Major U.S. investment bank Goldman Sachs has filed a prospectus with the U.S. Securities and exchange Commission (SEC) for an exchange-traded fund (ETF) that could offer exposure to bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.In a recent document filing, Goldman Sachs is seeking approval from the SEC to launch an ETF called the ARK Innovation ETF.According to the banking giant, the ETF would focus on companies that offer what it considers “disruptive innovation” while stating that it could offer...
Read More »Bitcoin Miners HODL as Institutions Continue to Accumulate: Analysis
As bitcoin’s price added roughly $4,000 in a day, on-chain data shows that miners have enhanced their holding mentality and stopped disposing of their coins.At the same time, institutional investors continue accumulating large portions of BTC after another sizeable withdrawal from Coinbase worth over $800 billion.Miners HODLMiners, also known as the backbone of the Bitcoin network, receive coins as rewards for the work they put in to maintain BTC’s blockchain. Their behavior and approach...
Read More »Latin America’s First Approved Bitcoin ETF to raise $90 Million to Buy BTC
Following the recent approval of QR Capital’s Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF), the Brazillian company is looking to raise $90 million to buy the bitcoin needed before trading commences.Working Towards Acquiring BitcoinQR Capital made history after Brazil’s Securities and Exchange Commission (CVM) approved its application for a Bitcoin ETF, becoming the first of such in Latin America. As reported by CryptoPotato, the 100% Bitcoin ETF would trade on the Sao Paulo stock exchange, B3, under...
Read More »India Should Not Ban Crypto as It’s an Asset Class, Said Tech Billionaire Nandan Nilekani
The Indian people need and should have access to cryptocurrency assets, said the co-founder of Infosys – Nandan Nilekani. The billionaire, who is also an advisor to government agencies and the country’s central bank, recently spoke against the country’s intentions to impose a crypto ban.Crypto is an Asset ClassThe world’s second-most populated country, India, has dabbled with the idea of banning cryptocurrency activities for years. Even after the country’s Supreme Court lifted a decision made...
Read More »Bitcoin Price Analysis: Did BTC Find a Bottom at $53K?
Bitcoin dropped by a sharp 3% today as the cryptocurrency falls to the current $55,000 level. It attempted to break above $60,000 over the weekend but it failed to close a daily candle above $58,355. As a result, BTC slipped from $58,300 yesterday and fell beneath the March ascending trend line to reach as low as $53,700. It rebounded by the end of the day to close the candle at $54,000.Earlier today, Bitcoin spiked further lower to reach as low as $52,930. Luckily, it found solid short-term...
Read More »Two Signs We’re Not at the Top of the Bitcoin Cycle: Analysis
Despite reaching a new yearly-high recently, the Bitcoin velocity metric is still far from the previous bull runs. It means that investors are mainly regarding BTC as a store of value instead of a medium of exchange and hinted that the ongoing bullish cycle is far from its top.Store of Value Status Says BTC’s VelocityAccording to the analytics company CryptoQuant, Bitcoin’s velocity is a “measurement of the rate at which BTC is circulating in the economy.” In other words, it shows if the...
Read More »Bitcoin is a Substitute for Gold, Not the Dollar, Says Fed Chairman Powell
After dismissing bitcoin’s chances of challenging the US dollar as a medium of exchange, the Federal Reserve Chairman, Jerome Powell, said that the cryptocurrency could be a substitute for gold.He also doubled-down on Fed’s previous stance on potentially launching its own central bank digital currency (CBDC) by saying that there’s no need to rush it or be first on the market.Bitcoin Substitutes Gold, Not USDDuring an online conference held by the Bank of International Settlements (BIS),...
Read More »$100 Million in Monero (XMR) Ransom Reportedly Demanded from Computer Giant Acer
The Taiwanese multinational hardware and electronics company, Acer, is purportedly the latest popular organization to fall victim to the notorious REvil ransomware attack. According to recent reports, the perpetrators have requested one of the largest demands so far of up to $100 million paid in the privacy cryptocurrency – Monero.Ransomware Attack on AcerHeadquartered in New Taipei City, Acer is among the world’s largest manufacturers of computer hardware and electronics with revenue of over...
Read More »Michael Saylor Says His Twitter Chat With Musk Might Have Contributed to Tesla’s Bitcoin Buy
Without disclosing any further details, MicroStrategy’s Michael Saylor said in a recent interview that his conversations with Tesla’s Elon Musk influenced the latter to buy $1.5 billion worth of bitcoin in January.Additionally, he also noted that BTC’s revolutionary technology had caught the world by surprise, which is why so many people outside the industry had issued accepting it.Saylor Influenced Musk to Buy BTC?News broke in February that the electric vehicle giant, Tesla, had used funds...
Read More »Bitcoin Google Searches in Turkey Skyrocket as the Lira Tumbles 15% in a Day
The Google searches for bitcoin skyrocketed to new highs in Turkey earlier today. The sudden increase comes amid a 15% daily price drop for the Turkish lira following the decision of President Tayyip Erdogan to remove the governor of the country’s central bank.Turkish Lira Plummets by 15% in a DayTurkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan shocked the country during the weekend by firing without any explanation the nation’s central bank governor – Naci Agbal. Although Erdogan failed to provide a...
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