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The cryptocurrency market is booming over the past few days, with Bitcoin marking a brand new all-time high and capturing the coveted $60,000 mark – another huge milestone.But, as we know from history, the market likes to move in cycles, so it might be the case that soon we see altcoins starting to catch up. With this said, we’ve prepared a list of a few cryptocurrencies besides BTC that might be interesting to look at over the following week.EthereumEthereum did pretty well over the past...

Following a few consecutive days in which BTC price came just inches away from breaking its ATH of $58,400, the cryptocurrency finally did it yesterday and went on a wild spike to record a new current top at $61,800. The altcoin space also followed the bullish price trajectory and the market cap added $150 billion for a new record of its own at $1.850 trillion.Bitcoin Exploded Above $60K: Broke The Feb-21 ATHAs CryptoPotato previously reported, bitcoin came close to the previous all-time high...

Numerous large corporations and institutions entered the bitcoin space in the last year or so with substantial purchases worth billions of dollars in total. Keeping in mind that some of those names were giants like Tesla, MicroStrategy, Ruffer Investment, and MassMutual, it’s quite normal that they all made the news more than once.But what about the so-called little guy? Being considered as a highly-volatile and risky asset with a little over a decade-long history, BTC doesn’t sound like the...

The cryptocurrency lending company BlockFi has raised $350 million through a Series D fundraising round led by prominent names such as Tiger Global, Bain Capital Ventures, and Pomp Investments. The firm plans to utilize this considerable amount for new product releases.BlockFi Raises $350M; Valuation at $3BFounded in 2017, BlockFi is a firm describing itself as a “financial services company dedicated to building a bridge between cryptocurrencies and traditional financial and wealth management...

Around one-third of UK-based investors believe they have missed their chances to get on the bitcoin bandwagon on time, so they would prefer to stay out of the market entirely, showed a recent survey. Nevertheless, they believe that the first-ever cryptocurrency hasn’t halted its bull run and will continue north to $70,000 or even $140,000 this year.UK Investors Regret not Buying BTC?The research compiled by the UK think tank Parliament Street and the independent polling company Censuswide...

Less than a month after painting its previous all-time high on February 21st, Bitcoin has done it again. The cryptocurrency just surged past it and charted fresh highs. As of writing these lines, Bitcoin is trading above $59,000 according to Bitstamp.The last month was quite the roller coaster in the cryptocurrency market, and it had many people question if the bull-run had come to its end.Apparently, that’s not the case, as BTC price has been on an absolutely epic streak over the past week,...

Another highly volatile trading day for bitcoin as the asset briefly dipped to $55,000 and a few hours later came about 2% away from the ATH at $58,400. Most larger-cap altcoins also went through the turbulence but have calmed on a 24-hour scale, with Ethereum failing to reconquer $1,800.Update: shortly after we released this market recap, Bitcoin broke its ATH from February 21, surpassing $58,500.Bitcoin’s 24H Ups and DownsAs reported yesterday, bitcoin was on a roll as it came just 0.43%...

Michael Saylor’s business intelligence giant has kept its promise to allocate additional funds in the primary cryptocurrency. MicroStrategy announced on Friday that it had added another chunk of 262 bitcoins to its sizeable stack of over 91,000 tokens. The company’s founder and CEO, Michael Saylor, took it to Twitter on Friday to inform of the firm’s latest BTC acquisition. After a few consecutive weeks of purchasing chunks worth $10 million each, this time MicroStrategy upped its game and...

On this day, exactly one year ago, Bitcoin saw one of its worst trading sessions in history. The cryptocurrency lost around 50% of its value and tapped a low at around $3,800. That’s also true for every altcoin, as well as for the traditional financial markets.Nevertheless, it’s safe to say that the cryptocurrency market has come a long way since then. In fact, this was the absolute bottom in the cycle, and it has been up only ever since. Now, 365 days later, Bitcoin’s price is trading at...

More developments on the Ripple vs. the SEC legal front as the Commission has requested personal financial information of the company’s CEO, Brad Garlinghouse, and co-founder Christian Larsen.Simultaneously, the Japanese financial giant SBI Group has doubled-down on its support for Ripple by offering to pay its shareholders dividends in XRP.The SEC Seeks Personal Info on Ripple ExecsThe impending case between the US Securities and Exchange Commission and the blockchain payment processor...