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David Marcus – the head of Facebook’s blockchain division – had some unusual things to say about bitcoin.Marcus: BTC Isn’t a CurrencyIn a recent interview with CNBC, the Facebook boss explained that he didn’t think BTC was a currency, and instead claims it has similarities with precious metals which cannot necessarily be used to purchase items but are a great store of value.In the interview, Marcus explains:I don’t think of bitcoin as a currency. It’s not a great medium of exchange because of...

Australia is offering more viable proof that institutions are consistently looking to build their tokens atop the Ethereum network. The country’s Perth Mint refinery is now releasing a new gold backed Ethereum token in western Australia.Ethereum: Still the Blockchain of ChoiceKnown as the Perth Mint Gold Token (PMGT), it will be the first of its kind issued on a blockchain that’s backed by government’s reserves. A press release explains:It offers institutional investors a competitive...

Bitcoin’s status as an uncorrelated asset is about to be revoked, as a scarily close relationship to the price of avocados implies that the digital currency may be about to fall off a cliff. The Bitcoin-Avocado Connection Bitcoin’s performance of late has left a little to be desired, and strangely so has the price of avocados. This relationship was pointed out in a profoundly insightful tweet by Bloomberg’s financial Journalist, Tracy Alloway. A graph depicting the price of Hass avocados...

Professional UFC fighter and unabashed bitcoin bull Ben Askren took to Twitter yesterday to tell everyone he’s piling up on BTC and challenge the crypto haters. In a fairly confrontational tweet, Askren dared all of the “twitter geniuses” to explain why “crypto is a scam,” resulting in several gibes at his expense. UFC Fighter Gets What He’s ‘Askren For’ There’s a fair bit to unpack here. The responses are a mish-mash of crypto haters ragging on crypto, crypto supporters also ragging on...

Vaultoro gibt das Go-Live seiner überarbeiteten Plattform bekannt und plant in Kürze einen Gold gedeckten Token herauszugeben, welcher auf Lightning basiert. Vaultoro, die seit 2015 erste Krypto-Hedging-Plattform mit Gold, gab dies Woche das Go-Live ihrer überarbeiteten Handelsplattform bekannt. Diese basiert auf einer neuen Engine, welche für den Hochfrequenzhandel optimiert ist und bis zu 1,2 Millionen Trades pro Sekunde verarbeiten kann. Die Benutzeroberfläche wurde...

Bayern LB, one of Germany’s top banks, has published a report in strong support of bitcoin superseding gold, predicting a price of $90,000 per BTC post bitcoin’s halving in 2020. Within a report entitled, “Is bitcoin outshining gold?” the bank’s researchers delved into the stock-to-flow ratios of gold and bitcoin, specifically regarding the impact of reduced supply on asset value. The Stock-to-Flow Model A stock-to-flow (SF) ratio is an analytical method commonly used within commodities,...

MMA fighter and crypto aficionado Ben Askren has poured fuel onto the flames of the ever-raging argument between bitcoin and gold. Askren recently created a Twitter poll asking one simple question: If you were given $10,000 gift that you couldn’t touch for a decade, what would you rather the gift in – gold, bitcoin, or U.S. Treasury bonds?  Surprisingly, the results came in nearly exactly apportioned, with bitcoin gaining 50%, gold 41%, and, perhaps more predictably, U.S. Treasury bonds...

Peter Schiff, the chief executive of Euro Pacific Capital and Chairman of Schiff Gold, is an outspoken bitcoin hater. His animosity against the top cryptocurrency can be traced as far back as June 21, 2011. In his very own radio show, Schiff fervently expressed how bitcoin had no intrinsic value. He said, Intrinsically, the bitcoin itself has no value. It only has value as a medium of exchange so long as people are willing to accept it. The talk show host then proceeded to emphasize the...

Patrick Byrne shared the letter on his personal website. Within the letter he reveals that he had dumped all his Overstock equity holdings over the past week and blames the deep state and the government for this action:“The riff-raff will tell you that my departure and sale were from a lack of confidence in what I left behind in Peace Coliseum: they are wrong, and I would like to tell you all the actual reasons before the yuck-yucks spin the truth.”Patrick Byrne resigned from the role of CEO...

Cryptocurrencies and other digital tokens have always been opposed to fiat money for their inherent volatility. The reason for these constant fluctuations in prices lays in the fact that cryptocurrencies have no tangible backing. Despite fiat currencies are not backed by gold any more, their prices are still calculated against reserves and assets their government owns, while decentralized assets’ value is purely market based.During the whole history of mankind, there has not been anything...