It's no secret that the demand coming from institutional investors has increased tremendously over the last year and some businesses are quick to catch the "crypto" wave and benefit from the trending market. Two such businesses are none other but Deribit and Paradigm. Deribit is a cryptocurrency exchange for options and futures on both Ethereum…
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The IRS has already sent a letter of warning to cryptocurrency investors to properly claim their "digital assets" and pay the respective taxes. Now, only after a few months after the first warning, the second one is in. This time, however, the letter is received by some crypto investors whose federal tax returns do not…
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It has been no secret that the development arm of the Peoples Bank of China (PBoC) has been working diligently in the background over the past five years over some form of digital currency that would be nationalized and controlled by the central bank. The status of the project has always been in question, but,…
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According to Bloomberg, People’s Bank of China is reportedly close to launching its very own digital currency. While the rumour of China launching a cryptocurrency was long in the air, it is now that a senior official has confirmed that the country is in the final stages of completing the "crypto project". The information comes…
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After the appointment of Boris Johnson, a confirmed Brexiteer, as the new Prime Minister of the UK, the debate, surrounding what will happen after a “no-deal” Brexit occurs in late October, has resumed with a vengeance. Opinions are all over the map, but of close concern to all crypto enthusiasts is how will Bitcoin and…
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There is an old adage that counsels: “Keep your friends close, but keep your enemies closer.” The Bitcoin ecosphere has a hefty share of enthusiasts, zealots, and supporters, but there is also a loud and outspoken group of detractors that includes politicians of high rank, Nobel laureate economists, government officials, and ordinary citizens that profess…
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Although the financial press rarely covers the issue, there is a competitive race, an “arms” race, if you will, taking place across the globe, as various national interests do their level best to attract the greatest and the finest of crypto related enterprises to relocate or set up shop in their locales. The “level best”…
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If Chinese officials are acutely aware of one thing, it most certainly is their country’s constantly evolving position in the world politic and what might pose a competitive threat to that position at a later date. It is therefore not that difficult to understand that, after Facebook and its Libra Coin received a tongue lashing…
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Spending your cryptocurrencies is one of the goals of many companies. Startups around the world think of innovative solutions on how to allow investors to actually spend their digital coins. One financial startup, however, is doing a different thing. Nexo, Arrington XRP capital-backed company, revealed a special debit crypto card with a line of credit…
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July has finally ended. It seemed to be a month where every government official, including President Donald Trump, regulator, and died in the wool crypto skeptic decided to make a concerted effort to banish Bitcoin and the notion of cryptocurrencies from the public consciousness. After several years of endless debate, Indian authorities even stopped their…
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