Even as Bitcoin continues to attract investors as a proposition for holding on to value, and (with the help of layer 2 technologies) facilitating payments, some persist in painting cryptocurrencies as “pretend technology.”
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U.S. BITCOIN SPOT ETF MOVES A STEP CLOSER TO REALITY
The crypto sector was pleasantly surprised this past week by an SEC decision not to challenge a court ruling regarding the creation of a possible spot bitcoin ETF (Electronically Traded Fund).
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BLOCKCHAIN BATTLES
Over the past year, there has been a growing public perception of Bitcoin as a useful store of value.
That has contributed to lower price volatility, and it has shown comparatively good performance vs. long term treasuries and gold.
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ECONOMIC UPDATE – MARKET OVERVIEW
In one of our Top Trends for 2023, we warned of a Middle East Meltdown. Since that time, as we have reported extensively and now it is right in front of everyone’s eyes, the Middle East is melting down.
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ECONOMIC UPDATE – MARKET OVERVIEW
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.
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BLOCKCHAIN BATTLES
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?
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DID EU APPROVE A BITCOIN ETF?
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.
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SYNERGIES SPELLING NEXT CRYPTO WAVE
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.
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BLOCKCHAIN BATTLES
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.
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BLOCKCHAIN BATTLES
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.