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First Mover: Capitalism’s Biggest Crisis Isn’t Driving People to Bitcoin – It’s the Volatility
The post-Bretton Woods system is on the ropes, but what's driving interest into bitcoin is price volatility and the upcoming halving event.
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Blockchain Bites: Bitcoin Whales and American Buyers May Be Driving This Rally
Amid this market rally, Bitcoin wallet startups report an uptick in users and profits. Get the latest bite-sized news here.
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Money Reimagined: COVID-19's Lessons in Innovation
Though its impacts are deadly, the coronavirus is a product of an advanced innovation ecosystem. We can learn from its ability to mutate and adapt.
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Blockchain Bites: Bitcoin's Boom Roils Markets and a16z Makes a Long-term Play
While FOMO drives up bitcoin's price and derivatives market, Telegram announces another delay and Andreessen Horowitz raises a $515 million fund.
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First Mover: Bitcoin Now Crushing Gold After Biggest Price Jump in Six Weeks
"Digital gold" has surged past the yellow metal to become one of the year's best performing assets, up more than 20% in 2020.
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Blockchain Bites: What the Bitcoin Halving Means for Miners and Prices
Predictions and price models abound ahead of Bitcoin's halving, expected in less than two weeks.
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Blockchain Bites: WEF, IBM and a Chinese City Show Support for Blockchain
IBM and the WEF both have plans for solving disruption to supply chains disrupted by the coronavirus crisis.
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Blockchain Bites: Capital-Constraining Compliance and Tether's 'Interoperability Bridge'
The researchers developing the "digital yuan" have tapped an AI firm to look for financial use cases while Dole unveiled a 5-year blockchain plan.
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First Mover: Ether Trounces Bitcoin as Network Sees Surge in Stablecoins
Ether is up more than 50 percent this year, outpacing bitcoin. Is this year's surge in stablecoin issuance playing a role?
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