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Bitcoin has risen to about $37,000 per unit at the time of writing. While this number is nothing compared with the new all-time high it attained in mid-April, it is still about $5,000 more than where it stood during the early portion of the week. Thus, it can be said that bitcoin may be returning to its bullish roots. However, according to New York University finance professor Aswath Damodaran, investors should not get too comfortable with the sudden rise of the world’s...

Not long ago, agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) managed to intercept bitcoin funds stolen through a ransomware attack on the Colonial Pipeline. The move resulted in a heavy blow to BTC, which experienced another massive dip over the weekend. How the FBI Got in the Way of a BTC Payment The FBI has now emerged with more details regarding the interception. The federal agency states that they were not able to find any security issues with the bitcoin...

A group of protestors calling themselves “Stopelon” gathered outside the Tesla processing factory in northern California earlier in the week to voice their anger at Elon Musk and his continued antics in the world of cryptocurrency. Elon Musk Faces More Anger Elon Musk has recently been deemed one of the most disliked figures in the digital currency scene. While at one point, the South African entrepreneur proved himself one of the strongest and most influential figures...

Digital currency research firm Coin Metrics has released a new report claiming that bitcoin is beginning to lag when compared with the likes of competing altcoins such as Ethereum and Dogecoin. Coin Metrics: Altcoins Are Taking Over While bitcoin is still the world’s number one digital currency by market cap (it is currently trading for about $35,000 per unit), the asset has experienced some serious dips over the past month, while by contrast, Dogecoin and Ethereum have...

Kevin O’Leary – aka Mr. Wonderful on the television show “Shark Tank” believes that bitcoin could eventually overpower the stock market. Kevin O’Leary: Sustainability Will Make a Big Difference His sentiment comes from the sudden shift that many bitcoin miners are making. Initially, bitcoin was the subject of much concern and disgust amongst environmentalists, who claimed that the extraction process behind bitcoin was contributing to severe atmospheric destruction....

One of America’s most luxurious penthouses just sold for more than $22 million – and the deal was completely finalized through cryptocurrency. The home consists of four bedrooms and is located within a condo building known as Arte by Antonio Citterio, which is situated in Miami Beach, Florida and designed by real estate developers Alex Sapir and Giovanni Fasciano. Miami Real Estate and Crypto… A Perfect Match? While crypto-real estate deals have been occurring over the...

President Donald Trump is in the news after spending a few months out of the limelight. In a recent interview, Trump took aim at bitcoin, the world’s number one digital currency by market cap, calling it a “scam” and saying that it was a threat to the U.S. dollar. Donald Trump Believes BTC Is a Scam In the interview, Trump says the following: Bitcoin, it just seems like a scam. I do not like it because it is another currency competing against the U.S. dollar. He went on...

Crypto analyst Mike McGlone is predicting that Ethereum, at some point, will likely eclipse bitcoin and become the number one digital currency by market cap. Mike McGlone Thinks Highly of Ethereum As a senior commodity strategist for Bloomberg, McGlone has been following cryptocurrencies for a long time just like the rest of us. In a new report, he details why Ethereum – still only the second largest digital currency in the world at the time of writing – could...

China is moving forward with its anti-crypto attitude. It has now shut down the social media accounts of several bitcoin and cryptocurrency influencers as a means of stopping people from learning about and investing in digital currencies. China Makes Another Anti-Bitcoin Maneuver China has long had an up-and-down relationship with bitcoin. While the country has always been a hotspot for bitcoin and digital currency activity, government officials and regulators have never...

It looks like bitcoin may be losing some of its popularity – at least among hedge funds, according to a new report issued by financial giant Goldman Sachs. Goldman Sachs Says Hedge Funds Now Dislike BTC The volatility of the world’s number one digital currency by market cap is really coming back to bite it in the rear. The asset – which over the past year has earned the attention of major institutions ranging from software firm MicroStrategy to electric vehicle company...