Aug 21, 2018 12:08 pm UTC| Research & Analysis Digital Currency Insights & Views Commentary
Cryptocurrencies have become progressively admired in nations like Venezuela, where the domestic economy is in turmoil and their currency has been besieged. Where store of value has been the cause of concern, Bitcoin has...
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Aug 21, 2018 09:38 am UTC| Digital Currency Research & Analysis Insights & Views
Despite PBoCs ban on cryptocurrencies in last January, they emphasize on their intentions to increase its research and development into cryptocurrencies. China revolved innovation in the space blockchain and cryptocurrency...
Aug 21, 2018 08:18 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views
The US dollar has come under considerablepressure after US President Donald Trump spoke out against the Feds monetary policy. The notable market reaction is likely to be due to the fact that recently Trump seemed to have...
Aug 20, 2018 14:42 pm UTC| Research & Analysis Central Banks Insights & Views
CBR (Central Bank of Russia) has barred FX purchases on Russian Finance Ministrys behalf since 9thAugust owing to the vulnerable ruble. In 2017, with an objective of the central banks mechanism to stabilize FX...
Aug 20, 2018 13:00 pm UTC| Research & Analysis Digital Currency Insights & Views
With Turkeys national currency collapse making headlines around the world recently but the downswings seem to have slightly stabilized over the weekend, for now, continued bearish streaks, and with countries such as...
Aug 20, 2018 12:11 pm UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views Central Banks
The EURCHF exchange rate has already eased back below the 1.14 mark and has therefore returned into areas that are likely to begin causing the Swiss National Bank (SNB) discomfort. The central bank had seemed much more...
Aug 20, 2018 11:10 am UTC| Research & Analysis Digital Currency Insights & Views
The bitcoin inventors mandate is such that only 21 million coins could be mined. The asset class which is finite reserve in nature, or otherwise, lends some underpinning to demand, perhaps even (eventually) a pricing...
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