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Looking for Bitcoin Exposure? Analysts Select 2 Bitcoin-Focused Stocks to Buy

As Rush’s Neil Peart once wrote, “Changes aren’t permanent, but change is” – a sentiment that rings especially true in the fast-evolving digital economy. The natural ebbs and flows of business cycles are amplified by the speed of digital transactions, while emerging technologies continuously introduce new assets to investors’ radar. Few sectors embody this transformation more than crypto, where innovation and growing mainstream adoption are reshaping the financial landscape. Observing these shif

If There's Ever a Recession, Should You Buy XRP or Bitcoin?

If you hold cryptocurrencies like XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) or Bitcoin, (CRYPTO: BTC) you're probably not sure how they'd hold up in the event of an economic recession. In the U.S., an economic recession is generally defined as a period of at least two consecutive quarters in which the gross domestic product (GDP) decreases rather than increases as normal. Usually recessions are accompanied by higher unemployment, reduced consumption of goods and services, reduced international trade volume, and falling asset prices, particularly in more liquid assets like stocks and cryptocurrencies, but often in harder assets like real estate as well.

Consensus Hong Kong: regulators seek 'global liquidity' in crypto, roll out road map

Hong Kong is gearing up to compete for "global liquidity" in the virtual asset industry, the city's regulators said on Wednesday at Consensus, one of the world's biggest cryptocurrency conferences, as the Asian financial centre sees some success attracting international business. "We have to think how are we going to provide a regulatory framework for growth which allows for responsible innovation ... and tapping into global liquidity," SFC Chief Executive Julia Leung said during a panel discuss