The recent crash of the cryptocurrency market seems to have affected Coinbase. The leading digital asset platform will reportedly stop hiring employees for two weeks, freeze some business projects, and cut down its spending on Amazon Web Services. Coinbase Temporarily Hits the Brakes The past several weeks and months didn’t go well for the cryptocurrency...Read More
The frantic price action in the cryptocurrency market does not seem to faze the uber-bullish billionaire CEO of tech firm MicroStrategy. Michael Saylor has yet another bold prediction for Bitcoin, even as his favorite cryptocurrency struggles to hold on to the $30,000-mark. The exec, who started to build up his Bitcoin reserve in 2020, reiterated...Read More
The past several weeks have been quite the negative turmoil for the cryptocurrency market, as it all started at the end of March. Interestingly, this coincides with a similar drop for the largest US-based stock market indexes, which led to a multi-month high in terms of correlations between Wall Street and crypto. The Market Meltdowns...Read More
On Block’s Investor Day, the outspoken CEO Jack Dorsey revealed his ambition of expanding the payment company into a digital giant with footprints across multiple dimensions and reiterated its unshaken faith in the future of blockchain technology and Bitcoin. He argued that BTC is the only candidate for the money of the Internet. Block Ecosystem...Read More
Last week’s rollercoaster continues to impact the cryptocurrency market in one or more ways, as IntoTheBlock data indicated that approximately 40,000 BTC had made their way into exchanges since May 11. While this has increased the selling pressure, there’s some good news since bitcoin actually managed to remain above $28,000, which was a pivotal mark....Read More
After buying the dip and adding 500 BTCs to the state coffer, El Salvador President Nayib Bukele has another surprise up his sleeves. The country is organizing an international conference of central bank representatives today, Bukele announced less than 24 hours before the event. El Salvador’s Conference of Central Banks El Salvador will host an...Read More
The Brazilian investment management company – XP Inc. – reportedly joined forces with Nasdaq to launch a cryptocurrency trading platform. Called XTAGE, it should go live by the end of June. Initially, it will enable investors to buy and sell bitcoin and ether. XP Thinks About the Next Five, Ten Years The latest organization to...Read More
Prompted by the ongoing crash of the cryptocurrency market, Michael Saylor’s company – MicroStrategy – is now in a state of unrealized loss regarding its bitcoin holdings. The organization is the largest corporate holder of the primary digital asset, owning nearly 130,000 BTC. Despite the grim condition of the industry, Michael Saylor remains bullish, predicting...Read More
The government of the Central African Republic (CAR) has reportedly passed a law to embrace bitcoin as an official payment method inside the nation’s borders. If successful, the initiative will turn the country into the first African state to execute such a move and the second globally after El Salvador. Bitcoin to aid the CAR’s...Read More
One of the most successful soccer clubs in Mexico – Tigres – partnered with Bitso to enable fans to purchase tickets in bitcoin. The latest cryptocurrency adoption does not end there, as the leading delivery platform in South America – Rappi – and the renowned provider of jewelry and precious metals – SFL Maven –...Read More
The German multinational chain of stores selling electronics – Media Markt – will reportedly install Bitcoin ATMs in 12 branches across Austria. Customers will be able to purchase the leading cryptocurrency at Kurant vending machines. After Testing – Time for Action A few years ago, Media Markt started exploring whether and how to install bitcoin...Read More
Denver-based Bitcoin miner Crusoe Energy Systems has announced closing a $350 million Series C equity offering. Expansion to the US and internationally, as well as onboarding more employees in the team, are some of the main objectives that Crusoe has following the event. Crusoe Funding Round According to the official blog post, Crusoe’s $350 million...Read More
Michael Saylor – CEO of the software platform MicroStrategy – said investing in his company is almost like allocating funds in the still nonexistent in the USA – Bitcoin spot ETF. His organization is known as one of the most prominent BTC HODLers as it owns over $5.5 billion worth of the primary cryptocurrency. MicroStrategy...Read More
The Switzerland-based investment product issuer – 21Shares – joined forces with ETF Securities to launch the first two exchange-traded funds in Australia that will provide customers with direct access to cryptocurrencies. Those products will track the performance of BTC, and ETH will go live on April 27. Crypto EFTs Popping out in Australia While the...Read More
Russia could use cryptocurrency mining to evade sanctions, according to the IMF. The IMF warned in its new report that sanctioned countries like Russia could use cryptocurrencies and significantly boost their mining industry to evade any economic sanctions imposed on them. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) indicated in its report on global financial stability that...Read More
