8 Countries Stricken With Rampant Inflation See Bitcoin Prices Touch All-Time Highs
The price of bitcoin touched new highs in 2020 and a number of supporters are optimistic that the crypto asset’s value will drive higher. In addition to this year’s bitcoin price high, around eight different countries have seen bitcoin touch ... read more.
Mastermind of Alleged Billion Dollar Spanish Pyramid Scheme Arrested, Faces 16 Year Prison Sentence
The CEO of Arbistar the Spanish investment company, Santiago Fuentes, has been arrested and arraigned on charges of fraud, belonging to a criminal organization and money laundering. Fuentes, who has been in hiding since September, was arrested at one of ... read more.
Paypal's Crypto Embrace: Morgan Stanley Says Move Boon for Mass Adoption, Critics Say Payment Giant Violates Crypto Principles
The entry of Paypal into the cryptocurrency industry continues to expose the divide between traditional crypto space players who are less enthusiastic and non-crypto players who endorse the move. Non-crypto players like the analysts at Morgan Stanely are agreement with ... read more.
China Drafts Law to Legalize Digital Yuan, Outlawing Competitors
China's central bank, the People's Bank of China (PBOC), has drafted a law to legalize the digital yuan and outlaw digital currencies issued by anyone else competing with it. Meanwhile, the central bank has been cracking down on gambling sites ... read more.
Billionaire Paul Tudor Jones Sees Massive Upside in Bitcoin, Like Investing in Apple or Google Early
American billionaire hedge fund manager Paul Tudor Jones has recently become more bullish on bitcoin. He declared the cryptocurrency the best hedge against inflation and compares investing in bitcoin now to investing in early tech stocks, like Apple and Google. ... read more.
'Oracle' Vinny Lingham Expects High Bitcoin Volatility, BTC Price Likely to Hold $12K Handle for 30 Days
Four years ago, Vinny Lingham predicted bitcoin’s bull run and a number of bitcoiners have referred to him as the “oracle.” On Twitter, Lingham is once again giving his predictions on bitcoin’s future prices. He’s also noted this month that ... read more.
CME's Bitcoin Futures Rise Suggests Institutional Investors Are Starting to Swarm Toward Crypto
The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) has become the second-largest derivatives market for bitcoin futures in terms of open interest. The popular exchange has seen an influx of demand since the recent Paypal announcement and the Bitmex debacle as well. Data ... read more.
JP Morgan Sees Millennials' Bitcoin Preference Over Gold as Foundation for Its Long Term Success
JP Morgan says bitcoin’s 2020 surge is set to continue as the digital cryptocurrency competes better against gold as an alternative currency. In a note, the financial institution says that with millennials set to become a more important market participant ... read more.
US Agencies Propose Changes to Funds Transfer Rules to Include Cryptocurrencies
The U.S. Federal Reserve Board and Fincen are seeking feedback on their proposal to lower the threshold at which financial institutions must collect and retain information on funds transfers. In their joint notice on the rule change proposal, the two ... read more.
Privacy-Focused Brave Users Can Now Purchase Bitcoin Cash Through Bitcoin.com
The privacy-centric web browser Brave has partnered with Bitcoin.com in order to give users access to cryptocurrencies like bitcoin cash from directly inside their browser. The newly added Bitcoin.com widget has been added to the latest Brave software and is ... read more.
Kanye West: Bitcoiners Know the True Liberation of America and Humanity
U.S. presidential candidate Kanye West professed his respect for bitcoiners during a podcast interview with Joe Rogan. He says bitcoiners "really have a perspective on what the true liberation of America and humanity will be." Kanye West and Bitcoin Kanye ... read more.
Can Github Remove the Bitcoin Codebase? Recent Repository Takedown Has Proponents Worried
On October 23, the Microsoft-owned Github leveraged an ostensible DMCA takedown in order to remove 18 projects from the code-hosting portal. According to sources, the takedown stemmed from a request filed by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Github’s ... read more.
40 Million Troy Ounces: Russia's Gold Find Reaffirms Bitcoin as the More Scarce Asset
News of the discovery of approximately 40 million troy ounces of gold in Russia’s Siberian region is likely to boost the profitability of the country's biggest gold producer, while adding to the supply of the "scarce" resource. Reports say the ... read more.
Defi Protocol Harvest Finance Hacked for $24 Million, Attacker Returns $2.5 Million
Decentralized finance (defi protocol) Harvest Finance was hacked on Monday for $24 million. The attacker targeted the protocol's liquidity pools, performing an arbitrage attack using a large flash loan - a type of uncollatarized loan - but later returned $2.5 ... read more.
$250 Trillion in Assets Looking for Ideal Store of Value: A Bull Case for Bitcoin
The CEO of Nasdaq-listed billion-dollar company Microstrategy has made a strong bull case for bitcoin. He says there is a $250 trillion ocean of assets looking for the ideal store a value right now and bitcoin is a better store ... read more.
The Many Facts Pointing to John Nash Being Satoshi Nakamoto
Six years ago, a number of theories spread across the internet that claimed the famed American economist and mathematician John Forbes Nash Jr. was Satoshi Nakamoto. There's a bunch of circumstantial evidence that has invoked some research into the possibility ... read more.
South African Regulator Raids Home of Key Members of an Alleged Crypto Ponzi Scheme
A South African regulator along with the country’s police have reportedly seized electronics devices and computers belonging to two principal members of Mirror Trading International (MTI), an alleged bitcoin Ponzi scheme. The raid at Clynton and Cheri Marks' home on ... read more.
If Bitcoin Passes $14K, Analysts Say Traders 'Should Look to $20,000' Instead of Looking Back
While bitcoin prices touched all-time 2020 highs on Tuesday, a few analysts say they are expecting only a few more hurdles to surpass the 2017 all-time high (ATH). For instance, the market analyst from Etoro, David Derhy, says to look ... read more.
Southeast Asia's Largest Bank DBS Plans to Launch a Cryptocurrency Exchange
The Singaporean multinational banking and financial services corporation DBS published an announcement revealing it was launching a cryptocurrency exchange. The announcement was later removed by the company, but crypto proponents have learned about the upcoming support for assets like bitcoin, ... read more.
