2019-12-28 14:05 |
The Karuschain platform is a tracing and tracking solution for the precious metal industry. The platform enables upstream producers to track precious metal as it travels upstream from its point of extraction. origin »
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When it comes to making smart investments, there are many debates over what that actually means. Poland, for example, seems to be preserving their funds with an investment in gold, purchasing 100 tons of the precious metal from the Bank of England.
2019-11-30 22:50 | |
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A new report by the World Gold Council shows that there is global demand for harder forms of money than fiat currencies. Such demand points to a bright future for Bitcoin given that it represents an even harder form of money than the precious metal.
2019-11-14 04:00 | |
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Thursday wasn’t a great day for gold holders. During the day’s trading session, the precious metal cratered by its standards, falling by $23 — a 1. 5% downward move — from $1,490 to $1,468 in a relatively spectacular fashion.
2019-11-8 16:30 | |
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In which asset class would you direct $10,000 in investment capital – bitcoin or gold? There’s one condition. You can’t touch the funds for 10 long years. According to a Twitter poll crafted by former U.
2019-11-5 00:21 | |
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Bitcoin has been dubbed digital gold because the cryptocurrency shares many similar attributes with the precious metal. However, a recent situation involving a forgery crisis in the gold industry shows how one important aspect of Bitcoin gives it an enormous advantage over its physical gold counterpart and could drive more investors seeking a safe-haven or.
2019-10-22 21:00 | |
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“BTC is the most undervalued asset in the world today,” while equities, bonds, precious metals, real estate, and venture capital are all near their all-time highs, says Ikigai founder Travis Kling. Hitting New Peaks The yellow metal, gold recently jumped to a fresh six-year high and is now trading near this level. Experts believe the […]
2019-10-10 17:06 | |
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The price of gold tumbled on Monday and threatened to slip below $1,500 an ounce after the precious metal became more expensive for holders of foreign currencies. Under normal circumstances, dollar-denominated gold and other precious metals tend to fall when the greenback strengthens.
2019-10-8 21:00 | |
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Throughout much of 2019, Bitcoin’s store of value narrative took a back seat to a new narrative developing around looming economic recession and the asset’s scarcity making it a safe haven asset much like gold.
2019-9-28 22:00 | |
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The new GOLD stablecoin has been launched by crypto platform Digital Gold, making it possible for both cryptocurrency and precious metal enthusiasts to own digitized real gold that is transferred over by blockchain technology.
2019-9-12 03:03 | |
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Central banks hoarding gold is thought to be accounting for a lot of the buying pressure sending the price of the precious metal upwards recently. Such a hunger for hard assets may one day see banks stock piling Bitcoin as part of their de-dollarisation efforts.
2019-9-9 23:00 | |
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After suggesting that decentralized asset bitcoin should be backed by Gold, prominent billionaire investor Mark Mobius is asking global investors to raise their stakes in the precious metal. The Mobius Capital Partners’ founding partner said in an interview with CNBC’s “Street Signs” that investors should allocate 10 percent of their portfolio to physical gold.
2019-9-9 17:00 | |
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The bullion market is slowly but steadily flooded with ‘dirty gold bars,’ according to a recent Reuters report. It’s interesting to know what Peter Shiff and other gold supporters would say about this.
2019-8-28 14:00 | |
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Bitcoin has long been pitched as the digital version of gold – a precious metal that’s long been used as a store of wealth, transfer of value, and features many of the attributes that Bitcoin is lauded for, such as scarcity.
2019-8-22 21:00 | |
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The bitcoin price is trading mostly flat today despite the fact that the stock market got hammered, with the Dow Jones tumbling some 400 points. Meanwhile, the gold price is looking bullish and is currently trading above $1,500 per ounce.
2019-8-13 00:30 | |
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Billionaire Mark Cuban (who is also the owner of the Dallas Mavericks) recently stated in an interview that he hates gold as an investment tool. He then went on to add that in his view, Bitcoin is pretty much the same as the yellow precious metal — even though the digital asset has the advantage […]
2019-8-12 18:01 | |
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For a while now, a debate has been raging between Bitcoin (BTC) bulls and gold investors. The former group argues that the cryptocurrency is a proper alternative to the precious metal; the latter actively rebut this sentiment, claiming that BTC has no inherent value, unlike gold.
