MicroStrategy’s CEO Michael Saylor continues to dig deeper into Bitcoin after his company purchased $425 million worth of the cryptocurrency. In a recent podcast episode with long-time BTC proponent Anthony ‘Pomp’ Pompliano, Saylor claimed he’s ready to HODL Bitcoin for a century and said it’s 1,000 times better than gold.Saylor On His Change Of Heart Regarding BitcoinMicroStrategy’s CEO has a compelling history of Bitcoin. He completed his one-eighty transformation from predicting its death...
Read More »Worth Over $1 Billion: Tokenized Bitcoins on Ethereum Tops 100,000
Bitcoins are being tokenized at a rapid rate for use on the Ethereum blockchain. Just ten days back, BTC supply’s on the world’s largest smart contract development platform was 73,000. Now that number has hit 100,000. Consequentially, the valuation of Bitcoin’s supply on Ethereum has topped $1 billion.Bitcoin Supply On Ethereum Tops 100,000As per data from Dune Analytics, a free Ethereum analytics provider, the tokenized bitcoin number on the second-largest blockchain network has hit the...
Read More »Market Watch: Bitcoin Around $11K As ETH Eyes $400
Most of the cryptocurrency market has been relatively calm in the past 24 hours. Bitcoin trades around $11,000, and Ethereum jumps by 2% to $385.Most of the attention went to Uniswap’s governance token (UNI) that launched yesterday. After listings on the most prominent digital asset exchanges, UNI trades at $5.3.Bitcoin Remains Below $11KAs reported yesterday, the primary cryptocurrency attempted to overcome the $11,000 mark. It seemed successful initially, but the move rapidly reversed,...
Read More »In 2013 MicroStrategy CEO Said Bitcoin’s Days are Numbered: Today His Company Owns $425 Million of BTC
In the past month, the NASDAQ-listed company MicroStrategy bought $425 million worth of Bitcoin. CEO Michael Saylor brought out BTC’s unique qualities to serve as a hedge as the primary reason.However, not too long ago, Saylor’s opinion differentiated substantially as he claimed that Bitcoin’s “days are numbered.”MicroStrategy’s CEO expressed his rather adverse verdict regarding BTC on Twitter in December 2013. When forecasting the asset’s upcoming demise, he argued that Bitcoin’s fate would...
Read More »The First Crypto US Bank: Kraken Received Licensing From The Wyoming Banking Board
The Wyoming Banking Board has voted to approve an application for a special purpose depository institution (SPDI) charter of Kraken.In essence, Kraken has officially become the very first cryptocurrency exchange to become a newly chartered bank in the US since 2006, according to a NASDAQ report.This means that the exchange will get access to the existing federal payments infrastructure.It will also allow Kraken to further integrate funding and banking options to its clients, said the managing...
Read More »Paxful Shuts Down Operations in Venezuela, Cites OFAC Sanctions
Another day, another bad news for the people of Venezuela. Paxful has decided to stop supporting the country, giving users 30 days to withdraw their funds and preventing any new sign-ins.Throughout the day, users of the platform received an email, in which Paxful warned it had to “close its operations” in Venezuela after months of hard work:“Although we made our best efforts during several months, we are sad to announce that, in view of the concern for the regulatory scenario, Paxful will...
Read More »Nigeria SEC Releases Proposed Cryptocurrency Regulations
The Nigeria Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has released a proposed cryptocurrency regulation guideline while classifying crypto assets as securities.Crypto Regulations UnderwayAccording to an official release on Monday (September 14, 2020), the Nigeria SEC announced that the commission is looking at a three-pronged approach towards regulating the crypto industry. The SEC also stated that the aim of the proposed regulation was to promote market efficiency and transparency and not...
Read More »Bitcoin Price Breaks Out of Range as Bulls Push For $11K
Bitcoin’s price has finally broken above the $10,580 range high and is now surging towards the psychological $11,000 mark.The increase appears to have been caused by an influx of $12 billion flooding into the crypto market during the US trading session. This uptick in investment has helped lift the entire market back into the green and drive BTC prices above the 4-hour 50 and 200 EMA lines.While this seems pretty positive right now, we could see a temporary correction soon if BTC breaks into...
Read More »Report: After Buying Bitcoin’s Bottom In March, Whales Continue Accumulating
Analyzing Bitcoin on-chain data and market behaviors, a collaborative report published by OKEx insight – the research division of OKEx crypto exchange – and blockchain data firm Catallact reveals that smart money investors and institutional players may have been buying BTC since the COVID-19 outbreak.On the Bitcoin blockchain, as the amount of BTC being transacted increases, the number of transactions decreases. In other words, “the larger the movement of coins on the Bitcoin blockchain, the...
Read More »Bitcoin From Space: BitMEX Installs Blockstream’s BTC Satellite Node
One of the world’s leading and popular Bitcoin derivatives exchanges, BitMEX, has installed Blockstream’s Bitcoin satellite system.It’s a way to download and to verify Bitcoin’s blockchain through a satellite without having to be connected to the Internet. Apart from the fact that one of the leading exchanges is showing open support for Bitcoin, this also showcases exciting features of the world’s largest cryptocurrency and its underlying network.Bitcoin From Space: BitMEX Runs a Full Bitcoin...
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