Bitcoin (BTC)

America’s oldest bank, BNY Mellon, will become the first service provider for a Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) launched by Antoni Scaramucci’s SkyBridge and First Trust Advisors, pending approval. According to a press release, if the SEC approves the ETF, BNY Mellon will provide several services for institutional clients, such as ETF basket operation, order taking, fund accounting, fund administration, and transfer agency services. Traditional Institutions Jumping on the...

A few months after questioning bitcoin’s store of value status, Tom Jessop, the head of Fidelity Digital Assets, stated that BTC and the entire industry are at a “tipping point” in terms of maturation and global adoption. He breached the COVID-19 pandemic and the “ultralow” interest rates as the most significant reasons behind crypto’s rise. Tipping Point for Bitcoin Adoption Fidelity Investments has been among the most receptive institutions when it comes down to the...

Robinhood, a popular U.S. crypto brokerage app, announced that it recorded an almost six-fold increase in the number of users that traded cryptocurrency using its platform in Q1 2021. In a blog post published on Thursday (April 8, 2021), Robinhood noted that 9.5 million users carried out crypto trading via the platform in the first quarter of 2021, signaling a spike from its Q4 2020 record of 1.7 million. The company’s Q1 2021 record further shows the growing popularity of...

Russian cryptocurrency investors have started complying with authorities to provide information about their crypto dealings and pay the stipulated taxes.  According to a report by local news outlet Izvestia, several accounting and legal firms, including FTL and PwC, noted that they had recorded a surge in compliance with the tax legislation.  Cryptocurrencies Are Properties  The development comes on the heels of Russia’s State Duma approving a bill to legally recognize...

Coinbase is all set to be traded on the Nasdaq beginning on April 14, and while the time for average Joes and Janes to invest in one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges has finally come, it appears many high-ranking financial players had an opportunity to invest in the digital platform during its early days. Sadly, some – such as Chamath Palihapitiya – did not take advantage of the circumstances when they were available. Coinbase Is the Envy of the Crypto...

Not too long ago, billionaire investor and owner of the Dallas Mavericks basketball team Mark Cuban commented that he owned quite a bit of bitcoin, but that his crypto portfolio also contained a healthy portion of Ethereum. While his initial sentiment was that Ethereum was considerably closer to a currency that bitcoin was, new ideas have been expressed, and Cuban allegedly seems to think that the future of the crypto space will rely heavily on ETH-based developments....

Bitcoin mining company Riot Blockchain has decided to expand its mining capacity by purchasing 42,000 S19 Antimners from Bitmain, a Hong Kong crypto-mining products manufacturer. The purchase was worth at least $138.5 million and it’s part of the company’s plans to increase its Bitcoin mining hashrate, aiming at 7.7 EH/s by mid-2021 (an increase in the target by more than 90%). Riot Blockchain Exceeding its EH/s Expectations. Bitmain will be delivering 2000 S19j Antiminers...

Coinme – a bitcoin kiosk company operating in the United States – has just installed approximately 300 separate bitcoin cash machines throughout the region of Florida, thereby allowing people to trade bitcoin for cash and vice versa and potentially boost further purchases with cryptocurrency. Coinme Is Building a Crypto Kiosk Community The company is hoping to start out small. Most of the kiosks have been stationed in grocery outlets and similar establishments. This,...

Acinq a annoncé aujourd’hui que Phoenix Wallet iOS est désormais disponible sur le mainnet (via TestFlight et sur invitation dans un premier temps [1]). Rappelons que Phoenix est une application Lightning « simplifiée » destinée à tous ceux qui veulent envoyer et recevoir très simplement des bitcoins via le Lightning Network en gardant le contrôle de leurs fonds mais sans avoir à se soucier de la gestion des canaux de paiement. Ce...

Another major US-based cryptocurrency exchange is reportedly considering going public. Kraken revealed record-breaking Q1 numbers and is also planning an IPO – following in the footsteps of Coinbase. Coinbase is the first major US-based cryptocurrency exchange that will see its IPO later this month. As CryptoPotato reported, the company will have its shares listed on Nasdaq on April 14th. However, Coinbase isn’t the only one. According to a CNBC release, Kraken is also...