Crypto-Analysis

Few people today doubt that in a few years, central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) will be as widespread as cash is now. But so far, no one can tell how exactly Western countries will approach their digital money. And this question, as you are about to see, is hardly a trivial one. If you discount…

Mark Zuckerberg’s company made a lot of noise a few years ago with an attempt to create its own stablecoin as a basis of a worldwide payment system built around Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. Now, the once ambitious move has been reduced to some faint cracks at creating a kind of in-game currency for the…

Over the past few years, up to and including 2021, the cryptocurrency market has mostly expanded thanks to massive infusions of fiat money resulting in speculative growth. But from this point forward, crypto is about to ride the wave of the latest economic crisis, the so-called “stagflation”, and show growth predicated on the mass adoption…

The country of Canada is generally quite welcoming of new and unconventional enterprises, and the cryptocurrency business was no exception, enjoying significant freedoms in the Great White North. However, the “excessive financial freedom” it creates concerns the Canadian authorities no less than it does their American neighbors. You may have missed it, but Canada, over…

What does it take for a technology to really break through? – asks Dan Jeffries, an author, futurist, systems architect, and thinker, speaking on CoinDesk’s Payments Week. How does it go from something only a few people use to something everyone uses without even thinking about it? For over a decade people have wondered whether…

CryptoCompare tracker data shows that top-tier crypto exchanges hit an all-time high of 96% market share this year as traders sought lower-risk venues amid broader market volatility. Crypto exchanges considered top-tier increased their market share to 96% in February from 89% in August, according to data collected by UK analytics company CryptoCompare. These 78 exchanges,…