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The price of bitcoin just keeps on booming, and according to billionaire investor and former hedge fund manager Mike Novogratz, this is just the tip of the iceberg, as he believes the asset is going to spike much higher in the coming years. Mike Novogratz: Bitcoin Will Probably Keep Surging In a recent interview, Novogratz claimed: Right now, total crypto wealth is roughly $2 trillion, so that’s one half of one percent of all the wealth. If you do not think in the next...

Not too long ago, Canada – the United States’ neighbor to the north – introduced its respective continent to the first ever bitcoin-based exchange-traded fund (ETF). The product has experienced solid popularity in this short period and is now valued at more than $1 billion in total assets. A Bitcoin ETF Is Truly as Popular as They Said It Would Be This past year’s cryptocurrency boom has arguably caused many people to swiftly jump into the cryptocurrency space. It has...

Is it possible that bitcoin and cryptocurrencies get so big with time that governments around the world feel threatened? Is it possible that they become so scared that they ultimately decide to come after our assets and stop all trading activities everywhere? According to Jesse Powell, the CEO of popular cryptocurrency exchange Kraken, they could certainly try. Jesse Powell Is Warning Crypto Investors Several financial regulators over the past few months – including U.S....

It looks like Coinbase’s good vibes for this week are not just rubbing off on BTC and mainstream forms of digital currency. Dogecoin – a joke token that uses the face of a cute little Shiba Inu dog as its mascot – has surged to a new all-time high and was trading for as much as 14 cents early Wednesday morning. Dogecoin Keeps Making Financial Waves This week was met with strong news surrounding the cryptocurrency space. The digital token industry just keeps growing like...

As bitcoin and the cryptocurrency industry continue to grow, there is increasing pressure on the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to do something about approving a bitcoin-based exchange-traded fund (ETF). America is lagging, and with the digital currency world expanding to such a degree, many analysts and investors are wondering what could be taking so long. A Bitcoin ETF: Is It Right Around the Corner? As it stands, there are at least eight companies looking to...

Citigroup, Morgan Stanley and BlackRock are all huge companies in the financial space, but they cannot hold a candle to Coinbase, which is arguably on track to becoming one of the largest – if not the largest – crypto exchanges across the globe. Coinbase Is the Biggest One on the Block Coinbase has now been trading publicly on the Nasdaq for a couple of days, and the exchange – which was already quite large – is growing thanks to its new IPO (initial public offering)....

Stock market expert and television personality Jim Cramer allegedly would not mind being paid in bitcoin. Heck, he said he might even demand it in the coming future. Jim Cramer: I Want BTC-Based Paychecks His comments stem from a recent news story that MicroStrategy – one of the first official institutions to publicly support bitcoin and buy billions of dollars-worth of the digital currency – would be paying its board of directors’ salaries and fees in BTC rather than...

There is a new cryptocurrency being added to the mix. Known as DIGau, the currency will be tied to physical gold, meaning that it has the support of something many investors consider a set deal and a store of wealth, which qualifies it as a stable coin. The coin is coming our way through the efforts of a New York City real estate mogul named Kent Swig. Kent Swig Sees Cryptocurrency in a Whole New Light There are cryptocurrencies being added to the digital industry on a...

Gryphon Digital Mining has just completed a new funding round in which the company has raised a whopping $14 million to launch a new bitcoin mining firm that will leave no carbon footprint. Gryphon Digital Mining Has Raised a Lot of Money The hate towards bitcoin mining appears to be growing now that bitcoin has reached its new all-time high of more than $60,000 per unit. The idea is that granted bitcoin’s price grows, so do its mining costs and requirements, which are...

As bitcoin hits a new all-time high this week of just under $63,000 per unit, it appears that several members of Congress have different feelings towards the world’s number one digital currency by market cap. Kevin McCarthy – the House Minority Leader and a Republican from California – has reported that he is a fan of bitcoin, and that the U.S. government needs to wake up when it comes to implementing the appropriate regulations. Kevin McCarthy: The U.S. Is Losing Out In...