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Bitcoin has been taking a lot of guff in that it allegedly leaves behind a serious carbon footprint. Many new reports have emerged over the past week claiming the process of extracting new coins does heavy damage to our environment and that it uses more energy than various countries. However, according to figures like Mike Coyler – chief executive of Foundry – bitcoin can somehow serve as a link between present energy and renewable energy, and perhaps the nasty,...

Popular trading app Robinhood has announced it’s looking to add a healthy number of staff members to its cryptocurrency department due to the increasing demand for and interest in digital currencies. Robinhood Will Build on Its Digital Currency Offerings Crypto has no doubt come a long way over the past several months. Bitcoin, for example, was initially trading for less than $4,000 during March of last year. Today, it is worth nearly $60,000. The currency has...

Elon Musk – the South African entrepreneur behind such ventures as SpaceX and electric car company Tesla – is taking a lot of guff for the $1.5 billion bitcoin purchase he engaged in last February. However, he does have a loyal fan in hedge fund manager Anthony Scaramucci, who has come to his defense. Elon Musk Is Taking Some Flack Musk has done quite a bit for the world of cryptocurrency. Buying bitcoin in the way that he did allowed the world’s number one digital...

Tesla and bitcoin are far more connected than we realize, according to some analysts and financial institutions. Deutsche Bank, for example, has recently issued a statement saying that the next two to three years are likely to be real turning points for the world’s number one digital currency by market cap strictly because of the action Tesla has taken and will take in the future. Tesla and BTC Are Attached at the Hip The real relationship between bitcoin and Tesla began...

Kevin O’Leary – aka Mr. Wonderful on “Shark Tank” just keeps changing his mind on bitcoin. Not that there’s anything wrong with that, but he suggests he’s able to change his mind considering how accepting society has become of the world’s number one digital currency by market cap. O’Leary Felt He Couldn’t Talk About Bitcoin in the Past In a recent interview, O’Leary commented that at one point in time, it was rather difficult to like bitcoin or admit one liked it...

Recently, Canada made headlines with its work in the world of bitcoin and crypto-based exchange-traded funds (ETFs). The first bitcoin ETF released in the country – and in the world, for that matter – was known as the Purpose Bitcoin ETF, and just a few weeks after its initial launch, it looks like the product has traded more than $1 billion in assets. Bitcoin ETFs Are All the Rage Right Now Clearly, the ETF world is one that crypto traders have long sought to enter....

There is a long-lasting argument in the world of crypto that bitcoin is somehow negative for our environment. That it utilizes too much electricity, and as a result, our atmosphere is likely to take a real kick in the rear at some point in the future. Now, that argument is being pushed further, as data from Bank of America suggests the mining sector utilizes more energy than American Airlines, a company that flies more than 200 million people across the country each...

Bitcoin is doing rather well as of late, but we cannot deny that the world’s number one digital currency by market cap has suffered a few setbacks in the past few days, such as falling from its recent high of $61,000 per unit down to the “measly” $58,000 it’s at during the time of writing. Don’t get us wrong – $58,000 isn’t necessarily bad, but it’s not where bitcoin was, and we’re eager for all-time high territory again. Well, according to Lennard Neo – head of research...

Bitcoin is up more than 600 percent over the last year, making it the most talked about coin – and likely the most talked about asset – amongst traders. Everyone acknowledges it as the number one digital currency by market cap, and it has recently crossed the $1 trillion threshold. At this stage, anyone who hasn’t heard of bitcoin is likely living under a rock, but many analysts still believe that Ethereum could potentially overtake the asset as the number one coin in...

Bitcoin, the world’s largest and most popular cryptocurrency by market cap, has once again surged into the high $50,000 range. At the time of writing, one unit of BTC is trading for well above $59,000, suggesting that another attempt at $60,000 could be just around the corner. Bitcoin Has Surged Back Into the High $50,000s The asset reached its all-time high of more than $61,000 just a few weeks into the month of March, though this newfound stamina ultimately didn’t last...