Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) have shown their immense potential in recent times and are gaining traction, but mistaking the technologies for a silver bullet could be costly according to some industry protagonists. Blockchain holds great promise - if you peel back the layers - and as I heard at the annual ISITC Europe 2018 conference in London late this January. Dr Kay Swinburne, British MEP and vice-Chair of the influential ...
So soon? Yes, it looks like the stock market has created a foundation for the next bull market leg. “Correction” is the right label, but “entering a correction phase” is not. The U.S. stock market’s unusually fast drop looks to have done the job of curing latent worries and setting the stage for a bull market continuation. The U.S. stock market’s sharp drop appears to be over. Growth fundamentals are intact, the too-steady/too-high ...
Barry Silbert, CEO of crypto holding company Digital Currency Group (DCG), surprised an audience full of crypto fans at Yahoo Finance’s “All Markets Summit: Crypto” event in New York. If you’re a big believer in holding lesser-known cryptocurrencies, you’ll want to sit up and take notice. Barry Silbert, CEO of crypto holding company Digital Currency Group (DCG), surprised an audience full of crypto fans at Yahoo Finance’s “All Markets Summit: ...
Regulators may need more power/clarification from Congress to control Bitcoin says Senate Banking Committee Chair Mike Crapo. SEC Chair Jay Clayton left the door open to asking for it. He said appropriate federal regulation of cryptocurrencies may include: data reporting, capital requirements, cybersecurity standards, measures to prevent fraud and price manipulation and anti-money laundering and “know your customer” protections. He said ...
Investors have pointed to many different factors as causes for the drop. “At first, people said it was Bitcoin futures expiring,” says Kyle Samani, managing partner at Austin-based crypto investment firm Multicoin Capital. Some have cited reports that China is planning to ban crypto-asset trading on all exchanges, including those based in other countries. Others discussed impending U.S. regulation or claimed that people were selling to pay taxes, according to Samani. And Monday’s steep drop in the ...
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