I don't usually make short-term prognostications about asset prices. But occasionally financial markets lob a fat pitch.Well-followed traders of digital assets, such as Arthur Hayes, Mark Cuban and Travis Kling, have made very public statements (e.g., here, here and here) about h
More and more countries, including the leading global economies, such as the U.S., India, and European states, are gearing up to develop their centrally-issued digital currencies.
An increasing number of employees are interested in being paid in alternative assets, a new survey found. According to research conducted by SoFi, 36% of workers want the ability to receive part or...
I had the pleasure of speaking with the Federal Reserve System’s Sunayna Tuteja at Consensus 2022 in Austin, Texas, last week about the U.S. central bank’s philosophical approach to innovation at large. You can watch and read the conversation below.Some housekeeping:
Former Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Timothy Massad believes there should be stronger regulation for lending platforms across the crypto industry, especially in light of the recent freeze of withdrawals by cryptocurrency trading firm Celsius earlier this we
As stocks tumble toward a bear market, cryptocurrencies and even entire exchanges are crashing right alongside them. The stock market, however, has history on its side. Bull markets fall into bear...
So, uh, not sure if you’ve looked out the window at all today … but Ethereum (and DeFi and NFTs) might be on fire.After last month’s $40 billion crash of the Terra blockchain ecosystem, a long list of decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols are facing renewed sc
The world is home to roughly 600 active crypto exchanges, according to Forbes, but the results of a new study from GOBankingRates show that crypto traders prefer three exchanges above all the rest....
Bitcoin's (BTC) reputation as a hedge against inflation has been damaged. Bitcoin holders always pointed out that fiat currencies have an unlimited supply, and cannot serve as a hedge against inflation, but bitcoin can due its limited supply. Yet Bitcoin's value is plummeting.
In 2013, the Doge meme went viral online. Based on the internal dialogue of a Shiba Inu named Kabosu, the name of the meme came from a slang pronunciation of the word "dog." Discover: 10 Reasons You...
As the number of investors who realize that they will fall short of their long-term savings goals with a traditional 60/40 portfolio of stocks and bonds increases, so does their appetite for alternative investments.
While there are literally thousands of cryptocurrencies, when it comes to the big dogs, there are really only two: Bitcoin and Ethereum. Bitcoin is the original crypto, created in 2009, and Ethereum...
Swan Bitcoin CEO Cory Klippsten has a problem with Celsius.He believes that the crypto lending platform, which sparked his interest following the collapse of the TerraUSD luna (UST) stablecoin, has not been forthcoming about its vulnerabilities and misled investors.
Litecoin (LTC) is a cryptocurrency that launched shortly after Bitcoin. The "gold standard" of crypto -- Bitcoin -- was revealed to the world in 2009, while Litecoin followed on its heels in 2011....
The effects of the "crypto winter" are rippling across the entire industry, as Coinbase is the latest crypto giant to announce layoffs. The company announced it was laying off 18% of its staff "to...
Growing up, Nadya Tolokonnikova, one of the founders of protest collective Pussy Riot, wanted to be a feminist. That’s what the 32-year-old artist and punk rocker told CoinDesk at Consensus 2022 in Austin, Texas.Pussy Riot, Tolokonnikova explained while sitting on the floor
Proof-of-stake is a term that crops up a lot in crypto. While it's a complex topic, it's definitely a subject to understand in-depth before diving into the world of blockchain. What Is Proof-of-Stake?...
