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Ruffer Investment, a London-based asset manager with $27 billion in AUM, is the latest large company to purchase a considerable amount of bitcoin. The company has allocated 2.5% of the portfolio of one of its funds, translating into a purchase of about $15 million worth of BTC.UK Asset Manager Replaces Gold With BTCThe cryptocurrency community has discussed widely in the past few months that some institutions have taken funds out of gold investments and allocated them into bitcoin. While most...

Mt. Gox users fallen victim to an infamous hack in 2014 are closer to receive reimbursement as the debunked exchange’s trustee finally filed a draft rehabilitation plan. The Tokyo District Court and an examiner will now review the proposal and determine the following steps.CryptoPotato reported in October that the Tokyo District Court had issued an order to postpone the submission deadline for the rehabilitation plan to December 15th. This was the second delay in 2020.Today’s announcement...

Cynthia Lummis, Wyoming’s newly-elect Senator, doubled-down on her bullish stance on bitcoin in a recent podcast appearance. She hoped to introduce BTC to the government scene as she believes that the cryptocurrency should work alongside fiat currencies.The “Bitcoin Senator” On BTC Working With FiatAs reported by CryptoPotato in early November, Cynthia Lummis became the only elected female Senator during the 2020 elections and the first female Senator from Wyoming. Additionally, she has been...

The personal address of Hugh Karp, the founder of the Ethereum-based insurance provider Nexus Mutual, has been drained for over $8 million worth of the NXM token by an already registered user. Despite the attack, Nexus Mutual has reassured that the customers’ funds are safe.Nexus Mutual Founder Drained For $8M In NXMThe popular project took it to Twitter earlier today to explain the situation. The undisclosed attacker completed a know-your-customer (KYC) procedure 11 days ago on the platform...

After reclaiming the $19,000 bitcoin’s chances to break above $19,400 seem more likely. Most altcoins have slightly increased their value in a day, with Ethereum closing down to $600.Bitcoin Stays Above $19KFollowing last week’s roller-coaster that resulted in bitcoin dipping to $17,500 on two occasions, the primary cryptocurrency started to gain value during the weekend.CryptoPotato reported that the asset firstly overcame $18,000 before doing the same with the $19,000 level. In the past 24...

The American multinational investment bank, JPMorgan Chase & Co, believes that bitcoin has grasped the attention of institutional investors, and further purchases will follow. The giant bank highlighted the recent $100 million BTC buy from the insurance company MassMutual as a significant turning point.JPM: Institutions Are Yet To Double-Down On BTCThe global events that transpired following the COVID-19 outbreak rattled world economies. Whether this is the primary reason, or perhaps...

The year is 2020, and the world’s leading cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, is trading at above $19,000 – an unimaginable increase in its dollar-value since its inception.BTC has been deemed the best performing asset of the decade, and it shows no signs of slowing down, especially in the current environment of a global pandemic and the potential of a serious financial crisis.Interestingly enough, exactly 10 years ago on this day, Satoshi Nakamoto, the person (or group of people) who started it all,...

Just two days after bottoming at $17,500, bitcoin has recovered the losses and spiked back beyond $19K, as of writing these lines. Most major altcoins are also green, besides Ripple (XRP), which continues to drop in value following the Spark (FLR) airdrop snapshot.Bitcoin Soars Above $19,300: Overvalued?The primary cryptocurrency had a volatile past several days. Last Friday, just two days ago, It went from trading safely around the $19K mark to as low as $17,500.However, after Wall Street...

A recent report posted by the popular cryptocurrency exchange OKEx says that retail investors had chased BTC’s price when it was heading higher in the past few months. In contrast, whale traders and, possibly, institutions were taking profits and primarily buying the dips.Retail Traders Chase The Price; Large Investors Take ProfitsOKEx partnered with the blockchain data company Kaiko to analyze data from the most utilized trading pair on the exchange – BTC/USDT. The two organizations followed...

Following another dip to $17,600 bitcoin has bounced off and has reclaimed the $18K level. Most alternative coins have taken a breath of fresh air as well, and the market cap has gained about $20 billion since yesterday’s bottom.Bitcoin Reclaims $18KThe primary cryptocurrency began gradually decreasing in value at the start of the week. After a few consecutive days of trading in the red, bitcoin dipped even further to $17,600.Despite bouncing off initially, BTC failed to fully recover in the...