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Doing Well by Doing Good: 5 Reasons Why it Works

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Time Stamp: April 1, 2020 7:38 PM - Modified On: August 29, 2021 - Published By:
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“Do well by doing good.” The phrase has a deep meaning during this time in human history. In a nutshell, it means that companies that do good (i.e., help out during the Coronacrisis) will do well (i.e., make money and thrive). This is counter-intuitive. Logically, you would not help out during a recession: you would lay off workers, conserve your remaining cash, and “hunker down,” to use an unfortunate phrase. Here are a few reasons why the opposite is true. Your name gets out there. Many of our clients are

Ethereum Founder Tells Bitcoin Dev: BTC Wasn’t Always ‘Digital Gold’

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Time Stamp: April 1, 2020 7:21 PM - Modified On: August 29, 2021 - Published By:
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Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin was involved in a spat with a Bitcoin developer on Twitter yesterday, when he suggested BTC was originally designed to be P2P cash, not digital gold.Replying to Blockstream employee Zack Voell who claimed that Bitcoin was, is, and always shall be digital gold, Buterin pointed out the narrative had changed since 2011:“I joined Bitcoin land in 2011 and back then I remember a clear vibe that Bitcoin was P2P cash first and gold second.”Source: Twitter: Vitalik Buterin, Zack VoellButerin’s view that Bitcoin was originally intended to

U.S. Crypto ATM Network Helps to Promote Social Distancing

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Time Stamp: April 1, 2020 5:30 PM - Modified On: August 29, 2021 - Published By:
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Bitcoin Depot, the largest Bitcoin ATM operator in the world, has begun powering down some of its machines in an effort to halt further spread of COVID-19.As much of the world sits in quarantine, Bitcoin Depot has chosen to temporarily shut off crypto ATMs which specifically reside in high traffic areas. The company is undertaking this push as a way to encourage social distancing.“As we monitor the ongoing situation, the number of locations temporarily taken offline will likely increase,” Bitcoin Depot’s director of product, Alona Lubovnaya, told Cointelegraph in an

Price Analysis April 1: BTC, ETH, XRP, BCH, BSV, LTC, EOS, BNB, XTZ, LEO

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Time Stamp: April 1, 2020 3:00 PM - Modified On: August 29, 2021 - Published By:
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average had its worst first quarter on record. Compared to that, Bitcoin only fell about 10% over the same period, which shows clear outperformance. The resilience of Bitcoin (BTC) in the current crisis shows that it has arrived on the big scene and that it can weather a storm better than some of the traditional asset classes. This is likely to attract several institutional players to Bitcoin.Now, what can we hope for during the second quarter? Bitcoin has a very important halving event coming up next

Vitalik Buterin: Ethereum is DeFi Chain as Much as Bitcoin is Digital Gold

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Time Stamp: April 1, 2020 1:21 PM - Modified On: August 29, 2021 - Published By:
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Ethereum co-founder, Vitalik Buterin has recently asserted that aside from the numerous potential applications of Ethereum in various areas, its use as a cryptocurrency, for settlements, cannot be overlooked. This is coming after Ryan Sean Adams, the founder of Mythos Capital, shared how Bitcoin Maximalists are trolling him about how pointless Ethereum is. Got Maximalists trolling me about how pointless Ethereum is meanwhile I just sent a crypto backed stablecoin in a private transaction on the Ethereum mainnet peer-to-peer w/o a bank Keep trolling We’ll keep building the bankless future

Fed’s Quantitative Easing Strategy Holds Long-Term Benefits for Crypto

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Time Stamp: April 1, 2020 11:30 AM - Modified On: August 29, 2021 - Published By:
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These are perilous times, and it hasn’t escaped anyone’s notice that the United States Federal Reserve is doing its part to alleviate the suffering — which began with the coronavirus pandemic and has spread to the global economy. It’s printing more money. “There is an infinite amount of cash at the Federal Reserve,” Neel Kashkari, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, told Scott Pelley of CBS on March 22, adding: “We will do whatever we need to do to make sure there is enough cash in the financial

Evolution of‘Payments’ Will Bolster Next-Generation Businesses

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Time Stamp: April 1, 2020 9:36 AM - Modified On: August 29, 2021 - Published By:
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Humans have always been on a developmental journey. When we are born into thousands of years of inventions and improvements, it’s easy to take for granted what’s around us— as if they always existed. We seldom think about the changes it took to get to where we are.Take for example, the creation of language and how that opened up a new course in human history. How it led to communication, collaboration, communities and organizations. From there, people organized a set of doctrines and came up with story-telling, a precursor to

Bitcoin and Visa Transactions Plunge But Pizza Deliveries Are Up

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Time Stamp: April 1, 2020 3:22 AM - Modified On: August 29, 2021 - Published By:
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Online purchases using Bitcoin (BTC), Visa, and some retail apps are down for the first quarter of 2020, spanning cryptocurrency and fiat currency transactions.With many around the world self-quarantining or otherwise recommended to stay inside to prevent the spread of COVID-19, one might assume there would be an increase in online purchases and deliveries. Yet with unemployment on the rise and an uncertain economic future, it seems consumers want to save their money rather than spend it.Bitcoin transactions rivaling those during crypto winterThe crypto market is not exempt from this

Strict Japanese Crypto Laws Discourage Foreign Exchanges … For Now

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Time Stamp: April 1, 2020 12:25 AM - Modified On: August 29, 2021 - Published By:
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[vc_row disable_element="yes"][vc_column][vc_column_text] A new report has found strict regulations are discouraging overseas exchanges from opening in Japan, but would likely benefit new players in the long term. Double jump.tokyo, the game developer behind My Crypto Heroes, commissioned a research team at So & Sato Law Offices to carry out a comprehensive report on digital assets in Japan. Released on March 31, the report covers all aspects of digital assets in the Asian nation, from tokenized securities to crypto derivatives. Entering the crypto market under strict regulations Joerg Schmidt and So