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Who says that bitcoin and the stock market aren’t correlated? Following bitcoin’s meteoric rise beyond the $50,000 line a few days ago, it looks like several crypto-based stocks are potentially following in the asset’s footsteps and are now trading at new highs for the year. Crypto Stocks Have Been Firing on All Cylinders Bitcoin has been on a serious roll as of late. In fact, it can be said that the currency has been on a bullish run for almost a year now, having shot...

Uh oh. It looks like many of the people who invest in bitcoin know little or nothing about it. What does that say about the industry? Bitcoin Investors Don’t Always Seem to Know What They’re Doing Bitcoin is shaping up to be one of the biggest and most popular assets in history. The currency is reaching unprecedented levels, and recently shot beyond the $50,000 mark for the umpteenth time, though it has since incurred a small dip that has brought it back down into the...

Kraken CEO Jesse Powell is taking a page out of Jack Dorsey’s book and claiming that bitcoin will some day be a global currency. Jesse Powell: BTC Will Beat All Fiat Back in 2018, the CEO of both social media giant Twitter and payments company Square claimed that bitcoin would be a global currency. Rather, he stated that it would be the world’s only currency within ten years, and that it would replace all known forms of fiat. While bitcoin hasn’t quite reached this level...

Canada’s first bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) was released to the public not too long ago. The idea of a bitcoin-based ETF had been in the back of investors’ minds for some time, and now that the product has been unveiled, it looks like many fantasies are becoming real, but is it possible that the product has already worn out its welcome? The First Bitcoin ETF Is Already Seeing Trading Dips According to new data, trading in the bitcoin-based ETF has already taken a...

It looks like the trouble bitcoin has been experiencing as of late is coming to an end. The world’s number one digital currency by market cap has been traversing the doldrums as of late, falling even further into the mid-$40,000 range, though at the time of writing, things have improved somewhat. The currency is back above the $50,000 line and trading more in the range that investors have become used to these past few weeks. Bitcoin Is Starting to Improve The present...

There is still much concern amongst government regulators surrounding cryptocurrency fraud and illicit usage. Everyone is so terrified that cryptocurrencies are being used to commit crimes and engage in wrongful behavior, but according to a new report issued by Citibank, this really isn’t something that people need to be so concerned with, as fraudulent activity involving bitcoin and its digital cousins has gone down significantly over the past few years. Citibank:...

Bitcoin has been exploding over the past year. Aside from experiencing heavy price booms that saw the currency rise from about $10,000 to $40,000 in just three months and attain all kinds of new highs, the currency has also been seeing fresh waves of institutional interest from the likes of companies such as MicroStrategy and Tesla, which have both purchased billions of dollars-worth of the asset. Now, asset manager Ruffer claims that things are just getting started for...

Bitcoin has been doing quite well as of late, but as we’ve seen in the past, not everyone is set to be convinced by the world’s largest and most popular digital currency by market cap. Michael Burry – a legendary investor and the subject of both the book and the film “The Big Short” – is one such person and believes that bitcoin is trapped within the confines of a massive bubble. Michael Burry: Bitcoin Is Headed Downhill In a tweet he was quick to get rid of, Burry...

Bitcoin price traded as low as $43,090 before correcting higher against the US Dollar. The recovered above $48,000, but it is facing hurdles near the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There is a key bearish trend line forming with resistance near $49,000 on the 4-hours chart of the BTC/USD pair (data feed from Coinbase). The pair is likely to start a strong increase if there is a clear break above $50,000. Bitcoin price started an upside correction from $43,000 against...

Bitcoin, despite a few ups and downs over the past week, appears to be doing quite well when compared with where it’s been in the past. No doubt the asset has proven itself in the past 12 months, and the currency is turning out to be one of the top assets a person can invest in. Sadly, not everyone is convinced, as according to a new survey, many of the world’s financial traders view BTC as being trapped in another bubble and feel its recent surges have nothing to do...