Tag Archives: Bitcoin News

Ned Segal – the CFO of Twitter, the second-largest social media platform in the world – says that the company is potentially looking into adding bitcoin to its official finance roster, thereby allowing payments to be made in the world’s number one digital currency by market cap.Twitter Could Be the Next Big BTC Payment ProviderSegal says that nothing is set in stone yet, though if Twitter were to make this decision in the coming weeks or months, it shouldn’t be a surprise to digital traders....

Mark Cuban is back in the news talking about bitcoin. In the past, Cuban has been relatively lukewarm when it comes to the world’s number one digital currency by market cap. While the basketball team he owns – the Dallas Mavericks – will accept crypto payments for merchandise and tickets, Cuban himself doesn’t always see value in digital assets.Mark Cuban Has Mixed Thoughts on BTCNow, in a new interview, the billionaire stockholder claims that bitcoin will never be a valid currency, and he...

Jim Cramer – host of the show “Mad Money” on CNBC – has stated in a recent interview that he does, indeed, own some bitcoin, and that he sees it as a powerful alternative to cash and fiat currencies.Jim Cramer Admits to Being a BTC OwnerDuring the chat, he commented that the days of keeping hordes of cash in the bank are coming to an end. While he still believes fiat has some value, he says that simply keeping it in a savings account somewhere isn’t going to do much for people. These accounts...

Everyone is talking about Tesla and bitcoin. While the news is more than 48 hours old, many are commenting that the latest move from the electric car company and its CEO Elon Musk is going to mark a significant time for the world’s leading digital currency by market cap.Tesla and Bitcoin Are Becoming the Perfect MatchThe currency has been making real waves for itself in the land of institutional investors, many of whom now see BTC as a hedge tool or store of wealth rather than just a...

For anyone who had doubted bitcoin in the past, now is the time to feel foolish considering the world’s number one digital currency by market cap has just incurred another major surge that sees it trading at a new all-time high of roughly $47,000.Bitcoin Just Keeps Heading HigherThis is about $5,000 more than where it was trading just 24 hours ago. The currency is experiencing another major burst after it was announced that Tesla – the electric car company owned and run by South African...

Bill Miller, a bitcoin fanatic and legendary investor, is once again plugging away at cryptocurrencies and pushing the digital agenda. On Monday, it was also announced that Miller had set up what’s known as the Miller Opportunity Trust with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to invest in the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust as a means of entering even deeper crypto territory.Bill Miller Is Working with Grayscale for Indirect BTC InvestingA filing with the SEC for Miller’s enterprise...

The recent bitcoin purchase initiated by Tesla is a big deal in many industry experts’ eyes, and what’s ironic about it is that with the purchase, the electric car company only trails MicroStrategy in terms of how much bitcoin it owns. Right now, Tesla has bought about $1.5 billion, which is a huge number on paper, but it pales in comparison with the BTC ownership of MicroStrategy, which is about $3.1 billion at the time of writing.MicroStrategy Is Still the BTC KingThe interesting thing...

Elon Musk – the South African entrepreneur behind large tech corporations such as SpaceX and Tesla – revealed that his latter company has purchased approximately $1.5 billion worth of bitcoin, the world’s most popular and powerful digital currency.Elon Musk Is at It Again with BitcoinMusk has repeatedly gone back and forth on the asset, at one time calling it as “bs as fiat” while at other times presenting it with high words of praise. Over the past week or so, the entrepreneur’s primary...

Bitcoin price rallied to a new all-time high near $48,250 against the US Dollar.The price is now consolidating above $45,500 and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours).There is a key contracting triangle forming with resistance near $47,000 on the 4-hours chart of the BTC/USD pair (data feed from Coinbase).The pair is likely to surge above $47,000 as long as there is no break below the $45,000 support.Bitcoin price is trading nicely in a major uptrend above $45,000 against the US Dollar. BTC...

Lost or forgotten passwords to bitcoin and cryptocurrency accounts typically lead to money that cannot be accessed, and according to German prosecutors, this appears to have hindered a recent case of criminal fraud involving bitcoin mining.Lost Passwords Remain a Serious IssueAt the time of writing, law enforcement agents in Germany are holding a man – who currently remains anonymous – that has stored as many as 1,700 bitcoin units in a specific account. The big clincher is that the man...