Mercado Libre – the leading fintech and e-commerce company in Argentina – has joined other large corporations in holding BTC on its balance sheet. The institution revealed it purchased $7.8M worth of the cryptocurrency. Another Company to Buy BTC Purchasing the primary cryptocurrency and adding it to their balance sheets seems like a growing trend...Read More
The CEO of MicroStrategy – Michael Saylor – outlined that the leading digital asset Bitcoin has no existential threats. According to him, the cryptocurrency will dominate the 21st century as a store of value. The Future For BTC Michael Saylor expressed his opinion about the primary cryptocurrency Bitcoin on a YouTube interview for Kitco News...Read More
Crypto custody firm New York Digital Investment Group said that soon US banks would have the opportunity to buy, hold and sell BTC through their existing accounts. NYDIG also added that it would launch other services such as benefits paid in the cryptocurrency and a new type of bank account, which gives dividends in BTC....Read More
The head of Binance, Changpeng Zhao, recently gave his comments on the two largest cryptocurrencies – BTC and ETH. According to him, people nowadays need alternative coins for the new type of transactions, which may drive the price of ether up. CZ also predicted that many central bank digital currencies would be very different than...Read More
S&P Dow Jones Indices has launched three new cryptocurrency indices. The S&P Bitcoin Index, S&P Ethereum Index, and S&P Crypto Mega Cap Index (a combination of Bitcoin and Ethereum) will allow retail traders to easily gain exposure to these two behemoth cryptocurrencies. A Long-Awaited Move People have been waiting for a traditional finance product that...Read More
While urging investors to treat bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies with caution, Deutsche Bank’s CIO, Christian Nolting, said the industry is “here to stay.” However, the executive sees the impending launch of CBDCs as a major threat to bitcoin in terms of serving as a currency. Instead, he outlined the asset’s similarities to gold and its...Read More
WisdomTree Investments, a NY-based fund manager, has launched a physically-backed Ethereum ETP on two European stock exchanges through its local subsidiaries. This becomes the organization’s second crypto-related ETP released in the past month, after an exchange-traded product following the performance of Bitcoin. WisdomTree’s ETH ETP Live in Europe Headquartered in New York, WisdomTree Investments is...Read More
Legendary stock market investors Warren Buffet and Charlie Munger spoke at Berkshire Hathaway’s annual meeting, talking briefly about cryptocurrencies and the effects of the new trading era on the global psyche. Buffett’s Thoughts and Munger’s Rant Warren Buffett expressed his displeasure at people who treated markets like a casino, claiming that it encouraged a gambling...Read More
Choosing stock of gold mining companies instead of shares of firms investing in bitcoin has caused an underperformance for BNY Mellon’s tech-focused funds. The giant US bank outlined MicroStrategy – the company owning over 90,000 bitcoins – as the biggest missed opportunity. BNY Mellon’s Funds Performance In recent filings with the US Securities and Exchange...Read More
The National Project Management Agency of the Presidency of the Republic of Uzbekistan, or NAFT, published plans to remove some of the crypto restrictions in the country. The government agency proposed to allow local residents to purchase digital assets for both domestic and foreign currency inside the former Soviet republic. Will Crypto Return in Uzbekistan?...Read More
The past week has been overall very favorable for the cryptocurrency market. The total capitalization grew to $2.15 trillion, which is a 17% increase. Most of it came from altcoins, however. At the time of this writing, bitcoin’s price trades at around $56,000 following a quick spike. It’s up 9% on the week and managed...Read More
The Federal Service in the USA arrested a Russian-Swedish citizen Roman Sterlingov on suspicion of laundering nearly $336M in bitcoin for the last 10 years. The criminal will appear in court and face three charges – money laundering, money laundering without authorization, and unlicensed money transmission. The Fraud Over The Last 10 Years According to...Read More
During Visa’s Q2 2021 earnings call, the company showed interest in fully integrating a cryptocurrency payment system into its current infrastructure, with several interesting elements that would push the boundaries of the bridge between legacy finance and the crypto world as we know it. Most notably, Visa’s CEO Alfred Kelly stated that the company viewed...Read More
