Since the birth of a new financial revolution such as Bitcoin, certain obstacles have arisen in its path, ranging from environmental impact to political dissatisfaction. Various representatives of the political authorities in most countries opposed this evolution, but, nevertheless, it seems that the motivation for evolution is stronger than the failures on the way to … Read more
Since the term “inflation” can often cause confusion, let’s start by explaining the different definitions of the word “inflation”, and determine how it differs in the traditional financial and cryptocurrency industries. In general, in all its definitions, the word “inflation” is synonymous with the expansion of the concept. Applied to finance, it refers to the … Read more
The NFT trend began to rise back in 2017 with the now famous blockchain game CryptoKitties. With the beginning of the crypto winter in 2018, the excitement subsided, but already in 2021 a real NFT-HYIP thundered. According to DeFi trackers, the total sales of NFT at the end of 2021 exceeded $ 13 billion, but … Read more
The cryptocurrency market has fallen again. Digital assets were not the only ones to suffer during the fall. The traditional stock market has also contributed. The broader Wall Street index, the S&P 500, fell 2.12% to 4,380.26 points. The technology-heavy Nasdaq index fell 2.88% to 13,716.71 points. The Dow Jones, in turn, fell by 1.78% … Read more
Together with Warren Buffett, Charlie Munger has been managing the Berkshire Hathaway holding company for several years. This name is an icon for many investors in traditional markets. During an interview with Yahoo! Finance Munger lost his temper, and spoke quite in an interesting way about both the financial system and cryptocurrencies. In particular, he … Read more
The Regulation on Crypto Asset Markets (MiCA), which is expected to be adopted by the end of 2022, aims to create a uniform applicable structure and harmonize the regulation of crypto markets throughout the EU. Despite many regulatory measures, blockchain technology will continue to offer opportunities for conducting transactions with cryptocurrencies outside of state supervision. … Read more
High inflation worries many investors today. One would expect that rising inflation would play into Bitcoin’s hands, but recently the asset has been showing a correlation with risky assets and stock markets such as the S&P500. In recent weeks, this correlation has weakened slightly, but this does not mean that Bitcoin is now immune to … Read more
The blockchain environment provides many opportunities for both earning and fraud. Every week we hear of investors and traders losing their crypto funds on fraudulent exchanges. The DecimalChain team stopped the listing process on the Probit exchange due to possible scam and loss of user funds. The history of DecimalChain’s cooperation with Probit exchange and the … Read more
There is a lot of nervousness today, but both Bitcoin and Ethereum are holding on to important levels, without any panic, although inflation, stocks, rumors of war are important issues that will occupy the minds of many for some time. The overall situation in the markets is not the best. We have inflation, which “bites”, … Read more
“We tend to create an equivalent to cash but there is a huge difference. Thus, we have no clue who are now using 100 USD or 100 Mexican pesos. The main difference between cash and CBDC is that central banks will get absolute control over rules and standards that would define the use of CBDCs; … Read more
Bitcoin futures have recently become one of the “hot” issues. But what is it? What is their purpose, and what do they look like at all? Well, let’s figure it out. Bitcoin futures are similar to futures contracts that we find for some commodities or stock indexes, in the sense that they allow an investor … Read more
Perhaps one of the most plausible explanations of the observed inflation today is that the gears didn’t work as expected, since QE (Quantitative Easing) — monetary policy used by Central banks to stimulate national economies, often used unproductive, when companies used low yield of bonds to repurchase shares, and not for growth initiatives. It took … Read more
Since the debut of the world’s first cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, on January 3, 2009, the value of the entire cryptocurrency market has grown to $1.9 trillion, which is equivalent to Canada’s GDP, and even exceeds it. Today, the world’s largest companies and asset managers buy, sell and exchange cryptocurrencies, as well as accept them as a … Read more
The situation in the markets is completely insane, caused by the fact that the inflation data in the US exceeded expectations, first causing a round of sales, and then a rapid rebound of the entire sector, which took place in the stock markets in parallel. The data came shortly before the opening of trading on … Read more
The annual inflation rate in the eurozone by the end of January 2022, according to preliminary estimates, was 5.1%, which was the highest indicator in the entire history of observations, according to Eurostat. In December 2021, annual inflation in the Eurozone was 5%. Central banks are in the grip of inflation and spreads, and this … Read more