Just because gold is losing momentum and bitcoin is gaining it doesn’t mean investors are selling gold to buy bitcoin – not yet, anyway.
Fidelity Investments CEO Abby Johnson says the mutual fund giant’s custody business around bitcoin has been “incredibly successful” and has a “tremendous pipeline.”
The MicroStrategy CEO took to Twitter to dismiss widespread speculation that his company’s recent massive purchases of bitcoin have turned it into an investment firm or de facto ETF.
ECB Governing Council highlights potential for ‘new business models’ if a digital euro is introduced
Private firms should develop new business models if a digital euro is introduced, the ECB said last week.
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November saw a significant jump in monthly trade volume for Ethereum options, according to data collected by The Block Research.
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As conventional wisdom grows that central banks can go more deeply into debt than previously thought, one economist asks, how much is too much?
The Bank of France’s deputy governor said there has been a “hands-on approach” with the bank’s experiment to launch a digital euro for the general public.
The U.K.-based digital bank startup Revolut said Friday that it is adding four additional crypto tokens and currencies for its Europe-based users.
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France’s central bank may move to adjust its regulatory framework should a digital euro become a reality.
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Quick Take
- It wasn’t clear until over a year later the fact that Chinese police seized almost 200,000 BTC during the 2019 summer arrests of six PlusToken masterminds.
- Based on blockchain analysis, it appears the police approved the sales of much of the PlusToken bounty.
- But why that happened — and the details surrounding the sales — remain a mystery.
