Day: October 16, 2017

Nobel Prize-winning economist Robert Shiller appeared on CNBC’s “Closing Bell” earlier today. During the interview he commented on the “strange enthusiasm” people seem to have for Bitcoin but ultimately sums up the cryptocurrency up as a “fad”, comparing it to the phenomena of bimetallism. For those unaware, bimetallism refers to a trend that occurred in … Continue reading Robert Shiller: “Bitcoin is a Fad” but “I’ll take Bitcoin”

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Many Bitcoin owners had given up hope for an ETF this January when the Winklevoss ETF was rejected. But there may be hope yet.

Users who have asked for help with their disabled accounts are reportedly being banned from the exchange’s support Slack.

Mike Novogratz, former hedge-fund manager at Fortress, will advise on new token-exchange platform AirSwap. Based on the Ethereum network, the project aims to provide users a digital coin swapping service. The idea to is to match buyers and sellers in a model similar to CraigsList, or GumTree in the UK. Novogratz told CNBC that he … Continue reading Ethereum-Based Trading Platform Airswap Working with Mike Novogratz

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Day one of Swift’s annual Sibos conference found the interbank messaging platform under pressure from the rising tide of cryptocurrencies.

CEO of ARK Investment Management, Cathie Wood made some bullish comments about Bitcoin on Bloomberg earlier today. She believes that it’s only a matter of time before an Exchange Traded Fund is approved but we should expect to see closed-end funds much sooner. I wouldn’t be surprised if we saw a closed-end fund before a bitcoin ETF. … Continue reading Cathie Wood: Bitcoin ETF Could is Close

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World of Battles FTW! Ethereum-based World of Battles set to dominate the eSports world.

The University of New South Wales’ consumer loyalty research effort will pay students in ether for making purchases at on-campus retailers.

DIGI, a blockchain based platform for digital goods and services are giving away 300 ETH worth of DIGI Tokens to 4 lucky contributors of their initial coin offering. It is extremely simple to enter, all you have to do is contribute more than 1 ETH during the token sale and you will be automatically entered. … Continue reading 300 ETH worth of DIGI Bonus – a Token Sale worth Contributing

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