Tag Archives: Bitcoin News

2021 is just about to leave us, so let’s look back at some of the biggest bitcoin stories to occur over the past 12 months. Bitcoin and Its Price The bitcoin price has come quite far in 2021. While the currency has slid down somewhat and is presently trading for just over $51,000, the currency shot up to a new high of approximately $68,000 per unit as recently as November. The asset has managed to retain a five-figure price throughout the year, despite facing heavy...

Global fintech and blockchain company ALT 5 Sigma Inc. is partnering with a financial institution known as Bank Line to provide what can only be described as crypto-based brokerage services. Bank Line and ALT 5 Join Hands Over Crypto Bank Line is a crypto-friendly banking platform that provides a list of all financial institutions in the United States, the European Union, the United Kingdom, and Central and South America that willingly offer crypto services to their...

The BBB Wise Giving Alliance (BBB WGA) is in the business of verifying charities to make sure they are legitimate and valid. The platform has now permitted all the charities it works with to accept donations in more than 50 separate digital currencies and tokens. All charitable donations will be powered by a firm known as The Giving Block. The BBB WGA and The Giving Block Are Working Together The idea of giving cryptocurrency as a charity donation has grown heavily in...

Elon Musk has come out in support of Dogecoin once again. This time, he’s saying it’s superior to bitcoin primarily because all the latter has done is give power to new rich people. Elon Musk On Why He Supports Doge Musk has long been a proponent of Dogecoin. He has referred to it as the “people’s coin” and at one point, was in line to become the newest CEO of the asset. This later turned out to be internet fluff, though it sure had investors going. In a recent...

Mike Novogratz – the CEO of Galaxy Digital Holdings Ltd. – says that bitcoin doesn’t consume nearly as much energy as everyone seems to think it does. Mike Novogratz Discusses How Much Energy BTC Really Uses Energy consumption has been a big topic in the world of bitcoin and cryptocurrency over the past year or so. Environmentalists everywhere seem to believe that mining crypto is somehow going to destroy the planet or render it unusable in some way. Even big names in...

Christine A. Parlour is the Sylvan C. Coleman chair at UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business. She has taught investing courses for years and has recently introduced crypto into some of her courses to help students better understand this risky yet growing industry. Christine Parlour Discusses the Crypto Market In a recent interview, Parlour offered some thoughts on the significance of crypto and how it can potentially change the world of finance. She says: Over time, as...

Bitcoin price started a fresh decline from well above $51,000 against the US Dollar. The price is now trading below $50,000 and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There was a break below a key bullish trend line with support near $50,500 on the 4-hours chart of the BTC/USD pair (data feed from Coinbase). The pair could decline heavily if there is a clear move below the $47,100 support zone. Bitcoin price is trading below $50,000 against the US Dollar. BTC might...

El Salvador in Central America has just purchased a total of 21 additional bitcoins. The country has made a habit of “buying dips” every time bitcoin’s price goes lower and this incident was no exception. El Salvador Adds to Its BTC Stash The country initially made headlines several months ago when it was announced it was working on a bitcoin-based financial agenda that would see the cryptocurrency – number one in the world – become legal tender. This meant it could be...

Michael Saylor – the CEO of MicroStrategy, the famed software company that has been one of bitcoin’s biggest institutional fans for more than a year – revealed that he has a huge personal bitcoin stash nearing $900 million. MicroStrategy and Michael Saylor Are the BTC Kings MicroStrategy first made headlines in August of 2020. The company purchased approximately $250 million in bitcoin, the world’s number one digital currency by market cap. This was at a time when BTC...

Federal prosecutors in the city of San Diego, California have filed a lawsuit to seize more than $150 million in funds that were illicitly seized from the Sony Life Insurance Co. in Japan. The money was transferred through the La Jolla Bank and converted into crypto, where it was later stored in a Coinbase account. Sony Has Been the Victim of a Major Theft The seizure order was issued after the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) took back nearly 4,000 units of bitcoin...