Tag Archives: Bitcoin Adoption

Bitcoin has proved itself to be a supreme store-of-value in this pandemic-ridden world. But can the world’s first cryptocurrency flip the US Dollar to become the ‘global reserve currency’?The US Dollar Has Been The Global Reserve Currency For 100 Years NowRuchir Sharma, Morgan Stanley Investment Management’s chief global strategist, went candid in his latest opinion piece on Financial Times. He talked about the ‘reserve currency’ history starting right from the 1400s.And delineated how in the...

MicroStrategy is hodling A LOT of Bitcoin, and it’s coming for more. The corporation just revealed that it’s looking for financing to acquire an additional stash of Bitcoin.The company shared the information in an official announcement on its website on December 7, 2020. According to the Press Release, MicroStrategy would be contemplating a $400 million private offering in convertible senior notes, with the idea of increasing its Bitcoin reserves:MicroStrategy intends to invest the net...

An endless number of economic sanctions imposed by the United States and an endless number of bad policies imposed by the Venezuelan government have led to an increasing love for Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies in the latin american nation. This week, Pizza Hut, one of the oldest pizza chains in the country began to accept Bitcoin and other digital currencies as payment.On November 27, 2020, Pizza Hut’s customers began to have the option to pay for their orders with cryptocurrency. This...

When Bill Harris, former CEO of PayPal, described Bitcoin as “the greatest scam in history” in an article for Vox, the last thing that would come to his mind was the role his company would play in the global adoption of this cryptocurrency.This was in 2018, just when Bitcoin was on a major bearish trend. The bubble —as Harris described it— exploded. But things changed, a new CEO replaced Harris and Bitcoin’s price slowly recovered. Well, slowly until PayPal jumped on the Bitcoin...

2020 was a tough year for crypto, but it seems like the last few months are trying to compensate hodlers for the bad times. And now, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is bringing more good news to the crypto space.A recent regulatory proposal issued by the OCC seeks to ensure that crypto businesses enjoy the same facilities when it comes to having a bank account as any other legitimate endeavors.No More DiscriminationIn short, the OCC wants to end with the silent discrimination...

Americans have just elected Cynthia Lummis (R) as their first female pro bitcoin senator, and she seems ready to make history. Lummis (R) became senator-elect from the state of Wyoming after beating the democrat candidate Mike Enzi. She has a long and well-known career in politics, but few know about her proud past as a Bitcoin hodler. And Lummis’ story doesn’t seem to be stuck in the past. The new senator is willing to give a better future to the Bitcoin ecosystem by putting...

When the Crypto Twitter community reacts, it does so in a big way. And when the guys from the Bitcoin neighborhood unite, there’s nothing to stop them, especially when it comes to criticizing traditional financial institutions —whether they’re crypto-friendly or not. If this seems hard to believe, ask PayPal, who had to deal with significant criticism after publishing something about Bitcoin that was not swallowed easily by the Crypto Twitter community. What PayPal Did In...

Bitcoin payments for passport services? You read that, right! In a first, a nearly 50-year-old U.S based passport and visa processing firm, Peninsula Visa, will now be accepting BTC for select passport services. Coinbase’s crypto payments arm, Coinbase Commerce, will be assisting the company in the same. Peninsula Visa Is Now Accepting Bitcoin For Passport Services In an official press release, Peninsula Visa announced its plan to integrate bitcoin payments for selected...

It’s another bigshot score on the store of value front for Bitcoin. Billionaire hedge fund investor Stanley Druckenmiller just admitted holding BTC on national television in an interview with CNBC. The bigshot money manager also has positions in gold, but he is considerably bullish on the world’s first cryptocurrency. “If the gold bet works, the Bitcoin bet will work better.” In the latest interview with CNBC’s Kelly Evans, a billionaire hedge fund manager, said that he owns...

Startups have taken note of the growing interest in cryptocurrencies, seizing the opportunity to position themselves in the market and Crypto ATM manufacturers are expanding more than ever. According to figures from the metrics website Coin ATM Radar, so far in 2020, there has been a growth of more than 80% in the deployment of new crypto ATMs. This is almost 3 times the amount reported at the beginning of 2019. Crypto ATMs Spread All Over The World The world welcomed 2020...