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Bitcoin is doing extremely well as of late, but that’s not changing the minds of certain financial firms and individuals. Among today’s bitcoin doubters is Bill Gates, the software mogul known for creating Microsoft programs.Bill Gates Thinks the World Doesn’t Need BTCIn a recent tweet, Gates puts on an attitude of indifference towards bitcoin, the world’s number one cryptocurrency by market cap. The message reads:I don’t own bitcoin. I’m not short bitcoin, so I’ve taken a neutral view. I do...

Bitcoin has been doing extremely well as of late, but that’s not stopping financial giants from viewing it in a bad light. One of those doubters is JPMorgan, who recently claimed in a new report that bitcoin was never going to hit $40,000 again. The world’s number one digital currency by market cap ultimately proved the company wrong and is trading for more than $52,000 per unit at the time of writing.JPMorgan Thinks Things Will Go Wrong with BTCNow, JPMorgan has issued a statement claiming...

This week was very interesting in the cryptocurrency market. Many things happened. Bitcoin reached a new all-time high, but so did a lot of other cryptocurrencies.All of the top picks we wrote about last week performed very well amid the booming bull market, and today we take a look at the top 5 altcoins that are worth paying attention to in the next seven days. Let’s have a look.Ethereum (ETH)Ethereum saw a very nice increase in the past seven days. In fact, it managed to break the coveted...

The cryptocurrency market is well-known for its intense price fluctuations, and the past 24 hours provided more proof. With BTC and most altcoins charting double-digit moves in both directions, this resulted in $1.74 billion liquidated on exchanges.The primary cryptocurrency had just painted a new all-time high (at the time) of about $57,600 before a vigorous correction drove the asset down to a low of $54,000 in a matter of minutes yesterday. BTCUSD. Source: TradingViewAs it typically...

It’s safe to say that the past year has been particularly tumultuous and interesting when it comes to the cryptocurrency markets.The entire market exploded, Bitcoin officially became a trillion-dollar asset, while many altcoins saw massive gains. Uniswap’s UNI token is no different.Uniswap’s UNI JourneyUniswap is the leading decentralized exchange and automated market maker on Ethereum’s network. It provides means for users to create liquidity pools for any token based on the ERC20 protocol...

Although Bitcoin is performing remarkably well, it is not all praise in the market world.Take Will Hobbs —chief investment officer at Barclays Wealth & Investments— as an example. He is clearly not convinced that Bitcoin is all that its proponents claim.Speaking to Markets Insider, Hobbs said that his company’s investment strategy doesn’t involve taking any positions in Bitcoin for the time being. He asserts that its extreme volatility and poor fundamentals make it unattractive for his...

After the latest price record above $57,500 and a subsequent sharp drop to $54,000, bitcoin has calmed around the $56K price mark (as of now). Most alternative coins have charted declines over the past 24 hours, except for UNI, which painted a new ATH north of $32.Bitcoin Stalls After The Latest ATH Set At $57.5KThe past week was quite positive for the primary cryptocurrency as it recovered from the brief dip to $46,000 decisively. In the following days, the asset gained more than $11,000 of...

At the time of writing, bitcoin – the world’s number one digital currency by market cap – has surged to a new all-time high, having broken $50,000 and now trading for just over $51,000. To be fair, the asset has done this once or twice in the past, but it was always followed by a quick drop to the high $48,000 range, suggesting that bitcoin either didn’t have the momentum we all thought it did yet, or the change happened way too fast.Bitcoin Has Shot Up AgainBitcoin has shown in previous...

The bullish sentiment in the overall cryptocurrency market is currently at new highs making Bitcoin (BTC) the first crypto asset to have trillion-dollar valuations. With this, Bitcoin becomes the sixth most valued asset in the world.It looks like the entire crypto market is on a wild ride today. The overall crypto market cap has topped $1.7 trillion surging more than 5% in a single day. The recent price rally comes as Bitcoin (BTC) and many other altcoins continue hitting their all-time...

Bitcoin is quickly outpacing some of the Fortune 500 companies that make up the traditional markets.The price of Bitcoin (BTC), the world’s premier digital currency has soared to a new all-time high (ATH) at $56,421.14 according to CoinMarketCap. The attained milestone has also earned Bitcoin a market capitalization above $1 trillion.The record-breaking parabolic rise in Bitcoin’s valuation has stirred celebration on social media, as the cryptocurrency revalidated the general appeal of the...