January 12, 2021

Here’s how MicroStrategy CEO intends to get more companies to buy Bitcoin

Ever since business intelligence firm, MicroStrategy, invested $425 million of its treasury funds into Bitcoin last year, the company and its CEO have been lauded for supposedly driving mainstream BTC adoption. The onset of the Bitcoin rally allowed MicroStrategy to take advantage of market conditions and increase the value of its BTC holdings. At the...
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Amid price lows, Bitcoin correction seen as healthy and temporary

With Bitcoin trading under the $34,000 mark at press time, analysts at Fundstrat Global shed new light on the asset’s current price movement. According to David Grider at Fundstrat, BTC’s recent lows mean a temporary and healthy correction before prices resume to main market trends.  Soon after BTC surged to $40,000, experts in the field...
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Does Bitcoin’s volatility count for much during a bull rally?

2020 will be remembered for a host of reasons, with Bitcoin volatility being one of them. After scaling up to its all-time high index during the March 2020 collapse, BTC volatility remained under nominal levels for the rest of the year. On average, Bitcoin’s volatility was lower than the S&P 500 and even Tesla, in...
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Fidelity International Increases Stake In A Hong Kong Cryptocurrency Exchange Operator

Less than a year after acquiring a substantial portion in the Hong Kong-based crypto-focused firm BC Technology Group, Fidelity International has upped its stake. The investment subsidiary of the Boston-based mutual fund giant has allocated nearly $7 million more for a total stake of 6.29%. Fidelity Doubles-Down On Investing In A Crypto Firm Bloomberg reported...
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Is Chainlink another altcoin to watch out for?

Chainlink was one of the top performers last year before Bitcoin and Ethereum stole the show in Q4 of 2020. While the altcoin has managed to retain a position above $10 for a majority of the last 6 months, it hasn’t really participated in the market’s price rally over the past few weeks. Interestingly, the...
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Internet marketplace DarkMarket taken down; operator in German custody

Germany’s central cybercrime authorities have taken down Internet marketplace DarkMarket and now hold its operator in custody. On 11 January, investigators shut down the marketplace’s servers and seized 20 other servers in Moldova and Ukraine. Officials plan to use the confiscated database from the servers to find the alleged moderators, sellers, and buyers of the...
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Bitcoin is an emerging store of value, challenger to gold: Ruffer Investment’s Chairman

After making a public announcement about its new Bitcoin investment strategy, UK-based Ruffer Investment’s Chairman today detailed the reason behind the company’s 2.5% allocation of its multi-strategies fund to Bitcoin. According to Chairman Jonathan Ruffer, Bitcoin is an emerging store of value. He based his claim on the firm’s research that assessed “the danger that...
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Bitcoin Options trader cashes out $36k call, takes $52k position for end of January

The last seven days have been tumultuous for the market’s leading cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, with BTC climbing to touch a new all-time high of $41,941, before falling to a low of $30,305 just two days later. While the price has since consolidated, with the crypto priced at $35,000, at press time, who were the major profit-takers...
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EOS, Polkadot, Neo Price Analysis: 12 January

After Bitcoin managed to claw itself back to the $34,000-level, the altcoin market posted slight gains on its charts. Similarly, altcoins such as EOS, NEO, and DOT were flashing green, at press time, as the market’s buyers alleviated some of the losses made over the past 24 hours. However, there was uncertainty in the market...
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Bitcoin lessons: What the past 48 hours taught us about whales

After a significant period of swing action, Bitcoin, at the time of writing, was finally consolidating near the $35,000-mark. This was a relief for many, especially since in the last 48 hours, the cryptocurrency’s price dropped from $41,000 to a lower range of $32,000. While some investors feared the worst, further drawdowns were not seen...
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Tezos, YFI, Ethereum Classic Price Analysis: 12 January

After the dust settled on the broader market after yesterday’s bloodbath on the price charts, altcoins such as Tezos, Ethereum Classic, and YFI gave mixed signals as buyers and sellers contested for market control. A definitive change in market leaders BTC and ETH’s movements could dictate the near-term future of the aforementioned altcoins over the...
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Here’s why Bitcoin miners are unlikely to sell-off their holdings

Whether Bitcoin is heading up or crashing face-first in the market, the community is always curious about its short-term future. This was the case as after having dropped down to approx. $32,000 on the price charts, Bitcoin managed to recover a position near $36,000, at press time. While turbulence is the word of the day...
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XRP’s price might surge by 117%: Terms and conditions apply

