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Asset Manager Stone Ridge’s NYDIG Sees Wall of Money Coming Into Bitcoin — Institutions Grow Beyond Owning BTC
The founder of Stone Ridge Asset Management and the New York Digital Investment Group (NYDIG) sees a “wall of money” coming...
Pro-Bitcoin US Lawmaker Cynthia Lummis Joins Senate Banking Committee, Plans to Convince Janet Yellen BTC Is Great Store of Value
Pro-bitcoin U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis has been appointed to the Senate banking committee. She has been talking to Janet Yellen and has...
Bill Miller’s Multibillion-Dollar Hedge Fund to Add Bitcoin Exposure via GBTC
Billionaire hedge fund manager Bill Miller’s flagship fund will soon be able to add bitcoin exposure by investing in...
Crypto Hedge Funds Defraud $100 Million From Investors, Founder Faces 20 Years in Prison
The founder of two cryptocurrency hedge funds has been charged in U.S. federal court for securities fraud. He has pleaded guilty and is...
German Authorities Can’t Access Bitcoins Worth $65 Million ‘Seized’ From Hacker
German authorities have been unable to gain access to more than 1,700 bitcoins belonging to a convicted hacker, who kept silent about how...
Luxurious Pro Network Token Officially Listed on PROBIT
PRESS RELEASE. The LUXURIOUS PRO NETWORK TOKEN is now officially listed on PROBIT, a globally reputed professional digital currency...
Rock Legend Gene Simmons Talks Bitcoin: Musician Believes China Is Behind the Ripple Lawsuit, Dollars Are Based on Nothing
The American musician, co-lead singer, and bassist for the rock band Kiss, Gene Simmons, has been very talkative about cryptocurrencies...
Indian Government Prepares to Fast Track Crypto Bill — Plans to Introduce Cryptocurrency Law in a Month: Report
The Indian government is reportedly considering taking “the ordinance route” to quickly pass the cryptocurrency bill....
Retail Crypto Adoption Advances Amid Pandemic as Acceptance and Fungibility Broaden Value
While the rise in cryptocurrencies over the last year has been the source of excitement among advocates and consternation for its...
Bit.com’s Daily Volume for Bitcoin Cash Options Doubled Every Day Since Launch
At the end of January, the Matrixport subsidiary and leading derivatives exchange Bit.com announced the introduction of bitcoin cash...
Online Sleuths Believe Satoshi Nakamoto’s Bitcoin Stash Is a Blockchain Treasure Hunt Meant to Be Found
Over the last twelve years, the cryptocurrency community has always been intrigued by Bitcoin’s inventor Satoshi Nakamoto. For over...
Bitcoin Bull-Run Boosts Sales of a French Premium Wine Retailer Despite the Coronavirus Pandemic
A French wine trading firm has been favored by the recent crypto bull-run, specifically with the bitcoin prices surging across the board....
Grayscale’s Crypto Assets Under Management Soar Past $30 Billion — ‘Institutions Are Here’
Grayscale Investments has surpassed the milestone of $30 billion in net crypto assets under management (AUM). The company says the...
Central Bank of Nigeria Orders Banks to Close Accounts of Crypto Clients as Remittances via Traditional Corridors Drop by 97%
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has circulated a letter directing banks and financial institutions to identify and close accounts of...
Bitcoin Climbs Past $40k, Analyst Expects Another Jump in BTC Value, ETH Taps New Highs
The price of bitcoin is nearing the crypto asset’s all-time price high on Saturday, as the digital currency has gained over 6%...
India’s Central Bank RBI Close to Digital Currency Decision as Paypal Exits Indian Payments Market
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is actively working on a digital currency and will make a decision “very soon,” the central...
Looming Legal Issues and Transparency Questions Fail to Dent Tether’s Momentum
Tether has never been more popular. A quick look at Coinmarketcap data underscores this point, with 24-hour trading volume in USDT (US...
