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Todd Rosenbluth – head of ETF and mutual fund research at CFRA Research – mentioned in a recent interview that he thinks a bitcoin or crypto-based exchange-traded fund will appear in the United States within the next year or two. Rosenbluth Still Thinks It’ll Be a While Before We See a BTC ETF in the U.S. Rosenbluth comments: We’ve got a number of firms that have either gone through the filing process or have previously filed but are waiting for more clarity. The SEC is...

Bitcoin price failed to clear the $60,000 resistance and corrected lower against the US Dollar. The price is now trading below the $58,500 support and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There is a major contracting triangle forming with resistance near $58,650 on the 4-hours chart of the BTC/USD pair (data feed from Coinbase). The pair could start a strong rally if there is a clear break above the $58,650 and $58,800 resistance levels. Bitcoin price is trading in a...

Asset manager BlackRock says it has made more than $350,000 in bitcoin futures over the past three months. The company has been dabbling in such futures since January and has garnered a pretty profit in return. BlackRock Is Beginning to Make Money On BTC Futures As it stands, two funds associated with BlackRock have permission to invest in crypto futures according to documentation brought forth by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). At the time of writing,...

Billionaire investor and former hedge fund manager Mike Novogratz says he’s truly shocked by how far bitcoin has come in the past few years and how strong adoption is. Mike Novogratz: BTC Adoption Has Come Quite Far We all likely remember a time when bitcoin did not have the respect it does today. Many companies and individuals alike turned their backs on it, claiming that it was a scam or a fraudulent currency. They said that it was a Ponzi scheme that was likely to...

Shares in software firm MicroStrategy went up a few days ago after analysts suggested an $850 per share price in the coming future. MicroStrategy Owes Its Success to Bitcoin The figure has a lot to do with the idea that MicroStrategy is quite bullish on bitcoin, and that the firm is doing all it can to purchase the world’s number one digital currency by market cap. MicroStrategy initially bought its first round of BTC in August, when the currency was trading for around...

According to a new report, mining for gold is a lot less expensive than mining for bitcoin. Mining for Gold Is More Economical Over the past several months, as bitcoin has exploded in price (it’s currently trading for well over $58,000 per unit), several environmentalists and crypto bashers have taken to arguing that the mining process behind cryptocurrency and bitcoin is dangerous for the planet. They’re convinced that the ongoing extraction of new coins is going to...

It’s always interesting to see celebs that are turned on by the thoughts of crypto, and today, La La Anthony – a musician and live music host – is promoting bitcoin, claiming that it’s one of the top assets of the future. La La Anthony Loves BTC At first, Anthony admits that she was skeptical of the digital currency, as she had heard from several individuals and sources that it was a terrible fraud and a scam. She comments: When I first heard about bitcoin, I didn’t...

In the past, it has appeared that Mark Cuban – a billionaire investor and owner of the Dallas Mavericks basketball team – was never a huge fan of cryptocurrency. While he acknowledged that bitcoin had a loyal set of followers and thus permitted BTC payments for Mavericks-related merchandise and tickets, he did not speak highly of the asset, claiming in the past that he would rather have “bananas” than BTC. Mark Cuban Is Getting Into BTC and Ethereum Now, however, some...

Jesse Powell – the CEO of Kraken, a popular cryptocurrency exchange based in San Francisco, CA – has suggested that bitcoin could hit a price of $1 million per unit by the year 2022. Jesse Powell: BTC Will Be $1 Million in 2022 Bitcoin has been doing extremely well as of late. The world’s number one digital currency by market cap has made a real name for itself in the finance industry over the past six months. There are many companies that are now willing to accept the...

According to a new report issued by financial giant JPMorgan, the volatility often acquainted with bitcoin has been declining over the past few weeks. This, in turn, could lead to further institutions looking to get their fingers on the world’s number one digital currency by market cap. JPMorgan: We’re Seeing Less Price Swings with BTC Over the past eight months, the world has been privy to increased institutional activity in the crypto space. Many largescale companies – such...