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Why this downturn is different from 2018. Michael J. Casey, CoinDesk’s Chief Content Officer, shared his opinion in Money Reimagined, a weekly look at the technological, economic, and social events and trends that are redefining our relationship with money and transforming the global financial system. When token markets plunged in 2018 following the initial coin…

Crypto may not have an economic anchor, but art, diamonds, gold and many other things have value only because other people value them, not from any direct economic use, writes Aaron Brown on Bloomberg. Bitcoin has fallen 50% since November. This is not unusual for the cryptocurrency; it did the same thing from April to…

On Friday, a sudden price crash followed by several days of steady losses has pushed bitcoin to its lowest level in six months, down more than 50% from the all-time high it experienced in November. Analysts told The Independent what caused the slump and why Bitcoin’s recovery may be a ‘long shot’. Typically for the…

Breaking crypto news from the last week (Jan. 15 – 21, 2022): Jan. 15: Arab Bank Switzerland, the Geneva-based affiliate of Middle Eastern lender Arab Bank PLC, has extended its crypto offerings focused on wealthy investors. It includes ten major decentralized finance (DeFi) tokens, such as AAVE, COMP, UNI, and more. Jan. 16: American retail…

NFT is a huge branch of the blockchain economy that essentially formed before our eyes in 2021. And while few people knew what “non-fungible tokens” even were a year ago, by the end of the year, the most prominent corporations were already integrating NFT solutions into their products, and the market volume amounted to tens…

The exchange Huobi has predicted a bear market in 2022 for Bitcoin as central banks tighten their monetary policies and the market sees a liquidity crunch. On the other side, DeFi and cross-chain interoperability will continue to expand and adapt, with DAO governance eventually becoming a significant driver of activity. Another major entity in the…