Tag Archives: Bitcoin

As a means of avoiding assistance from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Central American nation of El Salvador is looking to sell debt that’s fully backed by bitcoin. The IMF has already asked the country to avoid all bitcoin activity in the future, though El Salvador graciously responded by giving the global organization the finger, claiming on social media that it would never step away from crypto. El Salvador Will Sell Bitcoin-Backed Debt The bitcoin-backed...

Oxio – an internet provider in Canada – has become the country’s first internet service company to accept bitcoin and cryptocurrencies as methods of payment. Oxio Says “Yes” to Crypto Oxio has partnered with Coinbase Commerce, a platform tied to the popular crypto exchange that allows merchants to accept digital currencies for goods and services. Marc-Andre Campagna – CEO and co-founder of Oxio – explained in a statement: As the first independent digital ISP in Canada,...

Bitcoin isn’t doing super well as of late. The world’s number one digital currency by market cap has ultimately failed to push beyond the $40K mark despite a lot of pressure to do so, and it looks like it’s having a very hard time moving past $39,000, which is about $29,000 less than where it was just in November. However, that isn’t stopping Bill Gross – the king of bonds – from getting involved. Bill Gross Is Getting into Bitcoin In a recent interview, Gross says he...

Last December, a case between Craig Wright – an Australian computer scientist and the self-proclaimed inventor of bitcoin – and David Kleiman, now deceased, saw Wright having to forfeit as much as $100 million to Kleiman’s family and estate. It was alleged in the case that the two had worked together on various bitcoin-related projects several years prior and that Kleiman never received the financial payouts he was owed. Craig Wright Has to Pay Even More However, while...

Steve Wozniak believes that bitcoin is going to explode in the coming years. Echoing sentiment issued by Anthony Scaramucci, he is certain that bitcoin will hit $100,000, though he’s not too sure when. Steve Wozniak Is Confident in Bitcoin In a recent podcast interview, Wozniak discussed the growing bitcoin marketplace and stated that he believes the world’s biggest and most powerful digital currency by market cap is going to exceed everyone’s expectations and hit...

No matter how bad the price gets, Elon Musk – the famed South African billionaire behind companies such as Tesla and SpaceX – says he will not sell his digital currency. Elon Musk Loves His Bitcoins The price of bitcoin has experienced some rather rough fluctuations throughout the first few months of 2022. The currency had hit a new all-time high in November of last year, exploding all the way to $68,000 per unit. Unfortunately, while everyone thought for sure that the...

The city of Austin, Texas is working hard to rebrand itself as one of the biggest bitcoin and crypto hubs in the United States. The region is now creating several initiatives slated to attract a wide array of bitcoin, blockchain, and digital currency enterprises. Austin, TX Is Working on Several Crypto Initiatives The mayor of Austin Steve Adler has drafted two individual resolutions that will establish a lasting crypto sector in the city. The division will work on...

Switchyard Brewing Co. has become the latest establishment to accept bitcoin as a method of payment. Switchyard Brewing Is Excited About Crypto Located in Indiana, Switchyard is the first brewery in the area to make the transition to crypto. The primary executive of the company, Kurtis Cummings, doesn’t expect all his patrons to immediately flock to BTC to purchase beer and food, though he is excited about being part of what he feels is a growing trend, and he’s happy to...

Michael Saylor – the CEO of software giant MicroStrategy, arguably the biggest institutional bitcoin bull around – has stated that bitcoin’s scarcity is ultimately what makes the currency the strongest asset in the world, right now. He says nothing – not even gold – can compare to bitcoin because it is the only thing that cannot be created indefinitely. Michael Saylor On Bitcoin’s Scarcity In a recent interview, Saylor described bitcoin as a “magical” asset given that...

It is clear the recent executive order signed by Joe Biden regarding crypto regulation that everyone was so excited about isn’t enough to keep the bitcoin price flying high. At that time, the asset rose to about $43,000, which while not great, was considerably higher than where it had been in recent days. Now, it looks like the currency has dropped to a low of $39,000 per unit. Thus, Biden does not possess the magic that so many analysts seemed to think he had. The...