The first woman to gain more than a million YouTube subscribers is now going all-in on bitcoin to promote financial freedom to her loyal fanbase. “I kind of view bitcoin as similar to YouTube, which…
Blockchain Bites: OCC’s Stablecoin Guidance, EU’s Digital Euro…
The OCC published guidance clarifying that federally-regulated banks can work with stablecoin issuers, the ECB thinks stablecoin is a “misleading” term and a group of banking veterans has spun up a new crypto fund. Top…
Price analysis 9/11: BTC, ETH, XRP, LINK, BCH,…
The President of the European Central Bank (ECB) Christine Lagarde said that the coronavirus pandemic has acted as a catalyst in boosting the adoption of digital payments in the European Union. Lagarde expects the majority…
Blockchain Bites: Square’s Patent Posse, Binance’s DeFi Bridge,…
Square is pushing back against crypto patent hogs, Binance is doubling down on DeFi and what’s the story with crypto’s latest attempt at a backdoor public listing. Top shelf Patent posseSquare, the bitcoin-friendly payments company,…
Stablecoins post triple-digit growth in 2020, but institutional…
The supply of the Coinbase-backed stablecoin USD Coin (USDC) has grown by 250% since the start of 2020, including an 80% expansion in just the past two months. After starting the year with a nearly…
First Mover: Bitcoin Bulls Might Get Negative Rates…
As Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell steers U.S. monetary policymakers away from negative interest rates, he risks becoming increasingly isolated among the world’s top central bankers. Officials in the U.K., Europe and New Zealand are reportedly considering…
Bitcoin Targets $20K against Fed and ECB’s Savage…
Bitcoin bulls eye a $20,000 yearly close against the Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank’s expansionary policies. Dan Morehead, the CEO of Pantera Capital, noted that the bitcoin market is already outperforming other assets…
First Mover: ECB Stimulus May Offer Market Hope…
As bitcoin struggles to break out of the range it’s largely been stuck in for more than a month, some investors are looking ahead to Thursday’s European Central Bank meeting for fresh monetary stimulus that…
Crypto Long & Short: Why Bitcoin’s Big Rally…
Economic growth figures are starting to trickle in, and, as expected, they’re bad. Really bad. This past week the U.S. reported Q1 GDP growth as -4.8%. Italy’s GDP fell -4.5%, Spain came in at -5.2%, and France trumped that with a whopping -5.8%.…
ECB in Full-On Emergency Mode as ‘Unprecedented Decline’…
The euro area is facing an “unprecedented” economic decline, the worst since records began. European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde paints a picture of a central bank in full-on emergency mode after the bank…