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Bitcoin recently became a trillion-dollar asset as its price also surged past $57,000. A few hours later, ETH made headlines as it crossed the coveted $2K mark. Several other cryptocurrencies have also performed well. Tesla’s CEO, Elon Musk, is of the opinion that the prices of both digital currencies are high.Pro-gold and anti-bitcoin economist Peter Schiff is at it again. The chairman of Schiff Gold is renowned for his relentless anti-bitcoin tweets. He once termed bitcoin “the biggest...
Read More »Grayscale on a Hiring Spree: Appoints New High-Ranked Officials
The growth of the leading cryptocurrency asset manager Grayscale Investments has pushed the company into appointing three new C-suite hires. As a result, the company has filled the roles of Chief Operating Officer, Chief Compliance Officer, and Chief People Officer.New C-Suite Hires In GrayscaleFounded in 2013, Grayscale is a crypto asset manager that enables institutions and corporations to receive exposure to BTC and other digital assets without worrying about managing or storing the...
Read More »Only 5% Of Financial Executives Plan To Hold Bitcoin By The End Of 2021: Survey
Although several well-known companies recently allocated funds in BTC, a study among 77 financial executives showed that the overall number of firms planning to get on the bitcoin bandwagon is relatively modest at just 5%. Somewhat expectedly, most skeptics justified their decision with BTC’s volatility.Most CFOs Have No Plans To Buy BitcoinTesla shocked the world last week after news broke that Elon Musk’s electric vehicle giant had purchased $1.5 billion in bitcoin. Apart from the immediate...
Read More »Bitcoin Payments Make 20% of the Revenue of a UK Private Jet Company
The narrative that bitcoin is rarely used for payment transactions has been debunked by several fields in the span of a week. Apart from Swiss residents being able to pay their canton taxes in BTC or Portuguese citizens paying their electricity bills, a UK-headquartered private jet charter company said that nearly 20% of its yearly revenue came in the form of the primary cryptocurrency.PrivateFly Gets 19% Of Revenue In BTCFounded in 2005, PrivateFly is a global private jet charter company...
Read More »K-Pop Fans Are The Target Of a New Global, Well-Designed Crypto Scam
A new cryptocurrency scam involving some heavy social intelligence and media manipulation is brewing on Twitter, and the potential victims appear to be a bunch of K-pop fans.K-pop is a pop variant played by South Korean bands. The bands enjoy great popularity in Asia, but their fame is spreading to other continents thanks to the boom in internet streaming services.An investigation by the Economic Times revealed that an unidentified group had likely bought thousands of accounts or created a...
Read More »Elon Musk Changed His Twitter Avatar To Bitcoin: BTC Soars To New ATH Above $56K Immediately
The ever-active on social media platforms CEO of Tesla and SpaceX has garnered the attention of the crypto community again by updating his Twitter profile with an avatar of Bitcoin. As with previous interactions initiated by Elon Musk, the price of the asset reacted by an immediate sharp increase.Source: Elon Musk’s TwitterMusk is no stranger to publishing compelling and somewhat controversial Twitter posts regarding various industries, and his latest favorite seems to be the crypto...
Read More »OKCoin to Delist BCH and BSV To Protect Bitcoin From Craig Wright’s ‘Malicious Information War’
The popular crypto exchange OKCoin has made a somewhat controversial decision to delist two Bitcoin forks – Bitcoin Cash (BCH) and Bitcoin SV (BSV). According to the platform’s CEO, the company is doing what’s in the best interest of Bitcoin’s ecosystem while trying to act against Craig Wright’s recent lawsuit urging various websites to remove the BTC whitepaper.OKCoin Delists BSV and BTCThe exchange announced earlier today that it will suspend trading and altogether remove the two Bitcoin...
Read More »Legendary Rock Star Gene Simmons Buys Cardano (ADA) Worth $300,000
Gene Simmons, the legendary KISS bassist, has made another dip into cryptocurrencies. The famous musician has expressed his belief in Cardano, presuming 2021 would be “the most productive year” for the altcoin.Believing in the Future of CardanoRock star Gene Klein, aka Gene Simmons, has appeared in online social media with yet another pro-cryptocurrency commentary. This time KISS’s legendary bass guitarist has expressed his opinion on Cardano and its native digital coin ADA.In his recent...
Read More »Arthur Hayes is Back: Bitcoin is the Other Game as Opposed to Traditional Finance Systems
After months of complete silence from one of the biggest proponents of cryptocurrencies and arguably one of the most influential people in the industry, Arthur Hayes is back.The former CEO of BitMEX shared his thoughts on some pressing and trending matters – the state of the “crypto capital markets” following the fiasco with GameStop and everything that happened in relation.The Game Didn’t Change – You Just Didn’t Know the RulesFollowing the case against BitMEX, spearheaded by the United...
Read More »Bitcoin is a Poor Hedge Against Equities, JPMorgan Analysts Say
JPMorgan Chase & Co strategists have warned that BTC’s price could be in bubble territory as it’s significantly higher than their estimated fair value. Furthermore, the analysts believe that bitcoin, and other cryptocurrencies, have failed to serve as a hedge to equities.JPM’s Swinging BTC OpinionAfter being somewhat positive on BTC for months, claiming that the asset has taken some of gold’s market share because of the skyrocketing demand, JPM has changed its tune on the...
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