Market Outlook

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The pandemic has increased demand for USD-backed stablecoins, raising the prospect of "crypto-dollarization." The implications are enormous.

BitGo is expanding aggressively out of its core custodial business, announcing Thursday it acquired Lumina to build a tax service.

On this episode, we'll join Anita Posch in Zimbabwe as she speaks with Tongayi Choto, a software developer, entrepreneur and a bitcoin maximalist.

Bitcoin's price has jumped by nearly $500, triggering liquidations of futures on crypto derivatives exchange BitMEX.

The idea of a digital dollar was again floated by U.S. lawmakers as a means of issuing stimulus payments to residents.

Twice a week, the Lockdown Edition will feature discussions and public AMAs via Zoom with key speakers from the Consensus: Distributed agenda.

Coin Metrics says bitcoin's correlation with gold has increased in recent weeks.

Hut 8, one of the few publicly traded crypto mining firms, is concerned about coronavirus-related delays of new machine deliveries, its CEO said.

The number of bitcoins held on exchanges has dropped to 10-month lows as investors decide to HODL.

The Agricultural Bank of China has rolled out an internal test interface for the nation's central bank digital currency, allowing whitelisted users to register and trialing certain functions.

IMF: “The Great Lockdown is the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression, and far worse than the Global Financial Crisis [of 2008].”