IGM Financial Inc., a 40-year-old Canadian wealth manager, could be next in line to launch Bitcoin and Ethereum services for its clients, suggested the company’s CEO, James O’Sullivan. Founded in 1978, IGM Financial is a large Winnipeg-based investment company with over $260 billion in assets under management. The firm’s Chief Executive Officer – James O’Sullivan...Read More
The weekend just started and most of the crypto assets initiated a downtrend, as seen in major of them currently. The top two assets, Bitcoin and Ethereum price are experiencing a notable drain. The plunge is not huge, yet impacts the other altcoins within the crypto space, either positively or negatively. Yet with the end...Read More
Cryptocurrencies are continuing to gain traction as a payment option by businesses and governments alike. Recently, Deputy Luizão Goulart of Brazil proposed a bill to allow public and private sector workers to be paid in bitcoin. If passed, this would be the biggest national move to support digital asset adoption since El Salvador’s legal tender...Read More
It was a very dynamic week in the cryptocurrency industry, even though it may not seem that way judging by Bitcoin’s price. And yet, we saw a lot of action in the altcoin scene, especially with memecoins and play-to-earn projects, so let’s dive in. Starting off, Bitcoin failed to produce any meaningful gains over the...Read More
Selling gold for Bitcoin (BTC) appears to be the new strategy among some investors. Jefferies’ Christopher Wood is no exception. He is now trimming his allocation to the precious metal to expand his exposure to the world’s largest cryptocurrency. Wood, who happens to be the global head of the investment banking firm, also believes traditional...Read More
Shortly after becoming a publicly-traded company, Bakkt Holdings has announced that its customers will be able to interact with the second-largest cryptocurrency as well. Owned and operated by the Intercontinental Exchange, Bakkt Holdings is among the largest regulated cryptocurrency platforms providing Bitcoin services to its clients. Its portfolio of available digital assets will double soon,...Read More
Similarly to US investors, Australians displayed an enhanced appetite for cryptocurrency-related exchange-traded funds. Shortly after the launch of BetaShares’ CRYP, the volume went through the roof and set a new record. Understanding BetaShares’ CRYP Echoing the monumental day of the first Bitcoin Futures ETF debut on Wall Street, BetaShares Crypto Innovators ETF (CRYP) pierced through...Read More
Eric Adams – New York’s newly elected mayor – has just confirmed that he will accept his first three paychecks in Bitcoin. This comes shortly after the mayor delivered an electoral victory speech promising to make New York “a center for Bitcoin.” In New York we always go big, so I’m going to take my...Read More
Madhur Deora – CFO of Paytm – recently said that his company might enable Bitcoin offerings if it gains permission from Indian regulators. Paytm is one of India’s largest mobile payment platform, meaning over 330 million users could gain access to simplified Bitcoin payments if the company follows through. Waiting on Regulator’s Permission The CFO...Read More
CME Futures, the futures-exchange giant that offers regulated bitcoin services, has secured a massive investment from Google worth $1 billion aiming to transfer its core trading systems to the cloud. The news was first reported by the Wall Street Journal, and informs that the tech giant will provide its cloud services to CME to “power...Read More
Jack Dorsey – CEO of Square – recently announced that CashApp would be available to anyone 13 years and older. Notably, CashApp offers users the opportunity to easily purchase Bitcoin alongside stocks. This may mean that, in the near future, teenagers could start purchasing BTC. Bitcoin for Teens? The CEO revealed the news for teens...Read More
Former police officer Eric Adams was elected the 110th mayor of New York City over Republican anti-crime activist Curtis Sliwa. Adams had promised to restore the pandemic-ravaged city to its former glory within a year. But this victory can also pave the way for New York to become a Bitcoin hub as visioned by the...Read More
Zaryn Dentzel, the founder of the popular mobile virtual network operator Tuenti, has had his bitcoins stolen, according to a recent report. The crime transpired in his house after a group of five perpetrators broke in and tortured him for his password containing the BTC wealth. As reported by El Espanol on November 3rd, Dentzel,...Read More
Francis Suarez – the pro-crypto mayor of Miami – vowed to receive his next paycheck entirely in bitcoin. Thus, he can become the first American politician to be paid in the primary cryptocurrency. Proving His BTC Support Ever since the beginning of 2021, Francis Suarez has demonstrated quite a favorable approach towards the cryptocurrency industry...Read More
Bitcoin’s price could add 60% of value in the next 30 days to close just shy of $100,000, predicted the analyst behind the popular stock-to-flow model, PlanB. He was spot on in regards to the September BTC close price and was agonizingly close in October. Bitcoin to Near $100K By November’s End? PlanB is among...Read More
