Bitcoin ‘demand shocks’ looming, Ripple stablecoin, and more: Hodler’s Digest, Dec. 8 – 14

Anthony Pompliano argued that government stimulus measures will drive the adoption of alternative stores of value and non-correlated assets at Consensus. 1303 Total views 45 Total shares Anthony "Pomp" Pompliano, the co-founder of Morgan Creek Digital, argued that the United States government’s response to the COVID-19 lockdown will drive new users to adopt cryptocurrencies.During a discussion…

Former IRS supervisor Greg Monahan replaces Karen Leong as the global money laundering reporting officer of Binance. 297 Total views 4 Total shares Former United States Treasury Criminal Investigator Greg Monahan joined major cryptocurrency exchange Binance to oversee the company's international Anti-Money Laundering (AML) efforts, the exchange announced on Aug. 18.Before replacing Karen Leong as…

Bitcoin (BTC) aimed for $28,500 at the Oct. 2 Wall Street open as a bullish start to the month continued.BTC/USD 1-day chart. Source: TradingViewAnalyst wary of Bitcoin “upside wick” fakeoutData from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC price action staying strong into October’s first United States trading session.The largest cryptocurrency made swift gains into

Blockchain interoperability protocol, Polkadot, launched its experimental “canary network” dubbed Kusama, this morning, Aug. 23. In a blog post, the team announced the first deployment in the wild of its protocol, combining “bleeding-edge technical improvements in governance, consensus and scalability.”Limited functionality for soft launchIn order to get off the ground, Kusama was begun as a…

“The report really is ready to go and I would expect we will drop it — I hate to say it again — in coming weeks," said Jerome Powell. 704 Total views 33 Total shares At his confirmation hearing in front of members of the Senate Banking Committee, Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell said the…

We ask the buidlers in the blockchain and cryptocurrency sector for their thoughts on the industry… and we throw in a few random zingers to keep them on their toes!This week, our 6 Questions go to Anton Bukov, co-founder of 1inch Network, a distributed network of decentralized protocols.Anton has been writing code for more than…

The exchange seeks to improve its Prime suite of brokerage tools for institutions. 547 Total views 4 Total shares Major cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has acquired the Routefire platform for enhanced trade execution.In a Jan. 7 blog post, Routefire CEO Jason Victor announced that the team would now be developing its execution services for Coinbase, while…

“Out of the 80% of Top 50 hedge funds in the world we’ve spoken to, they all are embarking on some sort of crypto journey,” says Olsson. 115 Total views 22 Total shares In an interview with Cointelegraph reporter Joe Hall on April 12, David Olsson, global head of institutional distribution at BlockFi, shared his…

In a world without electricity and the Internet, Bitcoin would find alternatives to flourish, argues Andreas Antonopoulos. 2443 Total views 43 Total shares What if the world was hit with another major disaster, but this time, it included global electrical failure? Would Bitcoin (BTC) survive, would it thrive, what about the banks? — We have…