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G20 Send Positive Sign To The Crypto Market

Crypto-assets can deliver 'significant benefits' to the financial system, as well as the broader economy, however, ‘vigilant’ monitoring is necessary. This was among the conclusions of the third G20 meeting of Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors in Buenos Aires.After the...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

The Epic Battle: Central Banks vs. Cryptocurrencies

Juan Villaverde is an econometrician and mathematician devoted to the analysis of cryptocurrencies since 2012. He leads the Weiss Ratings team of analysts and computer programmers who created Weiss cryptocurrency ratings.Who will win? When and how?The Big Four central banks of the world — the...

, by Juan M. Villaverde

Surprise! Crypto Is Increasingly Used as Currency

Report Says Crypto Is Only A Store of Value. But Aggregators Also Show Increases in Payment Acceptance.Cryptocurrencies are already acting as a store of value and have the potential to be used as a mainstream form of payment within a decade, according to a recent research published by Imperial...

, by Simon Chandler

“Cryptoeconomics Is Just Economics,” Says Vitalik

“It’s not like we’re inventing some completely different parallel society with a different parallel economy and different rules, but it is economics specialized to a particular set of circumstances,” said Vitalik Buterin, a co-founder of the Ethereum platform, in a podcast...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Japan: Government Regulator, Companies Ramping Up Crypto Operations

Some of Japan’s biggest government and industry players are making major moves in the world of cryptocurrencies.The regulatory Financial Services Agency (FSA) has announced it will create a special unit to deal specifically with cryptocurrencies and money laundering-related issues. The...

, by Tim Alper

Is Cryptocurrency Halal? Another Step Towards Muslim Countries

With Sharia law rigidly imposed in many countries in the Middle East and Southeast Asia, cryptocurrency adoption is at a standstill, since Islamic scholars have not yet reached an agreement on whether the religion permits digital assets. California-based Stellar startup has now received...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

The Largest Asset Manager Sends Mixed Message To Crypto Market

Larry Fink, CEO of BlackRock, said on Monday that the world’s largest asset manager has put together a team to look at blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies, Reuters reported. However, Fink argues that he does not see massive investor demand.In an interview with Reuters, Fink said that...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Japan Unveils “Simplified” Crypto Tax System

Japan’s National Tax Agency (NTA) has unveiled plans to change the way cryptocurrency investors pay tax on their earnings – and claims “simplification” is the guiding principle behind its reforms.The changes had been mooted for some time, and the country’s finance...

, by Tim Alper

Crypto Markets Are Almost Deaf to News From the Outside World

Traditional markets respond to the news all the time, so much so that news analytics companies have now become significant drivers (and distorters) of stock values and commodity prices. However, to what extent can the same be said for the crypto market? Is it influenced by world events, political...

, by Simon Chandler

Doomsaying About New Technology Helps Make It Better

That new technologies could actually be bad for us, by sapping our attention or ruining our memories, is an argument that goes back to Socrates. It’s tempting to summarily dismiss these concerns, but such tech-doomsaying is actually an important part of economic discovery.Our societies are...

, by Brendan Markey-Towler

Why Regulators Will Give Crypto a Green Light

Juan Villaverde is an econometrician and mathematician devoted to the analysis of cryptocurrencies since 2012. He leads the Weiss Ratings team of analysts and computer programmers who created Weiss cryptocurrency ratings. _____The naysayers keep telling us that cryptocurrencies can't possibly work...

, by Juan M. Villaverde

Sergey Brin Mines Ethereum and Admits Google’s Failure in Blockchain

Speaking at a blockchain conference in Morocco over the weekend, Google co-founder Sergey Brin expressed his interest in cryptocurrencies and blockchain. Google missed its chance to be a leader in blockchain, while he has been mining Ethereum and making “a few pennies and dollars...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Blockchain is Useful, “Mythologizing” It Is Not: Chinese Regulator

In his remarks to the 5th Fintech Bund Summit in Shanghai this weekend, head of the international department of the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission, Fan Wenzhong, said that “We all think blockchain is an innovation with significant meaning – correct. But we...

, by Fredrik Vold

It’s Still Early Morning in Crypto

Juan Villaverde is an econometrician and mathematician devoted to the analysis of cryptocurrencies since 2012. He leads the Weiss Ratings team of analysts and computer programmers who created Weiss cryptocurrency ratings. _______People unfamiliar with crypto often ask the most challenging...

, by Juan M. Villaverde

Rakuten Plans to Launch its Crypto in Russia through Viber

Japanese ecommerce giant Rakuten will launch its new Rakuten Coin cryptocurrency in Russia within the next six to 12 months – via its messaging app subsidy, Viber.News agencies Interfax and Tass report that Viber CEO Djamel Agaoua claims company officials are now studying Russian language and...

, by Tim Alper

Malware Monitoring 2.3 Million Bitcoin Addresses

When sending cryptocurrency, one of the main features is the fact that addresses are long and virtually impossible to remember. Naturally, very few people are willing to type the address in by hand, instead relying on copying it from one application to another - and this is exactly where the danger...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

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