More people use ‘buy now, pay later’ for holiday shopping, but experts say that’s a double-edged sword

Online purchases using the BNPL rose by 13% year-on-year in November, according to Adobe Analytics. That figure does not take into account Thanksgiving or Black Friday spending. “In an uncertain econo...

Bitcoin: Can miners survive this double-edged combat?

Bitcoin [BTC] miners have been faced with harsh realities lately. The worst part is that it doesn’t seem to get any easier as these difficulties look too strong to handle. According to CryptoQuant, BT...

Is Litecoin’s addition to Binance DeFi staking a double-edged sword

Litecoin is gradually recovering from the heavy discount it received in the last few months. It might take a while for the market to recover to previous highs. Holders can still earn some passive inco...

Why crypto bailouts are a double-edged sword

It seems we are coming full circle when it comes to financial contagion. Exposure to bad assets—largely led by subprime mortgages—and derivatives triggered the 2008 global financial crisis. The result...

A16z Considers Popularity Of Ethereum as “Double-Edged Sword”

A16z stated that overwhelming shares of Ethereum assists explaining why its users are inclined to pay over $15 Million in fees to utilize the blockchain. Outside of Ethereum, report concentrates on to...

Ethereum’s popularity ‘a double-edged sword’ — a16z’s State of Crypto report

Crypto venture fund giant Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) has highlighted that development and demand on Ethereum are “unmatched” despite the network’s high transaction fees. The firm does warn, however, t...

Double-edged war in Iran as authorities try to fight illegal crypto miners  –

Crypto mining in Iran is lawful and has been dependent upon a permitting cycle starting around 2019 As of January 2020, the Ministry of Industry, Mining and Trade had given north of 1,000 mining licen...

China’s New Gold Project Is A Double-Edged Sword For Tajikistan

Tajikistan’s president traveled to the northern Sughd region on April 14 to oversee the opening of a new gold processing plant built by a Chinese investor at a cost of around $136 million. The enterpr...

A double-edged sword? Once-famous brands are getting into crypto

There is no denying the fact that the crypto adoption wave sweeping the globe right now has resulted in a growing list of defunct brands making their way into the digital asset market in recent months...

Fighting economic warfare with crypto’s double-edged sword

In his monthly crypto tech column, Israeli serial entrepreneur Ariel Shapira covers emerging technologies within the crypto, decentralized finance and blockchain space, as well as their roles in shapi...

Amid Escalating Geopolitical Tension, Circle CEO Says Crypto Is ‘Double-Edged Sword’

The Russia-Ukraine crisis is far from cooling down anytime soon. In the thick of the ongoing chaos, the CEO and founder of the digital currency company Circle – Jeremy Allaire – asserted that crypto i...

The double-edged sword of mainstream adoption

January 28, 2022, 1:07PM EST • 16 min read Quick Take This weekly series explores the most interesting insights in NFTs, blockchain gaming, and virtual worlds As NFTs emerged as a potential safe haven...