The CEO of SpaceX and Tesla is known within the cryptocurrency field for his somewhat comical comments and support for the meme token Dogecoin. In his most recent post on the altcoin, he claimed that he had purchased a portion for his recently born child to become a “toddler hodler.”The world’s richest man took it to Twitter to announce his latest Dogecoin-related initiative. This time, he directly said that he had purchased tokens from the popular Shiba Inu-inspired coin for X Æ A-Xii – the...
Read More »Crypto Market Cap Loses $100 Billion as Bitcoin Price Dips Below $44K
The total cryptocurrency market’s capitalization has lost around $100 billion in the past hours. This comes as Bitcoin corrects to below $44,000. Nevertheless, the cryptocurrency is still up more than 20% on the weekly.Corrections are to be expected, especially when the market turns parabolic. Over the past 7 days, bitcoin’s price is up by a whopping 20% after arguably one of the most important developments for the market.BTC soared earlier this week when Elon Musk’s Tesla filed a document...
Read More »After Tesla: Twitter Considers Adding Bitcoin to Its Balance Sheet, Says Company’s CFO
Twitter Chief Financial Officer Ned Segal said that the giant social media platform is looking into potentially putting bitcoin into its balance sheet. Additionally, the executive said that Twitter is exploring options to accommodate employees and vendors if they request to be paid in the first-ever cryptocurrency.Twitter To Put BTC On Its Balance Sheet?It seems that Tesla’s purchase of $1.5 billion in bitcoin has changed the game as numerous mainstream media outlets have taken the initiative...
Read More »Bitcoin’s Volatility Will Stop Corporations From Following Tesla’s Example, JPM Strategists Say
Tesla’s massive $1.5 billion BTC purchase could be too risky for other large corporations to follow, argued JPMorgan Chase & Co strategists. They reasoned with bitcoin’s volatility that could prevent more old-school investors and individuals from allocating funds in the crypto asset.Corporations May Not Follow Tesla, JPM SaysElon Musk’s electric vehicle and clean energy company has bought $1.5 billion (15% of its net cash holdings) in bitcoin, as revealed earlier this week. Apart from the...
Read More »Elon Musk Started Advising on How to Securely Store Your Crypto
Elon Musk, the latest billionaire to jump on the BTC bandwagon for his company, Tesla, has openly criticized a cryptocurrency wallet called Freewallet app. The executive lashed out on Twitter and urged digital asset investors to steer clear from wallets that don’t provide them with the private keys.Elon Musk’s Security Tip For Crypto InvestorsArguably the most well-known and used phrase in the cryptocurrency space is “not your keys, not your coins.” It refers to the unique way in which...
Read More »Bitcoin Price Analysis: After Reaching ATH At $48K – Correction Or $50K Next?
Bitcoin continued to surge by another 7.5% today, allowing the price to record a new ATH at $48,216, according to Bitstamp. BTC has since dropped slightly as it trades, around the $46,5K range, but the bulls are still all around since Tesla had announced the company’s purchase of $1.5 billion worth of BTC.On a weekly timeframe, Bitcoin is up 40% (!). Yesterday, we highlighted an ascending price channel, as shown on the following short term’s 4-hour chart. Toward the end of yesterday, Bitcoin...
Read More »Larry Ellison’s Oracle Could Be Next in Line to Buy Bitcoin Says Max Keiser
After Tesla’s purchase of $1.5 billion in bitcoin, speculations emerged in the cryptocurrency field who would be the next giant name to enter the BTC ecosystem. According to Max Keiser, the host of the Keiser Report, it would be the US multinational IT behemoth founded by Larry Ellison – Oracle Corporation.Is Oracle Next?Elon Musk’s Tesla became the latest giant company to allocate considerable amounts into bitcoin after news broke out yesterday that the electric vehicle firm had bought $1.5...
Read More »Tesla’s $1.5 Billion Bitcoin Buy ‘Not Surprising’ Says Billionaire Investor
Ronald Stephen Baron, an American mutual fund manager and one of Tesla’s major shareholders, has clearly stated that although Tesla’s recent bitcoin acquisition does not come as a surprise to him, he still wants to explore the possible reason behind the purchase.Bitcoin Buy ExpectedAccording to a report by CNBC on Monday, Baron said that the recent comments made by Tesla’s CEO, Elon Musk, regarding bitcoin gave him hints on the purchase, and so, the announcement, which was made yesterday, did...
Read More »Bitcoin Now Bigger Than Tesla by Market Capitalization
With its massive $1.5 billion purchase of bitcoin, the electric vehicle giant Tesla has inadvertently helped the cryptocurrency to surpassed it in terms of market capitalization. With BTC’s price skyrocketing to new highs and its market cap following, bitcoin is now ranked as the 7th largest asset.Bitcoin Surpasses Tesla For The 7th SpotElon Musk’s Tesla shocked the world after it filed Form 10-K with the US SEC, in which the founded in 2003 clean energy giant said it had purchased $1.5...
Read More »Apple Should Follow Tesla’s $1.5B Bitcoin Outlay: RBC Capital Markets
BTC is becoming a popular feature on the balance sheets of publicly-listed American companies, with many firms committing a significant portion of their equivalent cash balance to the largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization.Apple Should Buy Bitcoin and Create Exchange PlatformAccording to a client note quoted by Bloomberg, RBC Capital Markets, RBC Capital Markets has urged the iPhone maker to create a Bitcoin exchange platform and also acquire some of the popular cryptocurrency. As...
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