Bitcoin (BTC)

Bitwage has announced the launch of what’s reportedly the world’s first Bitcoin 401(k) plan, enabling companies to give employees the ability to invest their pre and post-tax dollars in Bitcoin.Announced by Bitwage CEO, Jonathan Chester, the launch comes after the company tested the system for ten months on its own employees.World’s First Bitcoin 401(k)According to the report, companies can now offer employees “the ability to invest traditional/pre-tax and Roth/post-tax 401k dollars into...

International financial broker Robo Forex has added more crypto trading pairs to its platform. In addition, the company has also worked to improve trading pairs for customers with higher-end accounts.Robo Forex: It’s Now Easier to TradeUp until the time of writing, customers of Robo Forex could only trade and sell digital currencies that were paired with fiat. Some of these pairs included BTC/USD, ETH/USD, and LTC/USD. However, those with pro-standard and ECN accounts will have the ability to...

The inevitable onslaught of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) won’t harm Bitcoin’s value proposition – in fact, it will give it a serious shot in the arm.That’s the key takeaway from Grayscale Investments’ May report on how the rollout of CBDC’s will affect the status of Bitcoin.CBDCs are digital currencies centrally issued and controlled by central banks. In this respect, they are the very antithesis of Bitcoin and stand opposed to the ideals of cryptocurrency as a whole.However,...

The Sensorium Corporation – which deals in virtual reality (VR) and artificial intelligence (AI) – has unveiled its new SENSO token, which is now available for purchase on the Bitcoin.com exchange, arguably the largest and most popular cryptocurrency exchange in the world other than Binance.The SENSO Token Is Here to TradeAlready, traders will have access to a SENSO/ bitcoin cash (BCH) trading pair. In addition, they can sell and exchange the currency for the many other digital tokens that...

Could the United States and China enter a cold war now that the coronavirus pandemic is beginning to calm down? According to some analysts, this is very much a possibility, and should both east and west take this route, the results could be quite positive for both gold and bitcoin.A Cold War Between the U.S. and China?Both assets have been getting a lot of attention lately from figures such as Robert Kiyosaki, the author of “Rich Dad, Poor Dad.” In a series of tweets, Kiyosaki recently warned...

Ein Video legt angebliche Details zum viel spekulierten Krypto-Punktesystem von Reddit offen, das auf der Ethereum-Blockchain basieren soll. Alexis Ohanian ist der Gründer der Social-Media-Plattform Reddit. Er hat bereits früh in Bitcoin und Coinbase investiert. Für die Zukunft ist er hoffnungsvoll und erwartet einen neuen Krypto-Frühling, wie er in einem Interview mit Yahoo...

Nach der Corona-Krise möchte die japanische Regierung ihren Fokus auf Kryptowährungen und die Blockchain legen. Senator Otokita Shun, Mitglied des Finanzausschusses von Tokio (Nippon Ishin), teilte seine Ansichten zur Rolle der „Kryptokratie“ auf Twitter: „In der Welt nach Corona werden nicht nur digitale Währungen, sondern auch hier die Bedeutung von Kryptowährungen und Blockchains zunehmen. Dies...

Legacy markets have almost entirely recovered from their sharp downturn in the middle of March. It appears that the adverse effects of the novel coronavirus COVID-19 are well behind. Despite the doom-and-gloom predictions of many economists, major indices are going up steadily.The S&P 500 Down Just 10% From Its February LevelsThe S&P 500 is currently trading at above 3,000 basis points, charting an increase of about 2% on the day. More interestingly, it’s down only about 11% from its...

XRP dropped by a small 1.5% over the past 24 hours as it falls back into the $0.192 support.The cryptocurrency has now formed a very acute descending triangle formation.Against Bitcoin, the XRP recovery continues but is finding some resistance at the 2200 SAT level.Key Support & Resistance LevelsXRP/USD:Support: $0.192, $0.18, $0.175.Resistance: $0.207, $0.215, $0.225.XRP/BTC:Support: 2150 SAT, 2100 SAT, 2070 SAT.Resistance: 2200 SAT, 2300 SAT, 2360 SAT.XRP/USD – XRP Forms Acute...

Ein klassisches Phänomen bei Filmen auf der grossen Leinwand: Dinge werden gerne ein wenig überspitzt dargestellt. Dasselbe gilt auch für Kryptowährungen. In Filmen und Serien werden Bitcoin und Co. als mysteriöse Cyberwährungen dargestellt, die nur dafür genutzt werden, krumme Geschäfte im Darkweb abzuschliessen. Wer Bitcoin besitzt, ist in den Streifen oftmals schon ein Verdächtiger. Im realen Leben sieht das natürlich ganz anders aus. Bitcoin sind eine interessante...