The benchmark cryptocurrency has outperformed U.S. equities in a welcome change as geopolitical uncertainty continues to roil markets.
Whilst the instinctive trade at the moment would be to go long on the stuff of Russia, because sanctions would effectively remove their supply from global markets, that trade also…
Bitcoin is failing to live up to its role as a hedge against inflation, falling alongside stocks as escalating tensions between Russia and Ukraine sapped risk appetite.
A fresh crackdown by Beijing has obliterated some US$96 billion of market cap in just two days.
Beneath the exchange-traded products and the islands of crypto innovation in cities like Berlin and Tallinn lies a continent that has an at best uneasy relationship with digital assets.
Over the past week, the on-again, off-again prospect of Russia invading Ukraine has roiled markets, sending the price of oil and gold rising and falling as regularly as the tide.
G20 finance ministers and central bankers are likely to embrace greater cryptocurrency regulation and reporting frameworks
Chinese tech stocks continue to be whiplashed by regulators intent on redistributing power and profits to the common man
Sequoia Capital will be launching a dedicated fund that allows it to play a more active role in cryptocurrency networks, including validating transactions (through staking) and voting on governance matters.
Today, as Russian forces amass along the long border with Ukraine, investors are finding comfort once again in gold, with the precious metal advancing to an eight-month high over US$1,900,…