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The founder of SkyBridge Capital and former White House Director of Communications, Anthony Scaramucci, made a somewhat surprising statement earlier today saying that Elon Musk owns about $5 billion worth of BTC personally and through his companies. Elon Musk’s electric vehicle and clean energy giant, Tesla, made the news in February when it was revealed that the company had purchased $1.5 billion worth of BTC earlier this year. This impressive milestone in bitcoin’s adoption cycle came after...

We saw a rollercoaster of price action over the past seven days as Bitcoin went to set a new all-time high slightly below $62K, only to retrace to about $53K a couple of days later. Most of the altcoins followed suit, though some came out of it better than others.BitcoinBitcoin is up by a small 2% over the past week as it trades at the $59,000 level. The cryptocurrency had surged higher last weekend to set a new ATH at $61,781. It was trading inside an ascending price channel for the majority...

It appears that 2021 is the year for Bitcoin ETF approvals as yet another exchange-traded fund tracking the performance of the first-ever cryptocurrency will emerge – this time, in Brazil. The country’s Securities and Exchange Commission (CVM) has given its blessing to QR Capital’s application, and the QBTC11 product will go live on the Sao Paulo stock exchange.Bitcoin ETF Approved in BrazilBased in Rio de Janeiro, QR Capital describes itself as the “largest cryptocurrency asset manager” in...

Bitcoin’s current bull run could continue for another 4x price increase, according to the Long-Term Holder MVRV metric, suggested Glassnode.Simultaneously, the network’s activity keeps escalating as the non-zero and 0.01+ accounts have both reached new all-time highs.Bitcoin to $250K and Beyond?The primary cryptocurrency has been on a bull run in the past several months. After all, its price increased by roughly six-fold since early October to its recently-registered all-time high at...

The Securities and Exchange Commission has put VanEck’s ETF ( Exchanged-traded fund) proposal for discussion. The institution now has a 45-day window to approve, deny, or even extend the review process to at least 240 daysVanEck’s proposal was published on the SEC’s official website. Several companies and investment firms have been trying since 2017 to launch a Bitcoin ETF, filing numerous proposals over time. All of them were rejected by the regulatory body, citing “market manipulation” and...

After a highly volatile day in which BTC touched $60,000, the primary cryptocurrency has slipped to 58,000. The altcoin market is even more fluctuating, as Cardano has retraced following the latest gains and has lost its top three spot to Binance Coin.Top Ten Rotations Continue; BNB Ahead of ADAThe past several days were quite volatile for the altcoin space. However, most larger-cap alternative coins have calmed on a 24-hour scale.Ethereum, Polkadot, Ripple, UNI, Litecoin, and Chainlink have...

Just a few days after news broke that Morgan Stanley will enable its institutional clients to buy bitcoin, the giant investment bank has reportedly started negotiations to purchase a stake in the largest South Korean cryptocurrency exchange – Bithumb. According to coverage from the Asian media website Naver News, Morgan Stanley is the latest prominent entity from the traditional financial space to consider a purchase in Bithumb. The giant bank reportedly plans to acquire a major stake in the...

The General Service Administration, a part of the US government, has successfully auctioned off 0.7501 bitcoins. Although the portion of sold BTC is not that impressive, what’s intriguing about this purchase is that the buyer paid a substantial 21% premium due to the high number of bidders.US Government Sells Bitcoin With a PremiumThe GSA is a government agency that typically auctions surplus vehicles or office supplies. However, it has decided to expand its portfolio by enabling citizens to...

Although BTC has surged to about $60,000 and its market cap is well above $1 trillion, SkyBridge Capital’s Anthony Scaramucci envisions even further price increases. He compared the asset’s performance to Amazon’s stock and doubled-down on his belief that bitcoin is better than gold.Bitcoin and Amazon ComparisonEver since SkyBridge Capital announced plans to launch a Bitcoin Fund last year, the founder, Anthony Scaramucci, has used every opportunity to defend and praise the cryptocurrency on...

Bitcoin is up by a strong 7.5% today as the cryptocurrency grinds back toward the $60,000 level, this becomes even more impressive as Wall Street indices are down 1-2%. Decoupling? so far, so good.Quick recap: BTC had reached a new ATH over the weekend as it hit $61,780 (Bitstamp) on Saturday. From there, it rolled over during the start of this week, whereas on Tuesday it hit the current weekly low at $53220. There, support was found upon an ascending trend line that started forming on...