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Paxos' Tokenized Gold Futures Are Now Trading on FTX Exchange

For the first time, investors can trade gold-backed futures contracts on a leading crypto derivatives exchange. In addition to its spot market trading, PAX Gold is now available as perpetual and quarterly futures contracts on FTX.

Liquid gold being poured into a cast to make a bullion bar at a Gold Reef City demonstration. Even the crucible glows under the immense heat. (Photo via Wikimedia Commons)

Markets

Travis Kling on Bitcoin as a Safe Haven Asset

Ikigai’s Travis Kling looks at BTC's correlation to gold and crude in response to Iran missile strikes, plus SEC priorities and Congressional intrigue.

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Markets

Bitcoin Price Will Be Golden in 2020 Thanks to Limited Supply, Increasing Use: Bloomberg Report

Bitcoin, like gold, is a limited asset that can't be easily increased to meet demand. Bloomberg analysts predict the price of both will rise this year.

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Markets

Bitcoin May Follow Gold With Significant Price Breakout

Bitcoin looks set to take a page out of gold's book and confirm a price breakout on the weekly chart.

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Tech

Store of Value Remains Crypto’s Best Use Case

Store of value was the most viable and desirable use case across crypto in 2019 and offers a basis to increase adoption in the second decade of crypto, says Ryan Zurrer of Dialectic.

Ryan Zurrer image via CoinDesk archives

Markets

Bitcoin Price Set to Outshine Gold and Stocks by Big Margin in 2019

Despite the downtrend in the latter half of 2019, bitcoin is on track to significantly outperform gold and stocks.

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Markets

Tradewind, Canadian Mint to Verify Origins of Precious Metals on Blockchain

Tradewind Markets is tracking the geography, name and standards of mines that produce precious metals for the Royal Canadian Mint.

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CoinShares, Blockchain Launch Gold Token Network on a Bitcoin Sidechain

Two years in the making and already backed by some $20 million in digitized gold, CoinShares announced the DGLD token Tuesday.

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Markets

Is Bitcoin a Safe Haven Like Gold? These Four Charts Say Not Yet

Market movements show us that bitcoin is not generally accepted as a safe-haven investment.

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Markets

Australia's Gold Mint Is Backing a Crypto Token Based on Ethereum

The government-owned Perth Mint is backing a new digital token aimed to allow investors to trade and settle gold in real time.

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