Gold

FTX

Paxos’ Tokenized Gold Futures Are Now Trading on FTX Exchange

For the first time, investors can trade gold-backed futures contracts on a leading crypto derivatives exchange. In addition to its spot market trading, PAX Gold is now available as perpetual and quarterly futures contracts on FTX.

Markets  ·  14 January 2020
Bitcoin

Bitcoin Price Will Be Golden in 2020 Thanks to Limited Supply, Increasing Use: Bloomberg Report

Bitcoin, like gold, is a limited asset that can't be easily increased to meet demand. Bloomberg analysts predict the price of both will rise this year.

News  ·  8 January 2020
Bitcoin

Bitcoin May Follow Gold With Significant Price Breakout

Bitcoin looks set to take a page out of gold's book and confirm a price breakout on the weekly chart.

Markets  ·  8 January 2020
DeFi

Store of Value Remains Crypto’s Best Use Case

Store of value was the most viable and desirable use case across crypto in 2019 and offers a basis to increase adoption in the second decade of crypto, says Ryan Zurrer of Dialectic.

Tech  ·  7 January 2020
Bitcoin

Bitcoin Price Set to Outshine Gold and Stocks by Big Margin in 2019

Despite the downtrend in the latter half of 2019, bitcoin is on track to significantly outperform gold and stocks.

Markets  ·  20 December 2019
Gold

Tradewind, Canadian Mint to Verify Origins of Precious Metals on Blockchain

Tradewind Markets is tracking the geography, name and standards of mines that produce precious metals for the Royal Canadian Mint.

Business  ·  5 November 2019
Bitcoin

CoinShares, Blockchain Launch Gold Token Network on a Bitcoin Sidechain

Two years in the making and already backed by some $20 million in digitized gold, CoinShares announced the DGLD token Tuesday.

Tech  ·  15 October 2019
Ethereum

Australia’s Gold Mint Is Backing a Crypto Token Based on Ethereum

The government-owned Perth Mint is backing a new digital token aimed to allow investors to trade and settle gold in real time.

Tech  ·  11 October 2019
Bitcoin

Liquidity Provider B2C2 Launches Gold Derivative Settled in Bitcoin

The U.K.-licensed firm's new product allows clients to synthetically trade gold against bitcoin and aims to capitalize on a growth in haven assets.

Business  ·  10 October 2019
Gold

Sharia Goldbugs: How ISIS Created a Currency for World Domination

By trading oil using its own currency, ISIS planned to destabilize the US economy by forcibly decoupling the dollar from the oil business.

Markets  ·  6 October 2019
Europe

‘Gold-Backed’ Crypto Token’s Promoter Investigated by Florida Regulators

Karatbars, issuer of a purportedly gold-backed crypto token, is under investigation by Florida regulators over links to a Miami “crypto bank.”

Policy & regulation  ·  4 October 2019
Gold

Cryptocurrency Not Proven Safe Haven Says Investor Mark Mobius

"Anything that’s created by man can be broken into . . . and it could create a big crises," investor Marcus Mobius said about blockchain

Markets  ·  5 September 2019
Gold

Paxos Launches Gold-Backed Cryptocurrency

A gold-backed asset from Paxos aims to lure gold bugs into the world of cryptocurrency trading.

Markets  ·  5 September 2019
Bitcoin

Fed Chairman Jerome Powell Compares Bitcoin to Gold

Powell compared bitcoin to gold, referring to them both as speculative stores of value.

Markets  ·  11 July 2019
Gold

‘Gold Is Superior to Bitcoin,’ Say People Who Sell Gold

The founder of GoldMoney.com is upset that Grayscale compared gold unfavorably to cryptocurrencies.

Markets  ·  5 June 2019