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Bitcoin forks caused market mayhem not too many years ago. Fewer hard forks have supported greater crypto adoption into the mainstream. This united front will need to continue to support greater adoption going forward.

Are We Close to Mainstream DLT Adoption in the Financial Space?

Although price inflation can result in financial pain for consumers and investors, it can also be a sign of a healthy economy when inflation, or steadily higher prices, is under control.

Trend-following indicators are technical tools that measure the direction and strength of trends in the chosen time frame.

The momentum oscillator is a technical tool that issues a signal when a price move or trend is about to start.

The comparison indicator is a technical tool that analyzes relationships between two or more securities, indices, or markets.

The range indicator is a technical tool that measures the limits of price movement over a specified time frame.

Volume indicators are technical tools to evaluate a security’s bull and bear power.

The volatility indicator is a technical tool that measures how far a security stretches away from its mean price, higher and lower.

Backwardation indicates the futures curve is falling, with spot markets and short-term futures contracts priced higher than longer-dated contracts.

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell in March revealed in his testimony before a Congressional sub-committee that he expects some inflationary pressures in the time ahead but they won’t be enough to spur the central bank to hike interest rates.

NFTs are non-fungible tokens. Unlike cryptocurrencies that have finite or infinite numbers, NFTs are individual and unique.

Cryptos are back in the mainstream media once more. A renewed interest in the crypto space has driven a new wave of protocols and coins.

The DeFi space is in boomtown at present and is likened to what 2017 was for the Initial Coin Offering market.

Decentralized Finance, more commonly known as DeFi has started to draw much more interest as a wave of new protocols hit the crypto market.

In recent months, DeFi has become the new buzzword in the world of crypto, and the crypto news wires are full of DeFi.

In this post, we will take a look at the forex regulatory framework across Africa. Foreign Exchange (Forex or FX) market is one of the most popular market’s in the world today and it has been growing exponentially in Africa.

It is a challenge for most market participants to wrap their heads around negative values for assets. In Europe and Japan, short-term interest rates in negative territory have become the norm. Banks charge depositors for storing their cash balances.

Countries with substantial natural resources that account for revenue and tax receipts have an implicit backing for their legal tender.

Fears of recessions and economic downturns are cropping up around the world with considerable regularity following the harrowing effects of 2008’s financial crash.