Faced with growing currency devaluation, institutions are adopting bitcoin as a store of value. Bridgewater Associates’ founder, Ray Dalio, has set aside his skepticism for bitcoin to explore this possibility. Dalio Applauds Bitcoin In a recent newsletter, he expressed his admiration for Bitcoin, stating that its longevity is “an amazing accomplishment.” “To have invented a...Read More
Popular blockchain company, Blockstream has purchased $25 million worth of MicroBT’s WhatsMiner M30s Bitcoin mining hardware. Blockstream stated in an announcement that it plans to deploy the hardware across its various mining facilities located in the United States and Canada. A Top Secret Mining Facility Furthermore, Blockstream disclosed that it would allocate some of the...Read More
The largest US-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase plans to go for a Direct Public Listing (DPO) of its Class A common stock. The firm expects the Form S-1 filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission to become effective after the Commission completes its review. Coinbase Aims For Direct Public Listing CryptoPotato reported in December that...Read More
The Grayscale Ethereum Trust, which offers its institutional and accredited investors to take advantage of private placements on several occasions throughout the year, has reopened the initiative of its shares. Grayscale announced resuming the Ethereum Trust private placement earlier, thus enabling accredited investors to allocate funds into the company’s product following the second-largest cryptocurrency. Private...Read More
Bitcoin has to prove itself in order to become a reliable store of value. BlackRock CEO and founder Larry Fink said that the crypto asset might see a bright future, but firstly it has to endure and prove itself. Bitcoin is Still Untested During a recent interview, BlackRock founder and CEO Larry Fink expressed his...Read More
The US financial services company Robinhood continued with restricting its users from accessing its most popular products. After yesterday’s halt of GME stocks, the platform has suspended instant cryptocurrency buying, citing “extraordinary market conditions.” Robinhood’s Restrictions Reach Crypto Following the GameStop sage, in which the company’s stocks went parabolic driven by retail interest, Robinhood barred...Read More
After another day that reminded of the volatility in the cryptocurrency market, Binance has experienced technical difficulties that resulted in temporarily halting withdrawals. Nevertheless, the leading exchange reassured its customers that all funds are safe and later announced it had resolved the problem. CryptoPotato reported earlier that BTC, as well as most alternative coins, skyrocketed...Read More
Upon announcing its Q4 2020 results, the large NASDAQ-listed business intelligence company MicroStrategy vowed to continue with investing excess cash in bitcoin. Furthermore, Michael Saylor’s firm plans to explore other approaches that will enable it to allocate even more funds in BTC. MicroStrategy’s To Buy Even More BTC? Described as the “largest independent publicly-traded business...Read More
The world’s richest man, Elon Musk, has put Bitcoin as the only word in his Twitter bio. As a result, the price for bitcoin skyrocketed. Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla has put Bitcoin as the only word in his Twitter bio. As a result, the price for the cryptocurrency has skyrocketed above $34K gaining...Read More
With nearly 90% of investments located in its Bitcoin Trust, Grayscale could be providing new diversification products to its institutional investors. Recent filings in Delaware revealed that the company has registered for new cryptocurrency products for the privacy-oriented coin Monero and three DeFi tokens – Polkadot, Cosmos, and Aave. According to the filings made by...Read More
Guggenheim Partners CIO Scott Minerd has shared another warning of possible Bitcoin declines. The Wall Street executive predicted a massive correction, dragging the primary cryptocurrency down to $20K. He pointing out that institutional interest is not enough to stabilize BTC above $30K. Institutional Demand is Not Enough Institutional interest towards Bitcoin will not be enough...Read More
The “Bitcoin is dead” narrative has received the support of many naysayers and doubters over the years, especially in times when the cryptocurrency’s price has fallen sharply. So far, the hundreds of such assumptions have turned out to be wrong, and recent statistics showed that the number of doubters dropped significantly in 2020, as the...Read More
On Monday, Marathon Patent Group announced that it bought 4,812.66 BTC, worth $150 million, through the New York Digital Investment Group (NYDIG). Merrick Okamoto, Marathon’s chairman & CEO, noted that the investment would help them accelerate the process of turning the company into a “facto investment choice for individuals and institutions who are seeking exposure...Read More
Global regulators have always branded cryptocurrencies, especially bitcoin, as a tool for illicit activities such as money laundering and crime financing. Even the newly-confirmed US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen recently raised concerns over the same issue. Experts like ECB President Christine Lagarde and Shark Tank’s Kevin O’Leary have also called for a unified global regulatory...Read More
The Chicago-based company has increased its position to GBTC by about 24% from October to late December, according to a recent filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. The financial institution now owns 30,454 GBTC shares. Founded in 1908 in Chicago, Rothschild Investment Corporation is a registered financial brokerage, dealer, and a member of...Read More
