No one: ?? Mastercard: "Let's throw together a CBDC consultancy offering w/ (lol) Ripple Labs."
Hungry for those Authoritarian, QE-infinity CBDC government/central bank contracts, Mastercard? Not a surprise from Ripple or Consensys, but... E tu MC?
Bitcoin Price: “Just woke up. Who Sold?”
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Having spent half the week IRL at Futurist Blockchain 2023, I can assure you that this community has never felt more vibrant and optimistic... So what happened to precipitate this price adjustment? Well for one--?
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It appears that heavy selling exacerbated a cascade of bullish options liquidations, which alongside a spate of bad news, ‘explains’ the recent price correction—in CoinDesk’s words:?
“The liquidations occurred as prices fell during Thursday afternoon U.S. hours (…) amid financial markets jitters with crumbling foreign currencies, Chinese economic worries and bond yields ripping to multi-year highs." CoinDesk?
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“CBDCs shouldn’t be adopted in a vacuum, and the work of (Mastercard’s) CBDC Partner Program will “help central banks understand how to develop a CBDC that adds something new and valuable to the economy.” The Block?
“Just woke up. Who Sold?” credit goes to https://twitter.com/ReetikaTrades?
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