Shiba Inu: SHIB Gift to Buterin Would Now Be Worth $30 Billion
Shiba Inu (SHIB) also gained attention because 50 percent of its stock was sent to famed Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin – now worth tens of […]
Month: October 2021
Shiba Inu (SHIB) overtakes Dogecoin (DOGE) – what’s going on?
Touted as a Dogecoin killer, Shiba Inu (SHIB) has actually overtaken DOGE in market capitalization due to its recent rally. There are explanations for this. […]
Stellar with money corridor Europe to Africa – competition for Ripple
Stellar (XLM) is implementing a payment corridor from Europe to Africa with financial services provider Flutterwave and the stablecoin USDC. With this, Stellar is once […]
Ripple expands business in Middle East – cooperation partner Pyypl.
Ripple is expanding its operations in the Middle East in collaboration with fintech company Pyypl. Emphasized is a payment corridor including XRP in the United […]
Tesla might accept Bitcoin (BTC) again
In its latest quarterly report to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), carmaker Tesla mentions that it might want to accept Bitcoin (BTC) as […]
Solana (SOL) back on track with new all-time high
In mid-September, a 16-hour network outage caused problems for Solana. Now SOL is back on the overtaking track with a new all-time high. Early investors […]
Smart Contracts at IOTA – bubble or competition for Ethereum?
Last week, IOTA released Smart Contacts in a beta version on the testnet. Since then, a discussion has been raging about the real potential for […]
Ethereum (ETH) Upgrade Altair arrives on Wednesday
Ethereum has the launch of Upgrade Altair on the schedule for Oct. 27. This is in preparation for a planned 2022 Ethererum 2.0 on the […]
Ripple (XRP): Good news from the court case against Securities and Exchange Commission SEC
In two decisions of the U.S. court in the process SEC against Ripple observers see positive signs for Ripple. This is because the SEC is […]
Bitcoin and the fairy tale about the worthlessness of BTC
Bitcoin (BTC) marked a new all-time high overnight with prices near $67,000. But some critics continue to see Bitcoin as worthless and expect zero value. […]
Investment giant Pimco increases exposure to Bitcoin and Co.
Pimco manages more than two trillion US dollars in assets, including huge bond funds. Now Pimco wants to more clearly anchor Bitcoin and Co. in […]
Worldcoin valued at $1 billion: crypto received for iris scan
A young crypto project called Worldcoin wants to go global with a new kind of AirDrop: Those who have their irises scanned get World Tokens […]
IOTA launches Smart Contracts in beta version on testnet
IOTA releases long-awaited functionality for smart contracts as a beta, but for now only on the IOTA 2.0 DevNet for testing purposes. Practical details for […]
German Real Estate Sell-Off: 30% of Investments from the Middle East, International Demand at a Peak
30% of capital invested into the residential real estate sector in Germany comes from the Middle East1. The share of domestic investors has been on […]
One in Two Women Show More Interest in Investments Since Pandemic – Cryptocurrencies Also Increasingly in Demand
While investment has long been a predominantly male domain, women are taking an increasing interest in the stock market. There has been a particular boost […]
Thematic Portfolio Weighting: One in Two Institutional Investors Anticipates Increasing Relevance, With 3 Issues in Particular Focus
49% of institutional investors expect their portfolios to become increasingly weighted towards specific issues over the next three years. Thematic blocks such as resource scarcity, […]
Gaming and the Sustainability Problem: Console Power Consumption Increases by Up to 2,520%
A Playstation 5 consumes 153 kWh per year with an average usage time of 2 hours per day, whereas a Playstation 1 uses just 5.84 […]
350% Rise in Suspected Money Laundering Cases Within 5 Years – Real Estate Especially Popular with Criminals
While the Central Office for Financial Transaction Investigations registered 32,008 suspected money laundering cases in 2015, by 2020 the number had risen to 144,005 – […]
Bitcoin and co: investment legend George Soros gets in on the action
Soros Fund Management, as the asset manager of investment legend George Soros, has confirmed investments in cryptocurrencies. Bitcoin has arrived in the mainstream, it says […]
Ripple and Qatar National Bank cooperate – without XRP for now.
Ripple and Qatar National Bank (QNB) have agreed on a partnership to simplify international transfers. However, the use of XRP is not planned. Whenever Ripple […]