Decentralized finance may be the future, but education is still lacking

Education and accessibility are crucial to make DeFi more accessible to the upcoming inflow of retail investors. Engaging in the traditional financial markets has become less appealing to consumers and institutional investors as of late.

Big Tech sell-off and rising Treasury yield pin Bitcoin price below $50K

A sharp spike in the 10-year US Treasury yield and an extended Big Tech sell-off is weighing on cryptocurrency prices as investors flee risk-on assets. Bitcoin (BTC) continues to struggle below $50,000 on March 5 as a spike in the 10-year Treasury yield to 1.62%, its highest level in over a year, has taken a toll on global financial markets and hit risk-assets especially hard.  At the time of writing the S&P 500 and Dow are up 0.46% and 0.64% but the tech sector sell off continues as companies like Apple and Tesla continue to slump further.  Economists see rising bond yields as the result of improvements in the economy thanks to the Covid-19 vaccine rollout and the expectation that economic activity will ramp up as the rate of coronavirus infections drop. The

Increasing stock market volatility drags Bitcoin and altcoin prices lower

Growing concerns over rising US Treasury yields are putting pressure on global financial markets and possibly dragging cryptocurrency prices lower. The cryptocurrency market faced another day of downward pressure as the unease in the traditional markets continues to spread following the recent interest rate spike on the 10-year US Treasury bond.  Data from Cointelegraph Markets and TradingView shows that the price of Bitcoin (BTC) fell to a low at $44,710 late on Feb.

Bitcoin price flies solo? Institutional crypto push may be overrated

Bitcoin’s market cap broke the $1 trillion barrier without a final push from institutions — could their influence be overrated? In the history of financial markets, there are only a few tradable assets that have conquered this frontier.

'Markets want Bitcoin and digital dollar as reserve currency'

In his latest market insight, Senior Commodity Strategist at Bloomberg Intelligence, Mike McGlone said that financial markets may now want to replace US Dollar reserves with Digital Dollars and Bitcoi The post 'Markets want Bitcoin and digital dollar as reserve currency' appeared first on AMBCrypto.

Arthur Hayes is Back: Bitcoin is the Other Game as Opposed to Traditional Finance Systems

After months of inactivity on social media, the former CEO of BitMEX, Arthur Hayes, shared a post detailing his views on the most recent events in the financial markets.

El Español Says Spanish Authorities Joint Statement Is a Warning to Companies in the Wake of Tesla’s BTC Buy

The Spanish financial markets watchdog and the country’s central bank criticized — again — cryptocurrencies as an investment asset.

Spain Crypto Warning Was ‘to Spook Companies Planning Tesla-type BTC Buys’

A new report claims that the top Spanish financial markets regulator and the nation’s central bank may have released their latest warning about the “dangers” of crypto investment in an attempt to scare companies in the country away from following Tesla’s lead by getting into bitcoin (BTC) buying. Earlier this week, the Banco de España (Bank of Spain) and the regulatory

WallStreetBets Is Disrupting Financial Markets — Possibly Permanently

Pierre-Yann Dolbec, Assistant professor in marketing and Research Chair in Complexity and Markets, Concordia University. __ If the financial world follows the pattern seen a decade or so ago in other markets, such as fashion and music, Reddit’s WallStreetBets (r/wallstreetbets) phenomenon might have transformed investing forever.

Chainlink Price Analysis: 30 January

Disclaimer: The findings of the following analysis are the sole opinions of the writer and should not be taken as investment advice The financial markets around the world have been shaken by the ac The post Chainlink Price Analysis: 30 January appeared first on AMBCrypto.

Social trading platform eToro ended 2020 with $600M in revenue

The exchange platform’s foray into cryptocurrency has been highly lucrative thus far. Exchange platform eToro is coming off a stellar year of growth, as novice traders seek new pathways into the financial markets, including cryptocurrency.  The online brokerage firm ended 2020 with gross revenue of $600 million, with total trading volume surging 40% to $1.5 trillion.

Synthetic dreams: Wrapped crypto assets gain traction amid surging market

Synthetic crypto assets offer vast potential to shake up the crypto and traditional financial markets, but what’s behind the current growth? Amid all the excitement of crypto’s biggest bull run in history, some assets have been outperforming even the current high-performing market.

2021 Opens With a Bang for Investors

It was a wild ride for Wall Street last year, with the coronavirus pandemic sending both economies and financial markets into turmoil.

Enterprise blockchain trends that will drive adoption in 2021

Enterprise blockchain matured throughout 2020 and will continue to do so moving forward, here’s how it may become mainstream. The year 2020 has been monumental for the blockchain sector, especially in regards to financial markets.

Bitcoin Prices in 2020: Here’s What Happened

COVID-19 ravaged the world's economies but prompted mainstream financial markets to start taking bitcoin seriously.

Russian Parliament Foresees a Wave of Token Issuance for 2021 in the Wake of Crypto Law Promulgation

The head of the Russian parliamentary committee on financial markets and the country’s first crypto law’s author is forecasting a “surge in token issuance” for 2021 in the wake of the promulgation expected to take place in January.

Presidential Advisory Group Weighs In on Regulatory Approach to Stablecoins

Stablecoins should meet the same regulatory standards as other financial instruments, Trump’s Working Group on Financial Markets said.

Russia’s State Duma expects explosion of crypto issuance in 2021

Russian government appears to anticipate crypto issuance to explode in 2021 following the adoption of its major crypto bill. The Russian government is anticipating more cryptocurrencies to be issued in the local market in 2021, according to a senior official. Anatoly Aksakov, a member of the Russian State Duma and a key representative of local crypto legislation efforts, said that the Duma’s Committee on Financial Markets expects Russian crypto issuance to surge after the adoption of the country’s new crypto law on Jan.

Russian Parliament Expects a 2021 ‘Surge’ in Token Issuance

Russia’s parliament, the State Duma, said that it is braced for a “surge in token issuance” in the new year. Per a report published in the Parliamentary Gazette, Anatoly Aksakov – the head of the Duma’s committee on financial markets and the chief architect of Russia’s crypto legislation – stated that parliament was expecting token releases to come thick and

Why Bitcoin and Stocks Went Wild During A Global Recession

Bitcoin has followed financial markets in hitting all-time highs in 2020, while the globe slipped into a global recession.

BTC Options Open Interest Surges, Traders Look to an Unfilled Bitcoin Futures Gap at $18K

Bitcoin prices have been volatile during the last few weeks, but have managed to climb higher in value at the same time.