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The Winklevoss Twins are warning Wall Street executives that the time to stock up on bitcoin is now.The Winklevoss Twins to Wall Street: Get It Together!The founders of the Gemini Exchange in New York – one of the first cryptocurrency trading platforms to garner a BitLicense – are telling Wall Street players that they need to stop putting so much emphasis on gold, as bitcoin is likely to “trump” gold in the coming future.Tyler explains:If you have gold, start building up bitcoin reserves. We...

As we all know by now, the bitcoin halving is scheduled to arrive this coming May, and many analysts are arguing that the event will likely cause the currency to jump in price.The Halving Is On Its WayOne analyst on Twitter – simply going by the name “Crypto Bull” alleges that the currency could spike as high as $33,000 in July thanks to the halving. In a recent social media post, Crypto Bull explains:Bitcoin ROI from first halving to second halving: 5,333 percent. We are currently up 1,338...

Stock market research firm Fundstrat published a bullish 71-page report promoting the IOTA cryptocurrency to its clients. Something doesn’t add up when you compare this to a public disclosure found on its retail portal. The IOTA project already has a shifty reputation, and Fundstrat isn’t doing itself any favors. The stock market research firm founded by notorious bitcoin price prediction “expert” Tom Lee has been spotted promoting the controversial IOTA...

SEBA, the Swiss start-up bank selling cryptocurrency services to clients, is planning to initiate its second-stage fundraising. Less than two years after the first one that raised 100m Swiss francs ($103 M), the bank will seek the same amount to expand its services and develop additional products.Seba Bank To Raise 100MLast year, the Swiss Financial Market Authority (FINMA) granted SEBA with a banking license to operate as a financial services provider that focuses mainly on digital assets....

There is great fear traveling through the crypto space… Fear that somewhere down the line, bank-issued cryptocurrencies will somehow replace bitcoin and its altcoin counterparts.Will Bitcoin Be Replaced?But is that fear valid? We need to look at a few facts before we can make an official decision. For one thing, these cryptocurrencies issued by financial institutions will be centralized, meaning the banks will be in control of who receives the crypto units and what they can be used for. This...

Ethereum saw an incredible 21% price surge this week, bringing the price for the coin up toward $175.Against BTC, ETH climbed further higher to meet resistance at the 100-days EMA.Ethereum has now turned bullish after breaking above the December 2019 high at $152.Key Support & Resistance LevelsETH/USDSupport:  $165, $155, $145, $133.50.Resistance: $175, $180, $186, $194.ETH/BTC:Support: 0.019 BTC, 0.0185 BTC,  0.0171 BTC.Resistance: 0.0196 BTC, 0.020 BTC, 0.0204 BTC.ETH/USD:  ETH Shoots...

Craig Wright was supposed to receive the private keys needed to access over one million bitcoins at the start of this, but it appears that he didn’t. New information was disclosed earlier today, that firmly denies the rumors but he might still receive them in the near future.No Private Keys For WrightAs Cryptopotato reported in December last year, Craig Wright was supposed to receive the private keys for 1.1 million bitcoins from a bonded courier. The community speculated if this could have a...

The crypto community views cryptocurrencies in numerous ways. From trading opportunities to store of value, and occasionally for their real purpose of being used as a payment method.Today, the main topic will be a rather conspicuous one that has been discussed many times, but it needs more awareness – adoption. Furthermore, let’s examine an HSB survey conducted by Zodgy Analytics in the U.S. that shows interesting data regarding small and mid-sized businesses that accept cryptocurrency...

Studie: Mangelndes Vertrauen in digitale Strategie der Banken Aufgrund von Divergenzen zwischen langfristiger Vision und kurzfristiger Leistung befindet sich die Finanzdienstleistungsbranche auf Kollisionskurs. Das zeigen die Ergebnisse des diesjährigen State of Financial Services Report der internationalen Strategieberatung Oliver Wyman. Finanzdienstleister versuchen das Unternehmen der Zukunft aufzubauen. Ihre mangelnden Fortschritte...

It looks like Visa is on an investing spree. One of the world’s leading payment processors is heavily investing in fintech companies, which could indicate, that Visa is on the verge of some kind of change. Or that they simply want to support the expansion of fintech. Just recently Visa invested around $5.3 million in a fintech company Plaid. Now it’s turn for VGS.While the investment in Plaid was revealed, this investment in VGS (Very Good Security) currently is undisclosed.However, this is...