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Shark Tank and Dallas Mavericks billionaire co-owner Mark Cuban recently disclosed that a significant portion of his crypto holdings are stashed in bitcoin because he believes the cryptocurrency is a better store of value asset than gold.  Speaking in a recent episode of the Delphi Podcast as published on CNBC, Cuban noted that of his total crypto holdings, 60% are in BTC, 30% in Ether (ETH), and the remaining 10% is allocated to other altcoins.  Bitcoin Is Superior To Gold...

Shortly after announcing plans to enable its institutional customers access to the first-ever cryptocurrency, Morgan Stanley has doubled down by filing documents with the SEC to allow 12 of its funds to gain BTC exposure through the Grayscale’s Bitcoin Trust or cash-settled futures.  CryptoPotato reported back in February that a unit of Morgan Stanley Investment Management called Counterpoint Global explored whether or not to enable its investors to receive access to BTC. ...

The first quarter of 2021 was no doubt one of the most thrilling in bitcoin history. It started on a high note and closed it with the same vibe. Despite the periodic price drops that BTC experienced, Q1 of 2021 came out the best since Bitcoin’s inception. Historical data shows that Q2 has been even better, raising the question if bitcoin would be heading further north. The Best Q1 Ever The end of March signified the end of the first yearly quarter. Bitcoin ended the quarter...

Mary Rich, the investment bank’s incoming global head of digital assets for the private wealth management division, told CNBC in an exclusive interview that they will launch the service in Q2 2021.  ″We are working closely with teams across the firm to explore ways to offer thoughtful and appropriate access to the ecosystem for private wealth clients, and that is something we expect to offer in the near-term,” Rich said. Full Spectrum Investments She noted that the bank might...

Bitcoin saw some wild price action today as the cryptocurrency spiked almost 2% to the daily high of $59,815 but immediately dropped 5% in a matter of minutes, from there to reach the daily low of $56,710. It has since recovered, but the bottom line is that the $60K mark got rejected for the third time over the past two weeks. A quick recap: Bitcoin had rebounded from the $43-44k zone at the beginning of March, and reached its current ATH of $61,781 toward the middle of the...

One bitcoin will be able to buy a Lamborghini model by the end of the year and a Bugatti in 2022, said Jesse Powell – the CEO of the veteran US crypto exchange, Kraken. During a recent interview with Bloomberg, he was also bullish on Ethereum, predicting a price tag well above $2,000 due to the upcoming ETH 2.0 release and the large number of projects built on top of it. One BTC for Lambo and Bugatti Kraken’s CEO has been highly-optimistic regarding BTC’s future price...

Customers of Chipotle Mexican Grill (or simply Chipotle) will be able to participate in a special promo that can get them a free burrito or up to $25,000 in bitcoin. All they have to do is guess a six-digit code that resembles a lost treasure worth hundreds of millions of dollars in BTC. Bitcoin or Burrito? Although most people associate April 1st as being the international Fool’s Day, that particular date has another meaning in the US – it’s the National Burrito Day. To...

Bitcoin went through a sudden crash in today’s European morning trading session, losing around $3,000 of its dollar value in less than an hour. As it’s almost always the case, this caused a serious wave of liquidations throughout the entire market, with over $600 million of leveraged positions wiped out. In the past hour, data shows that there are over $600 million liquidations – both long and short. The overwhelming majority of liquidations were long positions, accounting...

A global open-source hybrid blockchain protocol, eXchange inFinite (XinFin), has partnered with the enterprise software firm R3. As a result, the latter’s DLT-based platform Corda will use the XDC token as the primary settlement coin. The Bridge Between R3’s Corda and Blockchain Networks In a press release shared with CryptoPotato, both parties announced the collaboration, which will establish a bridge between R3’s Corda network and other blockchain platforms. Described as a...

Smaller investors would be able to take advantage of CME’s regulated Bitcoin futures contracts as of May 3rd, the organization announced earlier today. This would be possible in the form of so-called Micro BTC futures contracts, which will be one-tenth the size of one bitcoin. Micro Bitcoin Futures Contracts on CME Founded over a century ago, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange is among the largest global derivatives marketplaces and one of the first-ever regulated establishments...