Category: Bitcoin

The Kessler Collection, an American luxury hotel brand, has begun accepting Bitcoin (BTC) and cryptocurrencies as a payment option. According to a press release issued on Tuesday, the hotel chain has partnered with crypto payment gateway service BitPay to begin accepting Bitcoin. Other cryptos adopted include Ether (ETH), Dogecoin (DOGE) as well as four stablecoins

Hester Peirce of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission is well-known as a regulator who has shown consistent support for digital assets, so much so that her moniker “crypto mom” has become unshakeable. In a new interview with the Thinking Crypto podcast, Peirce reflected on the United States’ regulatory approach to the asset class

With the price of gold down more than 11% over the last six months, some investment managers are questioning its status as a hedge asset. According to Bloomberg, Russ Koesterich, portfolio manager at BlackRock’s Global Allocation Fund, gold is currently failing to prove its effectiveness as a viable hedge against inflation. Indeed, Koesterich countered the

Spencer Schiff, the son of gold bug and major Bitcoin (BTC) critic Peter Schiff, seems to have decided to move all his portfolio investments into one single asset, Bitcoin. “My son went all in on Bitcoin on the last drop below $50k. 100% of his portfolio is now in Bitcoin,” gold bug Schiff announced Wednesday

Bitcoin (BTC) fell $2,000 overnight on March 11 after United States-based multinational Oracle dispelled rumors that it had bought 72,000 BTC. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: Tradingview Data from Cointelegraph Markets and TradingView showed BTC/USD returning to $55,000 on Thursday after hitting local highs of around $57,00. The previous day had delivered strong performance across

An influential crypto trader and analyst is spotlighting three altcoins that he believes are on the verge of a breakout while Bitcoin coils up near its all-time high. As Bitcoin retests the $57,000 level for the first time in nearly three weeks, pseudonymous crypto whale Flood, tells his 110,000 Twitter followers that he is keeping

Investor Ivan Malpica listed a share in a property at 5828 Wise Avenue in St. Louis on NFT marketplace Mintable last night for roughly 42.43 ETH — worth nearly $76,000 at the time of writing. The listing promises “NFT fractional ownership (50%) of this fully gutted rehabbed home,” noting the home had been appraised for

Long-term Bitcoin hodlers appear not to be selling despite 2021’s all-time highs, while nervous newbies have been taking profits along the way. According to Unchained Capital’s “Hodlwaves” chart — which visually illustrates the time since BTC wallets were last active on-chain, 2021 has seen an increase in both long and short-term activity. Hodlwaves: Unchained Capital

New research from U.K. think tank Parliament Street revealed that 25% of British investors estimate they would have made £1 million or more ($1.39 million) in profit by investing all their wealth in Bitcoin at the start of 2020. The survey “The Great Cryptocurrency Report” polled 2,000 British investors about their confidence in crypto and

Israel’s Altshuler Shaham Investment House has doubled its money after tipping $100 million into the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust late last year. It’s the only know Israeli institution to have invested this magnitude of funds into Bitcoin so far. The news follows increasing institutional interest in Bitcoin internationally, with reports on March 7 that Chinese tech