The Singaporean private banking arm of OCBC Bank has dismissed the chances of cryptocurrencies eventually replacing fiat currencies as a medium of exchange. However, the large institution believes that BTC and other altcoins can replace gold in terms of serving as a store of value. Cryptocurrencies: Store Of Value; Not Medium Of Exchange Ever since...Read More
Several weeks after signing legislation that required Russian officials to disclose their crypto holdings, the world’s largest country by landmass has gone a step further by prohibiting them from owning any digital assets. The Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Russian Federation has sent a letter to civil servants regarding their cryptocurrency holdings,...Read More
Amid the renewed anti-Bitcoin remarks ascribed to mainstream finance stakeholders, reports have emerged showing banks in Australia working in cahoots with violent South American cocaine cartels. Despite aspersions to the contrary, the crypto market continues to account for an insignificant proportion of global financial crimes. Australian Banks Funelling Dirty Money for Drug Cartels According to...Read More
Bit Digital – a NASDAQ-listed company, is to face a class-action lawsuit. A recent report by J Capital Research alleged the Bitcoin mining firm in “fake cryptocurrency business.” Impossible to Operate 22,869 Bitcoin Miners in China Bitcoin mining company Bit Digital is facing a class-action lawsuit on allegations of fraud and misleading its clients. According...Read More
Bitcoin failed to recover in the past seven days, and it marked a further decline of about 8%. This has its current price hovering around $32,000, and its dominance has declined to 64.1%. But before we take a look at what this means for the altcoin market, let’s see what happened with BTC. The cryptocurrency...Read More
NexTech AR Solutions, a Vancouver, Canada-headquartered developer of VR and AR solutions, has booked a $200,000 profit after selling over 130 bitcoins. The firm justified its decision with the double-spending that allegedly occurred on the BTC network yesterday. According to a press release published by the company, NexTech has sold all of its BTC holdings,...Read More
Michael Saylor’s Bitcoin bet appears to be far from over as his company MicroStrategy has acquired even more BTC despite the crypto price experiencing a significant retrace over the last couple of days. MicroStrategy has added more Bitcoin to its balance sheet according to an announcement issued on Friday (Jan. 22, 2021). MicroStrategy has purchased...Read More
Analysts at JP Morgan have argued against Bitcoin’s (BTC) value proposition as a competitor to gold, saying the largest crypto by market capitalization is not a suitable hedge during periods of market uncertainty. Bitcoin is Least Reliable as a Hedge During Market Crunches According to Bloomberg, JP Morgan strategists John Normand and Federico Manicardi have...Read More
Employees of the large provider of cloud migration, app development, and software engineering services, Sequoia Holdings, could start receiving their salaries in various cryptocurrencies. Some of the options include Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, and Ethereum. Founded in 2012, Sequoia Holdings, LLC is a provider of advanced analytic solutions, agile software development, cybersecurity products, and other IT-related...Read More
Lawyers representing the self-proclaimed Satoshi Nakamoto, Craig Steven Wright, have sent letters to two websites, asking them to remove BTC’s whitepaper. While bitcoin.org has refused to do so, noting that these claims are meritless, bitcoincore.org has deleted the whitepaper. CSW Lawyers Demand BTC Whitepaper Removal Popular Bitcoin contributor, going by the nickname “Cobra,” who was...Read More
Despite maintaining long-term bullish views on bitcoin, Guggenheim Partner’s Chief Investment Officer Scott Miner believes that the asset will not surpass its early 2021 top of $42,000 again. As such, he doubled-down on his short-term bearish perspective, saying that BTC could drop as low as $20,000. Is Bitcoin Heading For $20K? It’s safe to say...Read More
The world’s largest asset manager, BlackRock, may start trading cash-settled Bitcoin futures. This is according to new filings with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). BlackRock is the world’s largest asset manager, with almost $8 trillion worth of assets under management last year. To put it in perspective – that’s almost 8 times the...Read More
A survey compiled by the multinational investment giant Deutsche Bank concluded that more than half of investors believe bitcoin and US tech stocks to be the biggest market bubbles. Consequently, the participants, most of whom are professional investors, predicted subsequent corrections. Bitcoin Is The Biggest Market Bubble? The primary cryptocurrency has been on a tear...Read More
UK’s National Health Service is planning the implementation of an Internet of Things project to build and manage COVID-19 vaccine provisions. The solution will use a pubic distributed ledger network – Hedera Hashgraph. Monitoring COVID-19 Vaccines Supplies Using DLT According to an official announcement, the UK’s National Health Service (NHS) will aim to digitally monitor its...Read More
Trading above $35,000, Bitcoin continues to pass milestone after milestone as reports show that the cryptocurrency received the most capital inflow this month compared to tech stocks and traditional investments. Long Bitcoin Wins Most Crowded Trade A recent survey conducted by the Bank of America on fund managers with over $500 billion in AUM reveals...Read More
