Bitcoin recently became a trillion-dollar asset as its price also surged past $57,000. A few hours later, ETH made headlines as it crossed the coveted $2K mark. Several other cryptocurrencies have also performed well. Tesla’s CEO, Elon Musk, is of the opinion that the prices of both digital currencies are high.Pro-gold and anti-bitcoin economist Peter Schiff is at it again. The chairman of Schiff Gold is renowned for his relentless anti-bitcoin tweets. He once termed bitcoin “the biggest...
Read More »Grayscale on a Hiring Spree: Appoints New High-Ranked Officials
The growth of the leading cryptocurrency asset manager Grayscale Investments has pushed the company into appointing three new C-suite hires. As a result, the company has filled the roles of Chief Operating Officer, Chief Compliance Officer, and Chief People Officer.New C-Suite Hires In GrayscaleFounded in 2013, Grayscale is a crypto asset manager that enables institutions and corporations to receive exposure to BTC and other digital assets without worrying about managing or storing the...
Read More »Only 5% Of Financial Executives Plan To Hold Bitcoin By The End Of 2021: Survey
Although several well-known companies recently allocated funds in BTC, a study among 77 financial executives showed that the overall number of firms planning to get on the bitcoin bandwagon is relatively modest at just 5%. Somewhat expectedly, most skeptics justified their decision with BTC’s volatility.Most CFOs Have No Plans To Buy BitcoinTesla shocked the world last week after news broke that Elon Musk’s electric vehicle giant had purchased $1.5 billion in bitcoin. Apart from the immediate...
Read More »Bitcoin Payments Make 20% of the Revenue of a UK Private Jet Company
The narrative that bitcoin is rarely used for payment transactions has been debunked by several fields in the span of a week. Apart from Swiss residents being able to pay their canton taxes in BTC or Portuguese citizens paying their electricity bills, a UK-headquartered private jet charter company said that nearly 20% of its yearly revenue came in the form of the primary cryptocurrency.PrivateFly Gets 19% Of Revenue In BTCFounded in 2005, PrivateFly is a global private jet charter company...
Read More »Crypto Market Cap Breaks $1.7 Trillion: Polkadot (DOT) Now Top 4 After 20% Gains
Another day brings more breached milestones for the crypto field as the market cap has exploded above $1.7 trillion for a new record. This comes following ATHs for Bitcoin above $56,000, Ethereum (north of $2,000), and numerous other altcoins heading towards uncharted territory as well.Bitcoin Sees Yet Another ATHIt was just earlier this week when the primary cryptocurrency struggled around the $46,000 price tag after a sharp drop. However, the asset rapidly reversed the trend and started...
Read More »Elon Musk Changed His Twitter Avatar To Bitcoin: BTC Soars To New ATH Above $56K Immediately
The ever-active on social media platforms CEO of Tesla and SpaceX has garnered the attention of the crypto community again by updating his Twitter profile with an avatar of Bitcoin. As with previous interactions initiated by Elon Musk, the price of the asset reacted by an immediate sharp increase.Source: Elon Musk’s TwitterMusk is no stranger to publishing compelling and somewhat controversial Twitter posts regarding various industries, and his latest favorite seems to be the crypto...
Read More »OKCoin to Delist BCH and BSV To Protect Bitcoin From Craig Wright’s ‘Malicious Information War’
The popular crypto exchange OKCoin has made a somewhat controversial decision to delist two Bitcoin forks – Bitcoin Cash (BCH) and Bitcoin SV (BSV). According to the platform’s CEO, the company is doing what’s in the best interest of Bitcoin’s ecosystem while trying to act against Craig Wright’s recent lawsuit urging various websites to remove the BTC whitepaper.OKCoin Delists BSV and BTCThe exchange announced earlier today that it will suspend trading and altogether remove the two Bitcoin...
Read More »Bitcoin Crosses $1 Trillion Market Cap as ETH Eyes $2K: The Weekly Market Recap
This is one of the most monumental weeks in Bitcoin’s history. Today, February 19th, 2021, for the first time ever, the cryptocurrency’s market capitalization surpassed $1 trillion. That’s right! Bitcoin became a trillion-dollar asset!This became possible after a dynamic week of trading where BTC’s price surpassed $50K for the first time in history. Just today, it also charted a new all-time high of $54,924 on Bitstamp – inches away from $55K. Nevertheless, this marks a staggering growth in...
Read More »Crypto Price Analysis & Overview February 19th: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple, Binance Coin, and Polkadot
It’s safe to say that the past 7 days were particularly intense on the cryptocurrency market. The cryptocurrency that expanded the most out of the large-caps is Binance Coin (BNB) as it surged by a whopping 150% in a week.BitcoinBitcoin is up by a strong 14.8% this week as the cryptocurrency continues to set new ATH prices today. Last week, it was battling with the resistance at $48,570, provided by a 1.414 Fib extension level.This level was only penetrated on Tuesday, which allowed Bitcoin...
Read More »Bitcoin Price Analysis: BTC Sets ATH at $53K, is $60,000 in Sight?
Bitcoin is up by 2.2% today as the coin increased by $2,300 from today’s low of $50,627 to set a new ATH price at $52,943.Overall, the cryptocurrency has managed to surge by 10% over the past week after breaching the $50,000 level on Wednesday to reach the resistance level at $52,365 (short-term 1.414 Fib extension). BTC has been battling with this resistance over the past 48 hours as it has been unable to close a daily candle above it so far. It will be interesting to see if Bitcoin can make...
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