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Bitcoin is not volatile when compared to fiat currencies, college education, or even real estate, commented the Executive Chairman of NYDIG, Ross Stevens. During an appearance on MicroStrategy’s Bitcoin Educational Conference, the executive also predicted that his organization could top $25B in BTC under management by the end of the year.Stevens: BTC Is Not VolatileMichael Saylor and his business intelligence company MicroStrategy have become among the most prominent bitcoin advocates in the...

In a Q4 2020 investor update, PayPal revealed that it recorded fourth-quarter and fiscal year financial results that were far beyond its expectations. The company noted that it was its strongest fiscal year, with high payment volume and new accounts further strengthening its scale.PayPal recorded a massive surge in the number of active accounts on its platform, with a whopping 16 million active accounts in Q4 2020 alone. For fiscal 2020, the company added 72.7 million net new active accounts,...

Cynthia Lummis is the first woman to represent the state of Wyoming in the US Senate. She’s a member of the Republican Party and was sworn into the United States Senate on January 3rd, 2021.She’s become a well-known commentator on Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies and has said that she is working towards educating other Senate members and officials on their merits. Now, she’s also on the Senate Banking Committee.Cynthia Lummis. Source: C-SpanSenator Lummis on the Senate Banking...

The number of Goldman Sachs executives who question or refute BTC’s role as a store of value continues to expand. After the senior Chairman and head of commodities research, now the head of the investment strategy group has done the same.Goldman Sachs’ Exec Against BTC’s Store Of Value PositionWith bitcoin possessing similar qualities to gold, including a limited supply, the cryptocurrency is often considered as a store of value investment tool, as the precious metal. The narrative has been...

The total crypto market cap has surged to a new all-time high of $1.150 trillion as bitcoin topped $38,000 before retracing back below it. Most alternative coins also marked substantial gains, including fresh all-time highs for Ethereum and Polkadot.Bitcoin Touched $38KAfter the calm weekend in which BTC retraced to about $32,000, the primary cryptocurrency started to gradually increase its value. This led to yesterday’s break out from the consolidation triangle and an intraday high of...

The Coinbase outflows to custodial wallets, considered by CryptoQuant as an adequate price prediction tool, have caught the latest price increase that drove BTC from $32,000 to $37,000 in a few days.The CEO of the analytics company attributed this to institutional demand and said that such purchases are among the most notable bullish signals.Coinbase Outflows: Game Changer?Ki Young Ju, the CEO of CryptoQuant, has repeatedly highlighted the importance of Coinbase BTC outflows. He explained...

The world’s leading payment processor, Visa, has announced a partnership with First Boulevard – a digital neobank that is focused on building generational wealth for the Black Community.The aim of this collaboration is to pilot Visa’s new suite of cryptocurrency API’s that will enable the company’s customers to purchase, custody, and to trade digital assets held by Anchorage.Anchorage is a federally chartered digital asset bank.As CryptoPotato reported last week, the company said that it...

The world’s leading cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, Binance, has launched a beta version of a contactless and borderless crypto payments product by the name of Binance Pay. The exchange will enable its users to send and receive crypto payments worldwide, similarly to PayPal.The Crypto PayPal?Presented earlier today by the company’s CEO, Changpeng Zhao, Binance will launch its latest product – the Binance Pay. Currently, in a beta stage.“Binance Pay is a basket product that we plan...

Guggenheim Partners’ CIO Scott Minerd sees the cryptocurrency industry as a growing and valuable part of the global economy. He doubled-down on his long-term bullish BTC prediction but said that investors need to be wary of the speculative price increase from October 2020 to early January 2021.Minerd On BTC’s Price DevelopmentsThe executive at the Wall Street behemoth has been openly discussing BTC’s price movements and making projections ever since Guggenheim filed documents with the SEC to...

Although bitcoin has already existed for over a decade and grown to be one of the largest assets by market capitalization, new data reaffirms the narrative that it’s still early in its adoption phase. However, it expands fast as the number of users on the BTC network 12 years after its launch coincides with what the Internet used to be… in 1997.Bitcoin Vs. The Internet: Userbase EditionThe vast global network that connects computers worldwide, known as the Internet, is among the most notable...