Neither the author, Tim Fries, nor this website, The Tokenist, provide financial advice. Please consult our website policy prior to making financial decisions. PayPal held its Q3 2020 earnings call on November 2, and it offered some insight into its plan for cryptocurrencies in 2021. The company’s Q3 performance itself was exceptional, with the stock value partly […]
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3 Top Stocks in a Turbulent Market
Neither the author, Tim Fries, nor this website, The Tokenist, provide financial advice. Please consult our website policy prior to making financial decisions. For better or worse, political exuberance is at an all-time-high with less than one day separating us from the U.S. Presidential elections. No one can tell for sure how the outcome of the elections […]
Bitcoin is Booming — What Does it Mean for DeFi?
Neither the author, Tim Fries, nor this website, The Tokenist, provide financial advice. Please consult our website policy prior to making financial decisions. The cryptocurrency market is changing tack as we approach the end of the year. Historically a momentous time for the markets, the trend appears to be in Bitcoin’s direction again. Simultaneously, the DeFi market, […]
Digital Yuan Pilot Records $300 Million in Transactions But No Launch Yet, says PBOC Governor
The pilot program on the digital yuan rollout across four cities – Shenzhen, Suzhou, Xiong’an, and Chengdu has been smooth, said Yi Gang, governor of China’s central bank People’s Bank of China. Over 4 million transactions, totaling more than 2 billion yuan ($299 million) in the digital currency so far, have been made, he said. […]
Reserve Bank of Australia Selects ConsenSys as one of Its Partners For CBDC Research & Development
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) recently announced they have partnered with several financial institutions to research the potential of distributed ledger technology for a CBDC. Based on the announcement, the partnering financial institutions include software firm ConsenSys, financial services company Perpetual, National Australia Bank, and the Commonwealth Bank. The financial institutions will research the […]
Tron Network Suffers A ‘Large Scale Attack’ Now Back Online After Two Hours Of No Blocks
“TRON network gets back to normal. Enjoy sending money on TRON!” said Justin Sun, founder of Tron and CEO of BitTorrent. The tweet has been regarding the Tron blockchain halting block generation early on November 2nd at block height 24653194. It hasn’t been until just over two hours later that it resumed. Due to maintenance, […]
Ripple CTO opens up about the crypto’s poor adoption
Eight years since its launch, XRP is yet to achieve its goal terms of adoption. 2022 will mark a decade since Ripple was launched. However, looking back so far, it has been a tough journey for the blockchain company and its native coin – XRP. This year has not been any different as the payment-focused […]
Reserve Bank of Australia partner with other agencies on a CBDC research project
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has partnered with a few other agencies to explore the possible role of a central bank digital currency (CBDC) in the Australian payments system The RBA announced earlier today that it would be working with Commonwealth, National Australia Bank, Perpetual and ConsenSys to explore the potential wholesome use of […]
2 ‘Must See’ Bear Market Stocks Right Now
Neither the author, Tim Fries, nor this website, The Tokenist, provide financial advice. Please consult our website policy prior to making financial decisions. Global stock markets have had a rough ten days. After months of havering performance, and lots of volatility, markets continue to be uncertain. The downturn isn’t completely unexpected, but it has dampened investors’ moods […]
Investing in Yearn.finance (YFI) – Everything You Need to Know
The next-gen DeFi platform Yearn.finance (YFI) continues to make waves across the sector. This decentralized ecosystem was built to eliminate the most pressing issues facing the market. Today, Yearn Finance has a reputation for providing users with the highest annual percentage yields (APY) on their deposited cryptocurrencies in the industry. What Problems Does Yearn.finance (YFI) […]