Tag Archives: Bitcoin News

For the last several months, the volatility of bitcoin appears to have calmed down somewhat. The world’s number one digital currency by market cap has, to one degree or another, been hovering around the $20K mark for some time, and while there are little moments here and there when it goes up or down, the range appears to be relatively consistent. Bitcoin Volatility Has Remained Relatively Still With all this in mind, it appears bitcoin trading has become rather “boring” as of late. This is...

Pick n Pay, a grocery retail outlet, has said “yes” to crypto payments and will now allow customers to pay for their items with assets like bitcoin and Ethereum. Pick n Pay Says “Yes” to Crypto Payments The move is pushing the goals of bitcoin and its digital counterparts closer to being achieved. What many people likely forget is that while bitcoin and many of its crypto cousins have taken on either speculative or even hedge-like statuses in recent years, many of them were initially...

Sixx King – an African American filmmaker and the founder, chairman, and CEO of Sixx Degrees Media – has teamed up with actor and film producer Sebastian Kahuna to establish new high-quality films funded by cryptocurrency. Sixx King Thinks BTC Can Be Used for Producing Films He believes there are many barricades in the way of black filmmakers trying to get their projects off the ground. He says it can be quite difficult to get projects funded, and thus he’s turning to digital assets to get...

Bitcoin turned 14 on Halloween this year. How Far Has Bitcoin Come? Back on October 31, 2008, Satoshi Nakamoto – the pseudonymous creator of the world’s largest and most powerful digital currency by market cap – sent the whitepaper for the new anonymous financial system to emails across the world. In the paper, Nakamoto wrote the following: What is needed is an electronic payment system based on cryptographic proof instead of trust, allowing any two willing parties to transact directly with...

Bitcoin price started a recovery wave from the $15,500 support against the US Dollar. The price is now trading above $16,500 and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There was a break above a crucial bearish trend line with resistance near $16,480 on the 4-hours chart of the BTC/USD pair (data feed from Coinbase). The pair could recover further, but upsides might be limited above the $18,500 resistance zone. Bitcoin price is recovering above $16,500 against the US Dollar. BTC might...

A company called Stockpile – which is billed as the “simplest way” to invest in stocks – is looking to introduce kids and young people to crypto investing. The company’s executives feel it’s never too early to start learning about proper investing methods, and they think getting kids on the right track early will not only assist them, but ensure the world is in a stronger place from a financial perspective. Stockpile Wants to Bring Kids and Crypto Together The thinking...

Elon Musk has not always been the kindest person to bitcoin. He has made unfair judgements about it in the past, and when it comes down to it, it seems he’s a much bigger fan of some of its altcoin cousins, i.e., Dogecoin, than he is of the currency that started it all, and yet despite all this, there still seems to be some love in the mix. Elon Musk Hasn’t Gotten Rid of All His BTC It has come out that Tesla – the electric vehicle company owned and run by Musk – is...

According to a new survey, many residents of El Salvador consider the bitcoin experiment implemented by their country’s leaders a failure. El Salvador and Bitcoin… Will They Break Up? The poll was conducted by the University of Central America. Roughly 75 percent of the survey participants said they have not used any cryptocurrency throughout 2022. A total of 77 percent of the participants flat out said that they don’t feel implementing bitcoin as legal tender was a...

Not long ago, an article emerged claiming Biden is using the crypto space to spy on people. Biden Is Using Crypto to See What People Are Doing The article said the government was “chipping away” at people’s financial freedoms and doing little to let them know what was going on. Financial privacy is clearly suffering under this administration, and it’s plausible to assume few people realize what’s happening. There are several things one can say to this, the first one...

Australia has made a specific taxation decision when it comes to crypto assets, and members of the industry and active traders are not happy about it. Australia May Have Made a Severe Choice Regarding Crypto Not long ago, Australia announced that for tax purposes, it would continue to treat digital currencies as physical assets rather than foreign currency. The government of Australia is now set to introduce full legislation cementing the decision. What does this mean?...