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...
Read More »Tesla’s $1.5B Bitcoin Buy Amounts to 15% of The Company’s Net Cash Holding
Following the news about Tesla’s billion-dollar investment in bitcoin, analysts reveal that the Elon Musk-led company invested around 15% of its net cash into the flagship cryptocurrency.As reported by CryptoPotato earlier today, Tesla made headlines across the crypto verse after it invested $1.5 billion into bitcoin, as revealed in a 10k form filing with the U.S. SEC.Meanwhile, David Lawant, a Research Analyst at Bitwise Asset Management, tweeting shortly after the bitcoin investment, noted...
Read More »DOGE Stays Strong As Leading Altcoins Crash Against Bitcoin Following Tesla’s BTC Purchase
Bitcoin’s price exploded to new highs following Tesla’s allocation of $1.5 billion in the cryptocurrency. BTC’s dominance also increased by about 1.5% as most altcoins crashed against their leader.Bitcoin Paints A New ATH And Expands DominanceNews broke out earlier today that the electric vehicle giant Tesla had purchased a total of $1.5 billion in bitcoin. The price of the asset reacted with a sharp price increase, in which BTC added about $6,000 of value in merely minutes.This resulted in...
Read More »$1.34 Billion Liquidated Following the Tesla-Driven Bitcoin Rally
Today is yet another tumultuous day in the cryptocurrency market. The massive volatility, propelled by the fact that Elon Musk’s Tesla revealed a purchase of $1.5 billion in BTC, caused over $1.34 billion liquidated both long and short positions, though bulls had the upper hand.Things happen quickly in the cryptocurrency market. Bitcoin was trading rather calmly earlier today, making progress towards the $40,000 level after failing to sustain it during the weekend.However, everything changed...
Read More »How High Can BTC Go Following The New ATH Above $44K? (Bitcoin Price Analysis)
Following the $1.5 billion Bitcoin purchase announcement coming from Tesla, the primary cryptocurrency saw a huge hourly surge of almost 15%: from the $39K range to a new all-time high at $44,899, according to Bitstamp.Quick recap: bitcoin surged to its previous ATH of $42,000 on the 8th day of January. From there, it started a consolidation phase as it formed a descending triangle pattern with a floor at $30,000, which held nicely as the bottom of the triangle.After a false breakout signal...
Read More »Binance Experience Severe Technical Issues as BTC Breaks Above $44K
Bitcoin’s price exploded in the past hour following an announcement from the electric vehicle giant Tesla that it had purchased $1.5 billion of the primary cryptocurrency in January. However, the massive volatility and perhaps growing interest have caused technical difficulties for the Malta-based exchange Binance.CryptoPotato reported earlier today that Elon Musk’s Tesla had allocated $1.5 billion in Bitcoin in January 2021, per a Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission...
Read More »Breaking: Tesla Bought $1.5 Billion of Bitcoin – BTC Skyrockets to New ATH
In a massive turn of events for the entire Bitcoin community, Elon Musk’s Tesla has filed with the SEC, revealing that the company has bought a whopping $1.5 billion in Bitcoin this January.The price of Bitcoin has surged to a new all-time high above $42,000 as an SEC filing revealed that Tesla has bought $1.5 billion of BTC in January.In January 2021, we updated our investment policy to provide us with more flexibility to further diversify and maximize returns on our cash that is not...
Read More »Bitcoin Hash Rate and Mining Difficulty Chart New All-Time Highs
The hashrate on Bitcoin’s network surged to yet another all-time high, this time above 155 million TH/s. Simultaneously, the blockchain went through another adjustment that increased the difficulty levels to a record of their own.Bitcoin Hash Rate To Fresh HighsThe hash rate is a measuring unit of the processing power of the BTC network. The more miners put their computational devices to work, the higher the hash rate goes, which makes the system more secure and robust.Since over 60% of...
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