Tag Archives: Bitcoin Adoption

If not for anything else, the latest report about clean energy usage could mean a greater move toward the adoption of BTC. A Bloomberg analyst has just reported on the present situation with Bitcoin (BTC) miners as it concerns clean energy usage. In a recent thread on X (formerly Twitter), the analyst, Jamie Coutts said that the percentage of clean energy used for Bitcoin mining has gone past 50%. That is more than 50% of Bitcoin mining now comes from renewable sources. According to...

Bitcoin’s price has basically been on pause since mid-June, as the asset trades range-bound since then. The exchange rate of BTC to USD remained above $29,000, with resistance at $30,000. It’s as if markets are waiting on the SEC’s spot Bitcoin ETF approvals. In fact, one metric of bitcoin’s price stability touched five-year historic lows at the beginning of August. Weirdly, BTC was even less volatile than U.S. stocks briefly this month. But with each new application for a...

A new survey by Binance Research, the research arm of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, found that most institutional investors are optimistic about the outlook of cryptocurrencies for the next 12 months. Binance Research conducted the survey from March 31 to May 15, 2023, with 208 global institutional clients and VIP users as the respondents. The study, dubbed the “Institutional Crypto Outlook Survey,” explored the respondents’ attitudes, preferences, motivations,...

Although it all started with the inception of the Bitcoin network in 2009, the cryptocurrency industry as a whole was created roughly a decade ago. While there’re certainly more things that happened within that timeframe that we can explain here, it’s also worth visualizing and speculating on what could transpire within the next ten years. As such, we asked the highly popular artificial intelligence chatbot – ChatGPT – about its take on the matter, and it provided some...

Prominent derivatives marketplace Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) Group has announced adding daily expirations for Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) futures options contracts. Pending regulatory review, the two new additions will have expirations Mondays through Fridays. Bitcoin and Ether Daily Expiries According to the official press release, CME Group will offer new expiries for options on Bitcoin and Ether futures, with expirations available every day of the business week...

A study conducted by the cybersecurity company Kaspersky determined that approximately a third of the US crypto investors have had some portion of their stash stolen by hackers.  Bad actors usually con victims by luring them to enter a counterfeit website or urging them to join a dubious investment platform.  ‘People Need to Take Care to Protect Themselves’ Kaspersky surveyed 2,000 American adults to estimate that around 30% of those who have hopped on the crypto bandwagon...

According to a recent Statista report, India’s crypto community could surge to more than 156 million members by the end of the year.  Most people expected to jump on the bandwagon are educated younger individuals with middle-income status who seek alternatives to the shaking banking system. Indians Could Flock to Crypto in the Near Future The survey estimated that over 11% of India’s population will have dived into the cryptocurrency sector by the end of 2023. The country’s...

The “Vietnam Crypto Market Report 2022” revealed that 16.6 million Vietnamese own digital currencies, with bitcoin being the most popular asset. Another research conducted by Chainalysis placed the Asian country as the world’s cryptocurrency adoption leader, with a score of 1.000. Close to the Top The study, reported by a local media outlet, estimated that 16.6 million Vietnamese had purchased cryptocurrencies (approximately 17% of the country’s population). 31% of those have...

One of the leading travel agencies in Latin America – Despegar – partnered with Binance Pay and Inswitch to enable clients to pay for tour packages in cryptocurrencies. For starters, the offering will be available only for customers in Argentina.  Despegar Leads the Way The agreement, announced by the world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange – Binance, turned Despegar into the first online travel agency (OTA) in Latin America to accept digital assets as a means of payment....

After a series of high-profile collapses and the ensuing regulatory heat in their wake, if you thought the crypto saga had hit a roadblock, you can’t be held wrong. However, a new survey by Paxos, the New York-headquartered blockchain technology company, offers a new spin to the tale. It says 75% of consumers are confident about the future of cryptocurrencies.  Neither Daunted Nor Deterred As many as 72% of the respondents of Paxos’ Cryptocurrency Adoption & Purchasing...