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October 15, 2020

‘Shorts will be dead’ — Why Dan Tapiero expects a massive Bitcoin shortage

Dan Tapiero believes Bitcoin could face a supply shortage if institutional demand for BTC continues to increase. In recent months, there has been a considerable spike in institutional demand for Bitcoin (BTC) following several high profile investments. Over time, asset manager and 10T Holdings co-founder Dan Tapiero believes this could lead to a problematic shortage […]

Attempting to stifle encryption is a waste of time, suggests Status security chief

It’s not a scarce resource like nuclear power, whose proliferation is more easily suppressed. Corey Petty, a chief security officer at Status messenger, told Cointelegraph that he believes there is no way to marry end-to-end encryption with the type of backdoor access law enforcement agencies continue to lobby for. He also believes that any prohibitive […]

Bitstamp says its users are now covered against a broad web of crime

Crypto needs insurance too. Digital asset exchange Bitstamp has beefed up its insurance measures to combat the inherent uncertainties associated with the crypto space.”The policy covers an array of crime-related cases, such as employee theft, loss while the assets are stored at any premises, loss in transit, loss caused by computer fraud or funds transfer fraud, […]

Central banks should be ready with CBDCs, says Bank of Canada exec

Timothy Lane says the central bank is developing a CBDC at “a good pace.” According to an Oct. 15 report from The Canadian Press, the Bank of Canada, or BoC, deputy governor Timothy Lane said central banks should have their own digital currency ready should regulators block Facebook’s Libra token. They also noted such an […]

Game theory meets DeFi: Bouncing ideas around tokenomic design

“If you look at financial structures in history, everything worked out because of collaboration.” Jack Lu, 23, was struck by the idea for his new DeFi platform Bounce while working on his thesis on game theory and cryptocurrency at Reed College in California.“It took me quite a long time to think of it,” Lu explains […]

USDC set to land on Stellar in 2021

Stellar joins the ranks of Ethereum and Algorand. The Centre consortium announced on Thursday that USD Coin (USDC) will soon be available on the Stellar blockchain.This marks the first time that a major stablecoin will be made available on the platform, joining the ranks of Anchor USD, WhiteStandard and some others. USDC is currently the […]

Governments and banks are the only winners with fiat currency, says Max Keiser

His doom and gloom comments continue to roll in for global currencies. Using the analogy of a Hi/Lo poker game — a variety of poker which crowns the highest and lowest hands as victors — broadcaster Max Keiser explained citizens will ultimately lose when it comes to holding government-issued currencies. “Unless you’re a country, that can […]

Escalating DeFi scams tarnishing the crypto yield farming market niche

With DeFi scams multiplying by the day, industry stakeholders urge investors to prioritize due diligence before investing in any project. For those active in the decentralized finance arena, hardly a day goes by without a report of one project or another “exit scamming” its investors. From rug-pulling to fake presales, DeFi experts and novice traders […]

‘No single digital currency will dominate the world’ Bank of Japan now says

Japan’s policymakers appear disconcerted by the advancement in China’s CBDC initiative. There appears to be a disagreement within the top echelons of Japan’s government on the threat that China’s CBDC poses to the nation. Just last week, Kenji Okamura, vice-finance minister for Japan’s international affairs voiced concerns over its neighbor’s efforts in the space, stating […]

Foresight or folly? Data show 70% of exchanges are unmoved by DeFi volume

Survey data show centralized exchanges are not worried about DeFi trading volumes, so why are they building their own DEXs? A recent survey by cryptocurrency data aggregator, CryptoCompare, shows that centralized exchange operators do not see the emergence of decentralized trading venues like Uniswap as a threat despite growing volume and activity in the DeFi […]