The business intelligence and analytics company announced the move on June 8 which CEO Michael Saylor tweeted on his feed a few hours later. The notes will be sold in a private offering to qualified institutional buyers and the offering is expected to close on June 14, 2021. The company announced the pricing of $500...Read More
Approximately five months after allocating 2.5% of its portfolio in BTC, Ruffer Investment has sold its entire position at a profit of over $1 billion. The firm cited the declining interest from younger generations as the primary reason for the sale. CryptoPotato reported in late 2020 that the giant asset manager founded in 1994 in...Read More
SkyBridge Capital, the hedge fund founded by Anthony Scaramucci with over $7 billion in AUM, has doubled down on its support of Bitcoin. The organization’s Co-Chief Investment Officer, Troy Gayeski, said they believe in gold’s future but are more keen to invest in what many consider its digital alternative. Gold is Good, Bitcoin is Better...Read More
Speaking to Anthony Pompliano during the 2021 Bitcoin conference, the Gemini founders, Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss noted that they are still BTC hodlers and pledged to hold at least until the price reaches $500,000. Additionally, they called the US dollar the “ultimately shitcoin.” The Winklevoss twins are among the most famous early BTC adopters, having...Read More
In the early hours of Friday morning the Bitcoin provocateur was back stirring the digital pot with another tweet, this time depicting a broken heart. The cryptic tweet hinted at a potential split with Bitcoin which is currently down 42% from its all-time high of $65K in mid-May. #Bitcoin 💔 pic.twitter.com/lNnEfMdtJf — Elon Musk (@elonmusk)...Read More
An ominous technical indicator called the ‘death cross’ is looming suggesting that the Bitcoin bull market could well be over. Cryptocurrency trader ‘Rekt Capital’ has observed the bearish signal stating “whenever a Death Cross occurs, BTC experiences deeper downside,” A death cross is a technical chart pattern indicating the potential for a major sell-off or...Read More
This week’s on-chain insights from analytics provider Glassnode has highlighted a slowdown in the rate at older BTC being spent. This is indicative of a level at which a large number of holders are willing to stop or pause as markets consolidate for a while. “A period of consolidation is to be expected as the...Read More
Analytics provider Glassnode has been breaking down last week’s market slump in its Monday “Week on Chain” report, revealing that the market traded down by over 47% from the weekly high of $59,463, to lows of $31,327. This generated a massive red $28K weekly candle, the largest ever. “The magnitude of realised losses on-chain this...Read More
As cryptocurrencies continue to experience massive volatility, Barry Silbert, founder, and CEO of Digital Currency Group (DCG), the parent company of Grayscale and other crypto firms, believes that the next move of the asset class will be determined by what happens in the stock market in the coming weeks. “Where the crypto market goes from...Read More
A bullish case isn’t on many people’s minds – but signs are cropping up that Bitcoin may indeed be headed for a trend reversal. Here are some signs explaining why BTC might be overdue for a renewed uptick. Bitcoin reached its all-time high of almost $65K on April 14, 2021, a little over a month...Read More
Volatility could be scary for some BTC investors, but it’s the price to pay for overperforming the S&P index 10x over a decade, said MicroStrategy’s CEO, Michael Saylor. He also described Elon Musk as “enthusiastic” about the bitcoin space following the latest criticism from Tesla’s CEO. Speaking on the enhanced volatility that bitcoin faced in...Read More
Bitcoin’s 2021 bull cycle was paused, not entirely stopped, and will resume, opined the founder of SkyBridge Capital – Anthony Scaramucci. In a new interview, the former White House Communications Director addressed the recent environmental issues and called Bitcoin a fully robust monetary network. Yesterday’s market crash that saw bitcoin sliding by more than $10,000...Read More
Scott Minerd – Global Chief Investment Officer and Chairman of Guggenheim Partners – compared the recent crypto market collapse to the ”Tulipmania’ in the 17th century. His current stance came somewhat unexpectedly since not long ago, he predicted a price of $600,000 for Bitcoin. Crypto Is a ‘Tulipmania’ The recent crypto market crash created an...Read More
The fingers are pointing at Elon Musk, China, and even U.S. lawmakers, but the truth behind this week’s epic crypto market crash could be even simpler. A highly overheated market combined with billions in leveraged positions was poised to crack at some stage, and the avalanche created by cascaded liquidations appears to be what we...Read More
This collapse, catalyzed by Elon Musk’s tweets criticizing Bitcoin’s energy consumption, was exacerbated by several factors, including China, reiterating its anti-Bitcoin stance, a large short position on Bitfinex, and the necessity of a general correction in the overbought crypto space. Crypto-related hashtags are trending across the world, including #crypto, #buythedip, and #altseason2021. Bears Attack Bitcoin...Read More
