Month: April 2023

Price analysis 4/12: BTC, ETH, BNB, XRP, ADA, DOGE, MATIC, SOL, DOT, LTC

Today’s CPI report highlighted a slight decline in inflation, a development which could put a strong price floor beneath Bitcoin and select altcoins. The March consumer price index climbed marginally by 0.1%, below economists’ expectation of a 0.2% increase and February’s advance of 0.4%. Although inflation is showing signs of slowing, the year-on-year CPI increased by 5%, well above the Federal Reserve’s 2% target.  The FedWatch Tool shows a 67% probability of a 25 basis point rate hike in the Fed’s May meeting but by the end of the year,…

Warren Buffett Likens Bitcoin to Gambling and Chain Letters in Recent Interview – Bitcoin News

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Finance mogul Warren Buffett, one of the most successful investors in history, discussed bitcoin during an interview on CNBC’s Squawk Box on April 12. As he has done in previous interviews, the business magnate likened bitcoin to a gambling scheme and chain letters he received as a child. Buffett Shares His Two Cents on Bitcoin, Warns Against Making a Living ‘Trying to Bet Against the House’ It is well known that Warren Buffett does not like bitcoin, and he once said that he wouldn’t buy all the bitcoin (BTC) in…

T. Rowe Price, WisdomTree join Avalanche subnet for forex testing

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Financial market firms T. Rowe Price Associates, WisdomTree, Wellington Management, and Cumberland have joined an Avalanche (AVAX) subnet to test the idea of blockchain-based foreign exchange, according to an announcement from the Avalanche team. The new subnet is called “Spruce,” and is part of Avalanche’s Evergreen Subnet ecosystem. Following last week’s Avalanche Evergreen announcement, today marks the launch of the Spruce Subnet! Institutional partners including @TRowePrice, @WisdomTreeFunds, @Wellington_Mgmt & @CumberlandSays will use Spruce to test public blockchain applications. https://t.co/1KLzxcUCSB pic.twitter.com/xvaUmKO3BV — Avalanche (@Avax) April 12, 2023 According to the announcement,…

When levees break, liquidity flows — Analyzing Ethereum Shapella and liquidity staking derivatives

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The Ethereum network’s planned Shanghai hard fork is nearly here. Planned for April 12, this is the first major upgrade since The Merge in September 2022. The “Shapella” upgrade (a combination of the two major proposals Shanghai and Capella), includes EIP-4895 which enables validators to withdraw staked ETH from the Beacon chain (Consensus layer) to the EVM (execution layer). The execution layer is the fun and friendly Ethereum users have come to know and love.  Why is this a big deal? With just over 18 million ETH currently staked (valued…

OpenSea collector pays 100 ETH for a free NFT: Nifty Newsletter, April 5–11

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In this week’s newsletter, find out why a nonfungible token (NFT) collector paid $192,000 for a free NFT. Check out how community members responded as Reddit deployed its contract for its Gen 3 NFT avatars, and how a previously unreleased David Bowie track has been turned into an NFT. In other news, discover how LooksRare plans to compete with rival NFT marketplaces through a new upgrade, and how NFTs can unlock a biodegradable vinyl record.  Reddit deploys Gen 3 NFT avatar contracts on Polygon Social media forum site Reddit has…

Swedish Riksbank report looks at collaboration with potential e-krona in retail payments

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Sweden’s central bank Riksbank has released a report detailing the third phase of its central bank digital currency (CBDC) research. A collaborative model for retail payments and conditional payments is the focus this time. The Riksbank started its CBDC research in 2020 with collaboration with existing private payment services as an initial priority. It discussed governance as a key question for collaboration and divided options into three levels. The lowest level was a set of guidelines that risked giving participants so much freedom that “it may be difficult for the…

Argentina approves a bitcoin futures index settled in pesos

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Argentina has approved what they say is the first regulated bitcoin futures index in Latin America. A bitcoin futures index launched in Argentina The National Commission of Value (CNV), Argentina’s securities regulator, said the index would debut on the Matba Rofex with bitcoin futures contract trading set for May 2023. The exchange was officially approved on April 11. The launch of the bitcoin futures index is part of Argentina’s strategic innovation, which was announced in Q1 2022. The objective of this plan is to permit public-private collaboration for the release of innovative…