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Billionaire investor Jeff Gundlach – who has since garnered a reputation for being a “bond king” – has laid out his thoughts regarding bitcoin and today’s financial markets. While he denies being a legitimate “bitcoin hater,” it’s clear from his recent words that he doesn’t believe in it, and he’s convinced that the cryptocurrency is nothing like what it’s fans claim it to be.Jeff Gundlach Doesn’t Believe in BTCIn a recent interview, he commented:I don’t believe in bitcoin. I think it’s a...

At the time of writing, the price of bitcoin has shot up by more than $300. It’s often been reported that September is a naturally bearish month for bitcoin and several other assets, but that it will usually fail to have any lasting effect on the price of the currency. It will not carry anything into the fourth quarter, and thus far, things are playing out as normal.Bitcoin Is Up Even More TodayThere is more good news in that it looks like bitcoin is becoming far more mature and much more...

Bitcoin has once again shot past the $11,000 mark. This is the first time the world’s number one cryptocurrency by market cap has hit this number since September 19. While it’s easy to get excited at first, many crypto enthusiasts are likely wondering, “Will this figure last?”Will Bitcoin Retain This Momentum?The world’s primary form of cryptocurrency has experienced a rough 40 days. From the end of August through early October, bitcoin has suffered under the crippling bearishness of...

The Department of Justice (DOJ) has unveiled its new 80+ page plan to combat illegal cryptocurrency activities such as terrorist funding, money laundering and outright theft.Department of Justice: We Will Stop Crypto Crime Once and For AllThe crypto scene has come a long way in the last ten years. Unfortunately, it is still marred, to a certain degree, by a lack of regulation. Many times, criminal activity either goes unnoticed or slips through the cracks of even some of the largest trading...

Unocoin – the first cryptocurrency exchange established in India – has just completed a Series A funding round that has garnered the company as much as $5 million from the likes of Tim Draper and other top-notch crypto investors.Unocoin Heads Into Uncharted TerritoryIndia is facing a massive crisis in that regulators are now looking to potentially ban digital trading, rather than simply business and banking relationships between crypto firms and traditional financial institutions. Many...

Over the past month, bitcoin has entered something of a bearish state, and has been struggling heavily. The currency initially reached the $12,000 line in August and had most traders excited for the future. Sadly, it looks like the currency has hit something of a snag ever since, and ultimately lost more than $2,000 from that price. While the currency has recovered somewhat and is now trading for about $10,700, this figure isn’t quite what traders had in mind, and we all know bitcoin could be...

Goldman Sachs has hinted that it’s looking to boost its bitcoin holdings and potentially move forward when it comes to understanding, learning about and holding BTC in the future.Goldman Sachs Has Had a Mixed Relationship with BTCRegarding cryptocurrencies, Goldman Sachs has been a very hit-and-miss company, often going back and forth between appreciating it and loathing it. Things took a particularly nasty and mixed turn last May when the company announced that it was going to offer a...

Square – which is owned and run by Jack Dorsey of Twitter fame – has announced it just purchased as much as $50 million in bitcoin. The company says that bitcoin represents what it’s all about, and that it’s looking to assure bitcoin always has a place on the world’s financial ladder.Square Just Added BTC To Its PortfolioThus far, the amount of bitcoin that was purchases represents roughly one percent of the total assets owned by Square as of the end of the second quarter this year. The...

Bitcoin cash price is gaining pace above the $225 and $230 resistance levels against the US Dollar.The price is now trading above the $232 resistance and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours).There was a break above a key bearish trend line with resistance at $230 on the 4-hours chart of the BCH/USD pair (data feed from Coinbase).The pair is likely to accelerate higher if it clears the $238 and $240 resistance levels in the near term.Bitcoin cash price is showing positive signs above $230...

Whoever said art and bitcoin don’t go together? One artist is looking to prove that they’re the perfect couple and has taken on a rather ambitious project. Bitcoin consists of roughly 12.3 million nodes, and this artist – known as Robert Alice – has taken the time to hand paint each one of them across a series of 40 separate paintings.Bitcoin Has Led to a Whole New CultureThis was clearly a project that took a long time. Three years to be exact, and one must wonder why an artist would spend...