Stock market expert and television personality Jim Cramer allegedly would not mind being paid in bitcoin. Heck, he said he might even demand it in the coming future. Jim Cramer: I Want BTC-Based Paychecks His comments stem from a recent news story that MicroStrategy – one of the first official institutions to publicly support bitcoin and buy billions of dollars-worth of the digital currency – would be paying its board of directors’ salaries and fees in BTC rather than...
Read More »La Turquie interdit l’utilisation de Bitcoin pour les paiements
Un article publié aujourd’hui dans le Journal officiel de la République de Turquie précise que l’utilisation directe ou indirecte d’actifs cryptographiques pour les paiements ou la fourniture de services de paiement et désormais interdite. Il est en revanche toujours possible d’acheter, de vendre et de détenir des cryptomonnaies : « Les actifs cryptographiques ne peuvent pas être utilisés...
Read More »Bitcoin’s ATH at $65K And Coinbase Nasdaq Listing: The Weekly Recap
This week was particularly eventful in the cryptocurrency market. Without a doubt, the highlight of it was the direct listing of Coinbase shares on Nasdaq. This is the first major cryptocurrency exchange to go public, and it did so in style. The trading opened at around $381 per share (ticked COIN), putting an opening value of around $100 billion. But that’s not the only exciting thing that happened. The week started off with a blast as bitcoin surged past $60K on Saturday....
Read More »Asset Management Firm Brevan Howard to Invest in Crypto Market
Brevan Howard intends to diversify into various digital assets beyond Bitcoin and Ethereum. Brevan Howard, an asset management firm with approximately $10 billion in AUM, is reportedly eyeing the crypto market, according to a report by Bloomberg. Bloomberg reported that the firm hedge fund is ready to invest 1.5% of a $5.6 billion portfolio into cryptocurrencies.Notably, the cryptocurrency investment dubbed ‘initial allocation’ will be headed by Johnny Steindorff and Tucker Waterman,...
Read More »CNBC’s Jim Cramer Used Bitcoin Profits to Pay Off a Mortgage
Jim Cramer, the host of CNBC’s Mad Money, has disposed of half of his bitcoin holdings and used the substantial profits to pay off his mortgage. Although he classified this conversion as “phony money for real money,” the crypto community was quick to criticize his actions. Cramers Pays Off Mortgage with BTC Profits CNBC’s host has a somewhat controversial history with the primary cryptocurrency. He went from calling it an “outlaw currency” back in 2018 to highlighting and...
Read More »E-Meetup Becrypto
Notre e-meetup d’avril 2021 est planifié pour le mercredi 28 à 19h00 et vous sera comme d’habitude délivré sur la plateforme de réseau social Discord en suivant le lien bien connu de Becrypto : https://discord.gg/zzfJDMA A l’initiative de Bitcoin Liège et de Crypto-monnaies Bruxelles Premier thème : état du marché des cryptos Cara, aka Cédric – trader dont la valeur n’a pas attendu les...
Read More »PYPL Stock Up 2.54%, PayPal CEO Schulman Predicts $200M Crypto Volume in Months
Having adopted the largest digital asset, Bitcoin, PayPal can expect PYPL stock to rally alongside the ongoing crypto bull market.PayPal Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: PYPL) stock continued with its meteoric rise on Thursday after closing the day trading at $274, up 2.54%. PayPal stock added over 144.97% last year, thanks to the increased adoption of digital payments around the world. Besides, the payment giant announced plans to incorporate the crypto industry led by Bitcoin in its platform.PayPal...
Read More »Crypto Price Analysis & Overview April 16th: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple, Binance Coin, and Cardano
This week was quite bullish for the entire cryptocurrency market. Bitcoin charted a fresh all-time high and so did a lot of other cryptocurrencies. Altcoin season is booming as the BTC dominance continues to decline. Bitcoin Bitcoin saw a 4.2% price hike this week as the coin currency sits at around $60,500. BTC had surged higher throughout the week and set a new ATH at around $65,000 on Wednesday. Unfortunately, it could not close a daily candle above resistance at $63,766...
Read More »Turkey to Ban Cryptocurrency Usage as Payment Instruments From April 30
Turkey’s government has introduced a new regulation that will prohibit cryptocurrency assets from being used as payment methods as of April 30th, citing significant risks. Nevertheless, banks are excluded from the legislation, meaning that users can still deposit the Turkish Lira on crypto exchanges through their banking accounts. Turkey’s Ban on Crypto Usage as Payment Methods According to the official statement from the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey, the country...
Read More »Bitcoin Slumps Below Previous ATH: ETH Reached $2550 (Market Watch)
After nearing $64,000, bitcoin’s price has plummeted by about $3,000 in a matter of minutes and tested $61,000. Most altcoins have followed along south with the apparent exception of Dogecoin. DOGE has painted a new all-time high at $0.3 after a triple-digit price surge. Bitcoin Falls by $3K The primary cryptocurrency had a mainly bullish week in which it finally overcame $60,000 and went on to register consecutive all-time highs. Following the latest one at just shy of...
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