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South Korean Govt to Fund $3.2M to Blockchain Startups That Create Economic, Social Value

The Government of South Korea has made yet another progressive move to support blockchain development after it announced $3.2 million funding to startups. This initiative is a collaboration of the country’s Ministry of Science & ICT (Information and Communications Technology) together with the National Institute of Information and Communication Industry Promotion (NIPA). According to a […] дальше »

2020-3-18 15:38


No Haven Safe: Silver, Gold and Other Precious Metals Nosedive Alongside Bitcoin

Amidst an economic crisis, precious metals like gold and silver often act as a safe haven for capital, while other assets fall in value. However, growing concerns over the coronavirus and a possible recession in the near future have created such hysteria and panic, that not even silver, gold, platinum, palladium and other precious metals... дальше »

2020-3-17 22:00


President Maduro Forces Airlines to Buy Fuel Using Petro Cryptocurrency

Venezuela’s president, Nicolas Maduro, recently announced that he plans to revive the country’s oil-backed cryptocurrency Petro, which failed to attract users. Venezuela’s Petro: National cryptocurrency that failed The last several years have brought great economic difficulties for the country of Venezuela, whose native currency, bolivar, suffered a great loss of value due to extreme inflation. дальше »

2020-1-16 16:01


Like Gold, Bitcoin Is A Safe Haven During Economic Turbulence, Says Former UBS Managing Director

Bitcoin has been showing the properties of becoming a store of value and a safe haven and slowly but surely the mainstream media and experts are coming to the same realization as well. Paul Richards, the President of Medley Global Advisors and former Managing Director at UBS recently spoke with Bloomberg about the asset classes […] дальше »

2019-8-6 17:05


Argentina: Bitcoin Bought at $20K Retained More Value Than the Peso

Bitcoin has proven to be a store-of-value in Argentina where you would have been better off buying BTC at its peak rather than hold the peso. Argentina Ensnared Political and Economy Turmoil The Argentinian economy continues to shrink, afflicted by stubbornly high inflation, which President Mauricio Macri, who is running for re-election, has been unable to rein in. дальше »

2019-5-21 03:00


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Living on Bitcoin for a Week in San Francisco

When I decided, maybe against my better judgement, to live on bitcoin for a week, the plan was met by a combination of cautions and jokes from friends and loved ones: “Just don’t starve,” “Well, it’s the New Year, a perfect time to start a new diet,” “Will you be able to eat?”, “Have you really thought about it?”I had “really” thought about it and it seemed not only sensible but necessary. дальше »

2019-2-5 23:06


Davos World Economic Forum: Insights from the Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Debate

Cryptocurrency, despite the massive drop in value from a year prior, was still a hot topic of discussion at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Experts on cryptocurrency and blockchain debated the technology in the panel “Building a Sustainable Crypto-Architecture” with insight into both sides of the discussion. дальше »

2019-1-26 03:48


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Economic Rationality and the Bitcoin Network

The Bitcoin network has now been functioning for a decade. In that time, human beings have actively interacted with the system, participating as miners, running nodes, and making transactions. In addition to securing the network and increasing decentralization by contributing computing power, human beings have also played a significant role in the increase in the value of the cryptocurrency. дальше »

2018-12-31 12:00