Blockchain Firm Labs Group Taps Enjin to Tokenize Real Estate Assets
The year has started with a batch of announcements regarding tokenization in various sectors. On this occasion, a blockchain gaming...
Youtuber Logan Paul Releases a Limited Edition of His NFT Artwork Ahead of Mayweather’s Fight
A famous Youtuber and now boxer is making inception into the non-fungible token (NFT) industry to promote his artwork. Logan Paul will...
Paypal Launches Business Unit Dedicated To Cryptocurrency
Paypal is launching a new business unit dedicated to cryptocurrency services, the company chief executive officer Daniel Schulman...
An Aggregated List of Cryptocurrency ‘Fair Values’ in 2021 Gives a Different Perspective
During the last decade, cryptocurrency users have leveraged a number of coin market capitalization aggregators, in order to check in on a...
Blockchain Innovation Done the Polkadot Way According to Gavin Wood
In a recent Realvision interview, the developer Gavin Wood explains how Polkadot reimagines the innovation ecosystem from the ground up....
South African Regulator Warns Crypto Investors to ‘Be Prepared to Lose All’ Following Collapse of Bitcoin Trading Company MTI
The Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) has issued what it terms crypto health warning after receiving many complaints from South...
A Mysterious Dogecoin Address Absorbed 27% of the Supply, the Top 20 Addresses Captured 50%
Just recently, the crypto asset dogecoin has seen some significant price gains and on Wednesday, Tesla’s founder Elon Musk tweeted...
All Tifon Gas Stations in Croatia Now Accept Cryptocurrencies
Forty-six Tifon gas stations across Croatia have reportedly started accepting cryptocurrency payments. Using payment processor Paycek,...
Top DeFi tokens surge as Bitcoin remains under $38,000
Aave is among top DeFi tokens to see massive price gains as Bitcoin finds resistance at $38,000 DeFi tokens are rallying as investors...
African Hip Hop Artist Davido ‘Thinking of Starting a Bitcoin Trading Company’
Popular Nigerian hip hop artist Davido has sparked off a buzz about crypto assets after tweeting about his intention to start a bitcoin...
Robinhood reinstates instant deposits for cryptocurrency
Robinhood reportedly reintroduced its instant deposit feature for crypto purchases amid Dogecoin (DOGE) surge after the feature was...
IOTA price analysis: IOTA/USD turning bullish ahead of Chrysalis migration
IOTA has reached an intraday high of $0.47, with bulls looking to break above $0.50 IOTA, ranked 41st among the largest cryptocurrencies...
Indian Crypto Industry Launches Campaign Urging Lawmakers to Dismiss Crypto Ban Bill
Indian crypto exchanges have pooled their resources together and launched a campaign to gain support from as many parliament members as...
Crypto-Friendly Travel Firm Travala Becomes the First Merchant to Offer Binance Pay as a Payment Method
Crypto-friendly travel website Travala has announced the integration of a brand-new payment application, Binance Pay. With such a move,...
Former South Korean Social Media Giant to Relaunch Its Business by Creating a New Ethereum-Based Token
A social media giant that significantly impacted South Korea’s internet influence in the early 2000s is set to take a second breath....
Guggenheim Investments Increases Bitcoin Fair Value Estimate — Says BTC Price Could Reach $600K
Guggenheim Global Chief Investment Officer Scott Minerd has increased his bitcoin fair value estimate. He now says that the price of the...
Spanish Treasury Releases Guidelines to Minimize the Risk of Tax Evasion With Cryptocurrencies
The State Agency for Tax Administration of Spain published guidelines to reduce tax evasion for cryptocurrencies, such as bitcoin. The...
Crypto-Centric VC Fund Lures in Billionaire Investor Paul Tudor Jones and Rapper LL Cool J
This week the former Digital Currency Group (DCG) Vice President of Investments, Travis Scher, announced a $72 million crypto-focused...
Sky High Bitcoin and Ethereum Fees: While Prices Jump the Cost to Transfer Follows Suit
While a number of digital currencies have seen price gains the two leading crypto assets, bitcoin and ethereum have seen transaction fees...