2019-8-10 21:00 | |
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Bitcoin could drop dramatically in the short term before experiencing a historic rise to new heights, one of the cryptocurrency industry’s best-known researcher says. Bitcoin Mimicking Gold ‘Not Surprising’ Adding his weight to the current discussion on Bitcoin’s utility versus gold, Dan McArdle, co-founder of analytics firm Messari, said the cryptocurrency could copy the precious metal’s behavior in the coming years.
2019-8-8 12:00 | |
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While shunning Bitcoin (BTC), central banks have embarked on somewhat of a gold buying spree. Russia’s monetary authority, for instance, now owns over $100 billion worth of the precious metal, which amounts to over 2,000 tons, after purchasing 20 tons just weeks ago.
2019-8-2 14:00 | |
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The second controversial “Drop Gold, Buy Bitcoin” ad is along the way. Banking on the success of the first one, Grayscale Investment’s CEO, Barry Silbert, has announced that they are currently working on it.
2019-7-11 21:38 | |
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Monetary policy may or may not have a direct impact on bitcoin, but the US Federal Reserve's dovish pivot is helping gold regain a bit of shine from its digital counterpart. The precious metal popped to its weekly high today, extending gains from the previous session after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell appeared to set […] The post Gold Beats Bitcoin as Fed Chair Powell Finalizes Dovish Pivot appeared first on CCN Markets
2019-7-12 21:02 | |
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Bitcoin’s price fluctuations have been considered as one of its biggest wins that enabled it to climb to mainstream prominence. The world’s largest cryptocurrency has disrupted the financial ecosystem by giving competition to the stalwart of ‘store of value’: gold.
2019-7-7 17:30 | |
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An easy argument against the “limited supply” trope around gold is simply that we don’t know how much is out in the universe. CEO of gold ETF company, not a fan of bitcoin https://t.co/18nXYtNMFL — Barry Silbert (@barrysilbert) June 29, 2019 Precious Metal Supply: Not Limited After All NASA reportedly just uncovered a vast […] The post Bitcoin Users Unaffected as NASA Targets Infinite Amount of Gold appeared first on CCN Markets
2019-6-30 03:30 | |
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Space might be the final frontier, but it also might end up being the final showdown between crypto asset Bitcoin and the precious metal and chemical element known as gold. In a wild story that sounds like it was ripped from the pages of science fiction novels, NASA is planning a space mission to an.
2019-6-29 04:00 | |
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During times of economic distress, the shiny chemical element, commodity, and precious metal known as gold, is often looked to by investors seeking to place capital in a safe haven “hedge” against falling fiat values, and in the face of uncertainty surrounding traditional markets such as real estate or the stock market.
2019-6-27 04:00 | |
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Bitcoin has drawn many comparisons to Gold, and is often referred to as the digital version of the precious metal and commodity due to its scarcity, potential as an economic hedge, and use as a store of value, among many others similarities the crypto asset and Gold share.
2019-6-22 02:00 | |
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Wheaton Precious Metals will use Blockhead Technologies’ blockchain platform STAMP to boost internal processes
2019-6-13 02:06 | |
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Bitcoin Promoted As a Highly Portable, Divisible and Scarce Asset There is an interesting relationship that exists between the ‘old guard' precious metal – Gold – and Bitcoin, the latter being commonly known as ‘digital gold‘.
2019-6-9 18:33 | |
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Bitcoin and Gold have had a complex relationship in terms of their markets. The precious metal has often been seen as a safe haven for investors in start contrast with the high risk, and high. . .
2019-6-7 13:54 | |
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The next bout in the ongoing Bitcoin versus gold debate looks set to take place on the home-court of advocates of the shiny precious metal. A CEO from a crypto asset investment firm will be speaking later this month at a large event held for those wanting to invest in the traditional mining industry.
2019-6-7 00:00 | |
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Reasons To Invest In Bitcoin Today It’s a question investors have asked themselves for a decade: should I really invest in bitcoin? It’s not too late to invest in bitcoin. Sure, it would have been nice to buy bitcoin for pennies back in 2010.
2019-6-6 21:06 | |
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By CCN: Wells Fargo’s name is synonymous with gold. Henry Wells and William Fargo launched the bank in the Wild West during the California Gold Rush, supporting both the investment in and delivery of the precious metal via its famous stagecoach.
2019-5-29 02:05 | |
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The CEO of asset management firm US Global Investors has given his opinions on the Bitcoin and wider crypto market, and how it relates to that of gold. Frank Holmes is of the belief that digital currencies are fast becoming an “alternative asset class”, just like the shiny, precious metal.
