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The $282 Million Awakenings: 120 Bitcoin Block Rewards from 2010 and 2011 Woke Up This Year
27.2.2021
On February 25, onchain analysts noticed two 2010 block rewards that were transferred after sitting dormant for over a decade. A lot of old blocks have been spent in 2021, and after the large strings of 2010 block rewards spent on January 3rd and 10th, another massive string of 20 block rewards...
Dubai Based Crypto Investment Fund to Convert $750 Million Worth of BTC Into ADA and DOT Tokens
26.2.2021
A Dubai based crypto-based investment fund, FD7 Ventures says it will offload bitcoins worth $750 million and will use the proceeds to increase positions in Cardano and Polkadot tokens. According to FD7 Ventures, this switch to the two altcoins will help the fund to better serve the interests...
Craig Wright Plans to Take Legal Action Against BTC Developers, Hopes to Recover Over $3B in ‘Stolen Bitcoin’
25.2.2021
Craig Wright, the individual that claims to be Satoshi Nakamoto, seems to be planning to initiate legal action against a number of open-source blockchain developers. Wright’s legal team, Ontier LLP, has allegedly sent letters to programmers who work on blockchains like Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash...
Bitcoin Dump Saw Exchange Inflow Jump Over 1,000%, Whale Address Sells 2,700 Coins, F2pool Hawks 3,633 BTC
24.2.2021
On Sunday, February 21, the price of bitcoin touched a new all-time high (ATH) at $58,354 and at the time, inflow into exchanges spiked as well. According to data from the onchain analysis firm, Santiment, stats indicate that exchange inflow jumped 11x on Sunday and data also shows one whale...
Microstrategy Buys $1 Billion More Bitcoin — Company Now Holds Over 90,000 BTC
24.2.2021
Microstrategy has purchased an additional $1.026 billion worth of bitcoin, raising the total number of bitcoins it has accumulated to about 90,531. Its CEO explained that his company remains focused on its two corporate strategies of growing its enterprise analytics software business...
Square Adds 3318 Bitcoins to its Cryptocurrency Reserves
24.2.2021
Square, Inc., a California-based financial service and mobile payment company that makes software and hardware payments products has announced to purchase 3,318 Bitcoins for around $170 million. This is the second major investment of the company in the world’s most speculative digital asset....
Bitcoin’s Astonishing Price Hike – Is it for Real?
22.2.2021
Bitcoin, the most speculative digital asset, has now been continually targeted by investors. They speculate whether investing in Bitcoins would be an ideal option in the current scenario or not when the digital asset appears to be overhyped. The hype began after the Tesla king invested around $1.5...
Day Trader Dave Portnoy Disturbed by Bitcoin Price — Vows to Never Buy BTC Again
21.2.2021
Day trader Dave Portnoy has admitted that he is an idiot when it comes to bitcoin after the price of the cryptocurrency continually hit all-time highs. He panic-sold his bitcoins when its price was just around $11,000 and has now vowed to never buy the cryptocurrency again. Dave Portnoy Regrets...
Bitcoin’s Watershed Moment- Crypto Asset Commands a $1 Trillion Market Capitalization
19.2.2021
Bitcoin’s market capitalization has crossed the $1 trillion zone after the price per coin surpassed $53,650 per unit. The valuation comes 145 months after the launch of the Bitcoin network on January 3, 2009. ‘The First Trillion Is the Hardest’ The price of bitcoin (BTC)...
Mining Machine Manufacturer Ebang to Start Mining Bitcoins for Itself
17.2.2021
The new venture is expected to increase revenue and "optimize" its product offering structure
Bitcoin’s Price Volatility May Hamper Its Progress Above $50K, JPMorgan Says
17.2.2021
The bank's analysts pointed to gold's much lower volatility
MicroStrategy To Host $600M Private Offering to Hoard More Bitcoin from The Revenue Earned
17.2.2021
MicroStrategy, the leading business intelligence firm based in Virginia, has disclosed its plans to roll out a private offering to raise $600M funds in convertible senior notes for qualified institutional investors. The proceeds will then be used to buy even more Bitcoins according to the current...
3 Reasons Why Bitcoin’s Price Just Fell by $3K
15.2.2021
The sudden pullback just short of a new $50,000 high surprised many investors. Here's what probably happened
‘Black Swan’ Author Pulls a 180- Nassim Taleb Says ‘Bitcoin’s a Failure, at Least for Now’
14.2.2021
On February 12, the well known Lebanese-American essayist and risk analyst, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, declared that the leading digital currency bitcoin is a failure, at least for now. Cryptocurrency fans have been upset by Taleb’s recent statements, after it seems the renowned author has done...
Bitcoin’s Rapid Increase Should Compel Crypto Investors to Own Gold, Says Top Miner
13.2.2021
Sandeep Biswas, chief executive officer of Newcrest Mining, one of the world’s biggest gold miners, has said that the sharp increase in bitcoin prices should compel crypto investors to hold gold as a safe-haven asset. In a Feb. 11 interview with Bloomberg TV, Biswas criticized bitcoin’s...
What Bloomberg Gets Wrong About Bitcoin’s Climate Footprint
8.2.2021
The outlet compared Bitcoin and Visa's energy use, reaching several highly misleading conclusions, our columnist says
German Authorities Can’t Access Bitcoins Worth $65 Million ‘Seized’ From Hacker
7.2.2021
German authorities have been unable to gain access to more than 1,700 bitcoins belonging to a convicted hacker, who kept silent about how to access his crypto stash while serving his prison sentence. German prosecutors in the Bavarian town of Kempten said Friday that they have been unable to gain...
Online Sleuths Believe Satoshi Nakamoto’s Bitcoin Stash Is a Blockchain Treasure Hunt Meant to Be Found
7.2.2021
Over the last twelve years, the cryptocurrency community has always been intrigued by Bitcoin’s inventor Satoshi Nakamoto. For over a decade, armchair sleuths and journalists have tried to uncover the creator’s identity and information on the whereabouts of all the bitcoins the enigma...
Argo Blockchain Buys 172.5 Bitcoins as Reserve Asset, Monthly Revenue Soars 52%
4.2.2021
Argo Blockchain said Wednesday that it bought 172.5 bitcoins in the second half of January as part of its asset management strategy. ● In a trading update, the London Stock Exchange-listed bitcoin miner also reported strong revenue growth during the review month, climbing 52% to £2.48...
Crypto Markets Surge, ETH Price Rallies, Bitcoin’s Tight Range Indicates Big Move Ahead
3.2.2021
Digital currency markets have been on the move northbound on Wednesday as bitcoin and numerous crypto assets have seen decent gains. The entire crypto-economy has once again crossed the $1 trillion mark as a myriad of digital currencies jumped anywhere between 5-20% in value during the last...