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Bitcoin is doing extremely well as of late. Many analysts are contemplating whether the world’s number one digital currency by market cap could potentially reach a six-figure price of around $100,000 or more by the end of the year, and now it looks like Wall Street is beginning to get interested in this idea. Bitcoin Just Keeps Getting Bigger In the past, Wall Street players and banks have often dismissed bitcoin and its fellow crypto mates given that they were volatile...

Peter Thiel – a libertarian and the co-founder of PayPal, arguably the largest digital payment platform in the world – has taken some serious guff over the past week thanks to some comments he made about bitcoin and China. Thiel Doesn’t Want China to Use BTC Against America In a recent interview, Thiel commented that the Chinese could potentially weaponize bitcoin and use it against its enemies like the United States. He recommended harder regulation be put in place so...

Riot Blockchain – arguably one of the largest and most well-known bitcoin and crypto mining firms out there – is set to acquire Whinstone US, Inc. for approximately $80 million. Through the acquisition, Riot gains access to several of the company’s stock shares, as well as additional assets and operations. In all, the total value of the acquisition is said to be more than $650 million. Riot Blockchain Just Bought Whinstone One of the most significant points of the move...

Bitcoin has been doing extremely well as of late. Late last week, the world’s number one digital currency by market cap briefly rose above the $60,000 line to bring investors into a whole new state of euphoria. As it turns out, many traders are heavily continuing their bitcoin investing given that several analysts are convinced this is just the tip of the iceberg. Bitcoin is expected to continue rising throughout the year, and there are many individuals out there that...

Bitcoin has surged like no other asset. The currency is presently trading for about $58,000 – just $3,000 shy of its all-time high. However, while this may all sound dandy at first, there are many analysts out there who seem to think this is just the tip of the iceberg. They claim that bitcoin is going to continue skyrocketing this year – so much so that it may end up reaching $400K per unit by the end of 2021. Bitcoin Is Likely to Spend the Rest of the Year Increasing...

Crypto crime is no laughing matter and as we have seen in the past, it can take on many forms. It does not always come in the shape of a cyberattack or a hack on an exchange. Rather, sometimes people will try to use crypto to hide their malicious intent. Crypto Crime Isn’t Always a Hack One recent case allegedly involves a man in Rome, Italy, who is presently under house arrest after being accused of paying an attacker approximately $12,000 in BTC to maim his ex-girlfriend. Police claim that...

Several leading digital currency businesses – including Square, Fidelity, Paradigm and Coinbase – are launching an organization known as the Crypto Council for Innovation (CCI) designed to help regulators, policymakers, business owners and investors better understand the benefits of digital currency. The CCI Is Here to Dispel Some Myths The CCI is all about education and seeks to provide the information necessary to ensure companies and individuals alike know what it is...

Hester Pierce – the commissioner of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) – says that she hopes the U.S. government is not stupid enough to try and ban bitcoin activity, as there is no way it could ever stop people from trading it or being involved. Hester Pierce: The Government Can’t Be This Naive Pierce is often dubbed the “Crypto Mom” given her loose stance on cryptocurrency regulation. She believes that many digital assets are legitimate methods of finance,...

Bitcoin rewards company Lolli is getting some attention and money from a lot of big people. The firm recently completed a $5 million pre-Series A funding round that garnered cash from the likes of Serena Williams and her husband. Lolli Just Keeps Getting Bigger Alex Adelman is the co-founder and CEO of Lolli. In a recent interview, he stated that his reasoning behind the firm’s creation was that he wanted to reinvent how people earn rewards for their daily shopping. His...

Mark Yusko – the founder and chief executive officer of Morgan Creek Capital Management – feels that bitcoin has become large enough and strong enough in recent days that it can no longer be ignored by investors or companies. Mark Yusko: We Can’t Ignore Bitcoin In a recent interview, he comments: We really believe that we’ll look back five years from now and it will be deemed fiduciarily imprudent to have zero exposure to digital assets. As it stands, many companies –...