The bitcoin-loving nation of El Salvador has announced a new partnership with the state of Texas. Together, the two regions are planning to open what they’re calling a “bitcoin embassy” as a means of promoting use and increasing adoption. El Salvador Forms BTC Partnership with Texas El Salvador shocked the world in late 2021 when it announced plans to make BTC legal tender. It was the first country to do so. This meant people could go into any shop or business and...
Read More »Bitcoin Hits $27K for First Time since June 2022 amid Stuttering Banking Sector
Leading crypto Bitcoin climbed to $27K Friday, extending its 2023 bullish run amid intensified talks of a $100K price level. Bitcoin (BTC) has extended its recent bullish momentum, recently hitting $27K for the first time since June last year. On Friday, the dominant digital currency climbed to $27,028, marking a 6.5% increase in 24 hours. This latest 6.5% price spike also saw BTC’s market cap swell within the same period to $549,070,761,254. However, Bitcoin has sustained marginal...
Read More »Bitcoin Hit $25K in February, Giving Traders Even More Hope
Bitcoin – the world’s number one digital currency by market cap – rose to $25,000 per unit in mid-February, thus giving traders newfound hope that the crypto market can indeed recover from its 2022 lows. Bitcoin Just Keeps Jumping 2022 was the worst year on record for the digital currency space. At the end of November in 2021, the price of bitcoin had risen to $68,000 per unit, the highest it’s ever been. Everyone was confident the space was going to reach all kinds of...
Read More »Mike Novogratz Will Be Happy If BTC Reaches $30K at the End of the Year
Mike Novogratz – a bitcoin bull and billionaire behind the hedge fund Galaxy Digital – is confident about BTC’s sudden price increases. He believes the currency could hit $30K in the coming weeks, and he’d be extremely “happy” if the asset stayed at that price through the end of the year. Mike Novogratz Doesn’t Think 2023 Will Be a Year of Huge Gains At first glance, this doesn’t sound like the opinion of a true bull. One who falls into this category would likely think...
Read More »Messari CEO Says Bitcoin Price Can Breach $100K in a Year
The Messari CEO said firms may choose to use Bitcoin as the exit plan. The growing strain in the broader financial market has been tagged as a yardstick for a more ambitious fundamental that can drive Bitcoin (BTC) price growth according to projections from Messari CEO, Ryan Selkis. Taking to his official Twitter account, Selkis said he believes Bitcoin can touch a $100,000 price target within the next 12 months. As an expert who runs one of the most versatile crypto analytics platforms in...
Read More »Fed Swells Its Balance Sheet by $300 Billion in Wake of Crisis, All Monetary Tightening Efforts in Vain?
As the Fed intervenes in order to prevent a crisis in the US banking system, analysts answer whether the Fed has chosen to pivot from its quantitative tightening measures. The banking crisis last week in the US pushed Wall Street to the edge giving glimpses of yet another 2008-like financial crisis. However, the Fed and other agencies intervened pumping a fresh $300 billion into the economy and thus increasing its balance sheet. This has served as a temporary oxygen to the global...
Read More »El Salvador Offers New Bitcoin, Lightning Dev Courses
Students who finish the course will be given several options for continuing the Bitcoin journey, including the variant to start a full-time job at a renowned Bitcoin firm. El Salvador has come up with a new crypto initiative for its citizens. The Bitcoin Officer has announced a new six-month educational program called “CUBO+” that strives to churn out elite-level Bitcoin and Lightning developers via the Salvadoran university system. According to the announcement, the dev Bitcoin courses...
Read More »Marathon Digital (MARA) Shares Up 7% though Firm Reports Lower Q4 2022 Revenue
Marathon Digital has also revealed the nature of its exposure to the now-defunct crypto-focused Silvergate Bank. Embattled Bitcoin (BTC) mining firm, Marathon Digital Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: MARA) has released its performance report for the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2022 in which it unveiled a poorer-than-expected revenue. According to the firm, its revenue came in at $28.4 million, down by 58% from its year-ago record. Marathon Digital operates in a very strained market as the global economy,...
Read More »Senator Tuberville Reintroduces Retirement Crypto Investment Bill
Senator Tommy Tuberville – a republican from the state of Alabama – is reintroducing a bill that would prevent the Department of Labor from getting in the way if retirees want to use their funds to purchase crypto or other forms of speculative assets. Tommy Tuberville Seeks to Protect Crypto Retirement Investments The move is being initiated not so much because Tuberville is a major crypto fan, but because he’s sick and tired of Biden and his nation-hating cronies...
Read More »Elizabeth Warren Seeks to Establish New Congressional Crypto Committee
Elizabeth Warren – the “democrap” senator of Massachusetts – is, once again, sounding the alarm on the digital currency arena. She is allegedly concerned about the fall of FTX and the mishandling of funds by Sam Bankman-Fried, and believes that the space exhibits vulnerability like it never has before. Elizabeth Warren Is Again Going After Crypto Because of this, she is working to allegedly create a new bipartisan committee that will look at the problems surrounding the...
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