Raoul Pal, CEO & Founder at Real Vision, applies the economic cycle theory to predict a major disruption of the global financial system. He believes this will drive Bitcoin to new highs. Despite the recent rally in the stock market, Pal sees dropping bond yields and falling commodity prices as signs the world economy is heading towards a grave recession. He states: “I think that the stock market is trading hope and the bond markets trading reality and the bond market will show us where the stock market will go.” According to Pal’s interpretation of the economic cycle theory – …

Amid its ongoing war with crypto, video giant YouTube has signed a new deal with one of the world’s biggest popular YouTubers. PewDiePie, the top-subscribed independent video maker on YouTube, now has to leave blockchain video platform Dlive to stream exclusively on YouTube. YouTube officially announced the news on May 4, with PewDiePie claiming that the agreement was a “natural fit.” In April 2019, PewDiePie had signed a partnership with blockchain-based content sharing platform Dlive. PewDiePie, whose real name is Felix Kjellberg, said that he decided to stream via DLive because he was treated “like a real partner,” noting that …

According to Coinopsy.com, over 1,500 cryptocurrencies have collapsed in the past eight years. With so many failures, what is the best way to determine which projects are worth investing in, and how can these projects be found? CEO of Civic, Vinny Lingham, and co-founder of Multicoin Capital, Kyle Samani, joined the latest episode of Cointelegraph’s crypto markets show to explain how they search for and assess crypto investment opportunities. They also discuss how COVID-19 is shaping the role of crypto in the global economy and why Asia may or may not become the DeFi hub of the world. Watch the …

In the latest episode of Beer & Bitcoin, Cointelegraph’s YouTube hosts Jackson and Giovanni were joined by Cointelegraph editor-in-chief Jay Cassano and managing editor Kristina Lucrezia Cornèr. They are in quarantine in New York City and Padova, Italy, respectively. But we’re not inclined to let quarantine hold us down. With some beers on hand, it’s easy to get into an engaged crypto discussion. This time the conversation focused on the economic fallout of Black Thursday, Binance’s acquisition of CoinMarketCap, and the near-emergency shutdown of DeFi giant MakerDAO. Check out the full video and don’t forget to subscribe to our YouTube …

Refereum, a blockchain-based platform that rewards users for video game engagement and streaming, has partnered with Tron. The collaboration allows Refereum to pay out its video game streaming users in Tron’s TRX coin, and BitTorrent’s BTT token, said an April 2 statement provided to Cointelegraph. Partnerships, more partnerships, and purchases Tron bought software company, BitTorrent Inc, in 2018. BitTorrent also utilizes an associated crypto asset called BTT, which is built on Tron’s blockchain. Refereum teamed up with DLive, a blockchain streaming service, near the end of 2019, giving video game live streamers reward-collecting potential. Furthering the connective web, Tron made …

The underlying premise of many video games might actually give people a core understanding of economics, especially in the crypto space. “As a kid, I played a lot of RuneScape,” crypto YouTuber and programmer Ivan on Tech said in a March 28 video. RuneScape is a medieval era fantasy game in which players interact with other live players, completing journeys, buying, selling, and trading various tools and materials, as well as battling. “A part of RuneScape is that it has its own economy,” Ivan said. “There’s actually a lot of experience you get from playing games as a kid,” he …

Are you bored sitting at home in quarantine while the COVID-19 pandemic is raging outside? Feeling depressed from the latest crypto market crash? Afraid that the world might be ending? Don’t worry! Cointelegraph Youtube hosts, Jackson and Giovanni, collected the best memes on coronavirus and Bitcoin to lift up your mood. Any moment of global crisis is fertile ground for memes, some of which are spreading as fast as the COVID-19 pandemic itself. People all over the world are raiding supermarkets and stocking up goods for the months to come. Others are wondering what their sexual life will be like …

In a Cointelegraph exclusive interview, Roger Ver bears it all ‒ how his prison experience made him see Bitcoin’s potential, why Bitcoin Cash (BCH) is better than Bitcoin (BTC), and why he believes Bitcoin Cash will appreciate 1,000-fold. Prison Most of the crypto community knows that, in his youth, Roger Ver had run-ins with the law; in fact, he was sentenced to ten months for selling explosives on eBay. However, not many know that this experience not only provided Ver with ample time for reading, but also allowed him to observe how in a closely controlled environment, “commodities” like tobacco, …

Sometimes the day’s crypto current events call for a cold one. At least that’s the premise of Cointelegraph’s new cryptocurrency YouTube series, Beer & Bitcoin. Grab a beverage of your choice and join our two hosts, Jackson Dumont and Giovanni Pigni, as they help us untangle the complicated crypto world. In this first episode, they cover Bitcoin’s explosive start to 2020, how crypto companies in the European Union are dealing with the new 5AMLD regulations, the skyrocketing price of Bitcoin SV among Craig Wright’s identity crisis, and more.

Bitcoin (BTC) may have come within 2% of $10,000 this week, but its 40% gains in 2020 are now making traders bearish about the future. Speaking to Cointelegraph in a Market discussion on Feb. 7, two trading heavyweights highlighted what they consider to be the increasing potential for Bitcoin to lose value in the short term. DiPasquale: BTC benefits from global instability Alameda Research co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried was undecided on Bitcoin’s trajectory, while Bitbull Capital co-founder Joe DiPasquale identified $6,800 as a bear target for BTC/USD. “I think if there is continued unrest — if things like coronavirus get worse… …

How sustainable is Bitcoin’s latest bull run? Is bad coronavirus news somehow good news for BTC price? “Bad news is good news for Bitcoin, but bad news is bad news for everything,” said Sam Bankman-Fried, CEO of crypto derivatives exchange FTX. He was joined by BitBull Capital CEO Joe DiPasquale in Cointelegraph’s latest YouTube video, where they pick apart those topics and many others: the relationship between BTC price and Tesla’s stock price, Bitcoin’s potential advantages over the US dollar as a store of value, and is it a problem that just five entities control almost 50% of Bitcoin mining …

Cardano will become the most decentralized cryptocurrency in the world, 50 to 100 times more decentralized than Bitcoin once all its upgrades are implemented. At least that’s the word according to Cardano co-founder and CEO of IOHK Charles Hoskinson, who caught up with Cointelegraph at CV Summit, a day-long crypto event running alongside the 50th edition of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Speaking with Cointelegraph’s Kristina Cornèr, Hoskinson said he believes the hard fork, consisting of an implementation of the Ouroboros Bizantine Fault-Tolerant Consensus Protocol, will be seamless and easy. Following the hard fork, the protocol will undergo …