Over the past week, the comments of a counter-terrorism think tank Director have indicated that ISIS has been using cryptocurrency platforms to conceal donations and bypass financial security measures and could be hoarding close to 300 million in Bitcoin. The Think Tank expert initially made the revelation after identifying an increase in …
Read More »Innovation Cycles, Crypto Venture Funds and Institutional Investors
Famed Silicon Valley venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) stirred up some discussion last week by dividing crypto history into cycles that look something like this: The price goes up, which leads to new interest, which triggers new ideas and use cases, which leads to new startups and funding, which …
Read More »Elon Musk tried to help explain Bitcoin to J.K. Rowling in a bizarre Twitter exchange, and said central banks have made cryptocurrency ‘look solid by comparison’ | Currency News | Financial and Business News
AP/Business Insider JK Rowling asked Twitter to explain bitcoin to her, and was bombarded by replies — including from Elon Musk. Rowling ultimately gave up engaging with the topic, a decision Musk supported. In the process, he took a swipe at conventional central banks, which he said had undermined their …
Read More »Spiritual Reflections on the Bitcoin Halving
Allen Farrington writes at Quillette, Areo and Merion West, as well as extensively on Medium, where he has several much longer essays on Bitcoin, finance, economics and related topics. His collected writings can be found here. He lives in Edinburgh. At approximately 8:23 p.m. GMT on Monday, May 11, the …
Read More »Genesis Trading Buys Crypto Custodian Vo1t in Bid to Become Prime Broker
Digital currency trader and lender Genesis Global Trading is moving toward full-service prime brokerage with the acquisition of crypto custodian Vo1t, the company announced Thursday. The New York-based trading firm, which is a subsidiary of CoinDesk parent firm Digital Currency Group, acquired Vo1t to begin developing a full suite of …
Read More »Bitcoin surges above $8,000 for the first time in 2 months ahead of a key halving in the crypto markets | Currency News | Financial and Business News
Reuters Bitcoin crossed the $8,000 mark for the first time on Wednesday since March ahead of “bitcoin halving” that will take place on May 12. Some analysts expect the bitcoin halving to increase prices. “After the two previous halvings, we’ve seen the price reach an all-time high within 3-9 months …
Read More »Caught Up in Steem Squabble, Bittrex to Return Tokens Diverted in Hard Fork
Bittrex really didn’t want to get involved in the war that’s currently raging within the Steem community. Richie Lai, co-founder of the U.S.-based crypto exchange, posted an announcement late on Wednesday saying his firm would return – reluctantly, it seems – million of dollars worth of disputed cryptocurrency back to …
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Read More »Billionaire investor Paul Tudor Jones says he’s loading up on bitcoin (GBTC) | Currency News | Financial and Business News
REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz Billionaire investor Paul Tudor Jones is buying bitcoin, Bloomberg reported Thursday. The hedge fund manager said his fund may hold as much as a low single-digit percentage of its assets in bitcoin futures to help protect against a rise in inflation, according to the report. Paul Tudor Jones is …
Read More »Russia Considering Draconian Rules for Illegal Crypto Operations
Harsh new rules making many uses of digital assets punishable with fines or prison might soon become law in Russia. New draft bills setting out how Russia should regulate cryptocurrencies were sent to the country’s parliament, the State Duma, earlier this week. Although the official website for the planned legislation …
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