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Bitcoin’s finite supply poses challenges to big banks’ traditional tactics of price manipulation.Part One: But This Is How We’ve Always Done Things …There is a great story floating around the web about a married couple and a ham (full story). In brief, the wife is preparing a ham for dinner and in doing so, cuts…

With the rise of Bitcoin’s network effects comes the equivalent demise in legacy finance’s network effects.Bitcoin’s price and ecosystem benefit from network effects.As more users join, demand pressure increases the price of bitcoin, which in turn attracts more buyers in a self-reinforcing cycle. Similarly, user growth creates a larger market with more liquidity, incentivizing businesses…

“We’ll be working to figure out what crypto can do for Twitter, as well as what Twitter can do for crypto,” said team lead Tess Rinearson. Social media giant Twitter is expanding further into the crypto space by setting up a team to look into decentralized applications, cryptocurrencies and blockchain.According to a Wednesday tweet, Interchain…