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More US states expected to follow Wisconsin’s lead by investing in spot Bitcoin ETFs

Marquette University professor emeritus David Krause told PBS Wisconsin on May 31 that other US states could follow Wisconsin in investing in spot Bitcoin ETFs. Krause called Bitcoin a “good investment” for state pension funds, emphasizing its role in diversification, its high potential upside returns, and its use as a hedge against inflation. дальше »

2024-6-4 00:20


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New World Bank Report: Nigeria’s Exchange Rate Policies Fueling Inflation, Affecting Food Prices

Nigeria’s use of multiple exchange rates regimes may have contributed to a rise in the country’s inflation rate, the latest World Bank report has said. In addition, the report says ongoing restrictions on the use and movement of foreign exchange are “further pushing up prices of food and agricultural inputs like fertilizer.” Misaligned Exchange Rates […] дальше »

2021-6-22 14:30


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Some African Crypto Users See Bitcoin as an Alternative Source of Retirement Income

Bitcoin use cases in African countries continue to expand with the latest one being its use as an alternative source of retirement income. On a continent plagued by high inflation and unstable currencies, bitcoin, which is decentralized and censorship-resistant, is seen “as a safer source to contribute to for retirement.” According to a local report, […] дальше »

2021-5-2 11:30


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Nigerians Shun Local Currency— Seek to Protect Wealth From Inflation and Currency Depreciation with Foreign Currency

Nigerians are thought to be accumulating foreign currencies which they believe will protect their wealth from the naira’s volatility as well as the surging inflation. Further, as a research paper in a journal published by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) found, Nigerians’ use of dollars exceeds IMF’s 30% threshold. Exchange Rate Volatility and Currency […] дальше »

2021-4-23 13:30


$600B Investing Giant Talks DeFi’s Value Proposition; Competes with Banks But Nowhere Close to their Size Yet

DeFi is an attractive potential set of solutions as “the more obvious store of value use case to hedge against inflation,” explains AllianceBernstein. The post 0B Investing Giant Talks DeFi’s Value Proposition; Competes with Banks But Nowhere Close to their Size Yet first appeared on BitcoinExchangeGuide. дальше »

2021-2-11 16:59


President Maduro Orders Petro Transaction Desks to be Opened in Venezuelan National Bank

There is significant use of cryptocurrencies by people in first world countries for the purposes of paying for goods and services as an alternative to fiat currency and also as an investment tool. There is, however, also the use of cryptocurrencies in countries are struggling with inflation and various financial issues as not just an […] дальше »

2019-7-5 21:17


BNC Research: Crypto asset investment strategies in a negative inflation environment

With central banks worldwide removing cash from society in favor of Central Bank Digital Currencies, and negative interest rates turning traditional investment strategies on their head, digital assets present a compelling use case as a hedge against extraordinary global monetary policy and capital surveillance дальше »

2019-5-28 01:00


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Governance, Part 2: Plutocracy Is Still Bad

Coin holder voting, both for governance of technical features, and for more extensive use cases like deciding who runs validator nodes and who receives money from development bounty funds, is unfortunately continuing to be popular, and so it seems worthwhile for me to write another post explaining why I (and Vlad Zamfir and others) do not consider it wise for Ethereum (or really, any base-layer blockchain) to start adopting these kinds of mechanisms in a tightly coupled form in any significant way. дальше »

2018-7-21 23:03


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The Genesis Files: With Bit Gold, Szabo Was Inches Away From Inventing Bitcoin

As his Hungarian parents had fled post-war Soviet regime to settle in the United States, Nick Szabo came to call the Californian Bay area of the 1990s his home. Here, he was among the first to frequent the in-person “Cypherpunk” meetings organized by Timothy May, Eric Hughes and other founding members of the collective of cryptographers, programmers and privacy activists centered around the ’90s mailing list of the same name. дальше »

2018-7-13 17:16