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Bitso – a cryptocurrency exchange backed by Ripple – has completed a funding round that saw more than $62 million raised for the trading platform. The round was led by some of the largest venture capital firms out there including QED Investors and Kaszek Ventures.Bitso Is Bigger Than EverBitso is based in Mexico, and the company has announced that it plans to use the money it’s earned to expand its horizons across all Latin America, which is becoming a heavy hub for crypto activity in recent...

2020 has been the year of the institution. Companies such as MicroStrategy, Square and Stone Ridge have all piled their money into assets like bitcoin and given new meaning to the crypto space. Now, with just weeks to go before the year is out, several other family offices such as the Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. are following in these firms’ footsteps.Massachusetts Mutual Is the Latest Institutional Fan of BTCMassachusetts Mutual has put approximately $100 million of its money...

Hey Informanten, willkommen zur Bitcoin-Informant Show Nr. 1033. Im heutigen Video geht’s um folgende Themen: Mike Novogratz hat 50% seiner Milliarden in Krypto investiert, IOTA schmeisst CoFounder David Sønstebø raus & Frankreich Bitcoin Broker KYC Zwang. 1.) Bitcoin-Bulle Mike Novogratz hat 50% seiner Milliarden in Krypto investierthttps://coincierge.de/2020/bitcoin-bulle-mike-novogratz-hat-50-seiner-milliarden-in-krypto-investiert/ 2.) IOTA-News: Trennung von...

It looks like Bit Pay – a bitcoin and crypto payments company – is looking to establish its own bank. Recently, the company filed paperwork with the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) to establish the Bit Pay National Trust Bank.Will Bit Pay Soon Have Its Own Bank?To be fair, this won’t be the first time that crypto and standard banking services – should the paperwork be approved – are fused together. News first came several months ago that many banks had received the...

Bitcoin, for the most part, has been on a serious spike as of late, but according to analysts from JPMorgan, the boost of the world’s number one digital currency by market cap is hurting gold.Bitcoin May Be Causing Harm to GoldIn a way, this makes total sense. For one thing, bitcoin appears to do well whenever there is chaos occurring in standard financial markets. We saw this throughout 2020, which was faced with harsh economic problems thanks to the growing coronavirus pandemic. The U.S....

The price of bitcoin has taken a nasty fall. At the time of writing, the currency has dropped by roughly $1,000 in the past 48 hours, bringing the price of the world’s number one cryptocurrency by market cap down to around $18,200. This is about five percent less than where it stood previously.Bitcoin Is Heading to the GutterIt appears the cryptocurrency space is being attacked from all sides as it’s not just bitcoin that has taken a nasty stumble. Additional currencies such as Ethereum,...

Hey Informanten, willkommen zur Bitcoin-Informant Show Nr. 1032. Im heutigen Video geht’s um folgende Themen: Alexander Vinnik Gefängnisstrafe, Silk Road Darknet Kinofilm 2021 & Square Klimafreundliches Bitcoin Mining. 1.) Alexander Vinnik Gefängnisstrafehttps://www.btc-echo.de/schlagzeilen/alexander-vinnik-wird-zu-fuenf-jahren-haft-verurteilt/ 2.) Movie based on darknet market Silk Road premiering in...

As of late, bitcoin appears to be getting the most attention out of all the world’s many cryptocurrencies. The asset has shot up to about $19,000, and many are eager to see if $20,000 is right around the corner. Amidst all the hype and hoopla, however, it appears we’ve forgotten about some of the world’s smaller competitors. Assets such as Ethereum, which according to Frank Holmes – chief executive and chief investment officer at U.S. Global Investors – is going to experience a huge bull run...

MicroStrategy is the institutional player of the year. Despite purchasing more than $400 million in bitcoin over the past few months, the company is clearly not done. In a recent statement, the company issued plans to raise an additional $400 million in the coming future to potentially purchase even more units of the world’s number one digital currency by market cap.MicroStrategy Wants Even More BitcoinThe firm has developed a solid thirst for bitcoin that initially began in August. At the...

Niall Ferguson is an author and the developer of a television series known as “The Ascent of Money.” In a recent interview, he comments why bitcoin is such a huge asset right now and why it’s arguably the best asset to have once the coronavirus pandemic is over.Niall Ferguson: Bitcoin Is the World’s Top AssetFerguson mentions:I’m going to go with bitcoin. It has had a stellar year, up 165 percent year to date. It’s now above $19,000. If, at the beginning of the year, you had said, ‘The...