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has taken slow but cautious steps regarding an exchange-traded product tracking the performance of bitcoin or another cryptocurrency. In the latest development, the organization published guidance detailing regulatory requirements for funds waiting to offer crypto ETPs, including exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and structured products. The guidance is designed to...Read More
It’s been a bullish day for the crypto market after a broadly optimistic day for Bitcoin and the broader market on Thursday. Advertisement Bitcoin Price Action Bitcoin surged to an early morning current day high of $62,100.0, avoiding the first key support level at $57,988. However, after failing to break through the first major resistance...Read More
There are no boring days in crypto. This week was the definitive proof of this. We saw something insane happen literally every day from the past seven, so let’s start with Bitcoin. This time last week, there were already some signs of indecisiveness in bitcoin’s price, which was approaching $60K. On Sunday, though, bulls stepped...Read More
US ETF issuers are looking for new ways to capture the attention of institutions a week after the watershed launch of Bitcoin ETF. Direxion, for one, is offering an ETF that shorts crypto futures. October 19th was a monumental day for the entire cryptocurrency industry. Right after ProShares’ Bitcoin ETF welcomed impressive volume on the...Read More
According to its third quarterly report filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Tesla could restart accepting cryptocurrency payments. It stated that during the nine months that ended Sept. 30, the company purchased an aggregate of $1.5 billion in BTC. Up until the end of March, it accepted Bitcoin as a payment for sales...Read More
The cryptocurrency space has seen numerous prominent individuals who went from criticizing it to joining it years later. Jordan Belfort, who used to bash bitcoin but later predicted it will tap $100,000, is now a keen supporter of the non-fungible token industry. NFTs have garnered the attention of numerous celebrities outside of the cryptocurrency space...Read More
The Facebook whistleblower, Frances Haugen, has revealed her financial future is “fine” as she bought an undisclosed amount of crypto at “the right time.” Financial Backup Thanks to Crypto During an interview with the New York Times, Haugen said she’s currently maintaining her shelter in Puerto Rico thanks to cryptocurrency investment. She manages her own...Read More
The US Securities and Exchange Commission’s approval of two Bitcoin futures ETFs last week has cemented the asset class among institutional investors. They can now get exposure without having any technical knowledge of it whatsoever. Financial advisors can now also allocate a proportion of client portfolios to Bitcoin. MicroStrategy CEO and Bitcoin bull Michael Saylor...Read More
The price of bitcoin soared at the start of October, and three weeks later, we’d already hit a new all-time high, as well as a pullback triggered by a new resistance. Bitcoin appears to have found a firm support to prevent any declines, and industry optimism signals that a new rise is on the way...Read More
To say that last week was exciting would be a serious understatement. Bitcoin went on to chart a brand new all-time high at around $67K, we saw the approval of the first-ever futures BTC ETF in the US, a massive flash-crash on BinanceUS, and a correction towards $60K. Let’s dive in. Starting with Bitcoin. The...Read More
The US branch of the leading cryptocurrency exchange explained that yesterday’s severe flash crash that saw BTC’s price dumping from $65,000 to $8,700 in mere seconds was because of a bug in the trading algorithm. CryptoPotato reported yesterday when the price of bitcoin nosedived from its near all-time high level to below $10,000 on Binance...Read More
The American multinational retail corporation – Walmart – will reportedly allow its customers to purchase bitcoin using ATMs installed in some of its US shops. The initiative became possible following a collaboration between the retail giant Coinstar and Coinme. The First Step Last month Walmart’s name got involved in a story, according to which the...Read More
The ProShares Bitcoin Strategy ETF (ticker BITO) is proving more popular than it can handle. The fund is already nearing its limit on the number of futures contracts that the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) permits it to hold. Over Popularity of ProShares ETF According to data collected by Bloomberg, the ETF is already holding 1,900...Read More
The Houston Firefighters Relief and Retirement Fund (HFRRF) has hopped on the cryptocurrency bandwagon by making a $25 million investment in BTC and ETH. The allocation became possible through a partnership with New York Digital Investment Group (NYDIG). The October 21st press release outlined the partnership between the two organizations, reading that NYDIG facilitated the...Read More
The trustee responsible for handling the Mt. Gox hack and the victims’ claims has updated that the rehabilitation plan was approved by the majority of creditors. Consequently, the creditors could receive roughly $9 billion in BTC by the end of the year. Mt. Gox was once the biggest cryptocurrency exchange responsible for 70% of the...Read More
