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Despite the interest in bitcoin as well as other cryptocurrencies has grown rapidly, there are still lots of people that are cautious about it. While faithful adepts of the crypto industry argue that cautiousness is caused by the lack of awareness, there might also be other reasons for the lack of trust.

Today, it is very difficult to find at least a single person in this wild world that hasn't heard of Bitcoin. Nevertheless, there are not many people who actually realize what this coin is.

Although only lazybones haven’t heard of cryptocurrency yet, society generally still lacks awareness about this type of money. Nevertheless, the number of newcomers to the industry grows on a daily basis. But where to start before investing your money and risking to lose it all?

As stablecoins gain momentum all over the world, financial regulators and banks insist that a flawless regulatory structure be prepared before approving global stablecoins, alluding to risks and gaps in the existing guidelines. Stablecoins need to prepare for preemptive regulations.

Lebanon has in recent weeks experienced a high level of protests coming from citizens over “a failed” national currency, the Lebanese pounds that lost at least 50% of its value since last year.

Stablecoins climb up in market cap value, while cryptocurrencies still fail to recover from the post-pandemic knockout. This wasn’t left unnoticed by the world governments, and notably, G20, who already sought ways how to cope with a growing demand for stablecoins.

Bitcoin will more likely experience major swings from April 11th through 19th since many countries including the US have strengthened restrictive measures to halt the COVID-19 pandemic. But despite the market facing pressure, just like any other markets, the general interest in BTC increases.

Yesterday (March 9), the cryptocurrency market started with the price of most stocks plummeting. All of the top 10 stocks fell, and 96 of the top 100 received a red light, meaning a drop.

Let’s analyze the objective and most interesting legal issues in the field of blockchain technology, particularly smart contracts, based on a report dubbed "Smart contracts: A legal analysis", published by the Blockchain & Distributed Ledger Observatory of the Politecnico di Milano. Also, the responsible authorities in Italy will discuss this report on Friday 17, 2020.