Tag: Cryptocurrencies
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Cryptocurrencies: A Beacon of Hope in Authoritarian Regimes for Wealth Protection and Privacy
In the shadow of increasing global authoritarianism, cryptocurrencies emerge as a powerful tool for individuals seeking to protect their wealth and maintain privacy. The decentralized nature of these digital assets offers a critical advantage in environments where traditional financial systems are heavily monitored and controlled by governments. This blog post explores how cryptocurrencies provide censorship…
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Boomers and retirees embracing Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies
Baby boomers and Gen X are piling into Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, affirms the CEO of one of the world’s largest independent financial advisory and fintech organisations. The observation from Nigel Green, the chief executive and founder of deVere Group comes from a global poll of clients aged over 55 found that 70% of those…
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Abra Now Offers 25 Cryptocurrencies on the World’s First All-in-One Crypto Wallet and Exchange Platform
[box size=”large”]Five New Altcoins including Monero [XMR], NEM [XEM], NEO [NEO], Lisk [LSK] and Verge [XVG] Will Be Available on the Abra App Globally[/box] [box type=”info” size=”large”]Abra is the only App that Enables Global Users to Buy, Store and Invest across 25 Cryptocurrencies and 50 Fiat Currencies[/box] SAN FRANCISCO, May 1, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Abra, the first and…
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New York Fed’s Money and Payment Studies on Cryptocurrencies
Bitcoin and other “cryptocurrencies” have been much in the news lately, in part because of their wild gyrations in value. Michael Lee and Antoine Martin, economists in the New York Fed’s Money and Payment Studies function, have been following cryptocurrencies and agreed to answer some questions about digital money. Q: Let’s start simply. What even…
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What Gives Cryptocurrencies Their Value
The value of cryptocurrencies like bitcoin, just like any other kind of money, comes fundamentally from what you can do with it. As a follow up to What Backs Bitcoin, I want to dig into that value. The idea, which comes from Austrian economist Carl Menger, is that just as a shovel’s value comes from its…
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STK Global Payments Launches Pre-sale
GIBRALTAR, Oct. 30, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — STK Global Payments, creators of the STK token, is launching a pre-sale today, ahead of its Token Generation Event beginning November 13, 2017. Built on the Ethereum blockchain as an ERC20 token, the STK token will enable instant cryptocurrency payments at point of sale — the first such solution to bridge cryptocurrency…
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Bitcoin Value Rebounds After Another Split
NEW YORK, October 27, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Bitcoin price continued to recover on Thursday after the price took a recent dive due to the, “hard fork” that happened on Tuesday. According to data from CoinDesk, Bitcoin rose 3.6 percent to $5940.83 during Thursday’s trading session. Bitcoin, the largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, went through a hard fork on Tuesday…
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Cryptocurrencies meet XTRABYTES for Unmatched Security, Unlimited Scalability and Uncompromising Transaction Speed
Has XTRABYTES Already Rendered The Top Cryptocurrencies Obsolete? XTRABYTES is a project that most people have never heard of, yet it has the potential to render all of the top cryptocurrencies obsolete. XTRABYTES is a completely decentralized, secure platform that has real world use, as it is scalable, with a transaction volume capacity that is head and shoulders…
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WaterToken Launches on Oct. 25, 2017
Blockchain Goes Green for WaterToken ICO DALLAS, Oct. 21, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — The notion that man may one day live on another planet has been talked about for centuries. Elon Musk is preparing for a possible colonization strategy on Mars and a typical person could live on the red planet one day. Many technological breakthroughs must fall into place, but…