A legacy of artificially low interest rates is not just the death of savings, but a forced buying into the perpetual growth machine of financial asset prices.
LINK, KNC and BAT bring the number of tokens in Voyager's interest payout program to 17.
As companies have to shift their business model to contend with low interest rates, the largest find themselves in a comparatively better situation.
The Federal Reserve said Wednesday it would hold benchmark U.S. interest rates close to zero and continue buying Treasury bonds to support the coronavirus-devastated economy.
Traders may now be able to hedge the risks they face from interest rate payment fluctuations in perpetual contracts.
The Fed may remain intransigent about negative rates, but bitcoin may benefit from other central bankers who are keeping the option firmly on the table.
Low-interest rates have removed one of the few remaining incentives for holding a bank account, meaning digital currency could be a better alternative, argues an economics analyst.
Even as Fed Chair Jerome Powell says negative interest rates are not on the cards, the remaining possibility might be rekindling traders' spirits – or at least refocusing attention on bitcoin as a hedge against inflation.
Bitcoin remains steady, with its 24-hour price in the $8,600-$8,800 range.
The growth in crypto lending platforms is giving birth to a new type of valuation metric: interest rates.
The Fed Reserve has injected $278 billion injection into the securities repurchase market. Mike J. Casey Looks at what it means for crypto.