Back in November of 2022, The Trends Journal had forecast a stock market spike in 2023. We noted that over the past 40 U.S. midterm elections, the S&P 500 rose 16.3 percent in the next 12 months and considering the economic data, the trend would continue.
With Bitcoin still mired more than 50 percent down from its all-time highs of late 2021, how is El Salvador managing to fare better than most of its central and South American neighbors?
When it comes to a spot Bitcoin ETF (Electronically Traded Fund), the EU beat the U.S. to the punch…
…or at least that was the story from some major crypto outlets like Cointelegraph, Blockworks and others.
At least five factors are fast setting the stage for not just crypto recovery, but a next wave that may see 2021 look like a blip on a radar screen in comparison.
Bitcoin ordinals, or the ability to create BRC tokens comparable in at least some ways to Ethereum tokenizing abilities, hit a new development twist as of 20 June.
On the surface, it has seemed a (sort of) positive development: the world’s largest asset manager, BlackRock, one of the largest U.S. based banks, Bank of New York-Mellon, and the largest U.S. crypto exchange, Coinbase, all working together to gain the greenlight for a Bitcoin Spot ETF.
Are citizens in countries and regions with capital restrictions, less monetary freedom, and greater monetary instability more likely to turn to Decentralized Exchanges to transact in Bitcoin?
Bitcoin could provide a more affordable and accessible way to send and receive money, especially for people in developing countries.
Several moves in Germany spell good news for bitcoin adoption and investment. Via a new platform called wpNex offered by securities processing giant Deutsche WertpapierService Bank AG (dwpbank), some 1,200 German banks will be able to offer bitcoin to retail customers.
Bitcoin holders who would like to use their crypto for Defi lending and borrowing, etc., without having to exchange it for stand-in tokens, will likely see more options over the next 12 to 24 months.