Japan's MicroStrategy to Issue 4.5 Billion Yen Bonds to Buy Bitcoin

Metaplanet will buy Bitcoin again with funds from issued bonds

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Ray Dalio Prefers Bitcoin Over Bonds

Ray Dalio says he prefers bitcoin and gold over bonds amid rising global debt levels, signaling growing institutional endorsement of bitcoin as a safe haven asset.

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Billionaire Investor Ray Dalio Would Rather Have Bitcoin Over Bonds Amid Looming Global Debt Crisis

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El Salvador plans to issue crypto-backed bonds to build Bitcoin City

El Salvador sets a new precedent with its upcoming Bitcoin bonds, offering a 6.5% annual return and a ten-year term.

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Should Argentina Offer Bitcoin Bonds to Follow El Salvador? 

JAN3 CEO Samson Mow argues that Argentina should offer Bitcoin bonds and transition to using Bitcoin as a legal currency. The post Should Argentina Offer Bitcoin Bonds to Follow El Salvador?  appeared first on BeInCrypto.

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El Salvador’s Government Is Providing Legal Cover For The Novel Bitcoin Bonds By Creating 20 Bills For Them

El Salvador is forging ahead with the plans to launch bitcoin bonds. The new plans will involve the creation of new legislation to give legal backing to the bonds. The country first adopted Bitcoin as legal tender in September 2021 and has made significant strides.

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Ray Dalio Owns Bitcoin, Would Settle for BTC over Government Bonds

Ray Dalio, the founder of Bridgewater Associates LP, in an interview with CoinDesk, has revealed that he owns Bitcoin. Bitcoin over Government Bonds The billionaire hedge fund leader—who has previously expressed his concerns about Bitcoin and cryptocurrency, further added that he would rather own Bitcoin than government bonds.

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SEC delays Wilshire Phoenix Bitcoin-Treasury Bonds ETF as final call on Bitwise’s proposal beckons

Surprise Surprise, the Bitcoin ETF is delayed yet again! The United States’ Securities and Exchange Commission [SEC] has once again delayed a Bitcoin ETF. Filed by Wilshire Phoenix, the application, one of two before the financial regulator, was considered relatively conservative, because of the asset mix it tabled.

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SEC Delays Decision on Wilshire Phoenix Bitcoin ETF Proposal

The SEC has delayed making a decision on the Wilshire Phoenix bitcoin and U.S. Treasury bonds ETF proposal for another 35 days.

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Bitcoin And Bonds: Why Are These Two Assets Moving Together?

Bitcoin (BTC) is often described as “digital gold”, but it could soon be described as “digital bonds. ” New data suggest an interesting relationship developing between Bitcoin and the yields on government-issued debt.

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FED Suddenly Prints Half of Bitcoin’s Market Cap as Money Dries Up For Gov Bonds

The United States Federal Reserve has suddenly injected $53 billion in short term lending markets by buying US Treasuries and other securities for the first time since 2008. They are... The post FED Suddenly Prints Half of Bitcoin’s Market Cap as Money Dries Up For Gov Bonds appeared first on Trustnodes.

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Stablecoins and Exchange Coins – What’s the Difference From the Ol’ Corporate Bond?

A new weekly record was set last week in global corporate bond sales, with investors grabbing hold of around $140 billion in new bonds according to data from Dealogic. This occurs against a backdrop of negative yielding debt, and the meteoric rise in popularity of stablecoins and exchange-native tokens across the crypto space.

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Bitcoin and Gold could act as an ‘insurance policy’ against Central Banks’ failing negative rates and yield bonds

Max Keiser, a Bitcoin commentator famous for his segment the Keiser Report, recently interviewed Mark Valek, publisher of ingoldwetrust. org report, and discussed the ongoing debate on the comparison between Bitcoin and Gold.

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Goldbug Trumpets Bitcoin as Your Portfolio's Long-Term Bond Killer

Dan Tepiero, the founder of DTAP Capital and co-founder of Gold Bullion International said that gold and bitcoin will replace bonds as vehicles of portfolio hedge in the long term. Following the noticeable increase in geopolitical risks caused by the trade dispute between the U.

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The World Bank’s Blockchain Bond Is Just a Fancy Way of Selling Debt

Last year the World Bank and the Commonwealth Bank of Australia announced a permissioned Ethereum-based blockchain to facilitate the end-to-end issuance of bonds between financial partners. The Bretton Woods-created financial institution hopes to make debt capital markets far more efficient with a bank-to-bank blockchain network.

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Bitcoin is ‘Schmuck Insurance’: Morgan Creek Capital Founder

Bank of America Merrill Lynch recently surveyed fund managers and found that investors are the most bullish they’ve been on bonds since the end of 2008.   But that popularity comes as long-term risks are developing for traditional asset classes.

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Recession Fears are Back in Full Force as 30-Year Treasury Bonds Hit a Historic Low, Is Bitcoin Really the Plan B

On August 16, the 10-year Treasury notes hit a 3-year low of 1. 475% while 2-year Treasury yield was 1. 467%, the lowest level since October 2017. This historic drop in the long term US bond yield comes shortly after the interest rates on 10-year and 2-year Treasuries inverted.

