelation. A couple of years prior in 2018, a bug within Bitcoin’s blockchain was found. If discovered by naughty evil-doers, the line of code could have brought the world’s most famous crypto-currency crashing down. Known as the Inflation Bug, it
19 May 2021 /crypto /predictions Cryptocurrency Insights
Sean Salloux CEO at Sentinel Digital
Multi-currency debit cards are becoming an increasingly popular choice for customers to easily manage and spend digital assets online and in person. Multi-currency debit cards are designed to make it easier for people to use several currencies and digital assets to make payments in-person and online. They also make it easier for businesses and indi...
17 May 2021 /payments /crypto Fintech
Adriana P Trader at Xray Trade
There are more than 4,000 different cryptocurrencies in existence now, but should you invest? That depends entirely on whom you ask. There are both advantages and disadvantages to investing in cryptocurrencies — and the answer to this question won't be the same for everyone. Large publicly-listed companies like Tesla, MicroStrategy, and Twitter
12 May 2021 /crypto Cryptocurrency Insights
The biggest challenge the world faces today is absolute economic decimation for a large number of its population as we attempt to grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic and the havoc it has wrought on economies, businesses, communities and individuals around the world. Like many we surmised the critical difference between the approach to the 1918 Sp...
12 May 2021 /crypto /covid-19 Blockchain Observations
Samee Zafar Director at Edgar Dunn Company
Central banks have been looking at cryptocurrencies for some time not without trepidation. Bank of England and Swedish Riksbank among others have contributed papers and declared their intent to participate in the emerging crypto universe. After years of talking it down, trashing and dismissing it, governments (and central banks) continue to be myst...
12 May 2021 /payments /crypto
A crypto exchange now traded on Wall Street is a huge move into the mainstream for cryptocurrency-based companies and a strong sign that crypto's not just a counter-culture but a force to be reckoned with. Coinbase goes to Wall Street Coinbase hit a market value of nearly $100 billion in its stock market listing. This initial valuation put the cryp...
06 May 2021 /payments /crypto Fintech
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