2019-5-18 00:00 | |
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WeChat, the #1 messaging app in China, is also widely used for cryptocurrency transactions. Recently, WeChat Payment has revised the “WeChat Agreement for Payment Service,” which involves the control and regulation of illegal transactions, including cryptocurrency transactions.
2019-5-9 22:54 | |
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By CCN. com: Crypto trader Mike Novogratz fails to see the value in Litecoin. Novogratz, who is at the helm of crypto merchant bank Galaxy Digital, blasts Litecoin’s size and in doing so seems to comes across as threatened by the fifth-biggest cryptocurrency.
2019-4-4 19:33 | |
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Russian billionaire Vladimir Potanin wants to launch cryptocurrency tokens pegged to the precious metal palladium. Potanin also wants to establish a regulatory framework for digital platforms in order to promote crypto use in Russia.
2019-3-29 17:55 | |
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Bitcoin (BTC) has been several times compared to gold and how it shares some features with the precious metal. This time, Mike Novogratz, the CEO fo Galaxy Digital, explained that Bitcoin could easily reach gold’s market capitalization.
2019-3-26 07:37 | |
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It has been over a decade since Bitcoin first appeared. A long ten years of struggle, during which the crypto space went through quite a journey. Back when BTC first gained value, it was barely known, and those who did know about it — used it on the dark web for all kinds of illicit […]
2019-3-23 19:02 | |
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Recent bitcoin news shows Goldmoney has officially disregarded the likes of cryptocurrencies and its BTC services. The precious metals investment company has given bitcoin users two months to move funds to avoid any problems.
2019-3-10 01:30 | |
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Cryptocurrencies can't match gold on stability and volume, and are not a direct competitor, says the World Gold Council.
2019-2-20 13:00 | |
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As the largest and most established cryptocurrency, Bitcoin has earned a reputation among many as “digital gold. ” Long-term HODLers and Bitcoin proponents either compare Satoshi’s invention to the precious metal or claim that it’s better than gold.
2019-1-31 00:00 | |
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Crypto winter has claimed many victims, but some coins are still as good as…. well, you know. Digix, a stablecoin-like asset backed by gold, has seen investor demand surge as prices rise for the precious metal.
2019-1-30 00:01 | |
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Bitcoin has fared poorly as a store of value asset in the past decade, according to John Normand. The head of JPMorgan’s cross-asset management unit told Bloomberg that gold was a better hedge than Bitcoin since July 2010.
2019-1-29 21:49 | |
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Since Bitcoin (BTC) came into being, the narrative surrounding the asset’s value proposition has varied drastically. At first, the cryptocurrency was seemingly pure, digital cash. Now, BTC has been deemed a digital gold by many pundits, who claim that the asset’s non-inflationary, borderless, and fungible nature makes it reminiscent of the precious metal.
2019-1-27 03:00 | |
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This innovative project utilizes the blockchain to ensure traceability of precious metals. By utilizing various procedures, it becomes possible to certify the entire process. This will ensure traceability from the mine to the refinery, commercialization, up until the end consumer.
2019-1-6 21:45 | |
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Recent global economic concerns and stock market volatility seem to have increased demand for gold as a safe haven asset. The price of the precious metal hit its highest level since June in the yesterday’s trading session.
2018-12-28 21:30 | |
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Osmium is a precious metal. The rarest of all noble metals. It has several unique characteristics that make its market very special and interesting. In the past osmium was used as an alloy for changing characteristics of other metals to make them harder and durable.
2018-12-13 01:05 | |
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As the CEO of Hut 8, one of North America’s largest cryptocurrency miners and the world’s largest publicly traded cryptocurrency miner, I’m often asked questions about energy consumption in the mining of cryptocurrency.
2018-11-1 23:35 | |
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CryptoNinjas Digix, a Singapore based company that sells redeemable digital gold tokens (DGX) and SilverGoldBull (SGB) today announced a new partnership that will complement and strengthen the products and services both companies provide.
2018-10-25 19:17 | |
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Circulor is partnering with the Rwandan Government to track tantalum, a precious metal used in consumer electronics. According to Circulor’s post released on October 16, 2018, the project which is currently live, will help miners in Rwanda follow guidelines laid out in international agreements to eventually eradicate any source of conflict Tantalum from the supply chain.
2018-10-19 19:00 | |
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