Gustavo Petro, guerrilla, economist, politician and winner of Colombia’s most recent presidential election in a minor upset, has campaigned on a platform of furthering his country’s economic independence from the United States.
Regardless of personal views, it has grown near impossible not to take notice of non-fungible tokens (NFT). Even with recent slowdowns, total NFT sales volume could top $90 billion by the end of this year (after seeing a record $40 billion in 2021). That success has brought a new
It's no secret that understanding the traditional finance world is challenging. Unfortunately, making sense of decentralized finance (DeFi) is even harder. Decentralized finance is a growing collection of financial tools built on top of the blockchain – a digital ledge
Sam Bankman-Fried founded the cryptocurrency and derivatives exchange FTX in 2019, and it quickly has become the sixth-largest exchange by volume, boasting a $3.5 billion valuation. In 2021, he was...
In the past several years, most people have undoubtedly heard of cryptocurrency even if they haven't dipped their toes in the investment waters. Now that the prices of Bitcoin, Ethereum and other...
The crypto economy has no track record for rallying out of a bear market and going bullish again, but plenty of experts think 2024 could be the year that cryptocurrency, specifically Bitcoin, goes on...
Cardano (ADA) is a cryptocurrency currently worth under $0.50 per coin, down from an all-time high of $3.10 last summer. The coin has a market cap of roughly $15.78 billion as of July 2022. Despite...
Bitcoin (BTC) is fundamentally a good idea that has been spoiled by too much cheap money and speculative interest, according to Rockefeller International Managing Director and Chairman Ruchir Sharma.Sharma, a former emerging markets investor at banking giant Morgan Stanley (MS) a
Cryptocurrency has become one of the hottest investments, but has been extremely volatile. Crypto Stocks are a great alternative which can have high upside.
In the middle of a volatile cryptocurrency market, you might not care that Iranians have greater financial problems than citizens of the privileged world. For years, there have been considerable bans on Iranian nationals' activity – from access prohibition to the blocking o
Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we angle to offer 18% APR on crypto deposits.A lawsuit filed Thursday in New York State’s Supreme Court claims an asset manager that deployed customer funds for troubled crypto-lending platform Celsius Network has not been paid for
“Winter is coming,” the saying from the "A Song of Ice and Fire" series by George R.R. Martin, made famous by the HBO show “Game of Thrones,” is a warning that lasting conflict could descend on the land at any time. What should investors do during this Crypto Winter?
If the crypto industry cares about mainstream adoption – rather than just pumping its bags – it will need to demonstrate socially useful applications for cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology that resonate with the wider population.Let’s face it: The recent
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission rejected more spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund applications. It’s worth unpacking the agency’s reasoning, even as new applications are filed.You’re reading State of Crypto, a CoinDesk newsletter looking at the interse
Many investors who hold shares of Grayscale’s Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) waited with bated breath this past week to see if the SEC would accept Grayscale’s application to convert the trust into the first spot Bitcoin ETF in the U.S.
When it comes to cryptocurrency, predictions tend to be along the boom-or-bust variety. For every pundit saying bitcoin will soon hit $100,000, there's another predicting it will eventually go to...