Despite Ethereum’s increasing price, the Canadian TV personality and well-known investor Kevin O’Leary predicted ”it’s always going to be N.2” to Bitcoin. Mr. Wanderful also opined that the first-ever cryptocurrency will serve as gold, while ETH will be silver. Ethereum’s Rally vs. O’Leary’s Forecast The second-largest cryptocurrency has been blooming recently. Its price reached an...Read More
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that had put the VanEck Bitcoin ETF proposal up for discussion in March has made a filing confirming that the decision will be delayed for a 45 day period. The Implications of a Bitcoin ETF As of now, the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust holds a virtual monopoly when...Read More
$50 million worth of various cryptocurrencies has disappeared from the automated market maker platform running on the Binance Smart Chain – Uranium Finance. While the team behind the project claims the funds were stolen, the cryptocurrency community speculates of a possible rug pull. $50M Gone From Uranium Finance The DeFi project took it to Twitter...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
Mastercard continues its crypto-related efforts by partnering with the digital asset exchange Gemini to introduce an innovative crypto rewards credit card. Dubbed Gemini Credit Card, it already has over 100,000 people on its waitlist but should see the light of day in the summer. Crypto Rewards Credit Card From Gemini The crypto exchange founded and...Read More
Without a lot of explanations, the world’s leading cryptocurrency exchange, Binance, has decided to halt support for the OMNI network. Binance Halts OMNI Network Support According to a recent announcement, Binance will “cease support for deposit and withdrawal service on the OMNI network” on April 30th, 2021, at 00:00 UTC. The only explanation given in...Read More
Elon Musk-led electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla revealed that it sold a part of its bitcoin holdings after its billion-dollar purchase of the flagship cryptocurrency earlier in 2021. In an earnings call, Tesla stated that it sold $272 million worth of bitcoin in the first quarter of 2021. With the price of bitcoin appreciating since the...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
The New York wine seller Acker, Merrall & Condit, or simply known as Acker, announced it now accepts digital currencies as a form of payment at its auctions and retail store. The company supports some of the most popular cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, Bitcoin Cash, and Dogecoin. Acker Catches the Crypto Wave After the...Read More
A few weeks after launching its latest product – tradable stock tokens – Binance has decided to expand the portfolio with the shares of MicroStrategy, Apple, and Microsoft. The three new additions will be live by the end of April. Binance to Add MSTR, AAPL, and MSFT As CryptoPotato reported a few weeks back, the...Read More
The past seven days were marked by considerable declines throughout the entire cryptocurrency market. Almost everything is in the red, with the total capitalization sliding beneath $2 trillion. There’s no other way of putting this – the past week was bad for bitcoin’s price. It was almost all downhill. The cryptocurrency was trading in the...Read More
The number of US-based financial institutions looking into launching cryptocurrency services continues to grow, and the latest to join the ranks is Charles Schwab. Nevertheless, giant founded in 1971 expects clearer regulations on digital assets before opening such products to the 32 million brokerage accounts employing its services. Charles Schwab to Get in Crypto? Headquartered...Read More
After four years of calling cryptocurrencies a “fraud,” American investment bank JP Morgan Chase is now actively hiring developers for Ethereum and blockchain development. The position was posted on Glassdoor, a US-based job and recruiting site. The firm is looking for developers with experience writing smart contracts, implementing business applications, and verifying cryptographic protocols on the blockchain. ...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
With Bitcoin (BTC) gaining widespread adoption globally, the United States government is reportedly in the early stages of developing regulatory guidelines for the popular cryptocurrency and the entire crypto industry. Sources familiar with the matter told FOX Business’ Charlie Gasparino that the upcoming regulation, which will focus on crypto infrastructure and taxation, is being led...Read More
Several months after its parent company implemented cryptocurrency purchases, Venmo has done the same for its multi-million user base. The company has added four digital assets so far – Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Litecoin (LTC), and Bitcoin Cash (BCH). According to a press release from today, the New York-based mobile payment service is the latest large name...Read More
