The NASDAQ-listed tech giant, spearheaded by Michael Saylor, continues its BTC buying spree after another substantial purchase worth more than $80 million. Michael Saylor, one of the most prominent bitcoin advocates, who is also the founder and CEO of MicroStrategy, announced the latest purchase earlier on December 9th. The company has accumulated another 1,434 coins for approximately $82.4 million in cash at an average price of around $57,500 per bitcoin. This means that the...
Read More »Kickstarter To Launch a Blockchain Project Running on Celo
Kickstarter, the world’s most famous crowdfunding platform, wants to dive headfirst into the blockchain world, changing the technology behind its business model while still offering the same user experience. The firm explained in an official blog post that this decision is part of an effort to find better tools to fulfill its mission of bringing creative projects to life through community collaboration. Kickstarter Wants to be Decentralized —And Green Kickstarter is not...
Read More »Former Google CEO Becomes Strategic Advisor At Chainlink
Chainlink Labs – a smart-contract oracle service provider – recently signed on former Google CEO Eric Schmidt as a strategic advisor. Schmidt’s duty will be to help guide Chainlink in building “a world guided by truth.” Schmidt Joins Chainlink Chainlink announced its recruitment of the Ex-Google chief in a statement this Tuesday. The team is focused on aggregating and implementing real-world data to be used as smart contracts built on various blockchains. This is accomplished...
Read More »Silvergate Bank Eyes $461M in Public Offering After Filing to Sell 3.3M Shares
The California state-chartered bank, Silvergate, is eyeing to secure $461.3 million as per the latest filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) through the sale of 3.31 million of common stock. The proposed maximum offering price per share is $145. Silvergate’s Public Offering The official document revealed that the financial institution had granted the underwriters 30 days to buy over 496.6k additional shares of its common stock. It also estimated the...
Read More »Bank of Thailand Does Not Want Local Banks to Get Involved in Crypto: Report
The central bank of Thailand reportedly urged local financial institutions to stay away from cryptocurrencies citing risks coming from their enhanced volatility. It added that the broad employment of bitcoin and the altcoins could also impact the Bank of Thailand’s ability to monitor the national economy. BoT Against Crypto Trading According to a coverage by The Bangkok Post, the Bank of Thailand (BoT) does not want local banks to be directly involved in digital asset...
Read More »Crypto CEOs and Their Testimonies During Today’s Congressional Hearing
Today, a major hearing took place on Capitol Hill titled “Digital Assets and the Future of Finance: Understanding Innovation in the United States.” It featured top crypto industry CEOs, including Jeremy Allaire, Sam Bankman-Fried, Brian Brooks, and more. Here’s what some of them told financial regulators about the ideal regulatory landscape. North Carolina Rep Patrick McHenry prefaces the hearing by asking how to ensure the crypto industry grows within the United States and...
Read More »Pantera Capital CEO: Bitcoin Is Not a Ponzi Scheme, Bond Markets Are
Dan Morehead – Chief Executive Officer of Pantera Capital – said the controversial monetary policies, which the US government enforced, could create bubbles in the financial system. In his view, bond markets “manipulated” by the Fed are the real Ponzi Schemes and not bitcoin. The Danger Comes From The Fed; not Crypto In a recent interview for Bloomberg, Dan Morehead – Founder and CEO of Pantera Capital – warned that investors dealing with bonds “are going to get absolutely...
Read More »Colombia: Gemini and Bancolombia Will Start Offering Crypto Services Next Week
People in Colombia will soon have a new option to buy their favorite cryptocurrencies using their bank accounts just as easy as they buy any other product. The US-regulated cryptocurrency exchange Gemini announced that it had finally completed all the necessary steps to move to the implementation phase of a project that would allow Colombians to buy cryptocurrencies with the funds stored on their Bancolombia accounts. This partnership is of great importance for the...
Read More »Huobi, Shiba Inu Communities Extend Support to BitMart Following the $200M Hack
Over the weekend, BitMart suffered a large-scale security breach. It can be counted as one of the most devastating attacks to date wherein the hackers managed to siphon off $196 million worth of cryptocurrencies after compromising a private key that opened two hot wallets. But the communities of Seychelles-based Huobi and Shiba Inu (SHIB) have announced support to assist BitMart. Huobi, Shiba Inu Communities Lends Support According to a recent development, Huobi has vowed to...
Read More »Craig Wright Owes Kleiman’s Company $100M For Conversion, Rules Jury
Craig Wright – the man who claims to be Satoshi Nakamoto (the inventor of Bitcoin) – has been found to not have had a business partnership with Dave Kleiman, a deceased Florida forensics expert. However, he still must pay $100 million in compensation for stealing Kleiman’s company in Florida. The Ruling The ruling for Wright’s case was revealed by CoinDesk earlier today. Apparently, the Jury chose to make Wright pay his $100 million damages in fiat currency alone, writing “0...
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