MicroStrategy acquires 18,300 Bitcoin, expands holdings

Despite never having done so, the Fed may have no choice but to implement negative rates as soon as next week, argues Narayana Kocherlakota. 3401 Total views 42 Total shares The United States Federal Reserve could be the next central bank to take up previously unthinkable negative interest rates.That was the opinion of the ex-president…

A 44-page report commissioned by CPA Australia delves into the status of Central Bank Digital Currency development worldwide, while exploring viable blockchain candidates for hosting CBDCs in the coming years.The report offers up evaluations of the three most transacted cryptocurrencies in Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH) and XRP (XRP), and analyses their suitability (or lack thereof)…

Long stuck in the shadows of Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH) finally took hold of the market in 2020 during the decentralized finance summer. Designed to recreate traditional financial systems with fewer middlemen, DeFi is now being used across lending, borrowing, and the buying and selling of tokens. The majority of these decentralized applications (DApps) are…

Uniswap’s decentralized exchange has emerged as one of the critical pieces in the decentralized finance sector, with the DEX benefiting from the first-mover advantage after it became the go-to exchange for new projects and traders in 2020. In late 2020, 400 UNI tokens were distributed to all wallet addresses that previously provided liquidity on the platform…

Czechia, a country of 10.7 million people in Central Europe, is known for its beautiful capital (Prague), rich history and good beer. Within the last decade, however, one can now add cryptocurrency adoption to that list. In fact, the Trezor wallet, the first cryptocurrency hardware wallet in the world, was invented here in 2014 and…

The rising amount of Bitcoin OTC desk balances for miners indicates “significant selling activity” among miners.

The crypto industry has reacted strongly against a EU Parliament committee voting in favor of a regulatory package for tighter know-your-customer (KYC) and anti-money laundering (AML) rules for ”unhosted” private wallets. The new guidelines would require crypto service providers — most commonly exchanges — to verify the identity of every individual behind an unhosted wallet…

Seven crypto companies have been targeted by 11 lawsuits that were filed in a New York federal court on April 3.The suits were filed by Roche Freedman — the same law firm representing the estate of the late Dave Kleiman in the ongoing dispute with self-proclaimed Satoshi Nakamoto, Craig Wright.Eleven lawsuits target seven crypto companiesThe…