The Mysteries Of Monetary Policy
Cory
June 4, 2018
Marc Chandler is speaking at a conference this weekend with a speech on the mysteries of monetary policy. We discuss the changes happening in current system and how he thinks the broader economic picture relates. The concept of divergence and negative rates are key players.
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Jun 04, 2018 04:47 PM
Jun 04, 2018 04:00 PM
https://youtu.be/2K4UyTwbXCA?t=32
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Jun 05, 2018 05:50 AM
Enjoyed the interview. Mark Chandler thinks on a deeper level than many analysts and that makes him worth listening to.
Looking To The Future Of Crypto In The Land Of The Rising Coin
Andrew Gillick – Brave New Coin – Sat Jun 2, 8:40PM CDT
Cryptocurrency exchanges have been flourishing in the country and there have been numerous mergers and acquisitions by institutional financial companies that have led to innovation and improvements.
GMO Coin, a subsidiary of Tokyo Stock Exchange-listed GMO Internet Inc, has announced it will start handling altcoins through its cryptocurrency lending service. Users of GMO Coin lend their cryptocurrency to the platform and receive rental fees according to the volume of cryptocurrency they lend. The service was initially launched in April, focusing exclusively on Bitcoin.
In May, Ethereum, Bitcoin Cash, Litecoin, and Ripple were added to the service. GMO Internet Group also focuses on the mining business. According to its May cryptocurrency mining report, both Bitcoin mining volume and hash rate (measure of mining performance) increased in April to 373BTC (+26% vs. March) and 241PH/s (+87% vs. March), respectively.
Besides GMO Internet Group, SBI Group, a leading banking institution, and Monex Group, which operates a leading online securities company, have expanded into the cryptocurrency business in Japan. Monex Group announced its plan to acquire the Coincheck cryptocurrency exchange in April, which suffered major damage after the theft of $530m of NEM, and will restructure the company by making Coincheck a wholly-owned subsidiary. In addition, Yahoo Japan acquired shares in cryptocurrency exchange BitArg Exchange Tokyo in April.
At Consensus this year, Nomura Group, another listed Japanese financial service company, announced a joint venture with crypto fund provider CoinShares and wallet solution Ledger to create Komainu, a full custodial service for institutional investors. Nomura Group, also an NYSE-listed company, offers broker services and both institutional and retail financial services across 30 countries in Asia.
Although the growth of Japan’s crypto services industry is outpacing other countries, legal frameworks such as tax laws and Initial Coin Offering (ICO) regulations have not yet been fully developed, so attention is focused on the country to see how that develops.