The Australian cryptocurrency exchange, BTC Markets, has inadvertently exposed more than 270,000 emails of its customers. The company apologized for the inconvenience and reassured that all other data, including users’ funds, is safe.BTC Markets Exposes Customers’ EmailsA user going by the Twitter handle Stevosxrp.crypto took it to Jack Dorsey’s social media giant and Reddit to first complain about BTC Markets’ screw up. The Australian-based exchange later confirmed the breach on its official...
Read More »Visa And BlockFi Partner To Release A Bitcoin Rewards Credit Card
The US-based cryptocurrency lending company BlockFi has partnered with the American multinational financial services corporation Visa to bring Bitcoin to the masses.Bloomberg reported that the two US companies will offer a credit card that rewards clients’ purchases with the primary cryptocurrency, instead of traditional options such as cash and airline miles.Dubbed the Bitcoin Rewards Credit Card, it will allow customers to receive 1.5% of their purchases back in BTC. Should the user spend...
Read More »Analyst: Bitcoin Price at $300K by 2021 End is Not Out of the Question
While bitcoin remains rangebound between $18,000 and the new all-time high, calls for BTC prices making ‘moonshot’ moves in 2021 have already started coming in.Amongst scores of such predictions, on-chain analysis pioneer Willy Woo opines that a $200,000 bitcoin price is ‘conservative’ and that the top cryptocurrency stands to fly to $300,000 by the end of the next year.$300K Per BTC ‘Not Out Of The Question’Even though BTC logged a new high, the top cryptocurrency’s price hasn’t managed to...
Read More »Coinbase Faciliated MicroStrategy’s $425M Bitcoin Purchase Without Moving The Market
The leading US-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase assisted in MicroStrategy’s massive purchase of $425 million worth of BTC. The platform pledged to help other large firms diversify their portfolios with bitcoin in the future as well.Coinbase Involved In MicroStrategy’s BTC PurchaseThe NASDAQ-listed business intelligence firm made the news on two occasions earlier this year as it announced the total purchase of 38,250 bitcoins. At the time, this sizeable amount equaled about $425...
Read More »Analysis: After a 70% Increase Bitcoin Has Decoupled From Gold In Q4
The last quarter of 2020 has been extremely bullish for Bitcoin, with an increase of 70%. In particular, November saw the highest monthly close after BTC broke the all-time highs on several exchanges.While the primary cryptocurrency has enjoyed the last few months, gold’s performance has contrasted significantly. The precious metal has lost over 6% of value since October 1st.The two assets displayed a high correlation earlier this year. However, the latest price developments have breached...
Read More »Peter Schiff: Instead of Getting New Money, Bitcoin Dumped After Reaching ATH
The well-known Bitcoin permabear and gold bug Peter Schiff has once again taken a swing at the primary cryptocurrency.His comments followed a volatile market that saw almost $300 million in liquidations in less than an hour and more than $800 million in less than a day.Peter Schiff Bashes BitcoinThe well-known economist and strong gold proponent, Peter Schiff, has once again taken the opportunity to swing at Bitcoin.He said that there was no new money coming in, but instead, it was old money...
Read More »Canaan Sees Over 75% Decline in Net Revenue in Q3 as Bitcoin’s Price Surge
Chinese Bitcoin mining firm Canaan has recorded a loss in yet another quarter but is showing positive signs of a recovery as share price and market capitalization spikes. Following a disappointing initial public offering (IPO) last year and declining inventory sales, the company has seen the balance of power shift considerably to major competitors MicroBT and Bitmain.$12.7 Million Loss for Q3 2020Bitcoin miner maker Canaan has reported a 75.7% year-on-year (YOY) decline in net revenue as part...
Read More »Bitcoin Will Do 25X In The Next Decade, Winklevoss Twins Say
Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss, the founders of the large US-based cryptocurrency exchange Gemini, foresee even more significant BTC price developments this decade. While appearing on CNBC, the twins predicted that Bitcoin will become the best-performing asset with a 25x appreciation in the next nine years.Back-to-Back Best Performing Asset Of The Decade?As CryptoPotato reported at the end of 2019, Bitcoin became the 2010s best-performing asset with a significant ROI of 8,900,000%. Although...
Read More »Following ATH: Here Are The Next Price Targets For Bitcoin (BTC Analysis)
Bitcoin has just broken above its previous all-time high of $19,660 on Bitstamp exchange (white dashed line) and is now storming towards the psychological $20,000 level. This is a truly historical moment to behold and has taken the leading asset just under 3 years to fully recuperate the losses from the extreme 2018 bear market.New buying pressure from the US trading session is helping to maintain the surging momentum from this weekend, with the global crypto market capital now quickly...
Read More »Bitcoin Just Broke The All-Time High Recorded In December 2017
The long wait is finally over. After three years of grinding through various price levels, Bitcoin finally broke the all-time high value it had set all the way back in 2017.Bitcoin ATH: An Exciting Journey Since 2017Following three long years of waiting, bitcoin has just managed to surpass its previous all-time high set in December 2017 ($19,660 on Bitstamp).Those three years were filled with everything imaginable. Bitcoin went through a prolonged bear market in 2018, which saw many experts...
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