The Grayscale Bitcoin Trust now holds of a rather solid portion of the world’s total BTC units.Grayscale Is a Major Bitcoin ManagerChief executive officer Michael Sonnenshein commented in a recent interview that thanks to newfound respect for BTC amongst institutional traders, the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust presently manages a record three percent of the world’s total BTC thanks to an increase in activity from its professional clientele.In 2020, companies such as Square, MicroStrategy, Stone...
Read More »Bitcoin Hits $40,000; How Much Bigger Will It Get?
Bitcoin has hit another all-time high. The currency – which just yesterday was trading for around $35,000 per unit – has added another $4,000 to its price and is now trading for around $39,000. This, ultimately, is a slight pullback from where the currency was during the early morning hours after it hit a whopping $40,000 per unit for the first time in its short yet significant history.Bitcoin Has Surged Again!The surge came with a few repercussions such as Coinbase crashing for the umpteenth...
Read More »Singapore Will Fully Regulate All Crypto-Related Activity
Singapore has announced plans to regulate all cryptocurrency activity from here on out.Singapore to Oversee All Crypto BusinessesThe Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has issued new guidance on crypto usage and states that all companies that engage in crypto transactions or offer crypto trading and custody services will have to garner a license through the Payment Services Act. This new rule was passed in early January of this year. The idea is to put a halt on all crypto-related...
Read More »Bitcoin Hits New All-Time High as Inflation Potentially Gets Worse
Bitcoin has been on a massive surge over the past few weeks. At the time of writing, the asset has reached a new all-time high of more than $35,000, putting 2017’s price of just over $19,000 to complete shame. The fact is that the price of bitcoin is near double what it was three years ago, and the currency is now trading at a level that few analysts ever saw possible within this timeframe.Bitcoin Has Nearly Doubled Its Size in Three YearsBut there are many things that have been pushing...
Read More »Crypto Malware Electro RAT Has Been Active for the Past 12 Months
A new form of cryptocurrency malware has been discovered. Known as Electro RAT, the malware remained uncovered for approximately one year before researchers came across it in a new study.Electro RAT Has Remained Hidden for Some TimeElectro RAT has been designed to operate on Windows, Mac and Linux systems, making it usable to a wide array of criminals. It has been in use since the first month of 2020, and according to a report published by cybersecurity firm Interzer, it has already made off...
Read More »Jack Dorsey Isn’t a Fan of New Crypto Regulations
Jack Dorsey, the CEO of both Square and Twitter, isn’t a fan of any incoming cryptocurrency regulations.Jack Dorsey Isn’t in Favor of New Crypto RulesThis makes sense considering Square, one of his firms, recently purchased roughly $50 million in bitcoin a few months ago to become one of the first institutional enterprises to openly support bitcoin and hold such a large stake in it. It’s likely that Dorsey doesn’t want to take a hit for this purchase.However, in an open-word letter to the...
Read More »The Bitcoin Market Cap Has Reached a New Pinnacle
Bitcoin is back where it was. In other words, it’s close to again reaching the all-time high it attained earlier in the year. After yesterday’s drop to about $31,000, the world’s number one digital currency by market cap has suddenly added another $2,000 to its price and is now trading for around $33,000 again.Bitcoin Just Keeps Growing…But here’s even bigger news. The currency’s market cap has now surpassed $600 billion. Following a ten percent gain in the past couple of days, the asset is...
Read More »Bitcoin Price Analysis: BTC Extends Rally above $35K
Bitcoin price remained in a strong uptrend above $28,000 and $30,000 against the US Dollar.The price is now trading well above $34,000 and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours).There is a crucial bullish trend line forming with support near $31,300 on the 4-hours chart of the BTC/USD pair (data feed from Coinbase).The pair is likely to continue higher if it clears the $35,500 and $38,800 resistance levels.Bitcoin price is currently gaining momentum above $34,000 against the US Dollar. BTC...
Read More »JPMorgan: Bitcoin Could Hit Six Figures, and That’s Not a Good Thing
The price of bitcoin has been shooting up over these past few months. At press time, the currency is trading for well over $30,000, though it has fallen about $2,000 from its recent all-time high of about $33,000, and for analysts of JPMorgan, this is probably good news.JPMorgan: A Six-Figure Price for Bitcoin Would Be Hard to HandleThe financial company has recently produced a report suggesting that if bitcoin were to strike six-figure territory, this wouldn’t be a good thing. Doesn’t that...
Read More »Vitalik Buterin: Blockchain Has Already Been Largely Adopted
Bitcoin has been jumping like mad as of late. Despite a recent dip, the currency reached a new all-time high during the beginning of the week that saw the asset trading for well over $33,000. In addition, blockchain is reaching record levels when it comes to industry adoption, and according to Vitalik Buterin – the legendary co-founder of Ethereum, the second-largest cryptocurrency in the world and the primary competitor to BTC – the case for blockchain is “underrated,” and likely to go even...
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