Tag Archives: Bitcoin

According to Stack Fund co-founder and CEO Matthew Dibb, the stock market is suffering at the time of writing, and so long as it continues to suffer, bitcoin will suffer as well.Matthew Dibb: BTC Will Suffer So Long as Stocks DoAt this point, there is no reason to deny that bitcoin and the stock market share a special correlation of sorts. Whenever the stock market goes up, bitcoin tends to follow and vice versa. This also works in reverse. If stocks move down, bitcoin will typically edge...

When it comes to Facebook, bitcoin and Tesla, the three entities all seem to share a connection of sorts. Bitcoin is the primary cryptocurrency created in 2008. It has led to the creation of other digital currencies such as Ethereum, Ripple and EOS to name a few.Facebook and Tesla and BTC: What Connects Them?When it comes to Facebook and bitcoin and the relationship that those two entities share, Facebook has clearly been inspired by bitcoin and the crypto space to create its own digital...

At the time of writing, the price of bitcoin has managed to pull itself out of the dark hole it was trapped in and climb further up the financial ladder. While the spike it’s recently incurred isn’t really anything to break champagne out over, it is a reminder that bitcoin can never be brought down permanently, and that the coin is far more resilient that we could have ever thought.Bitcoin Is Again On the RiseThe currency is now trading for just over $10,700, which is about $300 more than...

Oh Dave Portnoy, what happened? You went from being a major bitcoin advocate and now you seem to hate it. What made you change your mind so drastically?Dave Portnoy Switches on BitcoinAs we all remember, it was a big deal in August of this year when the Winklevoss Twins of the Gemini Exchange in New York decided to explain bitcoin to Portnoy after he admitted to having no idea what it was or how it worked on his podcast. After a few hours with the Twins, it was estimated that gold would...

Twitter says it is ramping up security following the major hack that occurred several months ago.Twitter Says Its Fixing Up Its SecurityWhile not much money was stolen, it was scary to see the accounts of such high-profile people get overtaken by a small string of hackers. Some of the people involved in the scam were Jeff Bezos of Amazon fame, Elon Musk (CEO of both SpaceX and Tesla), former president Barack Obama and Microsoft mogul Bill Gates.To be fair, these figures themselves were not...

So, where should bitcoin be at the present time, exactly? This appears to be a heavy argument that analysts are having. They are split right down the middle when it comes to deciding if bitcoin should be bullish or bearish.Bitcoin Is Bearish, but Perhaps It Should Be Higher?The currency has not had a good month in September. While most of August saw the asset climbing up towards the $12,000 mark – the currency ultimately hit $12,400 by the time the month ceased – bitcoin has spent the last...

Stakeholders in the company Buy U Coin have come together for a single purpose – to introduce solid legislation that would regulate the bitcoin industry of India.Will India Have a Change of Heart?As it turns out, India is once again considering a bitcoin ban. While the asset has never been officially banned in the past, the country has come close once or twice to initiating such a plan, and the nation was quick to ensure all its financial institutions were not permitted to do business with...

The bitcoin space is being infiltrated by institutional players everywhere, the biggest one as of late being MicroStrategy, which has invested in more than $400 million in BTC over the past month.MicroStrategy Is Pushing the BTC EnvelopeMicroStrategy claimed that it was purchasing the BTC as a means of protecting itself against a weakening US dollar. Many now view bitcoin as something that can keep their wealth safe during times of economic strife. What’s interesting, however, is that several...

Michael Saylor – the CEO of MicroStrategy, which recently purchased more than $400 million in bitcoin – has stated that holding BTC is far less risky than holding cash or even gold.Michael Saylor Is Clearly a Fan of BTCThis is an interesting statement to make as over the last several years, bitcoin and crypto – despite being designed as tools for purchasing goods and services – have been considered far less stable than traditional assets such as stocks and gold, and nowhere near as strong as...

Bitcoin is presently trading for about $10,500, which is roughly $100 more than where it’s stood over the past few days, but it’s not quite where we’d like it to be. The fact is that bitcoin hit $11,000 again about 72 hours ago and has failed to keep up that momentum.Bitcoin Is Struggling as of LateThere are many things that appear to be affecting bitcoin, one being the correlation between it and the stock market. As stocks are taking massive tumbles, bitcoin is also suffering, and so long as...