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Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong says USDC rewards should not be treated like bank-deposit interest, arguing that fully reserved stablecoins pose fundamentally different risks from fractional-reserve…
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Economist Roubini: ‘Crypto Crazies’ Are ‘Cyber Terrorists’
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February 7, 2018
Nouriel Roubini, the former Clinton administration economist nicknamed “Dr. Doom” due to his prediction of the 2008 financial collapse, resumed his criticism of cryptocurrencies on Twitter Tuesday. Just prior to a Senate Committee hearing on cryptocurrencies, he wrote, “Cryptocrazies are also criminal…
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February 7, 2018
The dedicated session involving the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) took place today. (Tuesday, Feb. 6th, 2018) The written testimonies… source
World Central Banker to Central Banks: Bitcoin Is a Bubble, Ponzi, and Disaster
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February 7, 2018
General Manager of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), Agustín Carstens, gave a talk at Goethe University in its House of Finance, Tuesday, 6 February in Frankfurt. Titled Money in the Digital Age: What Role for Central Banks?, the talk saw Mr.…
Millennials are afraid stocks are too risky, so they’re investing in bitcoin
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A man in Vancouver takes money from a bitcoin ATM
Bitcoin has had a wild ride. And millennials have decided to go along for it. Bitcoin peaked near $20,000 per coin in 2017 but is notoriously volatile: Its…