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Cynthia Lummis, Wyoming’s newly-elect Senator, doubled-down on her bullish stance on bitcoin in a recent podcast appearance. She hoped to introduce BTC to the government scene as she believes that the cryptocurrency should work alongside fiat currencies.The “Bitcoin Senator” On BTC Working With FiatAs reported by CryptoPotato in early November, Cynthia Lummis became the only elected female Senator during the 2020 elections and the first female Senator from Wyoming. Additionally, she has been...

The American multinational investment bank, JPMorgan Chase & Co, believes that bitcoin has grasped the attention of institutional investors, and further purchases will follow. The giant bank highlighted the recent $100 million BTC buy from the insurance company MassMutual as a significant turning point.JPM: Institutions Are Yet To Double-Down On BTCThe global events that transpired following the COVID-19 outbreak rattled world economies. Whether this is the primary reason, or perhaps...

While Bitcoin has increased by a total of around 400% since the March lows, the picture doesn’t appear as bright in the short-term as it draws away from $20,000.Over the past seven days, the cryptocurrency lost over $1,000 of its dollar value, charting a decrease of about 5%.During the week, BTC managed to increase to above $19,300, but, unfortunately, it was all downhill from there. The cryptocurrency touched a low of $17,650 yesterday before recovering slightly to its current level of...

Despite classifying bitcoin as the best performing asset in 2020, Wells Fargo said in a recent report that the industry is still predominated by speculation rather than traditional investing. The large US multinational financial services company compared BTC with the gold rush in the 1850s.Bitcoin Shows Similarities With The 1850’s Gold RushThe San Francisco-headquartered giant explored the performances of different financial assets through this “wild and crazy year” in its latest report.The...

Founded in 1851, The Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company is a US-based mutual firm with over five million clients. The Springfield, Massachusetts-headquartered giant is the latest traditional financial company that has allocated sizeable portions in the primary cryptocurrency.The Wall Street Journal reported earlier today that the insurance company had purchased $100 million in bitcoin for its general investment account.MassMutual employed the services of the New York-based fund...

The US Department of Justice announced that the founder of the Oyster Pearl cryptocurrency project, Amir Bruno Elmaani, has been charged with operating a tax evasion scheme for millions of dollars and was arrested. The 28-year old Elmaani is charged with two counts of tax evasion, each carrying up to five years in prison.Oyster Pearl Founder Charged And ArrestedThe protocol, launched several years ago, was advertised as a digital data-storage platform employing the IOTA blockchain to store...

The US-based cryptocurrency lending company BlockFi has partnered with the American multinational financial services corporation Visa to bring Bitcoin to the masses.Bloomberg reported that the two US companies will offer a credit card that rewards clients’ purchases with the primary cryptocurrency, instead of traditional options such as cash and airline miles.Dubbed the Bitcoin Rewards Credit Card, it will allow customers to receive 1.5% of their purchases back in BTC. Should the user spend...

NYDIG, the cryptocurrency asset management company, has raised $100 million from a single investor. The firm collected the amount during its newly-announced fund Digital Assets Fund II, after the previous fundraising project, named Digital Assets Fund I.$150M In Just Two Crypto Investment FundsAccording to officially published documents filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the New York-based digital asset firm revealed that it raised $100 million from only one investor on...

The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) has extradited a principal member of a fraudulent cryptocurrency mining and trading platform from Panama to the United States.AirBit Club Co-founder to Face Criminal Charges in the U.S.According to an announcement by the acting U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, Audrey Strauss, U.S. authorities were able to extradite Gutemberg Dos Santos, co-founder of crypto Ponzi scheme AirBit Club.Dos Santos, who holds dual citizenship from Brazil and...

The leading US-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase assisted in MicroStrategy’s massive purchase of $425 million worth of BTC. The platform pledged to help other large firms diversify their portfolios with bitcoin in the future as well.Coinbase Involved In MicroStrategy’s BTC PurchaseThe NASDAQ-listed business intelligence firm made the news on two occasions earlier this year as it announced the total purchase of 38,250 bitcoins. At the time, this sizeable amount equaled about $425...