Tag Archives: Bitcoin News

As bitcoin and the cryptocurrency industry continue to grow, there is increasing pressure on the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to do something about approving a bitcoin-based exchange-traded fund (ETF). America is lagging, and with the digital currency world expanding to such a degree, many analysts and investors are wondering what could be taking so long. A Bitcoin ETF: Is It Right Around the Corner? As it stands, there are at least eight companies looking to...

Stock market expert and television personality Jim Cramer allegedly would not mind being paid in bitcoin. Heck, he said he might even demand it in the coming future. Jim Cramer: I Want BTC-Based Paychecks His comments stem from a recent news story that MicroStrategy – one of the first official institutions to publicly support bitcoin and buy billions of dollars-worth of the digital currency – would be paying its board of directors’ salaries and fees in BTC rather than...

Gryphon Digital Mining has just completed a new funding round in which the company has raised a whopping $14 million to launch a new bitcoin mining firm that will leave no carbon footprint. Gryphon Digital Mining Has Raised a Lot of Money The hate towards bitcoin mining appears to be growing now that bitcoin has reached its new all-time high of more than $60,000 per unit. The idea is that granted bitcoin’s price grows, so do its mining costs and requirements, which are...

As bitcoin hits a new all-time high this week of just under $63,000 per unit, it appears that several members of Congress have different feelings towards the world’s number one digital currency by market cap. Kevin McCarthy – the House Minority Leader and a Republican from California – has reported that he is a fan of bitcoin, and that the U.S. government needs to wake up when it comes to implementing the appropriate regulations. Kevin McCarthy: The U.S. Is Losing Out In...

Software firm MicroStrategy is making new headway with bitcoin and says that all its non-employee board members will be paid in BTC rather than cash. MicroStrategy Is Pushing Further Bitcoin Adoption The company has been one of the most supportive of the world’s number one digital currency by market cap. During a time when most of the globe’s institutions were still afraid to step in and take control of the financial reins, MicroStrategy led the way by being one of the...

There is a new cryptocurrency exchange heading to India. The company is called Coinsbit, and while this is not exactly a new trading firm – it has existed in Europe for years – the company is looking to expand into a region that is having a hard time making up its mind about cryptocurrency. Coinsbit Opens Its Doors in India The exchange this time around will be known as Coinsbit India, and all new users who decide to sign up and take part in the know your customer (KYC)...

Raoul Pal – a former hedge fund manager with Goldman Sachs – explained in a recent interview that bitcoin’s volatility should not scare investors off too much. Raoul Pal Is Positive Towards Volatility To an extent, we cannot help but agree somewhat. Everyone wants to make such a big deal out of the price swings that bitcoin and its crypto cousins have been prone to for so long. The fact is that without this volatility in the picture, bitcoin and digital currency...

Today is April 14, the day that Coinbase is slated to hit the stock market. Everyone has been talking about this for some time, and the move is expected to bring the cryptocurrency market even deeper into mainstream territory. As a result of the exchange’s first trading week arriving so fast, the price of bitcoin has jumped beyond the $60,000 mark, and many think the asset is likely to go even higher as trading progresses. Coinbase Is Now Public, and Bitcoin Reacts...

Bitcoin just keeps surging higher and higher, and men like Elon Musk are quick to do their parts in helping the world’s number one digital currency by market cap reach its potential peak. Elon Musk: Bitcoin Is Going “To the Moon” The South African entrepreneur behind such billion-dollar companies as Tesla and SpaceX seems to jump back and forth between his love for Dogecoin and bitcoin. While BTC is considerably larger, there is a special aspect of Doge that seems to...

Financial giant JPMorgan recently stated in a new report that the world’s number one digital currency by market cap – bitcoin – could potentially reach a price of around $130,000 by the time the year is out. JPMorgan Is Predicting Big Things for BTC In the document, JPMorgan writes the following: Considering how big the financial investment into gold is, any such crowding out of gold as an alternative currency implies big upside for bitcoin over the long term. A...