Stanford Student Calls Out Crypto Professor for Inaccurate Bitcoin Lecture

In January of 2019, student Conner Brown attended a guest lecture by a Professor Susan Athey at the University of Stanford Graduate School. She gave a presentation to his “Evolution of Finance” class titled “Blockchain and the Future of Finance.” According to Brown, the presentation contained “multiple misstatements” about Bitcoin and its fundamentals. After the presentation, Brown was dissatisfied with how Bitcoin was referenced by Athey during the lecture to a room comprised (mostly) of people who were unfamiliar with Read more …

Turks Own More Cryptocurrency Than Any Other European Nation

A couple of surprises to come out of Meltem Demirors’ Twitter account in the last few hours. Firstly, that the CoinShares Chief Strategy Officer and Blockchain Council member speaks Turkish (who knew?). And secondly, that the Turks own more cryptocurrency than any other European nation. (If you consider Turkey a European nation, of course). Turks Own More Cryptocurrency at 18% of the Country From what the author could gather from Google Translate, Demirors declares that she is proud to be Read more …

Analyst: Bitcoin Faces Serious Demand Problem Despite BTC Holding Above $3,800 Support Level

After trading sideways since experiencing some volatility over this past weekend, Bitcoin (BTC) has now established a fresh trading range between approximately $3,800 and $3,900, finding relative levels of support at the former price and resistance at the latter price. Now, analysts believe that the lack of significant buying pressure at these relatively low prices signals that further downside may be imminent. Bitcoin Stable Above $3,800, But Faces Resistance at $3,900  At the time of writing, Bitcoin is trading down Read more …