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CEO Morgan Creek Capital: Every investor wants a bit of bitcoin (BTC)

Mark Yusko, CEO of Morgan Creek Capital Management, an institutional and high-income investment management company, said Bitcoin remains a safe haven despite falling. Not trying to analyze the reasons for the collapse of Bitcoin, the financier draws attention to the bubble of bonds, the largest in history, in his opinion. Mark Yusko stated in a […]

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Global Recession, Inverted Yield Curved: What This Means for Bitcoin (BTC)

US treasury bonds followed the global trend to enter the territory of inverted yield curves, signaling recession.

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Bitcoin rallies to $12,300 on Argentinian exchange after unexpected Macri election result

Bitcoin skyrocketed to a $900 premium above Coinbase on Argentinian cryptocurrency exchange Buenbit Monday, the massive spike coming directly after the announcement of a primary election loss by President Macri and the nation’s stocks, bonds, and currency had been sent plummeting in one of the biggest intraday slides on record.

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Grayscale Believes Bitcoin can Insulate Modern Portfolios from Drawdown

A new report from Grayscale Investments confirms a few significant data points that conclude Bitcoin can be considered a safe-haven asset. While the genesis cryptocurrency has not yet seen a recession, many believe that it will be a wealth creator in distressed scenarios when stocks and bonds are underperforming, August 8, 2019.

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Self-made millionaire Rob Graham shares his Bitcoin trading strategy

Finding success and profitability is never easy in financial markets, regardless if this it is in trading Bitcoin and cryptocurrency, stocks and bonds, futures, or any other asset type for that matter.

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Gold Beats the S&P 500 YTD but Risks Abound for the Safe-Haven Asset

As volatility ravages the stock market, it is no surprise that demand for safe-haven assets is soaring. The controversial godfather of defensive assets, gold, has outperformed the S&P 500 year-to-date, and it’s undoubtedly no coincidence.

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Bitcoin vs. Stocks, Bonds, Gold, Silver, and Oil

Bitcoin is the best-performing asset of the last ten years. For early investors, this means an ROI of 100,000 percent in ten years. How has Bitcoin performed against other asset classes such as stocks, bonds, precious metals, and oil more recently?

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Bitcoin has put two paradigm shifts into motion; digitization and disintermediation

Bitcoin has evolved from the dark web and the silk road, to become an asset that is being considered by investing moguls and reputed financial institutions from around the world. It has ushered a new era of digitization where everything from stocks and real estate, to gold and bonds are being digitized.

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Billionaire Chamath Palihapitiya says Bitcoin Is The ‘best hedge against the traditional financial system’

The entire world is currently facing economic uncertainties following the ongoing trade wars, the most prominent one being between the United States and China. Investors are therefore seeking alternative assets to gold and the US bonds and bitcoin is gaining traction due to its capacity to maintain a fierce rally amid the harsh economic times.

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Veteran Investor & Bitcoin Cynic Mark Mobius: “If BTC Continues to Grow I Would Have To Be A Buyer”

Speaking with Bloomberg Daybreak, Mark Mobius, the founder of Mobius Capital Partners and emerging markets funds manager talks about stocks, bonds, and Bitcoin. In the global market, we have been seeing stocks and bonds rallying at the same time.

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At 0%, Bitcoin Yield Is Greater Than The ‘Safest Bonds’ Of Many Countries

France Issues First 10-year Bonds At A Negative Interest Rate France has issued its first-ever 10-year bond at a negative borrowing rate, later this week. These negative yield banks mean instead of receiving, investors will pay interest for owning French sovereign debt.

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Bitcoin Traps Gold’s Market Share as Sovereign Bonds Become Unattractive

Bitcoin’s revival is considered to be Facebook’s Libra doing. The social media’s giant sudden foray into the cryptocurrency industry gave bitcoin, as many believe, a perfect reason to grow its valuation.

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Anti-Bitcoin JPMorgan Teases JPM Coin Test as FB Steals Crypto Thunder

Despite CEO Jamie Dimon's history of anti-bitcoin rhetoric, JPMorgan plans to pilot-test its own JPM Coin cryptocurrency later this year. JPMorgan claims more of its clients in the United States, Europe, and Japan have been clamoring for its prototype cryptocurrency to accelerate securities trading such as bonds.

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Bitcoin’s appeal as hard money, millennials behind gold resurfacing, claims Max Keiser

With Bitcoin gaining popularity among millennials and the fall in attention given towards baby boomer assets like fiat, stocks, bonds, gold, etc. , there have been arguments as to which one is better.

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Bitcoin is the Second Best Performer in 2019 but is the Least Volatile of All Crypto-Assets

The leading cryptocurrency is beating ‘em all! Bitcoin is not only outperforming the traditional assets like gold, oil, and government bonds in 2019 but also remains the king of the cryptocurrency market.

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Bitcoin Price May Skyrocket If China Starts Selling US Treasuries: Forbes

As the US-China trade war continues, Bitcoin price may soar even higher provided that China gets rid of US Treasury bonds

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Bitcoin as a Haven Asset: Investors De-Risking Portfolios Following Dovish Monetary Policies

James Turk of Goldmoney says investors are de-risking their portfolios by pivoting away from bonds and stocks into assets like bitcoin and gold. The banking, investments, and commodities expert speaking to King World News said dovish central banks policies, a weak European banking system, and the U.

