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Although bitcoin reclaimed the $18,000 mark at first, the asset failed to sustain its run and has dipped below it. Most alternative coins have suffered in the past 24 hours as well, as Ethereum has dived beneath $550.Bitcoin Falls Below $18KBitcoin has suffered in the past several days. Following the relatively calm weekend when it traded around $19,000, the asset nosedived to $17,650 a few days later.The cryptocurrency bounced off initially from that low and took back the $18,000 level. In...

Founded in 1851, The Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company is a US-based mutual firm with over five million clients. The Springfield, Massachusetts-headquartered giant is the latest traditional financial company that has allocated sizeable portions in the primary cryptocurrency.The Wall Street Journal reported earlier today that the insurance company had purchased $100 million in bitcoin for its general investment account.MassMutual employed the services of the New York-based fund...

A few months following the soft-launch of the DBS Digital Exchange, the Singaporean multinational banking and financial services corporation announced the release of its digital asset trading venue. In addition, the investment holding company Singapore Exchange has announced it will take a 10% stake in the platform.DBS Digital Assets Officially AnnouncedCryptoPotato reported in late October that DBS Bank has successfully trialed its trading venue enabling institutional investors to access...

Bitcoin bears have successfully taken back control of the asset this week and are now trying to secure a daily close beneath the $18K for the first time since this month. The global crypto market capital has been steadily declining over the last seven days and is now back below $540 billion.Right now, the leading crypto is tiptoeing on the edge of the $1,300 CME gap which sits just $25 below the current price and extends all the way down to $16,995. In order to fill this gap, bitcoin’s price...

Following the steep price drop of nearly $2,000, bitcoin bounced off the $17,600 bottom and has risen above $18,000 again. Most alternative coins have also recovered some of the losses, and the market cap has added about $20 billion since yesterday.Bitcoin Reclaims $18,000After the relatively calm weekend bitcoin had where it dabbled with the $19,000 price tag, the cryptocurrency experienced a significant drop yesterday. BTC went from a high of $19,300 to $18,000 before continuing south to...

Bitcoin has proved itself to be a supreme store-of-value in this pandemic-ridden world. But can the world’s first cryptocurrency flip the US Dollar to become the ‘global reserve currency’?The US Dollar Has Been The Global Reserve Currency For 100 Years NowRuchir Sharma, Morgan Stanley Investment Management’s chief global strategist, went candid in his latest opinion piece on Financial Times. He talked about the ‘reserve currency’ history starting right from the 1400s.And delineated how in the...

Bitcoin has taken a major portion of gold’s market share and will continue to do so in the near future, argued JPMorgan Chase & Co analysts. They highlighted the declining difference in funds allocated in the precious metal and the primary cryptocurrency, saying that the move will “represent the transfer of billions in cash.”Bitcoin Inflows, Gold OutflowsThe cryptocurrency community has debated for years on the narrative that bitcoin is the digital representation of gold. After all, both...

The major UK financial institution Standard Chartered has partnered with Northern Trust on the launch of their mutual cryptocurrency-related project Zodia.Launching a Cryptocurrency Custody Business for Institutional InvestorsAccording to an official press release, the innovation and ventures unit of Standard Chartered, SC Ventures, has formed a partnership with Northern Trust – a Chicago-based financial services company and one of the oldest and largest banking institutions in the United...

Hedge fund manager and founder of Bridgewater Associates, Ray Dalio, seems to have softened his position on bitcoin. He went from dismissing BTC as a currency and store of value through a “what am I missing stage,” and most recently admitted that the cryptocurrency could be an alternative to gold.Ray Dalio’s Bitcoin TransformationThe prominent investor and philanthropist has never displayed favoritism regarding bitcoin. Just the opposite, he has questioned BTC’s role as a store of value or as...

Bitcoin was dabbling with the $19,000 level for several days but, after another unsuccessful attempt to break above it, headed south and plummeted by $1,000 in 24 hours. Recent data indicated a significant uptick of BTC transferred from cold wallets to exchanges, implying that the price drop could have been somewhat expected.$278M Of BTC Moved To Exchanges Prior The DropAfter a predominantly calm weekend in which BTC displayed an untypical absence of high fluctuations, the cryptocurrency...