Sentences with phrase «currency world as»

The issue is something that is plaguing the digital currency world as it becomes more and more popular.

Cambridge University has put out a comprehensive 114 - page study on cryptocurrencies that digs deep into empirical data of the digital currency world as it appears across the globe.

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Much ink has been spilled about the global tide of nationalism, but these leaders, raised with the freedom to zip around Europe without passports, using a common euro currency, see their individual nations» interests as inextricably bound to the state of the whole world.

The crackdown on Seoul - based operators of some of the world's busiest virtual currency exchanges comes as the government attempts to calm frenzied demand for cryptocurrency trading in Asia's fourth largest economy.

Bitcoin slumped as South Korea's justice minister reiterated his proposal to ban local cryptocurrency exchanges, fueling concern that a government crackdown will erode one of the world's biggest sources of demand for digital currencies.

China's announcement last month that it would no longer peg its currency to the US dollar has been seen as evidence of the country's willingness to engage with the world economy.

Some investors, such as Murray Stahl of Horizon Kinetics, hypothesize that Bitcoin is worth the value of all the currency in the world — about $ 361,000 per Bitcoin, by Barron's estimates.

STOCKHOLM / LONDON, March 26 (Reuters)- Spotify, the world's top selling music streaming service, expects revenue to grow 20 - 30 percent this year as currency swings slow the pace from 2017, it said on Monday, as it gears up for a highly anticipated stock market listing next week.

«I have in fact sold all my bitcoins recently and switched to bitcoin cash,» he says, referring to the currency that split from bitcoin in August and recently overtook Ethereum as the world's second - largest cryptocurrency.

An oddity outside China's borders less than a decade ago, the renminbi (which translates as «the People's currency») is quickly becoming one of the world's most commonly used forms of payment.

Derivatives trading is the culmination of a wild year for bitcoin, which captured imaginations and investment around the world, propelled by its stratospheric gains, and its anti-establishment mission as a currency without the backing of a government or a central bank, and a payment system without a reliance on banks.

As for Asia, a sustainable solution to current world problems requires China and other chronic surplus countries to allow their currencies to rise.

As you build out your business, you'll be able to offer a wide range of payment options, including ecash and echecks, digital currency and traditional payments across a world of currencies, and credit and debit cards.

As long as the reforms keep coming, and China's economy keeps humming along at its current pace, could the RMB soon crack the world's top currencieAs long as the reforms keep coming, and China's economy keeps humming along at its current pace, could the RMB soon crack the world's top currencieas the reforms keep coming, and China's economy keeps humming along at its current pace, could the RMB soon crack the world's top currencies?

Indeed he is, as Flutterwave promises to change the way financial transactions take place in Africa, by offering easy exchange of digital currency, that opens Africa up to the world.

As a result, says Gordon, «paper money currencies of the world are all collapsing and will fail.»

The upshot of this is that while bitcoin still clearly dominates the digital currency world, other assets — particularly Ethereum — may now be emerging as more than also - rans.

The price of bitcoin, the world's most well - known virtual currency, lost almost one fifth of its value to $ 15,800 this week after peaking as high as $ 19,666 on Sunday, as feverish demand ebbed slightly after the exchange giant CME Group and its rival Cboe Global Markets listed bitcoin futures.

As is the case with most wars, there's never agreement on who fired the first shot; not that it really matters in a hot war or the currency front, which is rapidly engulfing the world and should soon involve action by Australia.

Wall Street stock futures are higher and the dollar at a five - month low, as the Federal Reserve's partial retreat from its rate - hike intentions boosts confidence for the world economic outlook and leads to the unwinding of some of the «safe haven» flows into the U.S. currency over recent months.

But as I live in the real world, I buy gold, even though I am optimistic we'll get through this rough patch; because I simply don't trust the bas * % * ds who are driving this ship with 100 % of my money in dollars, or any fiat currency, for that matter.»

Silk Road 2.0 provided an online bazaar where users across the world could buy and sell drugs, computer hacking tools and other illicit items, using the digital currency Bitcoin as payment, authorities said.

NEW YORK, May 2 (Reuters)- The U.S. dollar rose to four - month highs against a basket of major currencies and world stock indexes mostly edged lower on Wednesday as investors awaited the outcome of a Federal Reserve meeting and possible indications on the interest rate outlook.

