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Hedgeye: This Model Predicts Bitcoin at $1,000,000
22.6.2021
Analysts at Hedgeye Risk Management, an investment research and financial media company based in Stamford, Connecticut, have analyzed the Bitcoin stock-to-flow argument. This framework suggests Bitcoin’s price potentially reaching $1 million by the latter half of 2020s, and as much as...
Sotheby’s Auctioning Rare Diamond Worth $15 Million, Cryptocurrencies Accepted
22.6.2021
Sotheby’s, the world’s largest auction house, is auctioning a rare, 101.38-carat flawless diamond estimated to be worth $15 million, and cryptocurrencies are accepted. Biggest Auction House Accepts Cryptocurrencies Sotheby’s announced Monday that it is auctioning a rare...
Microstrategy Buys $489M Worth of Bitcoin — Company Now Holds More Than 100,000 BTC
21.6.2021
The independent, publicly-traded business intelligence company Microstrategy announced the acquisition of 13,005 bitcoin on Monday, at a purchase price of approximately $489 million in cash. The company’s CEO Michael Saylor revealed the latest purchase on Twitter, and the firm now has more...
In Japan, Demon Slayer Just Sold Over A Million Blu-Rays And DVDs In Three Days
18.6.2021
Physical media is not dead! That is, if it plays Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba The Movie: Mugen Train. In Japan, the movie’s disc release is drumming up some serious business.Read more
Yield Guild Games Raises $4 Million to Power Its Play-to-Earn Proposal
17.6.2021
Yield Guild Games, an online gaming guild, has raised $4 million to power its play-to-earn proposal in a Series A funding round. The funding round was led by Bitkraft, a venture capital company specializing in e-sports investments. Other blockchain and crypto-related companies also participated....
FCA’s Fourth Consumer Report Shows UK’s Crypto Asset Ownership Increased 27% Since Last Year
17.6.2021
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published a research report that reveals crypto asset ownership has increased a great deal. According to the study, crypto ownership spiked more than 27% since last year as the FCA’s estimates show 2.3 million adults hold digital...
Over 2 million adults in UK now hold crypto, FCA survey finds
17.6.2021
Crypto awareness in the U.K. has risen, but understanding has fallen, the FCA said following a new survey
Bitdao Collects $230 Million in Private Capital From Investors
17.6.2021
As the decentralized finance movement proves its staying power and resilience, one of the world’s largest decentralized autonomous organizations, Bitdao, has concluded a private fundraising round to promote mass adoption of open finance. DAO to Allocate Capital Towards Improving Defi...
Alchemix patches ‘Reverse Rug’ exploit, address $6.5 million shortfall
17.6.2021
In an unusual twist for the latest DeFi exploit, the users were the ones to walk away in profit
Entertainment Giant Fox Teams up With Bento Box to Manage $100 Million NFT Creator Fund
16.6.2021
Fresh off the heels of announcing a non-fungible token (NFT) organization called Blockchain Creative Labs and a blockchain-based animated series, Fox Broadcasting Company has revealed it’s invoked a $100 million fund with Bento Box Entertainment (BBE) that aims to bolster NFT content...
Defi Derivatives Exchange Dydx Raises $65 Million – Project Plans to ‘Launch a Mobile Application’
16.6.2021
The decentralized exchange (dex) Dydx announced the organization has raised $65 million in a Series C funding round led by Paradigm. The Dydx announcement notes that the additional capital will be leveraged to “significantly improve liquidity” on the dex platform “through...
Kim Kardashian Shills Ethereum Max on Instagram, Media Questions Socialites Motive
16.6.2021
The celebrity influencer Kim Kardashian posted about a project called Ethereum Max on Instagram this week by sharing an advertisement with her 228 million followers. The project Ethereum Max has also been promoted by former Boston Celtics forward Paul Pierce and professional boxer Floyd Mayweather....
Microstrategy Selling up to $1 Billion of MSTR Stock to Buy Bitcoin
15.6.2021
Microstrategy Inc. is selling up to $1 billion of its common stock, MSTR, with the aim to use some of the net proceeds to buy bitcoin. The Nasdaq-listed company also recently completed a $500 million secured notes offering and will use the proceeds to acquire bitcoins. Selling MSTR Stock to...
Bitcoin Remittances to El Salvador Surge 300% Ahead of BTC Becoming Legal Tender
15.6.2021
Bitcoin remittances to El Salvador jumped more than fourfold in May from the previous year, according to data from blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis. Last week, El Salvador passed a bill making bitcoin legal tender in the country alongside the U.S. dollar. The monthly bitcoin transfers of under...
FBI Seizes 800 Beverly Hills Safety Deposit Boxes With $86M, Attorneys Claim Fed’s Raid ‘Unconstitutional’
12.6.2021
The Federal Bureau Investigation (FBI) is under fire for an alleged unconstitutional seizure of 800 safety deposit boxes in Beverly Hills. According to reports, the FBI confiscated $86 million in cash, jewelry, and thousands of gold and silver bars. Box holders and their lawyers are calling out...
Cryptopunk NFT Sold for Almost $12 Million in Sotheby’s Auction
11.6.2021
A Cryptopunk NFT was recently sold for $11.8 million during an auction organized by Sotheby’s. The sale, which also featured works of other artists, was organized virtually. Sotheby’s anticipates strong demand for this kind of digital good in the future, even as NFT fever has somewhat...
Solana Seeks to Fast-Forward Blockchain By Raising $314 Million
11.6.2021
Solana, a cryptocurrency startup, declared earlier on Wednesday that it had raised via a private sale a total of $314 million. Solana is amongst the world’s leading decentralized blockchain applications. Spearheaded by Andreessen Horowitz along with Polychain Capital, the token sale round has other...
Ultra-Exclusive Surfside Penthouse in Miami Sells for $22 Million in an All-Crypto Deal
11.6.2021
On May 27, the state of Florida saw one of the largest real estate sales in cryptocurrency, as a Miami Beach ultra-exclusive luxury penthouse was sold for over $22 million. The penthouse located on the ninth floor of the 12-story building offers 5,067 square feet of space and a 2,960-square-foot...
XCarnival Secures $2 Million Seed Investment
10.6.2021
Synthetic assets open up several opportunities for investors by not confining them to a specific location. If the concept excites you, there’s good news from XCarnival. Recently, XCarnival announced it has secured a two-million US dollar seed investment in its quest to reinvent synthetic...
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Invests in Bitcoin-Friendly Digital Bank
10.6.2021
Berkshire Hathaway, the company led by CEO Warren Buffett, has invested $500 million in a pro-bitcoin digital bank. Nubank says it will offer bitcoin investment following its acquisition of brokerage firm Easynvest which offers the trading of Brazil’s first bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF)....