Justin Sun, the founder of TRON, just announced that he purchased over $150 million worth of bitcoins at an average price of about $36,800. In what some are calling ‘the greatest wealth transfer of the year,’ Bitcoin and the cryptocurrency market at large plummeted over 50% before rebounding over 25% within hours. Amidst a slew...Read More
The investment department of the large multinational financial service organization, Wells Fargo, is looking into offering cryptocurrency products to its institutional clients. A senior executive outlined the innovation in a recent interview and called bitcoin “a nice diversifier.” Wells Fargo Getting on the BTC Wagon? In a recent interview with BusinessInsider, Darrell Cronk, president of...Read More
Bitcoin has recently shifted trends, and this downturn has become a hot talking point among many investors who are divided between those who have fallen prey to pessimism and those who still refuse to believe that this was all a market episode started and extinguished by Elon Musk. After Elon Musk announced that Tesla had...Read More
Michael Saylor’s NASDAQ-listed company continues with its initiative to purchase sizeable amounts of bitcoins at frequent intervals. The firm said earlier today it had allocated another $10 million in cash in BTC, and its total stash is over 92,000 coins. The founder and CEO of the business intelligence giant announced the latest purchase on Twitter...Read More
Bitcoin prices have held steady over the past 24 hours as the panic selling has eased off and the weak hands appear to have been flushed out. At the time of press, BTC was trading at a little over $45,400, up 5% since the same time yesterday. Its low during this correction was a brief...Read More
At the time of press, Bitcoin prices had lost 10% on the day and were trading at $43,300. Ironically this is very close to the price BTC hit after Tesla announced its $1.5 billion purchase of the asset in February. Bitcoin was trading at just over $50K at the beginning of the weekend, however, by...Read More
In early Sunday trading, BTC prices had fallen to their lowest levels for over 11 weeks, hitting $46,700 before a minor recovery. The last time Bitcoin dropped to these levels was at the end of February during the second major correction of this rally. A rebound off that bottom sent prices above $60K for the...Read More
This comes on the back of a large Bitcoin dip following the most recent news that came from Tesla and its decision to halt bitcoin payments for its products. A Slowdown of Enthusiasm The unbridled electric energy in the air surrounding Bitcoin briefly halted after major cryptocurrencies plunged over 20% shortly following Elon Musk’s announcement...Read More
The Central Bank of Iran (CBI) will allow banks, currency exchanges, and licensed miners to pay for imports using cryptocurrencies. According to a report from the Iranian site Financial Tribune, The CBI has issued a notification to banks and licensed exchanges about the new regulatory framework for crypto payments. The government will soon pass a...Read More
The South Korean-Japanese video game publisher, Nexon, announced earlier today the purchase of 1,717 bitcoins. The company justified the $100 million buy by trying to protect its shareholders’ value. Although it was founded in Seoul, South Korea, in 1994, Nexon moved its headquarters to Minato City, Toky, in 2005. It’s one of the largest Asian-based...Read More
The extremely volatile nature of cryptocurrencies is one of the major reasons why many traditional investors are still hesitant to join the industry. One minute, traders are basking in the euphoria of skyrocketing peaks, and the next they are scratching their heads wondering what happened. While there are no clear-cut indices to gouge crypto volatility,...Read More
On-chain analytics provider, Glassnode, has detailed the week’s activity for the Bitcoin network noting that a number of milestones and all-time highs have been hit for various metrics. It noted that the peaks in on-chain transaction volume and fees suggest that the recent correction has largely affected relatively newer entrants to the market, and strong...Read More
Bitcoin’s price could suffer more if the asset fails to reclaim $60,000 soon, said analysts from the US multinational banking giant JPMorgan Chase & Co. They compared Sunday’s market crash with similar developments in the past few months but argued BTC lacks sufficient momentum now. BTC’s Bull Run Coming to an End? Bitcoin and the...Read More
According to on-chain analytics provider Glassnode, it is customary for Bitcoin markets to flush out excess leverage and that is exactly what has happened over the past few days. A large number of traders increased their leverage exposure in anticipation of the Coinbase direct listing last week. This increase the risk of a long squeeze...Read More
Bitcoin dumped 12.5% in a matter of hours over the weekend sliding from $61,450 in late trading on Saturday to bottom out at $53,750 the following day according to Tradingview. Monday morning Asian trading has seen the asset recover somewhat but analysts are looking at what may have caused the cascade that resulted in $10...Read More
