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Bitcoin has been growing heavily as of late. The currency is trading for nearly $38,000 at press time, and many investment firms are allowing their customers to begin investing in it granted they have no experience or are curious about its hedge properties. Bitcoin is now being viewed as a store of value, or rather a tool that can keep one’s wealth steady during times of economic strife, but according to Sebastian Siemiatkowski – the chief executive officer of Klarna AB – nobody should be...

Elon Musk is back at it again. This time around, he’s back to his old habits of pushing Dogecoin, calling it “the people’s coin” in a recent tweet and pledging enough support for the asset that it has risen by about 75 percent in the last 24 hours alone.Elon Musk Calls Dogecoin the “People’s Coin”Musk is one of the most confusing figures in the cryptocurrency arena. As the CEO of both Tesla and SpaceX, no doubt the South African entrepreneur has a good handle on technology, but he seems to go...

The mayor of Miami Francis Suarez is fascinated by bitcoin and says he’s working hard to bring the world’s number one digital currency to the city in droves.Suarez Sees Miami as a BTC HubRight now, he’s looking to do this by attracting new financial and tech startups to the region. He wants to combine the best elements of New York City and Silicon Valley and establish South Florida as the USA’s next big tech hub. In addition, he’s got a few other ideas that he’s playing with right now that...

Once again, it appears the news has been working hard to ensure bitcoin is covered in all its crypto-related headlines while turning its back on all the smaller, competing altcoins that have seemingly been doing better at press time.Bitcoin Is Outshining Many Stronger CoinsNo doubt that bitcoin appears to be getting back on track as of late. After a heavy drop that saw the currency lose roughly $10,000 off the $42,000 high it attained in early January, the currency is back on track to hitting...

Corporate Intelligence Services (CIS) – a firm that collects debts and investigates cryptocurrency-related activity – has issued its own bitcoin wallet to allow customers to pay their debts with digital assets.CIS Says You Can Pay What You Owe with CryptoAs it stands, bitcoin and cryptocurrencies cannot be used much to pay for items due to their ongoing volatility. Many stores, retailers and similar establishments do not accept these assets as methods of payment given that they are rather...

Visa – one of the largest credit card companies in the world – has announced plans to roll out cryptocurrency-buying services soon.Visa Is Working to Make Crypto the Future of MoneyOver the years, the credit card firm has become one of bitcoin’s biggest supporters despite not thinking much of digital assets for a time. Since then, however, it has forged relationships with approximately 35 separate bitcoin and cryptocurrency-related firms and hopes to make it so that digital currency can take...

Luno – a digital asset exchange based in Malaysia – has released a statement explaining that the institutional interest that drove bitcoin’s meteoric price spikes during 2020 is likely to last throughout this new year.Luno Says Institutional Love of BTC Will Last Through 2021During 2020, many large institutional firms – including MicroStrategy, MassMutual and Stone Ridge – invested hundreds of millions of dollars into the world’s largest digital currency by market cap. The idea was that...

Ukraine has announced plans to establish major data centers near some of its many nuclear power plants. These centers will ultimately be used to mine cryptocurrency and store important documents. The news suggests that bitcoin and cryptocurrency is growing more popular around the world as prices continue to experience further spikes.Ukraine Looks to Establish Itself as a Mining StateAs it stands, there are contrasting reports regarding how much electrical energy will be required for the...

One man in New York has become such a crypto fan that he’s looking to sell his businesses and retire with digital currency’s help. Patrick Hughes, 56 years old and living in New York, has two bars side by side within the state’s Hell’s Kitchen area. One is known as Hellcat Annie’s, while the other is called Scruffy Duffy’s. He’s selling both bars for about 25 BTC or 800 Ethereum units. That’s approximately $1.12 million at the time of writing.Patrick Hughes Is Selling His Bars for BTCLike...

Bitcoin has been booming as of late. Since last October, the world’s number one digital currency by market cap has been surging like no other asset on planet Earth. This has been both a good and a bad thing in the sense that it has allowed a lot of crypto holders to get rich and expand their portfolios.Bitcoin May Have Some Opposition from Hedge FundsHowever, it’s also had a negative side in that several hedge funds are now attempting to short the currency and bet against it. After all, when...