Like other virtual currencies, such as Ethereum and Ripple, bitcoin has no central authority and relies instead on thousands of computers across the world that validate transactions and add new units to the system - technology known as blockchain.

The usual proxies for global growth — oil and other commodities, emerging market currencies, energy and mining stocks — are almost all sharply lower as investors bail out of any kind of trade predicated on growth in China and the rest of the emerging world, which accounts for 85 % of the world's population.

IT»S easy to get excited about what's happening in the fast - moving world of currency values but it's wrong to describe what's happening as a «war», because it's not; what's going on is simply economics at work, and it's telling a story of changes in the wealth of nations.

As long as the world operates on fiat currencies, there will likely be inflation in houses and real assetAs long as the world operates on fiat currencies, there will likely be inflation in houses and real assetas the world operates on fiat currencies, there will likely be inflation in houses and real assets.

His phone call and comment follow tough talk on the campaign trail about China manipulating its currency and stealing American manufacturing jobs — though bringing them back might be hard, as we've steadily been losing such jobs since the Second World War.

As Deutsche Bank strategist George Saravelos notes, the only countries in the Western world with higher rates are Australia and New Zealand, neither of whose currencies are needed on a day - to - day basis by anyone else.

In the world of crypto - currencies — the most famous of which is bitcoin — the hottest trend is what's called an «initial coin offering,» in which companies sell crypto - currency tokens to their supporters as a method of crowdfunding.

«Bitcoin, the virtual currency, has really captured the imagination recently as one of the world's most innovative businesses looking to the future.

«It means all the hype caused by speculation is boosting a really interesting virtual currency economy, and the world is starting to treat it like other currencies, as value, which is regulated.»

China's surprise decision to revalue the yuan as it tried to contain the stock market turmoil caused the currency to drop the most in 21 years last month, triggering exchange - rate declines elsewhere in the emerging world on concern that a weaker yuan will hurt countries exporting to China.

Being at war is worse for a currency than not being at war, whether you're fighting the world's financial authorities for legal validity, or engaged in a guerrilla skirmish as either aggressor or victim.

if the dollar is to serve as the world's reserve currency the u.s. must unavoidably run trade deficits.

As the world's second largest exporter behind China, a cheap currency is a lot more important to the German economy than it is to the American economy.

The bank official described state - issued cryptocurrency as another possible solution to this problem, opining that, «Central banks around the world are examining (the use of digital currencies) so we should as well.»

The United States is pushing as policy division of the world into rival currency camps — the dollar area on the one hand, and the Russia - Chinese - Shanghai Cooperation Organization group on the other, especially now that the IMF has changed its rules.

The dollar index against the world's major currencies is at a four month high with the interest rate gap set to widen between the dollar and euro - zone as the US Federal Reserve plans several more rate hikes this year.

The cuts have put financial markets on edge, sparking worries of a «currency war» as other countries feel pressure to devalue and raising questions about the health of the world's second - largest economy, where growth is already slowing.

The Prairies, once hailed as the breadbasket of the world, could find that description gain renewed currency in the years to come.

The nations that had been victorious in World War I demanded reparations from Germany, which could not be paid in German paper currency, as this was of suspect value due to government borrowing.

As Venezuela's national currency loses value at a catastrophic rate, thousands have begun turning to the world of cryptocurrency to salvage what little value remains from their increasingly worthless bolivars.

As digital currencies continue to gain traction in the real world, seemingly everyone wants to be a part of this virtual movement.

There is an overriding belief that the U.S. dollar can hold onto its status as the world's king reserve currency simply because of petro dollars.

There is a good reason for that, as Bitcoin can be exchanged into any local currency around the world, eliminating the need for exchange offices.

Bitcoin, invented by Satoshi Nakamoto as the first blockchain application, became the first major currency in the world not controlled by a government or central bank.

The standing of the Australian dollar as a world currency is recognised by its inclusion in the first wave of currencies (along with the US Dollar, euro, yen, Swiss franc, pound and Canadian dollar) in the Continuous Linked Settlement System for foreign exchange settlement that is due to come into operation in 12 — 18 months» time.

When considering the cryptocurrency world, it will be vital to distinguish between digital assets that function as coins (currency), tokens (which provide utility), and securities (that enable investment opportunities).

As demonstrated by the crypto world, currency can also be issued privately — in other words, not by a government.