Disclaimer: The findings of the following analysis are the sole opinions of the writer and should not be considered investment advice XRP‘s price has been on a downtrend since the SEC’s lawsuit announcement. However, while all the price development was undone in mere weeks, if not days, when observing the cryptocurrency’s price movement, XRP seemed to...
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Founder of a $147M Crypto Ponzi Scheme Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison

Central District Court in California sentenced GemCoin founder Steve Chen to 10 years in federal prison. Chen has been announced guilty of being the mastermind and leader of a $147 million crypto Ponzi scheme that involved mining and digital currency fraud, and tax evasion. Over 70,000 Investors Defrauded with Gemstone-backed Crypto According to the US Department...
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Cardano’s Mary hard fork to offer native multi-asset support in February

Cardano Founder Charles Hoskinson’s updates have been crucial to the development of the ecosystem over the past year. So is the case this time too, with IOHK’s CEO giving the community some important updates during his latest AMA. During the same, Hoskinson revealed that the Mary hard fork is coming in February, with the same...
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Reasons why Bitcoin is fundamentally stronger than ever before

Bitcoin has seen unprecedented growth over the last 365 days. And yet, what must not be forgotten here is that the Bitcoin community that was formed during the 2018 bear cycle is very different from the one during the pre-2017 rally. Investors today are well-informed, financially literate enough to understand what they are getting into,...
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No XRP support in the pipeline, says Bakkt’s Gavin Michael

Popular crypto-exchange Bakkt recently announced its plans to go public via a SPAC (Special Purpose Acquisition Company), with an initial valuation of over $2 billion. This deal would make Bakkt the first-ever publicly traded crypto-company, a development that would be an important milestone for the industry. With the Coinbase IPO soon to follow, many analysts...
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Ethereum Price Analysis: 12 January

Disclaimer: The findings of the following article are the sole opinions of the writer and should not be taken as investment advice Ethereum‘s price, at press time, seemed bullish following the 16% surge over the last 11 hours. The aforementioned bullish surge might be at the end of its rope, however, and hence, a reversal was...
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Singapore-based Zipmex closes $6M funding round led by Jump Capital

Singapore-based digital asset exchange Zipmex is in the news today after it closed a $6 million funding round led by United States-based venture capital firm Jump Capital. According to a press release shared with AMBCrypto, the total amount raised reportedly exceeded the initial target of $4 million. The development was welcomed and celebrated by the...
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Bitcoin Cash, Basic Attention Token, DigiByte Price Analysis: 12 January

After Bitcoin, the world’s largest cryptocurrency, stabilized above the $36,000-mark, the broader altcoin market managed to cut its losses after yesterday’s fall. Altcoins like Bitcoin Cash and DigiByte were looking to rise on the charts as the buyers sought control of the market, while on the other hand, BAT was well on its way to...
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Bitcoin Will Be Analogous to Amazon, Mark Cuban Compares Crypto to the Dot-Com Bubble

Mark Cuban is arguably one of the most popular billionaire investors in the world. Like many celebrities, he recently took the chance to comment on the current state of cryptocurrencies, comparing Bitcoin and Ethereum to the internet stock bubble. Mark Cuban: Crypto is Exactly Like the Dot-Com Bubble The recent volatility in bitcoin’s price took...
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JP Morgan Warns a US Bitcoin ETF Could Bust BTC Prices in the Short Term

The reasoning behind such a claim is that an approved ETF could potentially compete with and cause an outflow from the world’s largest traded cryptocurrency fund, Grayscale’s Bitcoin Trust. It was suggested that the ETF would erode the Grayscale Trust’s effective monopoly, sparking outflows and a slide in its premium to net asset value. This...
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‘Bitcoins for vaccines’ as black marketeers prep for COVID-19 vaccine roll-out

With COVID-19’s latest mutant strain filling hospital beds all around the world, it’s not surprising that people are anxious to get vaccinated. However, the administration of vaccines isn’t something that will happen overnight, especially since only a few candidates have been approved yet. It’s no wonder then that quite a few people are getting desperate....
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Increasing Screening of Illicit Activity with Chainalysis

As part of our long-term partnership with Chainalysis, we are deepening our integration with this leading blockchain intelligence provider to bolster our ability to identify, investigate, and stop illicit transactions. By layering Chainalysis’ highly regarded KYT (Know Your Transaction) screening capabilities over our existing processes, we are broadening our compliance capabilities to continue to ensure...
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