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Bitcoin Will Likely Never Trade Below $20,000 Again, Says Economist
Bitcoin will likely never trade under 20K again as market corrections diminish sharply based on increased institutional adoption, according to lead economist Alex Kruger.
IMF Chief Economist Says Crypto Won’t Threaten Dollar Dominance Although Global Reserves Decline
The Chief Economist of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Gita Gopinath, expressed in an opinion piece in the Financial Times that digital currencies would not displace the US Dollar as the currency that dominates the global trade and finance.
Cryptocurrencies’ Fixed Supply Will Hinder Their Functionality as Actual Currencies, says UBS Economist
Paul Donovan, chief economist at UBS Global Wealth Management, believes that cryptocurrencies are flawed as their supply cannot be slashed when demand flops.
BIS Economist Proposes "Embedded Supervision" to Enhance Transparency of Tokenized Markets
Economist Raphael Auer of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has championed distributed ledger technology (DLT) as a way of supervising financial market risks.
Advancing CBDC: Bank of Canada In Search of Digital Currency Economist
The Bank of Canada is in search of an economist with expertise in digital currencies and financial technologies to help advance its CBDC drive.
CBDCs Gain Traction Amid Fears of Coronavirus-Contaminated Banknotes, The Economist Survey Uncovers
In a survey conducted by The Economist and Crypto.com, it found that consumers generally had more trust in central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), rather than decentralized cryptocurrencies.
Bank of Japan Puts Top Economist in Charge of CBDC Development
Bank of Japan’s top economist, Kazushige Kamiyama is now the head of payments and settlements and at the helm of Japan’s exploration of its Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) project.
Nobel Prize Winning Economist Abhijit Banerjee: Is Blockchain the Key to Financial Inclusion?
While Nobel Prize-winning economist Prof. Banerjee is no expert in blockchain or FinTech services, we went along to the Asian Financial Forum to find out his thoughts on the application of FinTech and Blockchain to facilitate inclusive finance for the developing world. His response surprised us.
US Dollar Crash and Double-Dip Recession Odds Are High, says Economist Stephen Roach, Fueling Bitcoin Bulls
Economist Stephen Roach says that the US dollar is set to crash and that a double-dip recession’s odds are above 50 percent. What will this mean for Bitcoin?
Bitcoin Price Could Continue on Bullish Momentum Towards $15,800 Amid Double-Dip Recession
Bitcoin’s price is currently struggling to continue its push towards $12,000, however, a chance of a double-dip recession could take BTC higher.
Bitcoin Should Benefit from the US Dollar Crash, says Top Economist Stephen Roach
Stephen Roach, former Chairman of Morgan Stanley’s Asia division and Yale University senior fellow said that cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin should benefit from the US dollar’s decline.
Wall Street Legend Explains How Bitcoin Could Collapse
Burton Malkiel, Princeton University economist professor, has warned Bitcoin investors about how the cryptocurrency could collapse.