Bitcoin (BTC)

The mystery surrounding Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonymous creator of the world’s number one digital currency by market cap (bitcoin), has just gotten a whole lot weirder.What Did Nakamoto Do Before BTC?The latest prediction surrounding Nakamoto’s identity suggests that the infamous bitcoin developer potentially had ties to some very shady individuals. Escobar Inc. – a company associated with Pablo Escobar, a Latin American drug lord – is claiming that Nakamoto may have done some work for the...

Bitcoin is expected to land on Germany’s Deutsche Börse XETRA stock exchange in the form of a physically-backed ETC in the coming week.According to German news outlet Handelsblatt, ETC Group will list the Bitcoin Exchange Traded Crypto (BTCE) on Deutsche Börse’s digital trading platform. Users from the UK, Italy, and Austria will also have access to the ETC when it goes live.Physically Backed Bitcoin ETC Set to LaunchThe Bitcoin ETC will launch with the full approval of Germany’s financial...

The Nasdaq Composite reached an ATH today, propelled mostly by large technology stocks, even while Bitcoin hovered below $10,000.NASDAQ HITS ALL-TIME HIGH!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 9, 2020Nasdaq Erases Previous LossesToday, the Nasdaq erased Coronavirus losses to seize a new record with the index led by the likes of Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Alphabet, Netflix, and Facebook, which have driven a surge of 45% since last March. The Nasdaq Composite hit an all-time high today,...

According to some analysts, bitcoin will potentially hit a price of $300,000 in the coming years even without institutional assistance.Institutional Players: Their Job Is OverratedUp to this point, it was long figured that institutional players were necessary to bring a level of legitimacy to bitcoin. This would ultimately be one of the main touches in making the currency mainstream and placing it alongside gold as a store of value.One of the reasons that many of these investors have been...

Voyager Digital stock is showing great results this year. It means that it can become a good choice for investors who are interested in the crypto industry.Cryptocurrency broker Voyager Digital Canada Ltd (CNSX: VYGR) has seen a doubling of its stock from last year. This brings the heavily regulated company into the spotlight as an example of a company that is set to change things. Sources say that Voyagers Digital stock doubled to reach C$0.56 cents a share.The stock prices fell by 18% on...

BlockFyre founder Simon Dedic is predicting that the next bull rally will take the world’s number one digital currency by market cap – bitcoin – into the $150,000 range. He’s also predicting that many altcoins will hit it big as well, with assets like Ethereum striking the $9,000 mark.Dedic: Bitcoin Will Hit $150KIn a series of tweets, Dedic discussed the 2017 bull run that saw virtually every digital currency spiking to levels that virtually nobody could have predicted. At that time, bitcoin...

Die CME Bitcoin Futures gingen gegen Ende Mai weg wie warme Brötchen. Aber auch andere Bitcoin-Derivate waren gefragt wie noch nie. Kryptowährungsderivate wie Futures und Optionen hatten im Mai einen fantastischen Monat. Dies geht aus einer Studie von BitMEX Research hervor. Im Mai wurden insgesamt 602 Milliarden Dollar in Futures- und Optionskontrakten gehandelt. Diese Zahl...

« La situation sanitaire liée au COVID-19 a impacté tous les secteurs de l’économie française. Les acteurs des actifs numériques et de la blockchain (acteurs « crypto/ blockchain ») ne sont pas épargnés. Dans ce contexte, l’Adan [1] a lancé le 24 avril 2020 une grande enquête auprès de l’industrie. Sur la base des contributions des participants à cette enquête, le présent rapport dresse l’état des...

Winklevoss twins will cooperate with Stampede Ventures to co-produce a film adaptation of “Bitcoin Billionaires” written by Ben MezrichThe Winklevoss twins are set to assist in the adaption of their “Bitcoin Billionaires” book for film. Sources say that Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss are set to turn Ben Mezrich’s book into a movie.The non-fictional tale tells of the twins’ struggle after their court case with Mark Zuckerberg. It also tells the story of their discovering Bitcoin in Ibiza before...

A study compiled by the American multinational financial services corporation Fidelity Investments informed that a third of large institutional investors own a form of cryptocurrency. The highest level of interest came from Europe, followed by the US.Institutional Investors Choose CryptocurrenciesAccording to the report from Bloomberg citing the survey from Fidelity, 36% of all 774 participants said that they own digital assets or derivatives. When broken down into smaller categories, the...