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Ripple has been included in CNBC’s Disruptor 50 as the #38 of most successful private companies this year —primarily due to its innovative approach towards borderless payment technology and becoming one of the largest crypto companies in the world. This year’s CNBC’s Disruptor 50 is the ninth annual list of private companies thriving amidst the pandemic and making innovative approaches in their business models and the fields they’re in. Some of the listed companies include...

HSBC reaffirmed that it has no intentions to launch a cryptocurrency trading desk or offer Bitcoin as an investment option to its clients. According to the institution, the digital asset is too volatile and lacks transparency. ‘We Are Not into Bitcoin’ The current crypto market situation continues to be highly unstable, mainly fueled by China’s intentions to crack down on mining and trading with the primary digital asset. As such, it comes as no surprise that another major...

Todd Morley – co-founder of Guggenheim Partners and chairman of the blockchain project Overline – said that Ethereum has ”much higher utility” than Bitcoin. Additionally, he outlined ETH’s rapid development progress. ETH Is More Than a ‘Thing’ In a recent Bloomberg interview, Todd Morley – a former executive of the global investment company Guggenheim Partners – compared the utilization of the networks behind the top two digital assets. However, he was short-spoken about...

After plummeting to a multi-year low of -21%, the Grayscale Premium has normalized quite a bit to around -4%. The metric could return back to a positive territory later this summer as the majority of GBTC investors will see their holdings released. Grayscale Premium Returns to Normal Ground Founded in 2013, Grayscale is the largest crypto asset manager enabling accredited investors to receive exposure to BTC and other crypto assets without worrying about storing and managing...

James Bullard – the President of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis – advised that investors should be extra cautious when investing in digital assets. The US banker went further, labeling most of them as ”worthless.” Nonetheless, he revealed that the Fed is looking into launching its own digital coins. Most of The Assets Are Useless In a recent interview with Yahoo Finance, James Bullard – CEO and President of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis – shared his thoughts...

BTC has reclaimed the $40K level after Elon Musk’s surprise announcement that he had spoken to North American Bitcoin miners, who are committing to use renewable resources whilst mining bitcoin, and will request miners worldwide to follow suit. This meeting was hosted by MicroStrategy CEO and Bitcoin advocate Michael Saylor, and it included the leading Bitcoin miners in North America. Yesterday I was pleased to host a meeting between @elonmusk & the leading Bitcoin...

Ethereum (ETH) Co-founder Vitalik Buterin had some words for Elon Musk after posting on Twitter that Dogecoin could increase its block size by 900%. Vitalik had several counterarguments for Musk’s claims in a paper published on his personal blog. He emphasised that scalability and higher throughput can be achieved by simply increasing the network’s parameters. However, this could compromise the system to extreme centralisation and completely flip a blockchain’s original...

Bitcoin’s bull market will endure and resume, pointed out the popular crypto analyst – Willy Woo. He came to this conclusion after indicating that BTC’s network has kept expanding during this crash. Interestingly, further on-chain data support this narrative. BTC Bull Run Intact Ever since bitcoin peaked at $65,000 in mid-April, the cryptocurrency has been on a downfall. After nosediving below $60,000, the situation worsened earlier in May following negative news from Tesla...

After reportedly leading Coinbase’s public offering earlier this year, the giant US investment bank Goldman Sachs predicted a bright future for the exchange’s shares. In a recent report, Goldman has put up a “buy” rating for COIN and predicted a 35% increase by the end of the year. One of the most notable developments coming from the crypto industry so far this year was Coinbase’s plans to go public. The company indeed did so through a direct offering in April, and previous...

As cryptocurrencies continue to experience massive volatility, Barry Silbert, founder, and CEO of Digital Currency Group (DCG), the parent company of Grayscale and other crypto firms, believes that the next move of the asset class will be determined by what happens in the stock market in the coming weeks. “Where the crypto market goes from here is completely dependent on the stock market over the next couple weeks,” Silbert tweeted today. Silbert’s latest statement follows an...