While the US watchdogs continue to reject BTC spot ETF applications, Australia has reportedly taken the Canadian route and will list its first-ever exchange-traded fund on the Cboe equities trading platform as early as next week. The local report dated April 19 reads that Australia’s main equity capital market regulator – ASX Clear – has...Read More
As bitcoin dropped to a monthly low at $39,000 after a few days of consolidating above the $40,000 mark, there was a growing bearish sentiment regarding its immediate price action. When the bears came out to push bitcoin south, dipping into the 37K – 40K area, some considered it an excellent opportunity to accumulate. High...Read More
The Iranian authorities will reportedly impose harsher penalties on illegal cryptocurrency miners as some operators could even go to jail. Before that, the officials banned all digital asset mining endeavors during the winter season, claiming this could reduce the pressure on the nation’s electricity network during the coldest months of the year. Iran’s Intolerance of...Read More
Over the week, several major news outlets ran stories covering the basics of cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin. One by CBS news claimed, “Crypto is not easy to spend.” That might have been true just five years ago, but in 2022, many national chain stores already accept Bitcoin. Here is a list of nine companies that accept...Read More
According to a study conducted by the digital asset exchange aggregator – Coincub – Germany is the most crypto-friendly country for Q1,2022. The previous leader – Singapore – holds the second position, while the USA took third place. Germany Emerges as a Crypto Hub Coincub noted that the ranking of the top digital asset-welcoming nations...Read More
In a letter addressed to MicroStrategy’s stockholders on Thursday, the company’s CEO Micheal Saylor doubled down on his conviction of continuing its years-long bitcoin buying spree. The paper aimed to pave the foundation for the Annual Meeting of Stockholders scheduled on May 22nd, 2022. The CEO also promised that MicroStrategy, the publicly traded company with...Read More
Once considered an attractive country for Chinese Bitcoin miners after the country’s crackdown on any BTC mining activity, Kazakhstan now seems to be set to creating new taxes that will negatively impact the industry. On April 14, the Minister of National Economy, Alibek Kuantyrov, said in a government briefing that his team is working on...Read More
PlanB, the creator of the bitcoin Stock-to-Flow (S2F) model, implied that only a black-swan incident could drag the price of Bitcoin down to $24,500. The anonymous Twitter pseudonym in the past has missed Bitcoin’s price predictions on some occasions, but his bullishness on the asset still remains intact, asserting that it could reach $100K at...Read More
Cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex, in collaboration with USDT issuer Tether, recently launched a digital asset fund and donated over $1 million in bitcoin to assist families in El Salvador affected by the ongoing gang violence in the country. Crypto Relief Fund Initiative is Bootstrapped With 25 BTC Bitfinex chief technology officer (CTO) Paolo Ardoino revealed that...Read More
Terra seems nowhere near concerned regarding the ongoing crypto dip. Instead, it topped up its bitcoin reserves with an additional purchase of $100 million worth of the asset. Earlier this year, Do Kwon – Founder and CEO of Terraform Labs – revealed the company’s intentions to introduce a stablecoin (UST), which will be backed by...Read More
According to research conducted by KuCoin, the growing number of Nigerians investing in crypto is propelled by the lack of proper fiat-based opportunities. The study revealed that over 30 million of Nigeria’s population had traded digital assets in the past six months. The Reasons Behind the Adoption KuCoin’s latest “Into the Cryptoverse Report” found out...Read More
According to a recent research conducted by Nasdaq, 72% out of 500 financial advisors will be more likely to invest client funds in digital assets if the US watchdog greenlights a spot ETF. Among those already part of the market, 86% said they will increase their exposure over the next 12 months. Spot Bitcoin ETF...Read More
The Luna Foundation Guard (LFG) pool has bought Bitcoin yet again. The pool currently holds almost 40,000 BTC, worth some $1.675 billion at the time of this writing. Luna’s LFG pool has added another batch of Bitcoin to its stash – over 4,000 BTC, to be precise, which is worth some $176 million at the...Read More
US Rep. Norma Torres (D-CA) introduced the Senate Accountability for Cryptocurrency in El Salvador Act (ACES) Monday. Rep. Rick Crawford (R-AR) co-sponsored the bill. Rep Torres averred: “El Salvador’s adoption of Bitcoin is not a thoughtful embrace of innovation, but a careless gamble that is destabilizing the country.” The bill instructs the State Department and...Read More
The United States could lose its preeminent financial and political influence in the world as other sovereign powers make haste to legalize and adopt Bitcoin as their reserve currency. The threat to America is not merely a matter of leaving an (increasingly plausibly) enormous amount of money on the table. Bitcoin is the largest ever...Read More
