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Cryptocurrencies are replacing gold as means of protection against inflation, has recognized Goldman Sachs’s Head of Energy Research, Damian Courvalin, noting the flight of investments to the crypto market from the precious metal. Answering on whether he was observing that investors have used assets beyond gold, such as Bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies, to hedge against…

Decentralized finance is one of the most remarkable inventions of the cryptocurrency industry. We took on the difficult task of predicting the further development of this multifaceted phenomenon. One of the best ways to see the future of various technologies or markets is to put the question of their prospects to the industry specialists –…

Depending on who you ask, cash will not remain king. The Covid-19 pandemic not only accelerated the shift toward digital and contactless payments but also led to a more mainstream acceptance of physical cash alternatives like cryptocurrency that will likely stay, economist Eswar Prasad tells CNBC Make It. “For many consumers and businesses that made…

Investment bank Morgan Stanley has stated the metaverse is now the next big investment theme, in a note directed to investors on November 11. Strategists from the bank believe this alternate conception of reality is amassing important interest from companies like Facebook (now Meta) and Microsoft, which are already trying to grasp the concept. And…

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has rejected a proposal to launch a spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) that would actively track the price of BTC. Cboe BZX exchange had applied back in March; however, the SEC stated that not enough was done to protect investors from fraudulent trading. The Commission says the proposal…

The “Big Chinese Offensive” on cryptocurrencies has led to a colossal outflow of crypto holders’ funds to decentralized crypto exchanges and DeFi projects, as well as over-the-counter platforms. Now centralized cryptocurrency exchanges are looking for a fitting answer to this challenge. Centralized cryptocurrency exchanges (CEX), having felt a threat to their market dominance, are rapidly…