Stock Seasonality Points South, How Bitcoin Could Take Yet Another Hit

Africa's largest banks and South Africa’s Central Securities Depository, Strate, set up a Blockchain network that could have a far-reaching effect on the continent’s financial sector. South African Reserve Bank (SARB) and the Financial Services Board will play a role of observers. While the new working group has representatives from Standard Bank, Absa, FirstRand, Nedbank - the top four banks in Africa - and Investec which stands at the eighth position, the participation of the Reserve Bank is the most significant because the South African apex bank has been a little skeptical about....

Bitcoin will always experience highs and lows, but how do investors reliably combat any market downturns? Weathering crypto stormsOne crypto seasonality solution exists in the form of continually accumulating assets.While there might be multiple solutions to crypto seasonality, one crypto startup, Seasonal Tokens, is developing a potentially safer alternative to traditional trading methods. Seasonal Tokens are designed to rise and fall over the course of nine months, hoping to provide investors with a more stable alternative to Bitcoin’s downtrends.The project breaks up its tokens into the....

A minority investor in a major South Korean crypto exchange is currently the best performing stock in the country. The effects of South Korea’s crypto frenzy seem to be spreading beyond the cryptocurrency market to affect stock prices in the country’s stock exchange.According to a report by Bloomberg on Wednesday, Hanwha Investment & Securities Co. has seen its stock price almost triple since the start of the year.Indeed, at the time of writing, Hanwha Investment is trading at 6,550 Korean won per share, which constitutes a 197% stock price gain year-to-date.This almost-200% share price....

As the crypto market grapples with significant volatility and uncertainty, expert analyst Miles Deutscher has outlined ten reasons to be optimistic about the year’s fourth quarter (Q4). With Q4 fast approaching, Deutscher emphasizes that a monumental market shift could catch many investors off guard. Trends And Factors That Could Impact The Crypto Market In a recent social media post, Deutscher broke down his analysis into seasonality, macroeconomic factors, and crypto-specific elements.  Deutscher begins by discussing the concept of seasonality, noting that market movements often....

One thing that has emerged that could influence the XRP price has been the possibility of Ripple carrying out an Initial Public Offering (IPO). This would mean that shares of the crypto firm would become publicly tradable like that of Coinbase’s COIN stock. However, even more prominent among investors is the possibility of how high the price of the shares could trade. Financial Expert’s Ripple Video Resurfaces The rumors had first begun with some members of the XRP community talking about a possible IPO. Like rumors are wont to do, it quickly took on a life of its own and grew from there.....