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The President of the European Central Bank (ECB) – Christine Lagarde – reiterated her negative stance on cryptocurrencies, claiming they are “based on nothing” and should be strictly regulated. Nonetheless, she revealed that one of her sons had distributed some of his wealth into the digital asset market. Diving Into Crypto Despite Mom’s Advice Numerous central bankers have criticized the cryptocurrency sector over the past few years. The French politician and the ECB’s...

Paul Chou is the founding CEO of Ledger X, a crypto wallet system. At only 38 years of age, he is one of the most successful crypto entrepreneurs in the space, and he recently sold his company to Sam Bankman-Fried of FTX fame, suggesting the wallet protocols will now become part of this new and growing exchange. Paul Chou Is Building a Universal Cryptocurrency Now, Chou has his sights set on a new crypto project. He’s looking to create a new digital token called...

Der Handel mit Kryptowährungen birgt Risiken. Wie die Faktenlage tatsächlich ist, das geht aus einem neuen Handelskontor-Beitrag hervor. Unter der Lupe: Bereiche Volatilität, Blasengefahr, Politik, Scams, Umwelt und Stablecoins. Volatilität Klar ist: Kryptowährungen sind in ihrem Wert äusserst unbeständig. Dies gilt sowohl für den Bitcoin, als auch – hier umso mehr – für Altcoins. Seitdem Allzeit-Hoch vom 10. November 2021 hat die wichtigste Cyberdevise, der Bitcoin, 57 Prozent an Wert...

Van Eck – a company that at this point, every diehard crypto trader and fan should know about – is entering the non-fungible token (NFT) space. Van Eck Is Establishing an NFT Division Van Eck made a name for itself many years ago when it became one of the first companies to try and get a bitcoin-based exchange-traded fund (ETF) approved by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The company went through heavy rigamarole trying to earn a greenlight on its...

Spending cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Ethereum in shops and restaurants is getting easier by the day. More and more merchants grasp the potential of cryptocurrencies and adopt them in one way or another. Several cryptocurrency debit cards have recently popped up to help businesses offer digital assets as a payment method. Just like any other conventional ones, cryptocurrency debit cards allow you to conduct day-to-day transactions using BTC, ETH, XRP, and other...

With the price of bitcoin dropping even further and further down (at the time of writing, the world’s leading digital asset is trading for just under $38,000), many are wondering what kind of rough factors await the crypto space. How Much Lower Will Bitcoin Go? 2022 has been a rough year for BTC and its altcoin cousins, especially when one considers the fact that roughly six months ago, the granddaddy of all crypto was trading for about $30,000 more than where it...

For many years, crypto traders were under the impression that someone named John Dobbertin was the elusive man behind the legendary Zcash, an anonymous form of cryptocurrency. It now looks like that name is nothing more than a pseudonym to hide the real identity of one of the coin’s main developers. That developer is Edward Snowden, the NSA whistleblower who fled to Russia in 2013. Edward Snowden and His History with Zcash Snowden is a former employee of the National...

Ist Staking das neue Mining? Als Krypto-Börse geniesst Bitpanda grösstes Vertrauen bei seinen Nutzern. Jetzt können Anleger Bitcoin und Co staken und dadurch passiv Geld verdienen. Dies ist insbesondere dann interessant, wenn die Kurse fallen. Wer möchte, kann bis zu 27 % effektiven Jahreszins einheimsen und so sein Geld für sich arbeiten lassen. Dabei darf man sich auf wöchentliche Auszahlungen freuen – ohne Lock-in. Mit diesem neuen Feature...

Stable Corp – a leading Canadian fintech firm and a partner in the development of Canada’s first digital dollar (known as Digital Deposit Receipts or DDR) – has earned more than $1.5 million in growth capital from equity partners like Circle Ventures, Genesis, and the Stellar Development Foundation. Stable Corp Gets a Lot of New Funding In an interview, Alex McDougall – president and chief operating officer Stable Corp – announced: We are thrilled to welcome Circle...

The catastrophic failure of Terra’s algorithmic stablecoin, TerraUSD (UST), last week exacerbated the chaos in the crypto industry and accelerated plans to regulate the stablecoins market. Following the market meltdown, global financial regulators started proposing different legislations to regulate stablecoins better and prevent similar incidents from occurring in the future. UK to Legalize and Regulate Stablecoins Over the weekend, the United Kingdom Treasury revealed plans...