A summary of bitcoins ups and downs in a report by econmists Galina Hale, Arvind Krishnamurthy, Marianna Kudlyak and Patrick Shultz discussing cryptocurrencies in their latest speculative rage where traders in 2017 pushed bitcoin from approx. $1000 to almost $20,000 in a matter of months. But after hitting fresh highs, bitcoin’s price reversed and plummeted in 2018, a trending pattern seen in previous years with highs and lows, economists parallel this volatility to…

“Nasdaq will be considering becoming a crypto exchange over time,” Nasdaq CEO Adena Friedman says. Nasdaq is open to becoming cryptocurrency exchange, CEO says that once the regulation is smoothed out and the space “matures”, Nasdaq would consider becoming a digital currency exchange. “Certainly Nasdaq would consider becoming a crypto exchange over time,” Nasdaq CEO Adena Friedman says. “If we do look at it and say ‘it’s time, people are ready…