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Why DeFi is Set to Take Over From Traditional Finance
Given the wider macroeconomic issues, it’s a little surprising that decentralized finance (DeFi) is not yet as widely accepted as it should be. The issue is an educational one, as the benefits of DeFi...
Incoming Kraken CEO Predicts Bitcoin (BTC) Will Become Benchmark Asset in Traditional Currency Markets – Here’s Why
Incoming Kraken CEO David Ripley predicts Bitcoin (BTC) will become an important financial benchmark as use cases increase along with adoption. In a new interview with SALT’s managing director John Da...
Traditional finance is diving deeper into crypto
Traditional financial firms are working their way further into crypto and deeper down the rabbit hole, according to Fireblocks Head of Web3 Omer Amsel. Fireblocks custodies funds on behalf of mo...
UBS AG launches digital bond settled on blockchain and traditional exchanges
Swiss investment bank UBS AG introduced its hybrid digital bond on Nov. 3, claiming to be the world’s first publicly traded bond that’s settled on both blockchain-based and traditional exchanges. Acco...
This Time Into Traditional Banking
Binance has made a significant amount of investments in the crypto industry’s growth but its integration into the banking system is on another level. It is considering buying its own bank, Bloomberg r...
Coinbase 1.5% APY on USDC Can’t Keep Up With Traditional Banks
Coinbase customers can earn 1.5% APY (Annual Percentage Yield) by holding USDC coins. But, traditional banks offer better yields than Coinbase without regulatory concerns. Coinbase, one of the largest...
Do Traditional or Roth IRAs Pay Off More In The Long Run?
Image shows a person starting to compare a traditional IRA to a Roth IRA. Which option is best for your largely depends on your current and future tax rate. When saving for retirement, you’ll typicall...
Stablecoins Could Massively Disrupt Traditional Banks, Says Acting Chairman of US Banking Regulator
A top US banking regulator thinks stablecoins could “fundamentally alter” the traditional banking sector based on historical precedent. In a new speech at the Brookings Institution, acting Federal Dep...
MicroStrategy (MSTR) outperforms leading traditional assets since adopting Bitcoin standard
Bitcoin’s (BTC) last market bull market was inspired by institutional investors who accumulated the assets at historical levels. Among the notable institutions is United States-based business intellig...
The Role of Water150 in Connecting Macro-Trends between the Traditional and Crypto Space
Blockchain technology has come a long way in the last decade, gradually evolving over the last decade and impacting different sectors to become more than a store of value. Decentralized ledger technol...
Clixpesa Is Bringing Traditional Kenyan Investing Techniques to Web3
“When we look at the financial products that are offered now, such as loans, savings, and insurance, these things are complicated since traditional financial institutions are creating them,̶...
How GameFi Can Transform Traditional Gaming?
Animoca Brands CEO shared his thoughts during the Future Blockchain Summit. They are primarily focusing on the gaming industry. The company raised $78 Million for their open metaverse. Gaming Sector D...
Will Feed3’s Axie Infinity Partnership Bring Traditional Gamers To The Blockchain?
According to a Globant and YouGov survey, only 53% of the 1000 gamers questioned were interested in working inside a gaming platform if they were able to earn cryptocurrency. And a total of 81% of gam...
FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried Predicts One Blockchain Use Case Will Take Over Traditional Finance
FTX chief executive Sam Bankman-Fried thinks one primary crypto use case will push the digital asset sector into the world of traditional finance. Bankman-Fried notes in a new interview on the Unchain...
Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire Says JPMorgan and Traditional Finance Threatened by Idea of Full Reserve Banking
The chief executive of the company behind USD Coin (USDC) says that traditional financial institutions are feeling vulnerable to the idea of full-reserve banking systems. In a new discussion with Shar...
Decentralizing Traditional Finance Isn’t as Easy as it Sounds
TradFi (traditional finance) to decentralization isn’t just a matter of flicking a switch, says Motti Peer, the CEO of ReBlonde. When people discuss the need to bridge the gap between DeFi and TradFi,...
Crypto-Asset Platforms Are Getting More Integrated Into The Traditional Financial System
Advertisement     On October 3, 2022, the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) released its report in response to US President Joe Biden’s Executive Order on “...
Bitcoin: Assessing the impact of BTC’s correlation with traditional markets
No thanks to the worsening macroeconomic conditions, the cryptocurrency market was severely beaten down in the last quarter, a new report from Cryptorank (an analytics platform) showed. Following the...
Bitcoin Trades Flat for a Second Consecutive Day, but Outpaces Traditional Markets
Bitcoin (BTC) was still trading above $20,000, roughly flat from 24 hours earlier, as the largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization continues to trade in a tight range. BTC tested highs of $20,4...
Bitcoin outperforms traditional crypto stocks in 2022 by up to 22%
Bitcoin’s price is down roughly 56% since January but crypto-related stocks such as MicroStrategy, Riot Blockchain, Coinbase, and Hut8 Mining are down up to 74%. The orange line in the chart below sho...
Crypto Firm Bit Panda Seeks to Offer Traditional Commodities
Bit Panda – a financial technology firm based in Vienna, Austria – has stated that it’s going to be reverting back to the ways of traditional finance (or tradfi) in coming weeks and months and somewha...
What will happen to Bitcoin and Ethereum if traditional markets break?
Michael J. Burry, the financial wizard who was portrayed in the movie “The Big Short”, is known for predicting crises. For instance, his investment fund made billions from the 2008 housing...
NFT-focused Fund Finds Parallels to Traditional Venture Investing
Investors hail mostly from Chicago and the Midwestern US “That’s the cool thing about NFTs. It’s kind of like a venture investment,” says Spencer Gordon-Sand Spencer Ventures, a crypto fund focused so...
3 Ways Traditional Investors Can Gain Crypto Exposure
Bitcoin futures ETFs: There are a few different bitcoin (BTC) futures exchange-traded funds available on the market. These allow investors to gain exposure to the price movement of bitcoin, without ow...
Immutable’s Guild of Guardians on building trust to onboard traditional gamers
Following the emerging trend within web3 gaming, Guild of Guardians looks to promote the concept of “play-and-earn” instead of play-to-earn. The game, from the team behind Gods Unchained, Immutable St...
Roth IRA vs. Traditional IRA: Key Differences
Roth IRA vs. Traditional IRA: An Overview An individual retirement account (IRA) is a way to save for retirement and save on taxes as well. Designed primarily for self-employed people who don’t ...
DashDeals Now Offering an Investor Asset-Based Rewards Program Combining Traditional Commerce with Digital Assets – crypto.news
AssetDash, the all-in-one portfolio tracker for investors, announced the introduction of DashDeals, a rewards program that enables NFT holders to take advantage of in-person offers, discounts, and gif...
Probinex creates a new all-in-one ecosystem to tackle traditional finance
A native utility token, staking program, crypto-friendly e-wallet, an audited platform for a broader public, and eventually, a 24/7 exchange combining traditional assets with cryptocurrencies. Probine...
Increasing DeFi participation through Traditional Finance…
Every day new projects are launched in the blockchain network, with more people flooding into the industry to trade and invest. But why are there more investors not participating? The answer is simple...
3air uses blockchain to revolutionize one of the most traditional industries
Blockchains are a powerful technology, and the full extent of their uses remains to be seen. 3air, a blockchain company working to connect Africa through NFT subscriptions to its internet service, wil...