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Earlier today, it was announced on Live Bitcoin News that the price of BTC had taken a drastic fall thanks, in part, to actions taken by Elon Musk, who announced that his company Tesla had decided not to accept bitcoin payments for goods and services. As it turns out, the price of BTC – along with several other leading altcoins – may have also fallen thanks to Vitalik Buterin, the co-founder of Ethereum. Vitalik Buterin Moved a Bunch of Money Buterin has donated more...

Bitcoin has taken a nasty slump of roughly 12 percent and has fallen into the high $49,000 range thanks to Elon Musk and Tesla. Elon Musk Says “No” to Crypto Payments Musk – the South African entrepreneur behind the electric car company – made headlines in February when he decided to add approximately $1.5 billion worth of bitcoin to the firm’s asset roster. He later decided that the time had come to make bitcoin a valid payment method for Tesla goods and products. This caused many analysts...

Many analysts thought that with so much competition stemming from regions like Canada, the United States would give in sometime this year and submit to a bitcoin-based exchange-traded fund (ETF), but now it looks like that will not be the case. A Bitcoin ETF May Not Arrive This Year After All The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has always been relatively stubborn when it comes to permitting bitcoin-based products and services, and despite many new ideas and...

Bill Ackerman is a billionaire investor that knows a thing or two about financial stability and wealth. In a recent interview, he commented that cryptocurrency is a fascinating thing and that it could potentially benefit from some of the poor economic circumstances America is dealing with. Bill Ackerman Likes Bitcoin, Thinks Inflation May Last a While For the past year, inflation has been a serious problem in the United States and abroad. The coronavirus pandemic has...

As of late, bitcoin has been suffering somewhat. The world’s number one digital currency by market cap has fallen into the high $53,000 range, which is about $2,000 less than where it has been all week. While bitcoin falls, other currencies – such as Ethereum – are reaching record highs, yet analyst and big-time investor Stanley Druckenmiller is confident that no permanent harm will come to the currency, and that it will remain at the top of the crypto ladder at least...

Elon Musk – the South African entrepreneur behind billion-dollar companies such as Tesla and SpaceX – wants your opinion regarding Tesla accepting Dogecoin payments in the future. Elon Musk Wants to Know if Doge Payments Are the Right Thing The famed technician has taken to Twitter to ask his followers if Tesla should move forward in its crypto-themed journey and accept Doge for products and services. Apparently, the question is deemed important amongst his social media...

Bitcoin appears rather stable as of late. The currency has had some relatively wonky up-and-down moments over the past few weeks, but for the most part, the currency has found some sturdy ground to stand on over the past two days and is trading for a little over $56,000. It is not the $64,000 it was at just a few weeks ago, but it is certainly not the $49,000 it briefly dropped to after that. Bitcoin Is Seeing Some of the Same Patterns Either way, one research group is...

Apparently, the NFL (National Football League) really does not care much for bitcoin. Either that or they just did not need Sean Culkin, the tight end of the Kansas City Chiefs. Culkin made headlines not too long ago when he announced that he was set to receive his entire annual salary as a football player in bitcoin, though now it looks like this dream is not going to become a reality. Sean Culkin Cut By the Chiefs At 27 years of age, Culkin signed a future contract...

The line between crypto and traditional banking services is beginning to thin out even more. UBS Group, one of the largest investment firms in Switzerland, has announced that it is looking into potentially offering its wealthiest clients varying crypto options as demand for digital assets has grown exponentially in the past few years. UBS Group Has Joined the Crypto Rankings Crypto continues to boom in popularity, with the space now becoming more legitimized and...

Granted bitcoin moves up towards gold’s market cap, Mark Yusko of Morgan Creek Capital Management fame believes that the world’s number one digital currency could shoot up to about $250,000 per unit within the next five years. Mark Yusko: $250,000 for BTC in This Decade In a recent interview, Yusko commented that many investors were not giving bitcoin its due and “underestimating” its ability to move about and serve a higher purpose in the world of finance. He says it is...