Bitcoin And Crypto-Currency
Next In Google’s Quest For Consumer Dominance: Banking (#GotBitcoin?)
Search giant plans to partner with banks to offer checking accounts. Next In Google’s Quest For Consumer Dominance: Banking (#GotBitcoin?) Google will soon offer checking accounts to consumers, becoming the latest Silicon Valley heavyweight to push into finance. The project, code-named Cache, is expected to launch next year with accounts…
Chainalysis’ ‘Kryptos’ Tool Is An Inside Look For Outside Investors
Chainalysis is building a crypto-space risk data clearinghouse for financial institutions. Chainalysis’ ‘Kryptos’ Tool Is An Inside Look For Outside Investors Its new Kryptos platform will help institutions parse regulatory hazards and build risk assessment models. Kryptos “is our step towards financial institutions, so they can have the transparency they…
Trump Fails To Convince Investors To Place $3.4 Trillion Into Stocks (#GotBitcoin?)
Assets in money-market accounts are at a decade high, a bullish sign for some investors. Trump Fails To Convince Investors To Place $3.4 Trillion Into Stocks (#GotBitcoin?) Nervous investors have socked $3.4 trillion away in cash. But stocks are rising and their nerves are calming, leading bulls to view the…
Bitcoin ‘Carry Trade’ Can Net Annual Gains With Little Risk, Says PlanB
Trading crypto assets, or any market for that matter, is a zero-sum game. When one person wins, someone else must lose, making trading highly competitive. Bitcoin ‘Carry Trade’ Can Net Annual Gains With Little Risk, Says PlanB That being said, consistently profitable strategies can be hard to find. Recently, PlanB,…
Russia Targets Dissenters—Right In Their Bank Accounts (#GotBitcoin?)
Activists say hundreds of people suddenly found themselves $1.2 million in debt, the amount Moscow alleges opposition group laundered for crime lords. Russia Targets Dissenters—Right In Their Bank Accounts (#GotBitcoin?) One morning in September, Andrei Yegorov woke to discover his bank account was frozen and in the red to the…
Max Keiser: Bitcoin’s ‘Self-Settlement’ Is A Revolution Against Dollar
Bitcoin (BTC) beats both fiat currency and gold because it does not need settlement, RT host Max Keiser has said. Max Keiser: Bitcoin's 'Self-Settlement' Is A Revolution Against Dollar In the latest episode of the network’s Keiser Report on Nov. 7, the well-known Bitcoin bull explained that other forms of…
Ron Paul Survey Reveals Most Prefer Bitcoin For 10-Year Investment (#GotBitcoin?)
Almost 60% of 70,000 people would take Bitcoin (BTC) over fiat currency as a long-term investment. Ron Paul Survey Reveals Most Prefer Bitcoin For 10-Year Investment (#GotBitcoin?) That was according to a new survey on Nov. 4 by Ron Paul, the ex-Texas Congressman who has become well known for his…
23 Dizzying Average American Savings Statistics (#GotBitcoin?)
Everyone wants to save more money, but figuring out how to do it is usually the hardest part. While the economy is continuing its slow recovery, many Americans still struggle with being able to set aside a little something for the future. Millennials, in particular, are facing a tougher uphill…
Wall Street Banks Accused Of Rigging Us Treasury Auctions (#GotBitcoin?)
The antitrust probe was focused on whether Goldman Sachs traders colluded with others to fix prices in the $13 trillion Treasurys market. Wall Street Banks Accused Of Rigging Us Treasury Auctions (#GotBitcoin?) The probe, which exposed weaknesses in the way the US Treasury prices the interest on the country’s debt…
Bank Failure In New Jersey Is Nation’s Third In A Week And Counting (#GotBitcoin?)
Regulators have now closed three banks in the span of a week with the failure late Friday of City National Bank of New Jersey in Newark. Bank Failure In New Jersey Is Nation's Third In A Week And Counting (#GotBitcoin?) City National Bank of New Jersey was shuttered by the…
Blockchain Can And Will Replace The IRS
What does taxation look like in a blockchain world? The possibilities are endless. Blockchain Can And Will Replace The IRS Blockchain. It's a buzz word that you haven't heard the last of, and that's scary to some people. It took years for most of us to begin to truly understand…
China Seizes The Blockchain Opportunity. How Should The US Respond? (#GotBitcoin?)
The Chinese government is not in the habit of making speculative “what if” announcements. Typically, before anything about its plans goes public, a significant amount of preparation and thought has gone into it. China Seizes The Blockchain Opportunity. How Should The US Respond? (#GotBitcoin?) So, although Xi Jinping’s passing statement…