Результатов: 435

Berkeley Professor Questions Stablecoin Viability in Unflattering Op-Ed

University of Berkeley Professor Barry Eichengreen has taken a swipe at the viability of stablecoins in an op-ed published on Project Syndicate. The critique, entitled “The Stable-Coin Myth,” argues stablecoins are not automatically "viable" just because they are pegged to an asset, though Eichengreen does believe they have an advantage over "conventional cryptocurrencies" such as bitcoin which he says "is highly unstable" and "unattractive as units of account. дальше »

2018-9-13 18:07


Фото:

Data Shows We Can’t Expect Cryptocurrency to Handle Inflation

Digital currency is being adopted in several nations fighting economic distress as a means to avoid inflation. In fact, crypto evangelists cite examples of African communities and countries like Venezuela to describe how digital coins could provide security from central banks’ policies and subsequent inflation in times of crisis. дальше »

2018-9-13 14:11


Фото:

To Sell or Not to Sell: That Is No Longer The Question For Miners

Today, cryptocurrency mining operators could benefit from taking out loans while using their mined coins as collateral to cover their expenses and persevere during the current bear market.   Miners Can’t Hodl…or Can They? Large-scale miners have enormous fixed costs, which they must pay regardless of the price their mined coins are currently worth. дальше »

2018-9-11 22:00


Crypto Facilities Derivatives Exchange Opens Perpetual Inverse Futures For 6 Coins

UK based crypto derivatives exchange, Crypto Facilities has today declared the launch of perpetual facilities for some six supported Cryptocurrencies through its twitter page. The 6 supported assets according to the release include, Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Bitcoin Cash (BCH), Ripple (XRP) and Litecoin (LTC). дальше »

2018-9-7 07:49


Фото:

Breeze Wallet with Breeze Privacy Protocol Mainnet Now Available for Download

The Breeze Wallet with the Breeze Privacy Protocol public mainnet has been released and is now open to the public. The wallet showcases Stratis technology — a platform built for visual basic apps and blockchain solutions — and places heavy emphasis on both privacy and security for businesses seeking to implement business-to-business (B2B) transactions on the Stratis and Bitcoin blockchain networks. дальше »

2018-8-4 00:02


Фото:

Check Which Coins You Can Spend With Debit Cards and Why Upcoming Fuzex Chooses BCH

Recently, we covered some of the most popular debit cards used for crypto payments and we’d like to tell you more about the cryptocurrencies they support. Most of these cards are issued by well-known names in the space, but a new project is now offering you fast and cheap transactions with BCH – a feature […] The post Check Which Coins You Can Spend With Debit Cards and Why Upcoming Fuzex Chooses BCH appeared first on Bitcoin News. дальше »

2018-8-1 08:05


Lykke Develops 1-year Forward Offering for Cryptocurrency Market

Lykke has announced the launch of its proprietary 1-year forward offering to be officially unveiled on February 9th 2017 at a Lykke-hosted event in Zurich, Switzerland. From February 9th 2017, Lykke will offer a novel financial instrument which operates much like today’s forward contracts with the benefit of being ‘at the run’ for the entirety of the contract period - a significant difference from current procedure which sees settlement occur only at the settlement date. дальше »

2018-7-31 13:18


Notes on Blockchain Governance

In which I argue that “tightly coupled” on-chain voting is overrated, the status quo of “informal governance” as practiced by Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Ethereum, Zcash and similar systems is much less bad than commonly thought, that people who think that the purpose of blockchains is to completely expunge soft mushy human intuitions and feelings in favor of completely algorithmic governance (emphasis on “completely”) are absolutely crazy, and loosely coupled voting as done by Carbonvotes and similar systems is underrated, as well as describe what framework should be used when thinking about blockchain governance in the first place. дальше »

2018-7-21 23:03