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Despite warning investors of BTC’s notorious volatility, Anthony Scaramucci from SkyBridge Capital predicted a 100% price boost for the asset by the end of the year and entering a six-digit price territory. He argued that the demand for the asset has skyrocketed lately and admitted that his investment firm holds over $500 million in BTC.$100K By 2021’s End, Scaramucci SaysEver since the billion-dollar hedge fund SkyBridge Capital announced plans to launch a Bitcoin Fund in late 2020, the...

The world’s largest asset manager, BlackRock, is looking into Bitcoin. This was confirmed by the managing director of the company, Rick Rieder, today.Rick Rieder, the managing director of BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, confirmed that the company is looking into Bitcoin. “We’ve started to dabble a bit into it,” he said, refusing to put a target allocation the company has.In the interview with CNBC’s SquawkBox, Rieder did say that diversifying one’s portfolio in the current...

MicroStrategy has announced the pricing of its offering of $900 million aggregate principal amount of 0% convertible senior notes due 2027. As it happened the last time the company made such a move, it plans to allocate all funds into bitcoin after the offering closes on February 19th, 2021.CryptoPotato reported yesterday that the NASDAQ-listed business intelligence giant MicroStrategy said it would offer a $600 million convertible senior notes offering to qualified institutional investors....

Bitcoin price surged by a total of 5% over the past 24 hours, as the coin finally exceeds the $50,000 milestone.Just nine days ago, the primary cryptocurrency had broken above the January-2021 previous ATH at $42,000, on the day Tesla disclosed its $1.5 billion Bitcoin purchase.BTC then saw its largest-ever daily price candle, and encountered resistance at $48,570 (1.414 Fib Extension – green), struggling with it over the past few days till finally managing to close a daily candle above that...

Bitcoin and most alternative coins are not the only crypto-related gainers during the ongoing bull cycle. The price developments have pushed numerous industry companies to see stock increases, including Chinese mining firm SOS Limited, which also received an endorsement from Shark Tank’s Kevin O’Leary.SOS Limited Recent DevelopmentsWith a membership base of about 20 million in China, SOS is an “emerging blockchain-based and big data-driven marketing and solution provider,” which recently...

Bitcoin’s price continues to increase as the cryptocurrency expands above the $50,000 mark. At the same time, the precious metal that it’s most commonly compared to, gold, sits at an all-time low when valued against BTC.Gold Suffers Against BitcoinBitcoin is compared to many things, but most commonly, it’s pinned against gold as both assets make a strong case as a store of value.However, over the past year, there’s a clear winner among the two, as the Gold/Bitcoin ratio currently sits at an...

Bitcoin has done it again and painted yet another all-time high, this time above the $51,000 price tag. Most altcoins have fallen against their leader, and BTC has managed to increase its market dominance to above 62%.Bitcoin’s Latest ATH At Above $51KThe past several days have been quite turbulent for the primary cryptocurrency but ultimately positive. Just on Monday, bitcoin was nearing the coveted $50,000, but a sharp retracement drove it down to a low of $46,000.However, the bulls took...

While many CFOs dabble with the idea of putting Bitcoin on their balance sheets following the Tesla purchase, Microsoft has no such plans. The giant’s President, Brad Smith, recently refuted any assumptions that the firm could join the growing trend anytime soon.No New Conversations About BTC In MicrosoftAll eyes are on bitcoin after the electric vehicle giant Tesla filed documents with the Securities and Exchange Commission showing it had allocated $1.5 billion in the primary cryptocurrency...

Jim Bullard, President of the St. Louis Federal Reserve, has dismissed the value proposition of Bitcoin (BTC) based on some of the oft-quoted advantages claimed by BTC proponents.Speaking to CNBC on Tuesday, Bullard remarked that the Federal Reserve viewed Bitcoin as more of a rival to gold than an actual currency.According to Bullard, “For Fed policy, it is going to be a dollar economy and a dollar global economy as far as the eye can see.”For Bullard, the primacy of the U.S. dollar is not...

Peter Schiff, a well-known economist, gold proponent, and one of the most vocal opponents of Bitcoin, admitted that he was wrong about Bitcoin not hitting $50,000.Bitcoin’s Price Hits $50K For the First Time in HistoryFor the absolute first time since its inception, Bitcoin has hit the coveted $50,000 mark. The price has since retraced a bit but is still charting an increase shy of 3% on the daily. This has also brought the 7-day gains of BTC to about 7%.As CryptoPotato reported earlier...