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Bitcoin [BTC] now offers a higher yield than government bonds in 18 countries

Bitcoin has had an amazing first half of the month in May, as the coin registered significant gains to conquer the market. During the course of the month, Bitcoin managed to sustain its momentum and breached multiple resistances to trade at over $8,000, at press time.

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In Light of Tether’s Fractional Reserve, a Shadow of Fiatcoins’ Future

Tether has taken a lot of heat for admitting it is running a fractional reserve. There’s no doubt that Tether’s unregulated nature makes this approach risky and that its lack of transparency is unsettling, but the entire modern banking system is architected on fractioned assets.

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French Multinational Financial Institutions Settle $112 Million Transaction on Ethereum

Societe Generale S. A. , one of the largest financial institutions in France, issued covered bonds worth $112 million in the form of security tokens using the Ethereum blockchain. It was a pilot program to test how the use of blockchain and cryptocurrency could reduce the time and cost of settlement of securities, reported Bloomberg, May 09,Read MoreRead More.

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Americans Can Now Move Their Money Into Bitcoin From Thousands of US Banks

Earlier this year, Abra launched its non-custodial Bitcoin-backed global investment app to democratize investing in stocks, bonds, EFTs, and cryptocurrencies. Now it’s stepping up a gear, making it easier for users to move money to and from their banks to crypto.

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Currency.com Launches Tokenized Government Bonds

Currency. com, a blockchain-based platform that claims to be the world’s first regulated tokenized securities exchange, announced the launch of the crypto version of the Belarusian government bonds and interested investors can now purchase the financial instrument with bitcoin (BTC), ether (ETH) and the fiat standard, according to Fintech Finance report on May 7, 2019.

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Belarus Tokenizes Govt Bonds, Trading Via Bitcoin And Ethereum Now Possible – Huge Step Toward Tokenizing World’s Assets

Belarusian exchange, Currency.com, has announced that it has tokenized government bonds and that users will be able to trade… The post Belarus Tokenizes Govt Bonds, Trading Via Bitcoin And Ethereum Now Possible – Huge Step Toward Tokenizing World’s Assets appeared first on Invest In Blockchain.

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SIX Digital Exchange Plans Native Tokens

In an interview with Finews on May 6, 2019, the Head of Securities and Exchanges at Swiss exchange SIX, Thomas Zeeb, told that tokens may replace stocks and bonds in future and that they were planning to launch their own tokens in order to digitize assets.

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2019 Sees Price Rally in The World’s Financial Markets And Bitcoin Is Leading The Bullish Charge

The year 2018 was generally not the greatest of years for most financial assets including stocks, bonds, the credit markets and also cryptocurrencies. The bear market experienced by the cryptocurrency sector in 2018 was so terrible that many naysayers had a field day dissecting the sector and its drop.

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A New Report Shows People Are Warming Up to Bitcoin

A Medium post published by Spencer Bogart, a general partner at Blockchain Capital, compares data collected from a set of surveys from October 2017 and April 2019 containing identical questions (plus a few new ones).

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SoftBank Inks $1 Billion Partnership Deal with Wirecard

Wirecard, a German internet technology and financial services company, has inked a strategic partnership deal that will see SoftBank Group Corp. , a Japanese multinational conglomerate, invest over $1 dollars in the form of convertible bonds in the former.

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Societe Generale Issues First Covered Bond (EUR 100m) As a Security Token on the Ethereum Blockchain

Societe Generale SFH, a subsidiary of the Societe Generale Group, announced yesterday that it issued covered bonds worth EUR 100 million as security tokens via the Ethereum network. This is the first time the lending firm has made such a move as it explores ways to use blockchain technology to ease financial transactions.

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Op Ed: We Just Launched the First Cryptocurrency-to-Tax Payment Partnership

Andrei Poliakov is the CEO and co-founder of Coinberry, one of Canada’s premier digital currency platforms. His company is the first in Canada to partner with a government municipality.

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Afghanistan: A War-Torn Nation Hopes to Revive its Economy with Bitcoin

By CCN. com: A war-torn country left to dust and drabbles is attempting to rise back with dignity. And it plans to use bitcoin as its stick. Afghanistan asserted at a recent Spring Meetings summit that it was looking to issue sovereign bonds to raise $5.

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Bitcoin stands out as it outperforms Oil, Bonds, Gold, Nasdaq 100, and S&P 500 during bear market

Bitcoin was subjected to a lot of pushback since its inception, with the Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen calling Bitcoin a “highly speculative asset”. There were institutional players who perceived Bitcoin to be nothing more than a bubble, speculating its price to eventually fall to zero.

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Bitcoin Sparks Imminent Crypto Bull Stampede with 44% Gains in 2019

By CCN. com: Year-to-date, the bitcoin price has increased by 44 percent against the U. S. dollar from $3,700 to $5,320, becoming one of the best-performing assets in the global market alongside oil.

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