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Ari Paul Thinks That PayPal Will Support BTC by the End of 2020
10.10.2020
Ari Paul, Chief Investment Officer at Block Tower Capital, has predicted that digital payments behemoth PayPal will announce Bitcoin support by the end of this year. He mentioned that Jack Dorsey backed investment company Square’s recent $50 million Bitcoin investment in a tweet, saying that PayPal...
The Search for Satoshi Nakamoto: A Look at 7 Suspected Bitcoin Creators
7.10.2020
During the last decade, cryptocurrency enthusiasts have discussed the true identity of Bitcoin’s creator Satoshi Nakamoto. To this day, the Satoshi Nakamoto mystery continues to prevail, and throughout the years there’s been a great number of suspects and self-proclaimed crypto...
$9 Trillion in Stimulus Injections: The Fed’s 2020 Pump Eclipses Two Centuries of USD Creation
5.10.2020
Since September 2019, research shows the Federal Reserve has pumped over $9 trillion to primary dealers by leveraging enormous emergency repo operations. A recently published investigative report shows the U.S. central bank submits the daily loan tally, but the Fed will not provide the public with...
Ex-Pantera Partner’s New Crypto Fund Is ‘Not for the Faint of Heart’
24.9.2020
Paul Brodsky is helming a new crypto investment firm called PostModern Partners that bets on volatile digital assets, not bitcoin
SEC halts trading for blockchain company run by former Ron Paul staffer
24.9.2020
A blockchain company run by an ex-staffer of former Presidential candidate Ron Paul has received a temporary trading suspension from the SEC
Billionaire Paul Tudor Jones Would Buy More Bitcoin If He Really Understands It, Says Microstrategy CEO
23.9.2020
Prominent hedge fund manager Paul Tudor Jones’ understanding of bitcoin has come into question since he only invested about 1% of his assets in the cryptocurrency. According to the CEO of Microstrategy, the Nasdaq-listed company that recently invested almost half a billion dollars in bitcoin...
Whitelist-only crypto withdrawals coming soon claims Ari Paul
27.8.2020
A shift in the crypto ecosystem could result in a whitelist of coins and addresses according to Ari Paul
Senate Says Jailed Russian Spy Bonded With Overstock CEO Over Bitcoin Hoping to Get to Rand Paul
18.8.2020
New details of the salacious Butina-Byrne romance that led the Overstock CEO to resign emerge in latest volume of Senate Russia investigation
6 Questions for Paul Veradittakit of Pantera Capital
7.8.2020
“I would love to invest into a consumer-facing application that could get blockchain-usage into the mainstream. Initially consumers wouldn’t know that blockchain is actually powering the application, thus removing the friction and education necessary.”
Coinbase Sees More Institutional Investors Buying Bitcoin in H1
29.7.2020
Coinbase says more institutional investors are now using its platform to build direct positions in the cryptocurrency market. Crypto fund managers are now getting more backing from institutional investors that see the crypto market as an alternative investment strategy. In a report, the exchange...
‘Running Drivenet:’ Bitcoin Proponent Discusses the Benefits of Drivechain Versus Lightning Network
2.7.2020
During the last few days, a number of cryptocurrency supporters have been discussing Paul Sztorc’s Drivechain project, also referred to as “Drivenet.” The Drivechain project has been a work in progress for years now, and just recently Sztorc published a new version of the Drivenet...
How the Fed Fans the Flame – The Best of The Breakdown June 2020
29.6.2020
Guests from the crypto investor Ari Paul to Harvard prof Dr. Vikram Mansharamani discuss bitcoin, the economy and social unrest
Some Typography Links
25.6.2020
I just can’t stop opening excellent typography-related articles, which means I need to subject you to blog posts that round them up so I can clean up my open tabs.
Vistaserve is “a grass-roots web hosting initiative hailing from Thornbury, Australia. Inspired by the quirky web of...
Messari: 1% Allocation From Institutions Could Drive BTC to $50,000
24.6.2020
Crypto research firm Messari has estimated that Bitcoin could trade for $50,000 each if institutions allocate a low-single-digit portfolio percentage to BTC
Jim Rogers Discusses Bitcoin as Money and Why Governments Will Stop Crypto
23.6.2020
Jim Rogers, who cofounded the Quantum Fund with billionaire investor George Soros, has shared his view on bitcoin, its use as money, and governments’ response to the growing use of cryptocurrency. He predicts that central banks will not let uncontrolled money be used. Jim Rogers Talks Bitcoin...
Macro Investors Sound Off! Featuring Ari Paul, Spencer Bogart and David Nage
22.6.2020
Some of the smartest investors in the crypto space share how they think the larger macro context is shaping interest in bitcoin and digital assets
Paul Tudor Jones to Be Biggest Bitcoin Holder in 2 Years — Max Keiser
20.6.2020
Outspoken Bitcoin investor and host of the Keiser Report, Max Keiser, explains that his $400K BTC price prediction will coincide with the U.S. dollar’s collapse
Wisdomtree Files ETF With 5% Bitcoin Exposure Amid SEC Resistance
18.6.2020
Wisdomtree has filed for a commodity fund with 5% exposure to bitcoin, in a fresh attempt to bring an exchange-traded fund (ETF) backed by the benchmark cryptocurrency to the market. According to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the fund is targeting to invest mainly...
Satoshi Nakamoto Candidate Paul Le Roux to Start Bitcoin Mining Business After Prison Time
16.6.2020
A possible Satoshi Nakamoto, the mysterious creator of Bitcoin, has been sentenced to 25 years in prison. Criminal mastermind Paul Le Roux told the judge that upon his release he plans to “start a business selling and hosting bitcoin miners,” claiming that his ASIC chip design will...
Paul Tudor Jones' Bitcoin Investments "Not A Surprise" Former Soros Adviser Says
13.6.2020
Takeshi Fujimaki, a former adviser to George Soros, said it was "not a surprise" to hear Paul Tudor Jones' bitcoin revelation