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Banking
$6.2 Billion Fine Paid by Major Banks, Will Merchants Switch Over to Crypto?
On Sept. 18, Visa, Mastercard and three major banks paid $6.2 billion in an antitrust settlement for forcing merchants to pay swipe fees and…
Analysis
Ripple Sees Huge 40 Percent Gain As Crypto Market Adds $12 Billion, Is the Bear Market Over?
Within merely 24 hours, the crypto market has added $12 billion to its valuation, surging to $212 billion. As the best performing cryptocurrency on…
Adoption
Economist: 2020 will be worse than the 2008 recession
Nouriel Roubini, a well-recognized economist and a professor at Stern School, believes a financial crash worse than the 2008 recession will hit US markets…
Adoption
Legendary Investor: Crypto is Seeing Highest Developer Activity Since Internet
Ben Horowitz, the co-founder of Andreessen Horowitz, said that the company has not seen the level of developer activity the cryptocurrency sector has demonstrated…
Price Watch
Ethereum Surges 33% Within 4 Days, Will ETH be Able to Sustain Momentum?
ETH, the native cryptocurrency of the Ethereum blockchain network, has surged by more than 33 percent in the past 4 days, despite the expectations…
Adoption
Nasdaq’s New Institutional Product for Digital Assets Is Crucial to the Crypto Market
On Sept. 11, Coindesk reported that Nasdaq, the world’s second-largest stock market, has been preparing crypto price analytics tools for institutional investors to facilitate…
Stablecoins
Why the Winklevoss Stablecoin is More Crucial Than a Bitcoin ETF
On Sept. 10, the Winklevoss twins and U.S.-based regulated crypto exchange Gemini released a stablecoin that could impact the market in a more profound…
Analysis
Stern Professor Says Bitcoin Will Hit Zero After 70 Percent Drop, Illogical Argument
Nouriel Roubini, a Stern School professor and prominent economist, has criticized the major correction of Bitcoin and the rest of the crypto market, claiming that…
Analysis
Will the Decline in Ethereum Supply Inflation to Near 0 Percent by 2022 Positively Benefit ETH?
Last year, the inflation rate of ether, the native cryptocurrency of Ethereum (ETH), was around 17 percent. By 2022, it is expected to drop…
Analysis
Augur Sold 1 Million Ethereum at $0.7, Why Experts Say It Was the Right Decision
According to cryptocurrency researcher Dovey Wan, the decentralized prediction marketplace Augur sold around 1 million Ethereum at $0.7 immediately following its fundraising round. If…
Price Watch
Buterin Debunks Argument Made by Expert That ETH, Not Ethereum, Will Hit Zero
Jeremy Rubin, a technical advisor to Stellar, a Bitcoin Core Contributor, advisor to early-stage crypto startups, and founder of the MIT Digital Currency Initiative,…
Analysis
Why Bitmain is Purposely Losing Money in its Bitcoin Mining Business
According to BitMEX Research, a group of analysts at major Bitcoin exchange BitMEX, Bitmain has been intentionally lowering the profit margin of its core…