Month: November 2019

Bitcoin Falls as Yuan Strengthens                                     Bitcoin has been falling slightly, dropping this week from $9,000 to $8,600 and down from last month’s $10,000. Why it has turned somewhat downwards since the 24th of June when it reached $14,000 is not too clear, but it may be just profit taking after a very fast […]

Digital Marketing – Inbound Marketing Same… But Different?  In the world of online marketing, we encounter a lot of jargon. Terms like inbound marketing, SEO, digital marketing, conversion, PPC, call-to-action, outbound, content marketing and so on. One that many find confusing is the difference between digital marketing and inbound marketing.  On the surface, the two […]

Three Fronts in the Global Digital Currency Wars                                   Jeremy Allaire is co-founder, CEO and chairman of Circle, a global financial services company that provides a platform for individuals, institutions and entrepreneurs to build businesses, invest and raise capital with open crypto technologies. The views expressed here are his own. The past several months have […]

ASX-Listed DigitalX Seeds New Fund With Half Its Bitcoin Holdings                                          The first ever cryptocurrency firm to be listed on a major stock exchange has launched a new bitcoin fund. DigitalX, which debuted on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) under its previous name DigitalBTC as far back as 2015, announced the new fund […]

Opinion: Europe Must Embrace Blockchain to Avoid “Cybercolonization”                                 On September 27, the EU Competitiveness Council met in Brussels to discuss how to support Europe’s digitization, particularly with regard to artificial intelligence — an area that has tremendous potential, but also faces extreme global competition. AI, of course, runs on data. The unfortunate reality is that […]

China Scraps Plan to Categorize Bitcoin Mining as Industry to Be Eliminated                                    More than six months after the China National Development and Reform Commission proposed to categorize bitcoin mining as an industry to be phased out from the country, it appears the agency has now scrapped that plan. The National Development and Reform Commission […]

Bitcoin Falls 4.3%, Slipping Below $9,000 for First Time in Two Weeks                                   Bitcoin fell 4.4 percent Friday, slipping below $9,000 for the first time in two weeks. Analysts cited a lack of positive market drivers and speculation that the U.S. Federal Reserve might pause this year’s rate-cutting cycle, which could curb demand for the […]

Top Vietnamese Bank in Partnership With RippleNet                                    Vietnamese bank TPBank has confirmed its partnership with RippleNet. Lately, Ripple has been making major steps to improve the global financial infrastructure, as evidenced by its collaboration with Asia-based SBI Holdings, […]

Why You Can’t Be Anonymous Using Crypto                                         Most people associate blockchain and Bitcoin with anonymity and imagine that they can perform transactions online without being detected. But this couldn’t be farther from the truth, as aside from a few altcoins that have privacy features, Bitcoin and most cryptos aren’t actually anonymous. How Cryptos […]