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While Bitcoin’s Price Dips in Value, Crypto Assets Like Ethereum and Bitcoin Cash Shine
10.1.2021
The price of bitcoin has dropped on Sunday losing more than 6% during the last 24 hours, but a myriad of other coins have seen significant gains in contrast. Cryptocurrencies like bitcoin cash, ethereum, and monero have all jumped in value while bitcoin has seen a decent drop. Bitcoin (BTC) dropped...
Bitcoin ‘Going Through the Roof’ Unlike Assets Controlled by Government, Says Former Fed Governor
9.1.2021
Former Federal Reserve Governor Kevin Warsh is bullish on bitcoin. He sees all assets that are not controlled by the U.S. government “going through the roof,” unlike those the Fed purports to control. He has outlined three reasons why bitcoin makes sense to him. Why Former Fed Governor...
Ethereum bursts into list of top 100 assets in the world by market cap
7.1.2021
Ethereum’s recent gains saw it join Bitcoin on an exclusive list among the world’s biggest movers and shakers
Israeli Regulator Designates Utility Tokens Issued by Companies as Securities
6.1.2021
The Israel Securities Authority (ISA) recently ruled that utility tokens issued by companies are securities and, therefore, cannot be classified as assets. The ISA’s decision comes after Israeli tech startup Kirobo sought to convince the regulator that its planned token issuance did...
Crypto Regulation Commences in Serbia: Trading, Mining Legalized
6.1.2021
Serbia has started regulating the crypto industry as the country’s law on digital assets has gone into effect. It requires cryptocurrency service providers to obtain a license and legalizes crypto activities, including trading and mining. Serbia Starts Regulating Cryptocurrency Serbia’s...
Grayscale Investments Clears Out XRP in Its Digital Large Cap Fund
6.1.2021
Grayscale has sold all of its XRP holdings to purchase bitcoin, ether, and other crypto assets. In an announcement made earlier today, Grayscale made it known that the firm has sold all of its XRP tokens from the Digital Large Cap Fund. Grayscale Sells Off All XRP Holdings There appears to be more...
Onboarding Institutional Crypto Investors- Coinbase Helps Execute ‘One of the Largest Digital Asset Trades in History’
6.1.2021
Over the last year, institutional investors have been flocking toward crypto assets like bitcoin and after Microstrategy’s initial bitcoin purchase, the trending institutional demand for crypto started swelling. On Tuesday, the San Francisco trading platform Coinbase published a study that...
Skybridge Bitcoin Fund Debuts With $310 Million — Investment Manager Expects Each BTC Worth $535K
5.1.2021
Skybridge Bitcoin Fund’s assets under management have risen to $310 million. Expecting the cryptocurrency to become a digital replacement for gold, the firm reportedly values bitcoin at $535,000. Skybridge also predicts that bitcoin’s price will reach $100,000 this year. Skybridge...
LCX Exchange Gets Licensed in Liechtenstein to Help Banks Create Their Own Digital Assets
5.1.2021
LCX has been granted eight out of the 11 crypto-related licenses in Liechtenstein
Colombian Financial Watchdog Says Local Firms Can Use Capital to Buy Bitcoin
5.1.2021
The Superintendency of Corporations in Colombia has explained in an official note that companies in the country are legally allowed to buy cryptocurrencies, specifically bitcoin (BTC), to inject capital as long as they abide by local regulations. Colombian Watchdog: Local Firms Can Use Capital...
Economics Professor Tyler Cowen Says Cryptos Useful as Hedges or Forms of Payments – ‘Not Both’
4.1.2021
Tyler Cowen, an economist and professor at George Mason University, has suggested that the key use cases of cryptocurrencies are mutually exclusive. He argues that cryptos can either be important inflation hedging tools or useful forms of payment but not both. The Regulation Threat The professor...
Bitwise’s Crypto Assets Under Management Rise Fivefold in Just 2 Months
4.1.2021
Bitwise, a provider of crypto index funds, said it has now surpassed $500 million in assets under management
Cannabis Dealer Forfeits $3 Million in Bitcoin — 6,000 More BTC Still Missing
4.1.2021
A cannabis dealer has forfeited bitcoins worth about $3 million after they were seized by the Irish Criminal Assets Bureau. However, a bigger stash of 6,000 bitcoins belonging to him, worth about $200 million at the current price, are still inaccessible to the bureau. Irish Authority Sold Seized...
Can’t Keep a Good Dog Down: Meme Token Dogecoin Spiked Over 500% This Year
3.1.2021
The leading cryptocurrency bitcoin has crossed new all-time highs (ATH) in 2020 and into 2021 as well. However, many other digital assets have a long way to go to reach the ATH they experienced three years ago in 2017. Although one particular older cryptocurrency, the popular meme token Dogecoin...
Crypto Economy Spikes More Than 11%, Entire Market Cap Captures Over $800 Billion
3.1.2021
Digital currency markets have seen decent gains this weekend as bitcoin touched another all-time high (ATH) on Saturday afternoon. Meanwhile, a number of other crypto assets have seen significant price rises as well, as the entire market capitalization of all 7,500+ digital currencies in existence...
While Bitcoin Tapped New Price Highs, 78,000 Short Positions Worth Over $800 Million Got Liquidated
2.1.2021
While bitcoin has crossed a new all-time price high in 2021, traders are leery toward shorting the crypto asset. Data from Bitfinex shows the number of short contracts has been extremely low in comparison to the total number of shorts in mid-March 2020. On Saturday, January 2, 2021, when the price...
183 Violations: US Government Fines Bitgo for Allowing Users to Bypass Sanctions With Cryptocurrency
1.1.2021
The U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control has fined Bitgo for failing to prevent users in sanctioned countries from using its crypto wallet service. The agency says Bitgo processed 183 cryptocurrency transactions that were “apparent violations of multiple sanctions programs.”...
CyberGhost VPN Will Shield Your Bitcoin Transactions With a Special 83% off New Year’s Offer
31.12.2020
The crypto world is full of malicious hackers and other serious threats to your digital assets. CyberGhost VPN, which is trusted by over 36 million users globally, can help protect your security when making online transactions and payments. The service accepts bitcoin and you can now save over...
Serbia Legalizes Digital Assets Trading and Issuance
30.12.2020
Serbia will now permit the issuance and trading of digital assets under a law that went into effect this week
Bitcoin, stablecoins and DeFi: 2020’s top-performing crypto assets
30.12.2020
2020 may have been filled with challenges, but Bitcoin, stablecoins and DeFi protocols are the clear top performing crypto assets for the year