The debate as to whether or not we are still very early on in the cryptocurrency space is one that’s been going on for quite some time. For some reason, a lot of people tend to tie it up to the current pricing of different cryptocurrencies – something, that in my opinion, has nothing to do with the bedrock of the conversation.We’re in a bubble. Well, at least most of us are in a bubble. And I’m not talking about prices.The Bitcoin BubbleWhether you realize it or not, we’re in a bubble. Me,...
Read More »Blockstream Buys $25 Million Worth of MicroBT Bitcoin Mining Hardware
Popular blockchain company, Blockstream has purchased $25 million worth of MicroBT’s WhatsMiner M30s Bitcoin mining hardware. Blockstream stated in an announcement that it plans to deploy the hardware across its various mining facilities located in the United States and Canada. A Top Secret Mining FacilityFurthermore, Blockstream disclosed that it would allocate some of the mining equipment to a new “top-secret” mining facility it plans to launch soon. The purchase will be an essential...
Read More »Coinbase to Go Public Through a Direct Listing Instead of an IPO
The largest US-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase plans to go for a Direct Public Listing (DPO) of its Class A common stock. The firm expects the Form S-1 filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission to become effective after the Commission completes its review.Coinbase Aims For Direct Public ListingCryptoPotato reported in December that the San Francisco, California-based had submitted a draft registration with the SEC to go public with an initial public offering (IPO). Early...
Read More »Bitcoin Price Rejected at Key Resistance as Uniswap’s UNI Hits $20 (Market Watch)
Following the highly volatile few days in which BTC displayed $6,000 price moves in both directions, the cryptocurrency has calmed around $34,000. At the same time, XRP and a few more altcoins have exploded in value and reduced BTC’s dominance to 62.5%. Uniswap’s UNI token even hit $20.XRP’s Massive Surge Reclaims #4th SpotThe past few days have been anything but boring in the cryptocurrency space – from the retail-driven hype for Dogecoin and up to four-digit gains, through the Elon...
Read More »VISA Might Add Cryptocurrencies to Its 70 Million Merchants Network
Visa, the world’s leading payment processor with millions of merchants in its network and hundreds of millions of users, might add cryptocurrencies to its payments network.Visa Jumps on the Crypto BandwagonVisa, the multinational financial services corporation, might be joining the cryptocurrency bandwagon.In the company’s fiscal first-quarter 2021 earning call, the CEO of the company, Al Kelly, said that they are in a position to make cryptocurrencies more “safe, useful, and applicable.”In...
Read More »Grayscale Has Resumed Private Placement For The Ethereum Trust
The Grayscale Ethereum Trust, which offers its institutional and accredited investors to take advantage of private placements on several occasions throughout the year, has reopened the initiative of its shares.Grayscale announced resuming the Ethereum Trust private placement earlier, thus enabling accredited investors to allocate funds into the company’s product following the second-largest cryptocurrency.Private placement means a sale of an asset to a pre-selected number of investors and...
Read More »Bitcoin Price Analysis: Following False Breakout And Drop To $34K, Is BTC In Danger Again?
The BTC rollercoaster continues. The primary cryptocurrency had started to climb from $30,000 on Thursday as it broke the previous week’s range by pushing above $33,000.On Friday, a Tweet and a bio change from Elon Musk sent Bitcoin soaring as it broke this descending triangle and went as high as $38,620 (Bitstamp).Unfortunately, this push higher was short-lived. Eventually, Bitcoin reversed toward the end of the day as it dropped by a total of $4,400 to close the daily candle inside the...
Read More »Bitcoin Plunged $4000 To Pre-Elon Musk Pump Levels: Weekend Market Watch
After a highly volatile day prompted by Elon Musk’s Bitcoin engagement on social media, BTC has retraced back to around $34,000, as of writing these lines. Most alternative coins also went along the ride, and the total market cap has sustained the $1 trillion mark.Bitcoin’s 24 Hours Wild RideThe primary cryptocurrency was struggling in the past several days as it even dipped beneath $30,000 on a few occasions that were quickly bought by the bulls. As a result, Bitcoin dominance was fading,...
Read More »Elon Musk, Wall Street Bets, GameStop, and Bitcoin to $38K: The Weekly Crypto Market Update
This week will probably go down in history. Not for the cryptocurrency market but for Wall Street. Of course, this doesn’t mean that Bitcoin didn’t do its thing – it did, and this time it was Elon Musk responsible.First things first, though, a few days ago, Redditors took Wall Street at its own game. To be precise, Wall Street Bets, a group that exploded in popularity on the forum and quickly gained millions of followers, decided to open long positions on a legacy stock – GME. This is the...
Read More »Crypto Price Analysis & Overview January 29th: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple, Stellar, and Uniswap
BitcoinBitcoin is up by a cool 20% over the past week as it currently trades near the $35,700 handle. The number 1 ranked cryptocurrency had been trapped within a range for the majority of the week as it oscillated between $33,000 and $30,000.Looking at the larger picture, Bitcoin was trading within a descending triangle pattern since hitting the new ATH price at $42,000 in early January 2021. It had spiked beneath the lower boundary of this triangle at $30,000 throughout the week but managed...
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