The growing in popularity “I changed my mind on bitcoin” club has another prominent representative. The Canadian businessman and star of Shark Tank, Kevin O’Leary, went from calling BTC garbage to allocating 3% of his portfolio in the asset.O’Leary Has Bought BitcoinBorn in Montreal, Canada, O’Leary is a popular businessman, author and is perhaps best known for his role in the reality TV show – Shark Tank. Also referred to as Mr. Wonderful, O’Leary recently announced his entrance into the...
Read More »Cboe Files With the US SEC Again to List VanEck’s Bitcoin ETF
Yet another attempt for a US-approved Bitcoin ETF is on the horizon coming from the Chicago Board Options Exchange (Cboe). The organization’s filing with the SEC aims to build on a previous S-1 filing initiated by VanEck. CryptoPotato reported in late 2020 that the US investment giant with about $50 billion in AUM, VanEck, has filed for its latest S-1 form with the SEC to establish a Bitcoin ETF called The VanEck Bitcoin Trust. The company’s application indicated that the ETF’s shares would...
Read More »Green on The Crypto Screens Following Wall Street: BTC Touched $50K (Market Watch)
After several consecutive days of price drops, bitcoin initiated an impressive leg up yesterday and even touched the coveted $50,000 tag. Most alternative coins have also reacted positively, including ETH overcoming $1,500, LINK nearing $30, and BNB reaching $250.It’s worth noting traditional financial markets are also recovering. Yesterday, the S&P 500 is up by more than 2%, the NASDAQ Composite – by more than 3%, and the NASDAQ 100 by almost 3%.Bitcoin Taps $50K AgainEver since BTC...
Read More »Bitcoin Still Has an Uncertain Future: Citibank Analysts
In a 100-page deep-dive report dubbed “Bitcoin, at the Tipping Point,” Citibank’s global perspectives and solutions team noted that the cryptocurrency could potentially “become the currency of choice for international trade.”The analysts acknowledged that the massive interest shown by several large institutional investors like Tesla, Microstrategy, and PayPal is one of the major propellants for the digital asset gaining mainstream adoption.The team further noted that several other factors,...
Read More »Bitcoin Price Analysis: BTC Skyrockets Over $5K Today – Temp Correction Or $50K Inbound?
Bitcoin saw a strong rebound today as it recovered from yesterday’s low at $43,000 to over $48K, where it is trading as of writing these lines.The cryptocurrency had been in a downtrend for the previous week as it dropped by over 25% to reach its weekly low yesterday, at the mentioned-above level of $43K (according to Bitstamp).During the correction, Bitcoin had broken beneath an ascending price channel that it was trading within throughout February. However, over the past days, BTC was...
Read More »Twitter to Pull a MicroStrategy and Buy Bitcoin? The Firm Plans a $1.25 Billion Convertible Notes Offering
The giant social media platform Twitter has announced plans to raise $1.25 billion through a convertible senior notes offering. Although the company breached “corporate purposes” as the main reason, cryptocurrency proponents speculated if the firm could pull a MicroStrategy and allocate the funds in BTC.Twitter to Raise $1.25BAccording to a press release from earlier today, Twitter will offer a $1.25 billion aggregate principal amount of convertible senior notes due in 2026. The endeavor will...
Read More »S2FX Model Still Intact for $288K BTC Price Target Despite the Recent Dump
PlanB, the creator of the well-known Stock-to-Flow (S2F) Bitcoin model, took it to Twitter to provide an update on how the cryptocurrency is performing following the latest developments in the market.BTC continues to follow the S2F cross-asset (S2FX) model “like clockwork,” despite the most recent correction and is still on track to reach $288,000 by 2024.What is the S2FX?First things first, the stock-to-flow cross-asset model takes a new approach compared to the stock-to-flow model. It...
Read More »$250M Fund to Invest in Polkadot and Cardano Launched in India
FD7 Ventures, the cryptocurrency-oriented fund that recently vowed to dispose of its BTC holdings for ADA and DOT, has set up a $250 million micro-fund focusing on investments in teams working on the ecosystems of Polkadot and Cardano.FD7 Goes to India for DOT and ADABased in Dubai, UAE, FD7 is a crypto-oriented investment fund with over $1 billion in assets under management (AUM). The firm recently announced somewhat bold plans to dispose of $750 million of its BTC holdings and allocate the...
Read More »Crypto Exchange Mistakenly Sold Bitcoin for $6,000: Now Requests Users To Return It
What started out as a normal trading day for some PDAX customers led to a favorable turn of fortune, or so it seemed. Their euphoria may have been short-lived by a harsh reality check as the Philippine-based exchange prepares to take legal actions.Philippine Digital Asset Exchange (PDAX) suffered a flaw that led to bitcoin trading 88% below its actual price. The exchange reported that a surge in trading activity was the cause. At the time, bitcoin was trading north of $50k, but traders were...
Read More »Bitcoin Price Analysis: Hope? Bullish Pennant Forming As BTC Plunges To $43K
Bitcoin seems to be going from bad to worse, with another 7% price drop today.BTC decreased by a total of $3,300 today as it dropped below $47,750 and also beneath the important support at $44k.The cryptocurrency continued to spike downward, reaching as low as $43,000 before a slight rebound, as of now.Looking at the short-term 4-hour charts, Bitcoin dropped off the support at the 200 EMA today as it broke beneath $44,750.However, there might be some hope for the bulls. BTC might be forming a...
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