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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...