Emerging Markets
Could Complex Bitcoin Derivatives Be The Next Big Thing
According to a widely circulated report last week, a number of firms are launching new derivative products tied to Bitcoin. Structured products and bond-like derivatives are being...
Small Cryptocurrency Exchanges For A Healthy Digital Economy
The cryptocurrency market has rapidly grown to become a disruptive alternative to the fiat currency market. In a relatively short span of 10 years, this space has seen quite a handsome...
Venezuela Sets Bitcoin Trading Record With New Hyperinflated...
New currency reforms in Venezuela accompanied a decisive surge in Bitcoin trading this week, with informal markets setting new all-time highs. Bitcoin Boom As Central Bank Re-adds...
Iran Unveils a Crypto-Mining, Water-Sliding, Sanction-Busting...
We’ve all been there. You’ve got a massive cryptocurrency mining operation, that you need to hide from a powerful foreign aggressor. So what do you do? Well, if...
Binance Research: ‘Non-Crypto Public’ is Now Getting Into...
Institutional demand for crypto assets is decisively starting to affect the crypto space. Bitcoin remains the “bellwether” of the industry, while data showing that the crypto...
Bitcoin ‘Wunderkind’ Launches New Crypto Micro-Investment...
The 20 year-old so-called Bitcoin ‘wunderkind’, Erik Finman, yesterday launched a new app he claims will revolutionize the world of cryptocurrencies. One of the...
Argentina: Bitcoin Bought at $20K Retained More Value Than the Peso
Bitcoin has proven to be a store-of-value in Argentina where you would have been better off buying BTC at its peak rather than hold the peso. Argentina Ensnared Political and Economy...
Northern Irish Capital, Belfast Introduces Bitcoin-Like Local...
The city council of Belfast, Northern Ireland, has announced it is introducing a Bitcoin-like cryptocurrency for local goods and services. The technology is currently being trialled...
‘Facebook Coin’ Will Be More Like Bitcoin Than Starbucks...
Speculations about the purpose of Facebook’s planned digital coin are getting wilder. Ignoring key features like independence and decentralization, one analyst predicts that...
4 Examples Bitcoin is Now a More Mature Asset Than in 2017
Remember when the slightest bit of negative or positive development would cause the Bitcoin price action to change drastically? Well, those days seem to be long gone leading many to...
New Bitcoin-ETF Filing With the SEC Throws Ethereum Into The Mix
Whilst the world waited for the SEC’s postponed decisions on two outstanding Bitcoin-ETF applications, somebody filed a new one. The United States Commodity Index Fund Trust...
Bitcoin Peddlers Supreme: Fastbitcoins Roll Out Bitcoin Enabled...
KYC-Free Bitcoin on-ramp, Fastbitcoins, has just rolled out Lightning Network enabled rickshaws across the streets of Glasgow. The initiative aims to show the general public how easy...