Tag Archives: Bitcoin

2021 is just about to leave us, so let’s look back at some of the biggest bitcoin stories to occur over the past 12 months. Bitcoin and Its Price The bitcoin price has come quite far in 2021. While the currency has slid down somewhat and is presently trading for just over $51,000, the currency shot up to a new high of approximately $68,000 per unit as recently as November. The asset has managed to retain a five-figure price throughout the year, despite facing heavy...

Bitcoin price started a fresh decline from well above $51,000 against the US Dollar. The price is now trading below $50,000 and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There was a break below a key bullish trend line with support near $50,500 on the 4-hours chart of the BTC/USD pair (data feed from Coinbase). The pair could decline heavily if there is a clear move below the $47,100 support zone. Bitcoin price is trading below $50,000 against the US Dollar. BTC might...

El Salvador in Central America has just purchased a total of 21 additional bitcoins. The country has made a habit of “buying dips” every time bitcoin’s price goes lower and this incident was no exception. El Salvador Adds to Its BTC Stash The country initially made headlines several months ago when it was announced it was working on a bitcoin-based financial agenda that would see the cryptocurrency – number one in the world – become legal tender. This meant it could be...

Michael Saylor – the CEO of MicroStrategy, the famed software company that has been one of bitcoin’s biggest institutional fans for more than a year – revealed that he has a huge personal bitcoin stash nearing $900 million. MicroStrategy and Michael Saylor Are the BTC Kings MicroStrategy first made headlines in August of 2020. The company purchased approximately $250 million in bitcoin, the world’s number one digital currency by market cap. This was at a time when BTC...

With 2022 right around the corner, it looks like many analysts are split right down the middle when discussing what could happen with bitcoin and the cryptocurrency space in the coming year. Will the world’s number one digital currency rise to new heights? Or will it come crashing down dramatically? How Will Bitcoin Do Next Year? One figure to warn of a possible crash is Carol Alexander, professor of finance at Sussex University. She believes bitcoin has no fundamental...

Jack Dorsey – the former Twitter head who left that company to focus primarily on Square – is very confident that bitcoin will one day replace the U.S. dollar. Jack Dorsey Believes in Bitcoin The following question was posed on the social media platform by rapper Cardi B: Do you think crypto is going to replace the dollar? Dorsey replied with: Yes, bitcoin will. Dorsey recently exited the Twitter universe he had created as a means of working primarily with Block,...

2021 was the year for crypto. Between bitcoin hitting the ultimate high of roughly $68,000 per unit last November and Pro Shares unveiling its new bitcoin-based exchange-traded fund (ETF), it can be argued that this was the ultimate time for digital currency transactions. However, with such developments came a crud-load of illicit activity, and 2021 saw the highest amounts of crypto fraud and theft ever recorded in the history books according to blockchain analysis firm...

The Buffalo History Museum has agreed to accept donations in the form of cryptocurrency, a growing trend as of late. The Buffalo History Museum Is Open to Crypto There are several benefits to crypto donations which fall upon the giver and the receiver. For one thing, all crypto donations – just like those that are done through cash or a credit card – are completely tax-deductible. You can write the deduction off on your taxes and basically get money back or lessen what...

The U.S. government has a big stockpile of bitcoin stored in a secure wallet somewhere. This bitcoin has been garnered through closing down criminal operations and seizing the assets they had in their possession. All this money eventually gets sold off through private auctions. What Does the Government Do With All the Stolen Bitcoin It’s Recovered? One such auction occurred in the year 2018. Riot Blockchain purchased roughly 500 bitcoin units for approximately $5...

Bitcoin has come a long way in the short time it’s been here. However, it was initially designed to diversify wealth and limit the gap between the haves and have nots by giving people the financial freedom and independence they had always wanted. Sadly, things haven’t quite turned out that way, as it appears a wealthy one percent – just like we see in standard finance and business – controls much of the world’s bitcoin supply. Bitcoin Hasn’t Distributed Wealth Evenly A...