In the case of cryptocurrencies, academia has barely scratched the surface with respect to identifying the determinants of their prices. For example, studies by Cheah and Fry (2015) and Corbet et al. (2018) claim that Bitcoin has no intrinsic value and that its price has persistently exhibited ‘bubble-like’ behaviour. Makarov and Schoar (2018) find that the prices of Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Ripple differ across exchanges for weeks. Outside of academia, the President of the United States recently tweeted that cryptocurrencies are based on “thin air”.1
Now, to be fair to the bitcoin bros (not great) and XRP army (worse), even the World Health Organisation had around that time started pushing the idea that Covid could be being spread by banknotes (while simultaneously recommending that people should not wear masks), now thought to be “very unlikely”. Even if banknotes were a key transmission vector, however, we are not sure that “dirty fiat” itself could be held responsible, given that the vast majority of it only exists in digital form. Why would you use bitcoin, or XRP, or any other crypto token when you can transact digitally using fiat currencies?
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Billed as the main rival to Bitcoin, Ethereum’s rise has been nothing short of spectacular. You’ll find all the Ethereum news and guides you’ll ever need right here…
The reason behind such revolutionary growth is originally the team behind this project. Its impressive growth is evident from the fact that in just 1 month of launch, it has reached 45k holders and has already paid out $8 Million in reflection to holders of its native token, $EGC. With such an outstanding track record, the project has also clinched the market cap of $600 Million, which is remarkable.
Bitcoin (BTC) crashed to just $8,100 on Oct. 21 — but only if you were trading on Binance’s dedicated United States exchange, Binance.US.
INSIDE HUNGARY’S U.S. INFLUENCE CAMPAIGN: “Former Vice President Mike Pence turned up in Hungary last month to speak to a conference on conservative social values hosted by the far-right government of Prime Minister Viktor Orban,” Ken Vogel and Benjamin Novak write for The New York Times. “Jeff Sessions, the former attorney general, was another recent visitor. Tucker Carlson did his Fox News show from Hungary for a week this summer. The American Conservative Union is planning a version of its CPAC gathering in Budapest early next year.”
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III. 4JNET’s four guaranteesMSB license: 4JNET has secured the U.S. MSB license for encrypted tokens and is allowed to lawfully engage in initial coin offerings (ICOs), initial exchange offerings (IEOs) and encrypted token transactions.Transparency: All business logics of 4JNET are achieved through smart contracts. All of the contract’s addresses and codes are open sourced.Contract audit: 4JNET’s smart contract has been audited by the blockchain security company CertiK, and its security and fairness are further guaranteed.Fairness: 4JNET’s unique mechanism effectively curbs the token oligarchs and centralized holding of tokens.IV. Conclusions
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SHIBA INU (SHIB) rose above the downtrend line on Nov. 9 but the bulls could not sustain the higher levels. This shows that every rise is being sold by the bears.
Harrison, who still owns SafeMoon, said that the developers have become more professional since the AMA incident: “They’re a bit more scripted, they sit down, they’re in suits.”
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Fiat currency. A fiat currency — such as dollars, euros, pounds, or yen—is a trusted medium of exchange, or legal tender, that is issued by a recognized government or authority. U.S. dollars, for example, are backed by the “full faith and credit” of the United States government.
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BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — An imposing bronze statue was unveiled in Hungary’s capital on Thursday which its creators say is the first in the world to pay homage to the anonymous creator of the Bitcoin digital currency.