Bitcoin attempted another bullish movement yesterday, but it got rejected when it approached the next resistance line. The majority of the altcoin market is retracing slightly today, following a few days of gains. The S&P 500, Dow Jones, and Nasdaq marked increases yesterday, following an announcement from the Fed pledging to keep the interest rates...Read More
With gold setting a new all-time high (ATH) and Bitcoin (BTC) surging past $11,000 for the first time in over 11 months, market observers say investors are focusing on haven assets while governments prepare for another round of economic stimulus activities. Market Uncertainty Acting as Tail Winds for Bitcoin and Gold As of the time...Read More
Rich Dad, Poor Dad author Robert Kiyosaki doubled-down on his vision that Bitcoin has the same role among young people as gold has among the elderly. He also noted that BTC and precious metals “make people smarter, richer, and stronger against Fed.” Bitcoin Will Make You Smarter And Richer: Kiyosaki The author of the New...Read More
Russian chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov is a supporter of blockchain, cryptocurrencies, and Bitcoin in particular. In a recent interview, he outlined some of the digital assets’ merits, including increasing personal protection and allowing people to reclaim control over their finances. Kasparov Believes Bitcoin Is Here To Help Arguably the greatest chess player of all time,...Read More
Owing to its decade long correlation with the S&P 500 stock market index, Bitcoin stock-to-flow (S2F) model propounder Plan B thinks that BTC should have surpassed it’s previous ATH and hit the $25,000 price mark. ‘S&P Implied BTC Price: $25K .. Interesting Times Ahead!’ Plan B takes an interesting place amongst numerous other ‘Bitcoin analysts’...Read More
While the perpetrators of the infamous Twitter hack from a few days ago remain unknown, popular cryptocurrency proponent Cameron Winklevoss believes that “we do know who continually hacks the US dollar – the Fed.” The Fed Hacks The USD? During the past few days, the world’s attention is focused on the bold Twitter hack, which...Read More
According to a new publication of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Bitcoin is not a new type of money. The authors argue that it’s a new type of exchange mechanism, capable of supporting money transfer. The well-known economist and author Peter Schiff backed up the claims, reiterating that once savers lose confidence in...Read More
Despite the lacking demand as of yet, the Bank of Korea (BOK) has set up a legal advisory group to review any legal issues before possibly launching a central bank digital currency (CBDC) in the future. BOK To Review Legal Matters Around CBDC According to a local report from today, South Korea’s central bank has...Read More
At this point, it seems like $10,000 indeed is a coveted level for Bitcoin bulls. Another week passed, and we saw yet one more failed attempt to reclaim this level. Interestingly enough, it happened minutes after the US Federal Reserve concluded its two-day June meeting, confirming near-zero interest rates for the short- and medium-term. In...Read More
Brian Brooks, the former chief legal officer of Coinbase, was recently appointed to serve as the interim head at the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) in the Trump administration. Brooks has shown openness to exploit the merits of blockchain and cryptocurrency at his new position, according to a recent interview. Trump’s Head...Read More
Jerome Powell, the current Chair of the US Federal Reserve, recently stated that an Ethereum-backed blockchain project operating as a reference rate – called AMERIBOR – could serve as a potential replacement to LIBOR. Blockchain Project To Replace LIBOR? The London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) has a significant role in global finance. It’s utilized to...Read More
Jeff Berwick is an entrepreneur with a lot to say these days and he’s released a number of videos discussing the coronavirus pandemic and the government-induced lockdowns. Berwick is the founder of The Dollar Vigilante, an anarcho-capitalist media outlet focusing on gold, silver, mining stocks, cryptocurrencies, and offshore banking. News.Bitcoin.com chatted with Berwick this week...Read More
The last two months dealing with the coronavirus outbreak have been strange, to say the least, and as data rolls in more people are becoming aware that there was quite a bit of overreaction from politicians, the media, and medical professionals. A small number of people are starting to focus on the economic situation and...Read More
Top global assets closed the month of April in the green, with Bitcoin coming through as the best-performing asset of April. BTC was up roughly 34%, rising from the $6,400 range at the start of the month to just over $8,700 on the last day. The S&P 500 gained 12.7% while gold rallied by $6.7%...Read More
Cryptocurrency markets are bullish on April 29, as BTC prices have spiked over 11.8% in the last 24 hours touching a high of $8,740 per coin during Wednesday’s trading sessions. Bitcoin has gained 130% in value since the market rout on March 12 otherwise known as ‘Black Thursday.’ Many believe the cause behind the higher...Read More