Argo Blockchain Buys 172.5 Bitcoins as Reserve Asset, Monthly Revenue Soars 52%
Argo Blockchain said Wednesday that it bought 172.5 bitcoins in the second half of January as part of its asset management strategy....
Analysis Shows Bitcoin Whales Are Stockpiling, but ‘BTC Ownership Is Not Highly Concentrated’
During the last few months, a few reports from mainstream media (MSM) outlets tried to prove that a large sum of bitcoin is controlled by...
Circle Launches USD Coin on the Stellar Network
Circle and the Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) announced that the second-biggest stablecoin is now available within their network....
Ethereum fees soar making some DeFis practically unusable
With Ethereum’s fees skyrocketing to new highs as ETH entered price discovery mode, using some complex DeFi protocols was made impossible...
Doge Token Pumps After Elon Musk Tweets ‘Dogecoin Is the People’s Crypto’
Elon Musk has tweeted that dogecoin is people’s crypto shortly after the billionaire pledged to go off the social media platform for...
Polkadot (DOT) hits ATH at $21.56 following its ETP launch
DOT rallied above the $20.00 resistance level to reach a new all-time high of $21.56 Polkadot (DOT) has traded at a high of $21.56, a new...
Litecoin price poised for a breakout to $250 amid increased buying
If Litecoin (LTC) charts a price trajectory similar to Ethereum’s, it could climb to $250 within days Litecoin’s crash from...
South African Taxpayers Who Fail to Disclose Income From Cryptocurrency Trading Face Possible Jail Time
According to a report, the South African Revenue Service (SARS) has sent out audit requests to taxpayers asking them to disclose their...
Sweet Launches Broad-Scale NFT Solution in Partnership With Bitcoin.com
PRESS RELEASE. February 4, 2021 – New York, New York – Sweet, in partnership with Bitcoin.com, has announced the launch of a...
Report: Bitcoin Overtakes Gold in the U.S. as the 4th Most Popular Investment Vehicle
Research by Bitflyer released today indicates the growing popularity of the cryptocurrency as an American household investment option. But...
Bitcoin for Corporations- Michael Saylor Expects an ‘Avalanche’ of Firms to Own Bitcoin
This week the firm Microstrategy held an event called “Bitcoin for Corporations” which looks at concepts like macro strategy,...
Mark Cuban Tells Stock Traders That BTC Hodlers ‘Are a Great Example to Follow’
Billionaire and crypto-asset supporter, Mark Cuban has identified bitcoin hodlers’ endurance as a model that stock investors can...
Japanese Pop Star Talks About Her Facet as Crypto Investor — J-Pop Band Releases NFT Trading Cards
Asian showbiz stars have been actively speaking about cryptocurrencies on major broadcasting networks. The Japanese pop sphere is not...
Bityard Launched ‘Grayscale Zone’ to Let Users Trade Coins Related to Grayscale Investment Trusts
PRESS RELEASE. As an exchange that offers professional crypto trading services, Bityard has been focusing on the fast-changing market as...
.NFT Web Domain Extension Scooped Up for Record $84K by Kenetic’s Jehan Chu
Jehan Chu, who owns 1,300 Handshake domains, will be able to issue an unlimited number of subdomains under the .NFT extension. The...
Visa Pilots System to Help Banks Provide Crypto Services Including Buying, Trading, Custody of Bitcoin
Visa is piloting a new system to enable banks to seamlessly integrate crypto features. Using Visa’s crypto APIs, banks can offer a...
Crypto Markets Surge, ETH Price Rallies, Bitcoin’s Tight Range Indicates Big Move Ahead
Digital currency markets have been on the move northbound on Wednesday as bitcoin and numerous crypto assets have seen decent gains. The...
Founder of Crypto Scam Promoted by Actor Steven Seagal Charged — Key Member Arrested in US
Three people have been charged in the U.S. over two cryptocurrency scams, one of which was promoted by famous Hollywood actor Steven...
