How Bitcoin Solves Global Central Bank Monetary Madness
The pressure is mounting on the major economies of the world. This can be clearly evidenced by observing central bank monetary policy over recent years in various countries. Bitcoin...
BigTech Cryptocurrencies Pose Risk to Global Financial Stability: FSB
The Financial Stability Board (FSB) says government and regulators should closely monitor the emerging trend of BigTech companies entering the crypto payments and digital money...
BIS Fears Central Banks May Lose Relevance to Private Cryptos
For Agustin Carstens, head of the Bank of International Settlements (BIS), central banks cannot concede their roles as gatekeepers of the global financial system to private cryptos...
IBM: Central Banks Will Launch Digital Currencies Within 5 Years
Under the fear of potentially losing monetary control, several central banks are focusing on developing and issuing a cryptocurrency. Indeed, according to an IBM-commissioned report, a...
Ex-Fed Official: BoE Boss Barking Up Wrong Tree On Crypto
Going against the central bank grain Mark Carney has proposed a cryptocurrency akin to Facebook’s Libra crypto as a hedge against US dollar dominance. A former senior Federal Reserve...
How Bitcoin Demand is Driven by Central Banks Devaluing Their...
The demand for bitcoin has certainly been tangible over the past few months. Even with a correction of around 30% the digital asset is still up over 160% this year. That growth could...
4 Reasons Why Bitcoin Price Will Increase in the Long-term
Delphi Digital has published a new quarterly macro outlook highlighting reasons why the bitcoin price will continue to increase in the long-term. Long-term Bitcoin “Hodling”...
Peter Schiff Admits Bitcoin Has ‘Some Appeal’ But...
For some, bitcoin is the creme de la creme of assets. Others say its gold. But is one really better than the other? The meteoric rise in bitcoin’s price over these past few weeks...
Nick Szabo: Central Banks Might Switch From ‘Physically...
Central Banks might resort to cryptocurrency reserves as means of supplementing national gold reserves according to veteran cryptographer Nick Szabo. He also holds that the use of...
Opinion: Stock Up On Canned Food (And Bitcoin)…World Wide...
Whilst we are battening down hatches, and wrapping ourselves up for protection against the present crypto-winter, remember one thing. All is far from perfect in fiat-land around the...
IMF’s Lagarde Says It’s Time to Consider State-Issued...
Head of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde, said that central banks should consider issuing state-backed digital currency. The IMF head gave her advice during a speech...
‘Digital Currency Is Basically A Fallacy’ Says Finland...
The Bank of Finland (BoF) has released a 133-page paper arguing the concept of digital currency is an “illusion.” BoF: ‘Fundamental Nature’ Of Digital Currency...