Justin Sun offers to buy German gov’ts $2.3B Bitcoin stack to minimize market impact

In this article, I intend to discuss the importance of market data, decentralized finance (DeFi) econometrics and applied DeFi research on crypto (and digital) assets as a corollary to financial econometrics and applied research. I will also attempt to draw upon the perspective and findings from Eugene Fama’s seminal papers based on his interest in…

Kuwait’s Capital Markets Authority has officially confirmed the commitment to “absolute prohibition” of virtually all crypto operations in the country. 406 Total views 11 Total shares The state of Kuwait is the latest jurisdiction to ban virtually all operations involving cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin (BTC).On July 18, Kuwait’s main financial regulator, the Capital Markets Authority (CMA),…

The NEM Foundation has released its plan for a financial and organizational restructuring on March 8. The plan comes in the wake of news earlier this year that the foundation was running low on its native XEM tokens.On Feb. 20, the foundation decided to release 210 million XEM tokens ($8.7 million) from reserves, the first…

What is protecting an investment portfolio from potential stock market volatility? As per Bloomberg Intelligence's Mike McGlone, a merged exposure of Bitcoin (BTC), gold, and government bonds.The senior commodity strategist, who sees BTC heading to $100,000, pitted derivatives in a new report representing the three safe-haven assets against the performance of the S&P 500 index, finding that…

Major changes could be coming to the network. Ethereum Classic (ETC) accelerator Ethereum Classic Labs announced a plan to protect the blockchain from further attacks.On Aug. 19 the organization proposed taking immediate action in implementing long-term changes to the network architecture over the next three to six months. The accelerator decided to focus their efforts…

Binance moves to suspend derivatives trading in Europe, starting with Germany, Italy and Netherlands. 2817 Total views 6 Total shares Troubled global cryptocurrency exchange Binance continues moving fast in curbing services to respond to the ongoing regulatory scrutiny worldwide, partly shutting down derivatives trading.Binance officially announced Friday that it would suspend its derivatives trading across…

Layer1's plan to sell excess power back to Texans has resulted in 700% profits Texas crypto miner operator Layer1 Technologies has been able to sell back its power supply for 8X the price.According to a Sept. 1 Bloomberg report, Layer1 reported nearly 700% profits from selling excess electricity from its 'Bitcoin Batteries' - large-scale energy…

Wired considered donating their holdings to charity back in 2013, but instead decided the “obvious” choice was to destroy the key to their wallet holding 13 BTC. 1110 Total views 40 Total shares There has been no shortage of people and institutions that woefully underestimated the potential of cryptocurrency. Among the ranks of once-were Bitcoin…

Popular peer-to-peer (P2P) crypto trading exchange LocalBitcoins saw a major decline in Bitcoin (BTC) trading volumes amid apparent user uncertainty.According to data from Bitcoin (BTC) statistics website Coin Dance, global Bitcoin trading volumes on LocalBitcoins exchange have touched a seven-year low during the week ending on Feb. 22.BTC trading volumes drop from 13K bitcoins in…