XRP price retests key resistance level after pump-and-dump
XRP price looks to rebound above $0.40 following massive pump and dump The Ripple (XRP) price has recovered above $0.37 to see bulls...
Pulse DeFi LTD Provides a Full Range of Financial Services, With Decentralization at the Forefront
Pulse DeFi LTD Is a new London-based platform for digital token farming, staking, lending and borrowing. It provides a full range of...
Darknet Markets Generated $1.7 Billion in Crypto Revenue in 2020 — Set a New Record
Darknet market revenues hit a new all-time high in 2020, despite declining individual purchases from marketplaces. Blockchain analytics...
Bitcoin could reach $500,000 if firms allocate resources
Bitcoin (BTC) could reach, or even pass, a whopping $535,000 price tag if corporate buyers convert only 10% of their cash reserves to the...
Dogecoin price capped below $0.033 as social interest cools
Dogecoin (DOGE) has retreated heavily after pumping more than 1000% this past week Dogecoin is trading around $0.032, nearly 5% down on...
Swiss Companies Issue First Tokenized Asset for Trading Under New National Blockchain Rules
New legal provisions on distributed ledger technology (DLT) went into effect on Feb. 1 in Switzerland. After the implementation, two local...
Report: Declining BTC Stablecoin Supply Ratio Suggests Exchanges Are ‘Highly Liquid & Ready to Buy’ Crypto Assets
According to a report by Glassnode, bitcoin’s declining stablecoin supply ratio (SSR) indicates an increased supply of newly minted...
AdGram Helps Brands Leverage Cryptocurrencies in the Advertising Market
PRESS RELEASE. The AdGram service was founded a year ago and is currently the largest advertising exchange in Telegram. AdGram helps...
Crypto Firm to Launch Polkadot ETP on Swiss Exchange SIX
21Shares AG, a Zurich-based investment provider, is launching what is being dubbed as the world’s first Polkadot exchange-traded...
Asset Manager Values Bitcoin at $500K, Expects BTC to Be Worth More Than Gold, Sees Massive Institutional Interest
One River Asset Management’s CEO says his firm now holds bitcoin worth “well over” $1 billion. He revealed that the...
Crypto Asset Manager Bitwise Files to Publicly Trade Bitcoin Fund
On February 2, the crypto asset manager, Bitwise Asset Management, announced it had filed a Form 211 with the U.S. Financial Industry...
Ditto Promotes Accessible Finance for Streaming Artists with the Launch of Defi Platform
Global music distribution service Ditto has unveiled the latest addition to its service lineup for musicians with a blockchain-based...
pNetwork Launches Wrapped EOS on Ethereum to Connect the Two Biggest DeFi Ecosystems
During the last year, Ethereum’s DeFi ecosystem has grown exponentially to form a multi Billion Dollar market. As Decentralized...
Publicly-Listed Air Purifier Manufacturer Adds Dogecoin as a Form of Payment Amid Token’s Popularity
As the so-called ‘meme coin’ is actively making the headlines within the crypto sphere, a publicly-traded company is joining...
Gamestop Shares and Reddit Fueled Stocks Plummet, Crypto Fans Say Bitcoin Is the Only True Attack
Following the Wallstreetbets saga last week, a great number of the popular shares being fueled by social media have started to tank in...
Michael Saylor Predicts Massive Investor Shift from Gold to Bitcoin After Buying Another $10M Worth of BTC
Michael Saylor, the ‘bitcoin slayer’ that needs no introduction, continues his attacks on everything non-bitcoin, this time...
Elon Musk Uncovers Facts Behind Robinhood Restricting Trades on Hot Stocks Like Gamestop
Spacex and Tesla CEO Elon Musk has been trying to get to the bottom of what happened with the popular trading app Robinhood when it...
Bitcoin.com Exchange Lists Bitcoin Vault (BTCV) – a Next-Gen Security Focused Cryptocurrency
PRESS RELEASE. Bitcoin.com Exchange is thrilled to announce the listing of BTCV on the 2nd of February 2021 at 14:00 UTC. BTCV, a...
