Altcoins rise faster than incumbent Bitcoin and Ethereum as investors go in search of the next big thing Excess liquidity, speculation and different economic narratives are all seeing a demand for cryptocurrencies outside of the mainstream few Always the bridesmaid, never the bride. For holders of so-called altcoins, cryptocurrencies that are not Bitcoin […]
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Family offices demonstrate a long-term view towards investing in cryptocurrencies Family offices may be looking to diversify their portfolios to bet on cryptocurrencies to hedge portfolios against inflation and persistently low interest rates For the uninitiated, family offices are an opaque world of wealth, where scions have professional managers to ensure that they can […]
United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority concedes that it is neither able to effectively supervise or discipline Binance Experience of the U.K. FCA underscores the challenges faced by regulators in policing a novel technology that by design allows it to circumvent national borders, restrictions and oversight You can’t regulate what you can’t supervise, and you […]
U.S. cryptocurrency industry shows its hand in latest proposed amendments to the U.S. infrastructure bill that would have had broad implications on the cryptocurrency industry Influence of the U.S. cryptocurrency industry cannot be understated, and could potentially help in the broader push for a Bitcoin ETF It’s the ultimate smart contract, the unwritten one […]
Blockchain analytics shows increasing retail usage in countries like India and Vietnam Cryptocurrencies developing on two distinct tracks, with retail increasingly more significant in emerging markets, while institutional investors take center stage in developed markets A dong for your Dogecoin? A rupee for your Ripple? At least that’s what blockchain flows appear to suggest according to […]
Cryptocurrencies clear the psychological hurdle of US$2 trillion market cap as investments in the sector grow Investors looking to find the “next Bitcoin” or the “next Ethereum” are looking at a range of so-called altcoins to push prices higher The weekend is a tricky time to trade cryptocurrencies. While many traders use automated […]
PolyNetwork hackers return almost half of the stolen cryptocurrency proceeds Change of heart by the hackers may be more of a function of the cryptocurrency ecosystem policing itself rather than any genuine remorse Whether it was threats from the decentralized finance or DeFi community to “unrecognize” the ill-gotten proceeds of the PolyNetwork hack, or […]
Massive US$600 million hack of DeFi protocol Poly Network shakes decentralized markets Grassroots-led intervention and willingness to disavow the stolen tokens is a reassuring sign of the cryptocurrency industry being willing to police itself Make no mistake about it, the cryptocurrency landscape is a bit of an investing Wild West, where brigands lurk […]
US$550 billion infrastructure bill may be delayed because of language of cryptocurrency taxation provisions Current language would leave out certain interest groups from having to make declarations for cryptocurrency taxes over US$10,000, but Democrats backed by the Biden administration want the bill to cover more stakeholders with fewer exceptions It was meant to […]
