Category: Bitcoin

Bitcoin was invented in 2008 by  Satoshi Nakamoto, an unknown person or persons, and is the world’s first digital money (cryptocurrency).

Bitcoin transactions are on a secure, decentralized blockchain-based network. Its a new kind of money that’s instant, private, and free from traditional bank stranglehold

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ETH smashes records, Bitcoin’s brilliant quarter, PayPal’s big move

Coming every Saturday, Hodler’s Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and regulation highlights, leading coins, predictions and much more — a week on Cointelegraph in one link. Top Stories This Week ETH breaks record all-time high amid fresh price surge Ether?

NFTs ‘ten times better’ than traditional art, says Beeple’s $69M NFT buyer

Nonfungible tokens are “ten times better than their physical counterparts”, according to digital art collector MetaKovan. The pseudonymous art patron, who was recently revealed to be blockchain entrepreneur Vingaresh Sundaresan, bought the NFT of Beeple’s “EVERYDAYS: THE FIRST 5000 DAYS” for $69 million dollars earlier this year. Explaining the motives behind his purchase in an

Global Financial Services Firm BTIG Bullish on Bitcoin and MicroStrategy – Here Are the Price Targets

BTIG managing director and digital assets analyst Mark Palmer is revealing his bullish price targets for Bitcoin (BTC) and MicroStrategy (MSTR). In a research note, Palmer highlights the relationship between the price of MSTR and Bitcoin’s value. “We fully acknowledge that MSTR, which last August became the first publicly traded US company to adopt Bitcoin

Here’s why April may be the best month yet for Bitcoin price

The U.S. dollar is starting to weaken once again as sellers are pushing the U.S. Dollar Index (DXY) downward, which could strengthen the momentum of Bitcoin (BTC) in the near term. Alternative assets like Bitcoin and gold are priced against the dollar. Hence, when the DXY starts to drop, it often causes BTC to rally

Pension funds and insurance firms alive to Bitcoin investment proposal

Life and annuity companies are increasingly dedicating part of their asset base to Bitcoin (BTC). While the top crypto has delivered the best returns over the past decade, the long-talked-about institutional herd seems to be finally making its way to the BTC market. During the bear market of 2018, Bitcoin developmental efforts from multiple stakeholders

Giant Crypto Whale Emerges, Moving $703,000,000 in Bitcoin in an Instant – Here’s Where the Crypto Is Now

An under-the-radar Bitcoin whale just relocated hundreds of millions of dollars worth of BTC as the flagship cryptocurrency moves to break its all-time high. According to distributed ledger explorer Blockchain.com, an unknown entity transferred 11,999 BTC worth $703 million in an instant for a fee of $571. Source: Blockchain.com The sending wallet, which was created

Tyler Winklevoss thinks Bitcoin is past the risk of a US ban

The United States government has increasingly stepped up its overwatch on crypto in recent years, although an outright ban on Bitcoin is now unlikely — at least according to Gemini CEO and co-founder Tyler Winklevoss. “I think, if we were back in 2013, this would be kind of an open question,” Winklevoss told podcaster Peter

Latest episode of ‘the Falcon and the Winter Soldier’ involves massive Bitcoin bounty

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, a new Marvel Cinematic Universe show on the Disney+ streaming platform, incorporated a Bitcoin (BTC) bounty into its newest episode.  In episode three, “Power Broker,” one of the characters receives a text message which reads: “Selby dead. ₿1K BOUNTY for her killers.” The reference, which drops around the narrative’s

Crypto funds batting .000 against SEC

With more than 35 million customers, $21 billion in revenues and $3.8 trillion in discretionary managed assets, Fidelity Investments is one of the largest investment management companies in the world. It may need all its heft to break the losing streak of crypto-fund sponsors that have gone up against the United States Securities and Exchange