Binance Coin (BNB) price soars to new ATH above $55
BNB price rose to $55.07, its highest ever price level as most altcoins turned green Binance Coin (BNB) has soared to a new all-time high...
Indian Government Clarifies Position on Cryptocurrency and Digital Rupee
The Indian government has clarified its position on cryptocurrency and the country’s digital currency in answers provided by the...
Bitcoin (BTC) active addresses reaches new all-time high
Glassnode has spotted Bitcoin’s on-chain activity surging to a new all-time high as over 22.3 million addresses sent or received BTC in...
Ethereum price incredibly bullish as bulls break above $1,400
Ethereum (ETH) could rocket towards a new all-time high (ATH) if bulls hold prices above $1,400 amid growing optimism Ethereum (ETH) price...
US Resident Operated Illegal Bitcoin Exchange Business – Faces 25 Years in Jail
An Ontario man based in San Bernardino County of the U.S. has agreed to plead guilty to federal charges of illegally operating a bitcoin...
Wall Street Bets and Gamestop Saga to Be Made Into a Movie
The Wall Street Bets saga, an incredibly ridiculous story about a group of amateur Reddit investors who beat career Wall Street hedge...
Soaring Sell Orders Contrast Sharply with Bitcoin’s Renewed Bull Run
Alongside the cryptocurrency’s meteoric climb over the back half of 2020 and early 2021, a curious phenomenon has unfolded;...
US Federal Reserve Seeking Manager to Research CBDCs and Stablecoins
The U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) has posted a job advertisement that seeks to hire a role related to stablecoins and central bank digital...
Silver Squeeze Goes Viral, Ounce of Ag Jumps Above $30, Wallstreetbets Fans Question Trend’s Legitimacy
This past week, another social media trend started on the Reddit forum r/wallstreetbets, which aims to initiate a large silver short...
Dogecoin Cofounder Faces Harassment While ‘Meme Coin’ Hype Trends Among Investors
As dogecoin’s frenzy keeps making the headlines in the crypto sphere, some people are not happy with it. Billy Markus,...
Halving & Burns on BitGesell – the Optimal Combination for Scarcity and Value in the Crypto Age
BitGesell represents a deflationary cryptocurrency that closely resembles bitcoin, but comes along with a few design changes. Its value...
Rockstar and Kiss Bassist Gene Simmons Tells Fans He Bought Bitcoin and Other Cryptocurrencies
In September of 2020, the frontman for the rock band Kiss, Gene Simmons, tweeted a cryptic message about bitcoin with one of the...
Elon Musk Supports Bitcoin, Says BTC on the Verge of Broad Acceptance
Spacex and Tesla CEO Elon Musk has clarified his position on bitcoin and dogecoin. He confirmed that he supports bitcoin, stating that it...
Bitcoin vs Ethereum: Musk tweet gives boost ahead of weekend
Both Bitcoin and Ethereum saw a major surge on the 29th January While Bitcoin’s growth comes as a consequence of it being mentioned...
Alphabit Digital Currency Fund Deploys Initial Investment in Stratis Protocol and Initiates Coverage
PRESS RELEASE. Stratis’ innovative blockchain solutions have attracted the attention of the digital asset investment fund, Alphabit,...
Ark Investment Study Suggests BTC Value Will Rise by $40,000 if All S&P 500 Companies ‘Allocate 1% of Their Cash to Bitcoin’
According to the findings of a study by Ark Investment Management (AIM), the value of bitcoin can potentially increase by $40,000 if all...
MicroStrategy up 113% post stock downgrade thanks to Bitcoin
Microstrategy (NASDAQ:MSTR) stock managed to surge by roughly 113% since 8 Dec when it was downgraded by an analyst from Citigroup On 8...
Bitcoin price poised for new highs after strong weekend
Bitcoin is likely to break higher after consolidating around $33,000 for most of the weekend Bitcoin price has surged by about 3% in the...