Bitcoin managed to daily close back above $48.1k, but met with selling pressure throughout the day, hitting an intraday low of $46.3k, according to Bitstamp. Short-term technicals have turned cautiously bearish, especially with bearish divergence forming on the daily chart and Bitcoin failing to stay above $50k. The primary cryptocurrency remains in a tight spot as the price successfully reclaimed the 21-week and 200-day moving average recently, but is still in the validation...
Read More »FSC Chairman Nominee Does Not See Cryptocurrencies as Real Currency
Financial Services Commission (FSC) Chairman nominee Koh Seung-beom opined that digital assets would not work successfully as financial instruments. He went further, stating they “could not function as a real currency.” Are Digital Assets Real Money? Koh Seung-beom – nominated by the Korean President to be the next Chairman of the FSC – expressed his skepticism regarding the successful role of cryptocurrencies in the economic system. He agreed with the International Monetary...
Read More »Infrastructure Bill Will Hasten USD Devaluation and Bitcoin Hedging (Opinion)
The $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill in the U.S. Congress is currently on pause until Sept 27th or later. Meanwhile, House Democrats want to spend $3.5 trillion. After $6 trillion in Covid appropriations in 2020. Here’s why that’s a favorable macro environment for crypto. The fate of the relationship between the U.S. and cryptocurrency is wrapped up in the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure appropriations bill. The resolution of a contentious tax rule inserted as...
Read More »Citi Awaits Regulatory Approval to Start Trading Bitcoin Futures on CME: Report
US multinational investment banking giant Citigroup is reportedly considering trading bitcoin futures, stating that it has witnessed an increased interest in BTC from its institutional clients. CME Looking to Trade CME Bitcoin Futures According to a report by CoinDesk on Tuesday (August 24th, 2021), an anonymous source within the bank revealed that Citi is working on receiving the regulatory green light to begin trading bitcoin futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange...
Read More »PayPal Mafia Goes Full USD Bear Jacket: What Does it Mean for Crypto (Opinion)
Palantir says it’s preparing for a black swan event with its massive gold purchase this month. Bloomberg reports the company also accepts bitcoin and gold as payment, but no one has paid in either. The Peter Thiel cloud computing company is also interested in accumulating bitcoin, Per a recently report: “The company spent $50.7 million this month on gold, part of an unusual investment strategy that also includes startups, blank-check companies, and possibly Bitcoin. Palantir...
Read More »MicroStrategy Acquires Nearly 4,000 Bitcoin for $177 Million
The US-based NASDAQ-listed business intelligence company MicroStrategy continues with its bitcoin acquisition spree, as the company recently purchased over 3,900 BTC. Consequently, the firm now holds nearly 109,000 bitcoins in total. Tweeting on Tuesday (August 24th, 2021), MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor revealed that the firm has added 3,907 bitcoin to its stash, bought at an average price of approximately $45,294 per BTC. According to Saylor, the bitcoin accumulated by...
Read More »Blockstream Raises $210M: The $3.2B Company Will Expand into Manufacturing Mining Chips
The valuation of the company has risen above $3 billion after completing the Series B round in which some of the participants included iFinex and Baillie Gifford. Blockstream aims to use the funds towards manufacturing mining chips. As reported by Canadian media on August 24th, Blockstream has further solidified its positioning as a cryptocurrency unicorn firm following the latest funding. The UK private equity firm Baillie Gifford and iFinex, the parent company of Bitfinex...
Read More »Substack Debuts Bitcoin Subscription Payments via the Lightning Network
San Francisco-based online publishing platform Substack has enabled support for bitcoin payments for subscriptions to publications through the use of the Lightning Network. Substack has collaborated with OpenNode, a bitcoin payment processor, for the BTC payment option. OpenNode made the announcement via a press release on Monday (August 23rd, 2021). With the latest development, readers would be able to pay with BTC for subscriptions on the Substack platform. However, this...
Read More »Google Trends: Bitcoin Interest is Far From Yearly Highs Despite BTC Surpassing $50K
Many reports in the past have confirmed that bitcoin’s price increase is often followed by a significant rise in interest in the leading cryptocurrency, especially from retail investors. Now, though, the situation seems rather different. Bitcoin Price and Interest Usually Correlate As reported in Q3 last year, when bitcoin started hitting highs after highs, months after a severe crash during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, the impressive price movements received wide...
Read More »In The Money Stocks’ President: Bitcoin Will Eventually Slip to $18K Despite Its Recent Rally
Gareth Soloway – chief market strategist at InTheMoneyStocks – is not impressed by bitcoin’s recent price increase. He argued that the primary cryptocurrency’s USD value would soon reach $50,000-52,000, but will eventually tumble to $18,000. Would History Repeat Itself? In a recent interview for Kitco News, Gareth Soloway – the President of InTheMoneyStocks – opined that bitcoin’s price would eventually experience a massive downturn. While he predicted that the digital asset...
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