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The meme coin that exploded in popularity recently, Dogecoin, has reached another milestone as the Bitcoin ATM provider CoinFlip decided to list the token on 1,800 cryptocurrency ATMs in the United States.Dogecoin Coming to 1,800 ATMsStarted as a joke digital token inspired by Shiba Inu, Dogecoin took the world by storm in the past several months, which has prompted the popular Bitcoin ATM provider CoinFlip to take action.The Chicago-headquartered company announced yesterday that it had added...

The growing in popularity “I changed my mind on bitcoin” club has another prominent representative. The Canadian businessman and star of Shark Tank, Kevin O’Leary, went from calling BTC garbage to allocating 3% of his portfolio in the asset.O’Leary Has Bought BitcoinBorn in Montreal, Canada, O’Leary is a popular businessman, author and is perhaps best known for his role in the reality TV show – Shark Tank. Also referred to as Mr. Wonderful, O’Leary recently announced his entrance into the...

The popular hardware wallet provider, Ledger, will add Polkadot to its wide variety of supported tokens as of March 4th. Additionally, Ledger will also enable users to stake DOT coins directly on the platform, thus increasing the total number of staking options to five.Ledger Adds Polkadot and DOT StakingFounded in 2014, Ledger is a digital asset wallet provider describing itself as the “global leader in security and infrastructure solutions for safeguarding critical” cryptocurrencies. In a...

Yet another attempt for a US-approved Bitcoin ETF is on the horizon coming from the Chicago Board Options Exchange (Cboe). The organization’s filing with the SEC aims to build on a previous S-1 filing initiated by VanEck. CryptoPotato reported in late 2020 that the US investment giant with about $50 billion in AUM, VanEck, has filed for its latest S-1 form with the SEC to establish a Bitcoin ETF called The VanEck Bitcoin Trust.  The company’s application indicated that the ETF’s shares would...

After several consecutive days of price drops, bitcoin initiated an impressive leg up yesterday and even touched the coveted $50,000 tag. Most alternative coins have also reacted positively, including ETH overcoming $1,500, LINK nearing $30, and BNB reaching $250.It’s worth noting traditional financial markets are also recovering. Yesterday, the S&P 500 is up by more than 2%, the NASDAQ Composite – by more than 3%, and the NASDAQ 100 by almost 3%.Bitcoin Taps $50K AgainEver since BTC...

Reports on Reuters today revealed that American multinational investment bank, Goldman Sachs, will offer bitcoin futures and non-deliverable forwards on behalf of its clients starting next week.According to sources familiar with the matter, the move is part of the bank’s effort to take advantage of the fast-growing crypto space, which is gradually becoming an investment of choice for institutional players. Notably, the bank is also considering developing a Bitcoin Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF)...

PlanB, the creator of the well-known Stock-to-Flow (S2F) Bitcoin model, took it to Twitter to provide an update on how the cryptocurrency is performing following the latest developments in the market.BTC continues to follow the S2F cross-asset (S2FX) model “like clockwork,” despite the most recent correction and is still on track to reach $288,000 by 2024.What is the S2FX?First things first, the stock-to-flow cross-asset model takes a new approach compared to the stock-to-flow model. It...

FD7 Ventures, the cryptocurrency-oriented fund that recently vowed to dispose of its BTC holdings for ADA and DOT, has set up a $250 million micro-fund focusing on investments in teams working on the ecosystems of Polkadot and Cardano.FD7 Goes to India for DOT and ADABased in Dubai, UAE, FD7 is a crypto-oriented investment fund with over $1 billion in assets under management (AUM). The firm recently announced somewhat bold plans to dispose of $750 million of its BTC holdings and allocate the...

Tether, the company issuing the most widely-used stablecoin, USDT, has revealed that it got a ransom demand for 500 BTC. The sender has threatened the company to leak documents to the public that would “harm the bitcoin ecosystem.”Tether Gets a 500 BTC Ransom DemandTether, the issuer of the popular USDT stablecoin, took it to Twitter to reveal that someone had threatened to leak documents to the public in an attempt to “harm the bitcoin ecosystem.”The company explained that “forged documents...

What started out as a normal trading day for some PDAX customers led to a favorable turn of fortune, or so it seemed. Their euphoria may have been short-lived by a harsh reality check as the Philippine-based exchange prepares to take legal actions.Philippine Digital Asset Exchange (PDAX) suffered a flaw that led to bitcoin trading 88% below its actual price. The exchange reported that a surge in trading activity was the cause. At the time, bitcoin was trading north of $50k, but traders were...