Having suffered losses due to the COVID-19 led market onslaught, both Bitcoin and the United States stock market have had a good month. However, one analyst has pointed out how Bitcoin’s recovery has been entirely driven by market forces, while stocks have been rallying on the back of government intervention. Bitcoin Recovered Without External Intervention...Read More
Minneapolis Federal Reserve President Neel Kashkari wrote Thursday that banks should cancel dividends and sell shares to raise cash. Kashkari said these measures would be necessary to create a cash buffer going into a potentially drawn-out recession. Because should the banks fail to have enough cash on hand, a wave of defaults could trigger a...Read More
On Friday, U.S. bureaucrats passed the 2020 stimulus bill, which has become the largest cash injection package ever created by the federal government. However, following the bill making it through the Senate and House, Republican representative Thomas Massie told the public the stimulus bill bolsters a shroud of secrecy surrounding the Federal Reserve. Moreover, within...Read More
The US Federal Reserve announced a new set of measures to help the market in the current ongoing crisis. Among these moves is an open-ended commitment to keep buying assets under the quantitative easing measures. The markets responded with an uproar, and Bitcoin followed, charting a quick 13% increase before retracing to its current levels....Read More
The Federal Reserve made an unexpected announcement at 5 PM U.S. Time Sunday afternoon. Along with another $700 billion immediate injections – $500 billion in treasuries and $200 billion in mortgage-back securities, the Fed is cutting the rate to zero. Donald Trump fires all the guns he has at an early stage of the coronavirus...Read More
As a seemingly endless stream of reports continues to pour in surrounding the coronavirus, many are becoming increasingly concerned over the effect this global pandemic could have on the global financial system in the future. The outbreak is shaping up to potentially cause one of the worst financial crashes of all time. The current pandemic...Read More
The constant expansion of the coronavirus continues to harm the global economic markets. Monday’s severe stock sell-off pushed the UK to cut the interest rates, a week after the US did the same. As a result, Europe stocks are in the green as of writing these lines. Wall Street’s major indexes opened Wednesday’s trading in...Read More
The Federal Reserve’s policies are fueling deflation, not inflation, according to a well-known hedge fund manager. A deflationary environment could send bitcoin sharply higher. | Image: KAREN BLEIER / AFP The growing U.S. workforce and retirement of the boomers will force the Fed to double its balance sheet. The expansion of the Fed’s balance sheet...Read More
The U.S. Federal Reserve is experimenting with blockchain technology to establish potential use cases for a central bank digital currency (CBDC). Fed’s Governor Lael Brainard said this in a recent speech, but she also noted that risks still exist, and they have to be addressed before launching a digital currency. The U.S. Contemplating A CBDC...Read More
At its first policy meeting of 2020, the Federal Reserve didn’t change much. As expected, the Federal Open Market Committee decided not to raise interest rates. The Fed will keep repo operations in overnight money markets going until April. But Fed Chair Jerome Powell did walk somewhat of a tightrope trying to explain what the...Read More
While Bitcoin is an asset independent of central banks, of banks, and of Wall Street, the cryptocurrency’s strength and underlying value proposition have become increasingly dependent on events in the traditional financial world as this fledgling industry has grown.Related Reading: Bitcoin Fixes This: Top Bank Chief Says Monetary Policy is FailingOne such pro-Bitcoin event, or...Read More
It is a well-known fact that US politicians don’t like bitcoin very much. Particularly the Federal Reserve governor still sees plenty of problems, primarily due it facilitating illicit activities. In a recent meeting, the bitcoin debate was reopened once again. The Fed Still Hates Bitcoin As regulators prepare to take a closer look at cryptocurrencies,...Read More
China’s Hengfeng Bank is set to get a $14.2 billion bailout from both Chinese government and foreign investors. An emergency decree has been approved to bail out southern Italy’s biggest lender, Banca Popular di Bari. Germany continues to struggle with bailout pains, as regional bank Nordlb finds itself now depending on another capital injection. None...Read More
Nearly one-third of Americans falsely believe that the US dollar is backed by gold, and 70% don’t know what is backing it. That’s just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to US financial illiteracy, however. A new study reveals just how little Americans know about how their money works. An eye-opening new study...Read More
This year, Bitcoin (BTC) has done astonishingly well. Year to date, the cryptocurrency’s price has gained some 200%, surging off an influx of positive news and the start of a new hype cycle.Simultaneously, central banks have put their noses to the grindstone, activating dovish monetary policies across the board. There is now over $17 trillion...Read More
