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How Global Macro Trends Might Affect Crypto in 2020

2020 will mostly be defined by a similar economic outlook. At this stage, it's hard to gauge just how the attraction to CBDCs will affect crypto.Crypto is not an island. While the most popular cryptocurrency, Bitcoin (BTC) is still considered to be a non-correlated asset, economic and financial...

, by Simon Chandler

Looking for Meta-trends in 2020 Crypto Predictions

In the crypto world, t’is the season…for end-of-year predictions about what will happen to the world of Bitcoin, altcoins and blockchain in 2020.The teams at cryptocurrency venture fund Token Daily Capital and media outlet TechCrunch have been particularly busy – with experts and...

, by Tim Alper

11 ‘Bold’ Crypto Predictions for 2020 by Blockchain Capital

Bitcoin (BTC) is set for a 2020 price surge that will see it go past the USD 20,000 mark, per a new report, with fees to exceed USD 100.In its annual State of Crypto report, investment company Blockchain Capital has made eleven “bold” predictions for the upcoming year. The company says...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Chinese Authorities Bust 8 Companies for Crypto Violations + More News

Crypto Briefs is your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.Regulation newsAuthorities in Shenzhen, China, have cracked down on eight companies they suspect of conducting illegal...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

UK’s Oldest Exchange to Delist Ethereum and Bitcoin Cash + More News

Crypto Briefs is your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.Listings newsCoinfloor, Britain’s longest-running crypto exchange, will delist Ethereum and Bitcoin Cash in...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Mark Cuban: Don’t Convince Me, Convince Your Neighbor About Bitcoin

Mark Cuban. Source: a video screenshot, Youtube, TMZSportsCrypto supporters need to show their neighbors its value, not rely on the academic discussions to bring the consumers in, believes billionaire Mark Cuban, an American businessman and investor, and the owner of the NBA's Dallas Mavericks....

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Basel Committee Initiates Discussion on Crypto + More News

Crypto Briefs is your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.Regulation newsA global banking regulator says it will listen to input on a new cryptocurrency discussion paper. Per a...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Is HEX a Scam or Just Something that Looks Really, Really Like a Scam?

"Oh, it looks like a scam, I know that," says Richard Heart, the founder of the controversial new cryptocurrency HEX. Speaking to Tone Vays' Bitcoin Law Review podcast, he admits that, "if you don't look into it, it looks like every other scam." (Updated on December 14: exchanges, where HEX is...

, by Simon Chandler

How Saying 100K Times ‘Crypto’ Helps Homeless (And Promotes Your Startup)

In an ambitious bid to raise money for Centrepoint, a UK homeless charity, and encourage charities to accept cryptocurrency as the form of donation, Pete Wood, the CEO of CoinBurp, a crypto startup, has challenged himself to say the word ‘crypto’ 100,000 times on a live stream,...

, by Jaroslaw Adamowski

Deutsche Bank: Fiat Money is Fragile, Crypto – Inevitable

The forces that hold the fiat money system together look fragile and, over the next decade, some of these forces could begin to unravel and demand for alternative currencies, from gold to crypto, could take off, German banking giant Deutsche Bank said in its recent report Imagine 2030."While...

, by Linas Kmieliauskas

The Future of Money and the Payment System

This is a lecture by Agustín Carstens, General Manager of the Bank for International Settlements, held at Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, USA, on December 5, 2019.Main highlights:(Read the whole text below)Theoretically speaking, money is a social convention, hence anything...

, by Agustín Carstens

Australian Police Seize Over USD 1 million in Crypto In Drug Bust

As the Australian Federal Police are developing their tech capacities, a recent drug bust of a property in Western Australia allowed officers from the Technology Crime Service to seize not only illegal substances, but also more than AUD 1.52 million (USD 1.04 million) worth of unspecified...

, by Jaroslaw Adamowski

How One Ethereum Developer Created a Dilemma For the Whole Cryptoverse

After an Ethereum developer was arrested for giving a speech at a North Korean’s blockchain conference, the Cryptoworld is faced with another moral dilemma that it will have to find a way to resolve for the future: is this an example of a man persecuted for exercising his free speech rights...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Check out 13 Crypto/Blockchain-Related Companies from the Fintech100

Thirteen crypto and/or blockchain-related companies are on the list of the best and the most promising financial technology (finthech) companies in 2019. A fintech venture capital (VC) firm H2 Ventures and “big four” accounting firm KPMG published their Fintech100 annual report...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Crypto Goes Mainstream with TV Ads and More in France, Switzerland

Cryptocurrencies are getting mainstream media coverage in Europe – with France’s biggest TV network airing Bitcoin (BTC)-related advertisement, and a Swiss newspaper publishing a full-page spread on crypto.As previously reported, Keplerk last month relaunched a program that allows...

, by Tim Alper

50m-User Chat App Kakao to Add Crypto Wallet in Early 2020 + More News

Crypto Briefs is your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.Wallets newsChat app giant and Klaytn blockchain mainnet developer Kakao has announced that it will roll out its crypto...

, by Tim Alper

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