NBA legend Charles Barkley said that his financial advisors do not recommend involving with cryptocurrencies. However, he did not specify why they have such a negative opinion on digital assets. Barkley’s Advisors Say No to Crypto In a recent interview for CNBC, the former professional basketball player Charles Barkley revealed that the people who run his financial operations are not keen on virtual currencies. As he said, one of the advisors even insisted on being fired if...
Read More »Buy Your Sandwich With Bitcoin: Quiznos Launches BTC Payment Pilot at Select Restaurants
Bakkt Holdings recently announced a partnership with Quiznos to launch the pilot for their new Bitcoin payment system. This will allow Bakkt users to purchase food at some Quiznos locations in Denver using the digital asset. Quiznos: Buy a Sandwich With Bitcoin Bakkt users will be able to utilize the pilot in certain Quiznos stores across Denver starting this month. This includes the high-traffic Denver airport location. Chief Revenue Officer at Bakkt, Sheela Zemlin, expanded...
Read More »MicroStrategy: We Will NEVER Stop Buying Bitcoin!
Bitcoin has been suffering heavily as of late. Yes, the currency has managed to touch $40,000 once or twice during the past week, but the asset is still considerably lower than where it was in April of this year – a time that saw the world’s number one digital currency hit a new high of roughly $64,000 per unit. Despite the gloom and doom surrounding BTC, MicroStrategy and its CEO Michael Saylor have no interest in turning their backs on the asset and have announced more...
Read More »Miami Is Set to Get Its Own Cryptocurrency This Month
Miami mayor Francis Suarez has long been a bitcoin and cryptocurrency fan. He has proposed paying city workers in the world’s largest digital currency by market cap, and he has also tried to entice China’s exiting bitcoin miners to come to his region to start businesses and take advantage of the area’s many tax benefits. Miami Is Heading Deeper Into Crypto Territory However, now he’s taking his affection for digital currency to the next level. In a recent press release,...
Read More »Bullish? Russian Court Orders SberBank to Restore Access to Blocked Account Involved in Bitcoin Trading
A Russian court ordered Sberbank to restore access for a customer involved in Bitcoin trading. The authorities added that the largest bank in Russia should not have blocked the account as the client had provided all the necessary information about his cryptocurrency operations. Sberbank Had No Right to Ban The Account The Sverdlovsk Regional Court in Yekaterinburg ordered Sberbank, also referred to as Sber, to unblock account services to a client who has been dealing with...
Read More »SkyBridge Partners with MOSS Earth to Offset Carbon Print Caused by Its Bitcoin Holdings
SkyBridge is committed to make Bitcoin mining a green industry through renewable energy.SkyBridge Capital, a global alternative investment firm that specializes in hedge fund products, has announced a strategic partnership with MOSS Earth, a climate technology company focused on environmental services especially global operations. According to the partnership details, SkyBridge has purchased MCO2 tokens representing approximately 38,436 tons of carbon, consequently, the investment firm has...
Read More »Pantera Capital: Ethereum Can Outpace Bitcoin with Launch of Ethereum 2.0
The CEO is much bullish on the transition to Ethereum 2.0 Proof-of-Stake (PoS) blockchain along with the rise of the DeFi market.The Bitcoin (BTC) vs Ethereum (ETH) debate gets intense. This year, a large number of institutional players have extended their support for Ethereum. With the Ethereum hardfork just two days away, Pantera Capital CEO Dan Morehead predicts that ETH will outpace BTC as the largest cryptocurrency.On Monday, August 2, speaking to the Reuters Global Markets Forum,...
Read More »U.S. Infrastrukturgesetz bremst Bitcoin Rally
Die Rally ist vorerst gebremst worden. Über Nacht gab der BTC-Kurs sogar 5 Prozentpunkte ab, wodurch er wieder unter die Marke von 40K fiel. Aktuell ging es sogar bis auf 38.500 US-Dollar runter. Bitcoin News: U.S. Infrastrukturgesetz bremst Bitcoin RallyDas US-Gesetz liegt derzeit nur als Entwurf vor. Es betrifft jedoch vor allem die Definition des Wortes „Broker“. Unter die Neudefinition würden auch Crypto-Börsen und andere Plattformen, die mit Cryptocoins handeln, fallen, wodurch für sie...
Read More »Bitcoin OTC Deals On The Rise: $131 Billion Moved in a Day (Analyst)
The BTC fund flow towards exchanges has been gradually declining in recent weeks, while the number of tokens transferred has registered a sudden spike, revealed on-chain data. As such, CryptoQuant’s CEO indicated that larger players have become active again with numerous OTC deals. BTC OTC Deals On The Rise Apart from digital assets changing hands on cryptocurrency exchanges, over-the-counter (OTC) financial markets enable investors, typically such using more substantial...
Read More »Cardano (ADA) Price Analysis: Bulls Remain Active Above $1.20
ADA price is struggling to clear the $1.40 resistance against the US Dollar. The price is now testing the $1.30 support and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There is a major bullish trend line forming with support near $1.30 on the 4-hours chart (data feed via Bitfinex). The price could extend its decline, but the bulls might protect the $1.20 and $1.15 support levels. Cardano price is facing an uphill task near $1.40 against the US Dollar, similar to bitcoin. ADA...
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