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Jan 23
Opinion of the Commission on Supplementary Pensions regarding the FSMA’s research into the funding of defined benefit pension plans

The Commission has conducted an analysis of the FSMA’s research into the funding of defined benefit pension plans as well as of its feedback statement. The Commission agrees with the recommendations of the FSMA, and in particular with the recommendation to use sufficiently prudent methods of financing. In addition, it emphasises the importance of transparency […]

Jan 23
NFTs and DeFi overturn a banker‘s generational curse of poverty in 2 years

“When I started, I almost gave up multiple times. I just want to help others have a more streamlined way to get into crypto,” said Brenda Gentry, a former USAA mortgage underwriter. 6935 Total views 94 Total shares Brenda Gentry, a former USAA mortgage underwriter from Texas, believes that the cryptocurrency ecosystem offers a fighting […]

Jan 23
BTC price falls to $34K as Bitcoin RSI reaches most ‘oversold’ since March 2020 crash

It‘s looking more and more like a capitulation, but so far, open interest remains “unflushed,” analysts warn. 43125 Total views 183 Total shares Bitcoin (BTC) refused to stem recent losses during Jan. 22 as predictions of a flight to $33,000 and lower looked increasingly likely to become a reality. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: […]

Jan 23
Key Economic Events and Reports of the Week Ahead

In the outgoing week, the main trading theme was high inflation and a possible reaction of central banks to it at the upcoming meetings. Oil gained significantly, while bond yields rose reflecting inflation anxiety. The yield on 10-year treasury bonds, after breakout of the local high of 1.8%, was able to test the level of […]

Jan 23
3 possible reasons why Polkadot is playing second fiddle in the L1 race

2021 was a sort of “coming-of-age” for many layer-one (L1) blockchain protocols because the growth of decentralized finance (DeFi) and nonfungible tokens (NFTs) forced users to look for solutions outside of the Ethereum (ETH) network where high fees and network congestion continued to be barriers for many. Protocols like Fantom (FTM), Avalanche (AVAX) and Cosmos […]

Jan 23
Bitcoin records all-time high network difficulty amid price fluctuations

Data from BTC.com estimates that the network will continue to grow stronger by attaining another all-time high in the next 12 days, with a network difficulty of 26.70 trillion. 7472 Total views 43 Total shares The Bitcoin (BTC) network has recorded a new all-time high mining difficulty of 26.643 trillion with an average hash rate […]