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From criticizing bitcoin for failing the purposes of money and suggesting a potential ban to comparing it with gold and, most recently, indicating BTC has proven its place in investment portfolios – Ray Dalio’s mind on the cryptocurrency seems to be changing. Interestingly, Max Keiser foresaw this development months ago. Ray Dalio’s BTC Evolution Along with numerous other prominent representatives of the traditional financial world, Bridgewater Associates’ founder was a vocal...

Another wild weekend in the crypto markets as Bitcoin plummeted by about $9,000 in hours amid rumors suggesting the US Treasury Department would charge several financial organizations for laundering money with cryptocurrencies. The altcoin market is also deep in red with double-digit percentages that evaporated more than $350 billion from the crypto market cap. US Treasury FUD Plummeted BTC? As reported yesterday, the primary cryptocurrency had regained over $2,000 of value...

The Grayscale Bitcoin Trust is on route to surpass the largest gold-tracking ETF in the following few months, suggested Bloomberg’s senior commodity strategist, Mike McGlone. The analyst also outlined the ongoing digitalization phase as the primary reason behind BTC’s success. GBTC on its Way to Surpass SPDR Gold Shares McGlone took it to Twitter to exemplify Bloomberg’s views on the performance of the two largest bitcoin and gold funds in the past year and the projections...

Just a day after its official public listing, Coinbase is already creating multi-billion-dollar success stories. The popular angel investor and founder of Initialized Capital, Garry Tan, told his story in which he turned a $300,000 invested in Coinbase upon the company’s launch into $2.4 billion. Tan’s Initial Story with Armstrong and Coinbase Long before Coinbase became the US’s largest crypto exchange and be valued at about $100 billion, Brian Armstrong’s brainchild had a...

Following yesterday’s freefall in which bitcoin risked dipping below $60,000, the asset has bounced off and recovered about $2,000 of value. Most altcoins have also regained some ground, with some more than others. Apart from the top performer DOGE, Bitcoin Cash has spiked by 25% and has re-entered the top ten. Bitcoin Reclaims $62K After the latest all-time high registered earlier in the week of $65,000, the primary cryptocurrency reversed its price trajectory. Bitcoin...

This week was particularly eventful in the cryptocurrency market. Without a doubt, the highlight of it was the direct listing of Coinbase shares on Nasdaq. This is the first major cryptocurrency exchange to go public, and it did so in style. The trading opened at around $381 per share (ticked COIN), putting an opening value of around $100 billion. But that’s not the only exciting thing that happened. The week started off with a blast as bitcoin surged past $60K on Saturday....

Dogecoin is where all the rage is in the cryptocurrency market throughout the past 24 hours. DOGE is up almost 200% in the past day and almost 500% in the past week. With the latest surge, it has also managed to become the 6th largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, surpassing Cardano’s ADA. Dogecoin Now Bigger Than Cardano As CryptoPotato reported earlier, the popular meme coin, DOGE, made headlines by painting a fresh all-time high at around $0.30. While this, in...

Jim Cramer, the host of CNBC’s Mad Money, has disposed of half of his bitcoin holdings and used the substantial profits to pay off his mortgage. Although he classified this conversion as “phony money for real money,” the crypto community was quick to criticize his actions. Cramers Pays Off Mortgage with BTC Profits CNBC’s host has a somewhat controversial history with the primary cryptocurrency. He went from calling it an “outlaw currency” back in 2018 to highlighting and...

Binance announced the completion of the 15th BNB burn earlier today of just shy of 1.1 million tokens. Although the amount in coins has substantially declined compared to the past several such events, it set a record in terms of USD with almost $600 million.  The announcement from the Malta-based cryptocurrency exchange from earlier today reads that the company has completed the 15th quarterly BNB token burn “in accordance to the Binance whitepaper.”  The amount of coins...

Turkey’s government has introduced a new regulation that will prohibit cryptocurrency assets from being used as payment methods as of April 30th, citing significant risks. Nevertheless, banks are excluded from the legislation, meaning that users can still deposit the Turkish Lira on crypto exchanges through their banking accounts. Turkey’s Ban on Crypto Usage as Payment Methods According to the official statement from the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey, the country...