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Juan M. Villaverde On
May 29, 202003:21 PM EasternCrypto assets closed at or near seven-day highs on Thursday, as a volatile week in both directions ended with the bulls maintaining control over the bears.
For financial markets broadly, the...
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Dr. Bruce Ng and
Juan M. Villaverde On
May 27, 202003:16 PM EasternThe main way most investors buy and sell crypto is via a crypto-currency exchange (like Coinbase, Binance or Kraken).
Recently, however, payment-service companies have been adding "buying and...
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Tony Sagami On
May 25, 202012:00 PM Eastern“And they who for their country die shall fill an honored grave, for glory lights the soldier’s tomb, and beauty weeps the brave.”
—Joseph Drake
Memorial Day isn’t just about fun...
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Juan M. Villaverde On
May 22, 202002:21 PM EasternBitcoin’s (BTC, Tech/Adoption Grade “A”) third halving is behind us, and crypto assets continue to adjust to a market changed by another hard-coded supply limit imposed on its biggest player.
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Dr. Bruce Ng and
Juan M. Villaverde On
May 20, 202002:03 PM EasternFigure 1. 3-month Treasury yields.
Source: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
For most of this year and last, you’d have been lucky to earn a stingy 1.5% interest yield on the average...
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Tony Sagami On
May 18, 202003:04 PM EasternHow would you have fared the last month without internet access? I don’t know about you, but I would have been completely screwed, both socially and professionally.
The internet has been the...
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Juan M. Villaverde On
May 15, 202003:33 PM EasternBitcoin’s third “halving” shook crypto markets last week, as the industry heavyweight once again demonstrated that it’s built to be a hard store of value for the long term.
As a practical...
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Dr. Bruce Ng and
Juan M. Villaverde On
May 13, 202001:53 PM EasternFascination and enthusiasm for Bitcoin is running red-hot. And it's not hard to see why.
On the pretext of pandemic panic, the U.S. Federal Reserve is printing and spending $41 billion a day....
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Tony Sagami On
May 11, 202001:11 PM EasternI can’t keep up with my kids.
I’m not talking about jogging around the track with them or staying up late to watch a movie. I’m talking about the way they use the internet to communicate with...
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Juan M. Villaverde On
May 8, 202004:17 PM EasternLarge- and small-cap crypto assets posted strong gains last week amid broadly bullish action heading into Bitcoin’s halving, set for this coming Monday, May 11.
It’s ironic: Bitcoin is preparing...
