The CME Group in Chicago, Illinois, is proving to be one of the biggest and most influential establishments in the entire crypto community.The CME Group Is Heading for the TopThe company has gone on to break all kinds of records with its latest bitcoin futures options, which became available in late January of this year. The firm has already managed to outdo the likes of Bakkt, which arguably had greater publicity going into the bitcoin futures market and had more of a leadup before its doors...
Read More »IMF Chief Kristalina Georgieva Says Global Economy Is in Recession Due to Coronavirus
IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva said that the global economy is now in a recession due to the impact of COVID-19. “We should not go with small measures now when we know that it is a gigantic crisis,” she said.International Monetary Fund chief Kristalina Georgieva has stated that the global economy is now in a recession due to COVID-19, Bit she added that she’s “heartened to see world leaders finally realizing that only a coordinated effort will be able to stem the spread of the novel...
Read More »Bitcoin Falls By $500 in Less Than a Day
Darn it, bitcoin was doing so well as of late! Now it looks like the world’s number one cryptocurrency by market cap has taken another nosedive.Bitcoin Has Fallen Into Oblivion… AgainAt the time of writing, bitcoin has fallen by roughly $500 in the past 24 hours. Just yesterday, the currency was trading as high as $6,700, but now it has seemingly fallen to as low as $6,250. That’s a slip of roughly seven percent. What could have caused such a dramatic fall in such a short period?While it’s...
Read More »Digital Dollar Pulled from $2 Trillion Economic Stimulus Package
As Congress went back and forth regarding the latest $2 trillion stimulus package designed to help America out during these strenuous times, many lawmakers suggested the idea of a digital dollar to potentially get things moving in the right direction.The Digital Dollar Has Failed… Or Has It?The digital dollar would have been an extension of USD. Instead of receiving paper checks in the mail, American citizens would instead receive digital funds as a means of ensuring that they did not handle...
Read More »Why Bitcoin Can Be Good Crypto Vaccine against Financial Crisis
From the beginning of its inception, Bitcoin was worth cents but had indestructible inner value. In the darkest days of humanity, only rare things will have value. Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies can become the vaccine from the financial crisis.Due to the coronavirus attack and democracy constant fail across the globe, banks now can dump your data to anyone. The corporations and governments are taking away more rights under the cover of safety measures. However, total exposure to social...
Read More »Is Samsung Quietly Becoming a Significant Player in the Cryptocurrency and Blockchain Industry?
It seems that Samsung range of smartphones might be the first of many to hit the market in the years to come owing, among other things, to blockchain and crypto adoption by the company.For some time, competition between tech giants has been predominantly focused on smartphone specifications and improving features such as camera specs, screen size, and resolutions. However, Korean technology giants Samsung, the creators of the Galaxy smartphone range could potentially become one of the most...
Read More »“No on Bitcoin,” Some Investors Say… We Want Traditional Financial Services!
It’s been reported by some analysts that bitcoin demand is likely to go up in the coming weeks due to the current economic and market conditions, though some sources claim the opposite, and believe there will be a stronger desire for traditional financial services and institutions.Some Want Tradition Over BitcoinDuring the last few weeks, several traders sold off their bitcoin and crypto stashes along with their stocks, metals and other assets as a means of attaining cash. During times of...
Read More »BTC Mining Ventures Like California’s Digital Farms Are Being Forced to Close Their Doors
The coronavirus has caused several businesses to shut down as of late, but the price of bitcoin is also contributing heavily to economic downplay. Several mining firms and blockchain-based enterprises don’t see a point in keeping their doors open so long as the asset’s price suffers, and some companies – like mining venture Digital Farms in California – have decided to shut down “indefinitely.”Digital Farms Will Close Down for a WhileThis isn’t the first time we’ve seen the mining industry...
Read More »Are Traders Coming Back to Bitcoin?
New data suggests that investors are once again gaining confidence in bitcoin.Bitcoin Is Back, BabyThe currency – which is often seen as a speculative asset – shed several points off its reputation during the past few weeks, though to be fair, the same can be said for many assets (i.e. stocks, oil, etc.) The coronavirus pandemic sent everyone into a solid panic, and people began selling off everything they owned in the hopes of gaining cold hard cash before the global economy suffered too...
Read More »McKinsey & Company Explains How Coronavirus Affects Businesses
The past several weeks have been chaotic everywhere in the world as the coronavirus outbreak threatens economies in both the West and the East. McKinsey explained what new challenges businesses have today.We are all aware nowadays that the novel coronavirus affected the world markets. If we are talking about cryptocurrencies, Dow Jones or commodities it affected them all. Also, it affected people and their ability to invest. We already wrote that the management and consulting company McKinsey...
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