Bitcoin is in big trouble after a historic selloff, and the world may be facing its gravest situation yet in the face of a global pandemic and recession.With Bitcoin designed to withstand a recession and having certain attributes that make it immune to the current challenges, the world is facing, will the first-ever cryptocurrency’s true…
When a crisis hits, investors move their capital into safe-haven assets like gold and silver. Bitcoin shares similar attributes as these precious metals, and a growing narrative suggesting it too will become a safe haven asset like gold has followed the asset over the last two years.However, growing fears and concerns over the coronavirus reaching…
Despite sporting a market cap of over $100 billion, Bitcoin is only 11 years old, having launched in 2009. This means that while the cryptocurrency has been through a lot, it has not yet been through a full-fledged financial recession.Related Reading: Altered Carbon: Bitcoin & Top Crypto Assets Just Made A Brief AppearanceThis has left…
The spread of the deadly and highly contagious Coronavirus has kindled fear in the hearts of investors, as the global equities markets are now facing heightened recession risk as the death toll and potential economic impact of the virus grows at a rapid rate.The strength of the ongoing global selloff can be seen by the…
Things are going from bad to worse for the US financial system as it slides ever closer to recession. As bearish signals mount up the Federal Reserve found itself needing to step in again to attempt to rescue what is becoming an increasingly desperate situation. Trump Wants Negative Interest In its second cut in as…
This year’s run-up in the bitcoin price has been attributed to numerous factors: the US-China trade war, bold monetary easing by central banks, a weakening Chinese Renminbi, Facebook’s plans to launch its cryptocurrency, as well as market manipulation via Tether’s USDT stablecoins. But a recession is still not one of those catalysts. The benchmark crypto-asset…
The stock market is currently experiencing a sideways trading session, with all of the major benchmarks trading down slightly. Although the markets have seen unprecedented volatility towards the end of 2018, analysts still have lofty expectations for how some major stocks will perform in 2019. Their bullish views on the future of the markets is mostly…