America’s second-oldest bank, State Street Corporation, will establish a digital unit to focus on cryptocurrency endeavors. This comes shortly after the banking organization with over $40 billion in Assets Under Management (AUM) said it will enable crypto trading through its platform. State Street Sets Up a Digital Unit The Finance Times reported State Street’s latest...Read More
Despite recovering several thousand dollars in a few days, JPMorgan strategists still revealed concerns about bitcoin’s price. In their most recent note on BTC’s performance, they breached the difference between the price on the spot and futures markets as the most significant worry for bulls. Backwardation is Still a Threat The price of the primary...Read More
After years of controversial history with the digital asset industry, India could be changing its mind again and moving from banning cryptocurrencies to classifying them as an asset class. By citing “top sources tracking the industry,” The New Indian Express reported the latest development earlier on June 10th. The paper reads that the government has...Read More
The U.S. department of the world’s largest meat producer, JBS S.A., has paid its ransomware hackers $11 million in bitcoin. This comes amid warnings worldwide regarding the growing threat of such attacks and the involvement of cryptocurrencies. JBS Pays $11M in BTC to Cybercriminals JBS USA Holdings is an American food processing company operating under...Read More
Victory Capital Holdings has outlined plans to enter the cryptocurrency market through its wholly-owned investment adviser, Victory Capital Management. To do so, the branch has partnered with Nasdaq and crypto-focused asset manager Hashdex. Founded in 2013, Victory Capital Holdings is a US-based asset manager with nearly $160 billion in AUM as of April 30th, 2021....Read More
One of the world’s leading brokerage companies, Interactive Brokers, will be offering cryptocurrency trading services to its clients by the end of summer 2021. According to a recent report by CNBC, Interactive Brokers will start allowing its customers to trade cryptocurrencies by the end of summer 2021. Speaking on the matter was the Chairman and the CEO...Read More
Bitcoin’s price is nearing a critical level as the 50-day moving average is close to the 200-day moving average. The so-called death cross typically results in significant price volatility, with history suggesting two possible outcomes. Scenario 1: Bitcoin Goes Down Hard Ever since BTC peaked in mid-April at $65,000, the cryptocurrency has failed to continue...Read More
Just a few days after the world’s most populated nation blocked social media accounts of crypto influencers, all Chinese search engines have reportedly stopped showing search results for Binance, Huobi, and OKEx. According to a Chinese journalist, going by the Twitter handle Wu Blockchain, local search engines (such as Baidu and Sogou) have blocked queries...Read More
Politicians based in Latin America continue to support bitcoin, with the latest example coming from the advisor of the Colombian President. Jehudi Castro Sierra, who has been a vocal Bitcoiner for a while, recently told permanent BTC basher Peter Schiff to short the asset and “shut up.” Peter Schiff Being Peter Schiff Anyone who is...Read More
American billionaire hedge fund manager Marc Lasry said he should have bought “a lot more” Bitcoin (BTC) a few years ago. During a CNBC’s Squawk Box interview, Lasry commented on BTC’s performance and 2020’s bull run. He regrets not buying more as the price surge happened a lot quicker than he thought —mainly due to...Read More
Last week, Polkadot’s canary network, Kusama (KSM), conducted an on-chain upgrade on its parachain after a vote was passed, making it the first live and fully functional parachain of the Kusama network processing permissionless transactions. The upgrade also made the project the first fully decentralized, heterogeneously-sharded blockchain. Kusama is a permissionless network that allows developers...Read More
The United States Department of Justice said that it recovered over $2 million worth of bitcoin, which was the majority of the ransom paid by the U.S. oil pipeline giant Colonial Pipeline to cybercriminal group DarkSide. DoJ Recovers 63.7 BTC The DoJ made the announcement in a press release on Monday (June 7, 2021). According...Read More
Jack Dorsey continues to display his support for the Bitcoin network, this time through the financial services company he runs – Square Inc. The firm has partnered with Blockstream to build an open-source, solar-powered BTC mining facility. Solar-Powered Bitcoin Mining Coming in the US Bitcoin mining became a hot topic within and outside the cryptocurrency...Read More
