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The Multi-Billion Dollar Cache: Microstrategy Purchases $15M Worth of Bitcoin, Firm’s Stash Jumps to 91,579 BTC
5.4.2021
The publicly listed firm Microstrategy purchased more bitcoin according to a tweet from the company’s chief executive officer Michael Saylor and a recent Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing. The firm spent $15 million in cash and now holds 91,579 bitcoin in the company’s...
Here's why April may be the best month yet for Bitcoin price
3.4.2021
U.S. dollar weakness is painting a bullish short term outlook for Bitcoin in April
BNY Mellon Report Compares Bitcoin and Gold, Study Says ‘Gold Is the Only Globally Accepted Currency’
1.4.2021
The popular safe-haven asset gold recently posted the lowest settlement in three weeks, as a firm dollar and bond market yields have weakened support for the precious metal. The financial goliath BNY Mellon also published a report about the differences between gold and bitcoin and the study said...
Stake Launches Epic Million Dollar Race For April
1.4.2021
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Stake.com, the leader in Crypto Casino and Sports Betting, are pleased to announce an incredible promotion that will go live on April 1. A wagering race which is second to none and a prize pool that has to...
Tether stablecoin is fully backed, says new assurance report
30.3.2021
Tether’s reserves for its USDT stablecoin exceed the amount required to redeem the digital asset tokens, according to auditing firm Moore Cayman
Major Venezuelan Satellite TV Provider Enables Bitcoin and Other Cryptocurrencies Payments
30.3.2021
Venezuelan customers from the biggest satellite TV provider in the country are now able to pay their monthly bills via cryptocurrencies. Simple TV announced it had enabled the feature to its over four million users, whose company was the replacement of Directv. Company Expects to Cut Dependency...
Bahamas' Sand Dollar nears commercial rollout as interoperability completed
29.3.2021
Following cybersecurity assessments, commercial institutions are being cleared to issue the world's first CBDC — the Bahamas' Sand Dollar
The Fed Plans to Unveil Digital Dollar Prototypes in July
28.3.2021
The Federal Reserve is actively working on a central bank digital currency and some prototypes are near completion. The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) plan to unveil two prototypes of a digital dollar as early as July. Digital Dollar Prototypes...
Chainalysis has crypto’s 'heightened momentum' to thank for multibillion-dollar valuation
26.3.2021
The company recently raised $100M in VC funds. How does it plan to spend that money?
Former OCC official says crypto has backing but dollar ‘may not’
26.3.2021
Former OCC acting comptroller Brian Brooks claimed that cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin “actually are backed by something.”
Catalytic event or unbridled optimism? Coinbase approaches public listing
26.3.2021
Is a $100-billion valuation justified? Profit margins could tighten with increased competition
Bitcoin no longer a fringe asset due to US dollar debasement, says Soros Fund exec
26.3.2021
Soros Fund Management's CIO said that Bitcoin is no longer out on the fringes, thanks to the debasement of the U.S. dollar over the past year
Banning Bitcoin is like rejecting the US dollar, entrepreneur warns India
25.3.2021
Rejecting crypto as a reserve currency will lead to an Indian currency devaluation of the worst kind, warns blockchain entrepreneur Raj Chowdry
The Turkish Lira Plunges Following Removal of a Central Bank Governor, BTC Searches up
23.3.2021
The Turkish lira currency plunged by more than 10% on March 22 after the country’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan unexpectedly fired Naci Agbal, the country’s central bank governor. Having initially touched a new low of 8.280 a dollar, the lira recovered to close at 7.75 a dollar...
Fed Chairman Jerome Powell Says Bitcoin Is a Substitute for Gold
22.3.2021
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell sees cryptocurrency as a substitute for gold, rather than the dollar. However, he cautioned that crypto assets, including bitcoin, are highly volatile and not useful as a store of value. Fed Chair Sees Bitcoin as a Gold Substitute During a webinar sponsored...
Bitcoin is 'more a substitute for gold than the dollar' — Fed Chair Powell
22.3.2021
Jerome Powell reiterates his opinion about Bitcoin as a gold substitute, but a sell-off accompanies his other criticisms
Bitcoin’s new use case? A report card for how the US handles the dollar
21.3.2021
An important new role for the world’s first cryptocurrency as an inflation gauge — or just another fantasy of Bitcoin maximalists?
How Bitcoin Neutrality Is Simply Another Vote for a Crumbling Status Quo
18.3.2021
Nearly ten years into failed fiscal and monetary policy experiments, when trust in institutions is ebbing near an all-time low, the rationale for holding bitcoin has never been stronger. Yet, many people are neutral and non-reactive on the matter, giving credence to the current state of affairs...
Dalio Disses Dollar Debt, But Warns Gov’ts May Target Bitcoin & Gold
16.3.2021
Ray Dalio. Source: a video screenshot, YouTube, TED
The superstar investor and sometime bitcoin (BTC) commentator, founder of major global investment firm Bridgewater Associates Ray Dalio has launched a stinging attack on government and other forms of dollar debt-buying in the form of bonds...
'Inhospitable to capitalism' US can target those ditching dollar for Bitcoin — Ray Dalio
16.3.2021
Investors should reduce dollar exposure, the billionaire says, as MicroStrategy's Saylor describes Bitcoin as the "obvious solution."