In a fresh attack on crypto-related activities in the country, the Chinese government banned social media accounts belonging to popular cryptocurrency proponents over the weekend. Reuters reported today that the attack was mainly aimed at crypto enthusiasts who have massive followers on the popular Chinese social media platform, Weibo. Judgement Day Per the report, users...Read More
Although MicroStrategy has already allocated more than $2 billion in the primary cryptocurrency, the business intelligence giant has no plans to stop buying. The firm announced plans to offer $400 million worth of senior secured notes due 2028 and to allocate the raised funds in BTC again. Ever since its initial purchase worth hundreds of...Read More
After El Salvador announced plans to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender, an official from Paraguay’s government has hinted at a similar development. The country’s Deputy of the Nation, Carlos Antonio Rejala Helman, suggested that the government will start working on a big project involving the largest cryptocurrency and PayPal. Is Paraguay Next in Line? The...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
Institutional investors based in the UK and France will be able to receive BTC exposure through a Bitcoin ETP launched by 21Shares. The Swiss organization announced that its exchange-traded product tracking the performance of the largest cryptocurrency will be available on Aquis Exchange. Bitcoin ETP Coming in the UK and France Based in Zug, Switzerland,...Read More
The story between Dogecoin and Tesla has a new, somewhat unexpected development coming from Europe. A German taxi company that has only Tesla cars has enabled its customers to use DOGE to pay for their rides. CryptoPotato reached out to the firm, called Tesla Taxi Aschaffenburg, to check out why it went that doggy road,...Read More
Progressive Care, a Florida-based healthcare services company, announced today that it has started accepting bitcoin payments for its COVID-19 Rapid Resting services at its PharmcoRx locations. Progressive Care Now Accepting BTC Payments According to the company, the decision was made on the eve of Bitcoin 2021, the world’s largest Bitcoin Conference taking place in Miami...Read More
El Salvador’s president revealed at the ongoing Bitcoin 2021 Conference in Miami that he plans to make bitcoin a legal tender in his country. Speaking at the Bitcoin 2021 event, Nayib Bukele, the president of El Salvador, said he is planning to introduce a law that will make bitcoin a legal form of money in...Read More
Kais Mohammad – a resident of Orange County – will spend the next 24 months in federal prison for operating an illegal BTC ATM service. The US officials said that the man processed up to $25 million with some of it on behalf of criminal suspects. Behind Bars In 2020 Kais Mohammad, also known as...Read More
During the ongoing 2021 Bitcoin conference, Tony Hawk revealed that he purchased bitcoin first in 2012 after watching how it works on the Silk Road. He added that he had kept most of his holdings aside from donating some BTC to charity organizations. While comparing his first passion skateboarding and his current affection for bitcoin,...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
Bitcoin is trading more or less where it was a week ago, following another seven days of choppy price actions. This time, however, it seems that it was an event that propelled its most recent decline and the catalyst was no other but Elon Musk. Last weekend kicked off with a crash towards $33K on...Read More
During the ongoing Bitcoin 2021 conference, Michael Saylor spoke with long-time BTC proponent Max Keiser on why and how he started buying, the asset’s merits, and what cannot happen with it. Saylor, who has purchased tens of thousands of bitcoins for himself and the company he runs – MicroStrategy – in the past year, outlined...Read More
Although the Reserve Bank of India recently issued a new circular clarifying that digital assets are not outlawed in the country, the entity still believes they carry significant risks. As such, the RBI has taken its concerns to the government, asserted the bank’s governor – Shaktikanta Das. The world’s second-most populated nation has always had...Read More
The antivirus company NortonLifeLock announced a new feature on its platform, named Norton Crypto. Its mission will be to enable customers to mine Ethereum in a safe and accessible way. Mining ETH In a recent announcement, the cybersecurity firm notified its nearly 13 million customers about a new service on its platform. Called Norton Crypto,...Read More
The Solana Foundation has partnered with the large South Korean blockchain accelerator ROK Capital to launch a $20 million fund. It aims to develop the Solana blockchain ecosystem by enhancing various projects, including those related to DeFi, NFTs, and Web3. Solana and ROK Capital Launch a $20M Fund Founded in 2017, Solana is a web-scale...Read More
