Mainstream firms entering the Bitcoin market have begun to adopt the option of storing their assets in Bitcoin and boycotting the option of converting to fiat. Some of these businesses include Tesla, and most recently Oakland Athletics Suite Payment services. Both of these businesses are accepting Bitcoin payments from their consumer base, and have declared that they are uninterested in […]

Bitcoin has been on an incredible uptrend and bulls have come out in plenty to predict the future price of the world’s largest and oldest cryptocurrency. But surprise, surprise, Jesse Powell, CEO of cryptocurrency exchange Kraken strongly believes dollar-based BTC price forecasts are flawed due to fact that fiat money is prone to substantive inflation. Powell suggests that luxury marques […]

In a recent interview, Ripple CTO David Schwartz talked about the advantages of XRP Ledger’s consensus mechanism over Bitcoin’s Proof-of-Work (PoW) consensus mechanisms. The Ripple CTO’s comments about Bitcoin and XRP came during a Zoom call with TechRadar Pro a few days ago. Schwartz said that miners’ involvement in Bitcoin’s PoW consensus process means that you have a payment network […]

A bitcoin flavoured Fintech startup that trades on Nasdaq as well as TSX under Mogo, has become the world’s first to offer bitcoin cashbacks of up to 3,100 Canadian dollars for those that take up a new mortgage or refinance with them. They claim to offer as low as 1.54% fixed rate mortgages through a quick online process on their […]

Some 26 million merchants that have integrated PayPal will now be able to accept some of the four most prominent cryptocurrencies, including bitcoin, ethereum, litecoin and BCH. “As the use of digital payments and digital currencies accelerates, the introduction of Checkout with Crypto continues our focus on driving mainstream adoption of cryptocurrencies, while continuing to offer PayPal customers choice and […]

CME is to expand their futures offering with what they are calling micro bitcoin futures pending regulatory review. Currently one bitcoin futures contract on CME is the equivalent of five bitcoins, worth $300,000, pricing out many potential customers. The new future contracts will be worth the equivalent of 0.1 bitcoin, worth about $6,000, significantly increasing the potential level of participants. […]

Swiss multinational Credit Suisse has announced a “highly significant and material” loss resulting from a “US-based hedge fund defaulting on margin calls.” Likewise Japan’s biggest investment bank, Nomura, has warned of a “significant loss” at its US subsidiary due to a transaction related to an unknown client with that loss estimated at $2 billion. Many are saying that client is […]

The veteran trader and market commentator Peter Brandt has unveiled a new price prediction for Bitcoin that could prove to be his most bullish yet.  While speaking during an interview held on March 26 at Real Vision’s “Crypto Gathering“, Brandt predicted that Bitcoin could appreciate more than 250% during the current bull cycle, citing historical price action for BTC. The […]

A Reddit user is claiming his wife is leaving him after he refused to sell his Bitcoin holdings to take a profit when the BTC price first hit $60K.  According to a post titled “My Wife is leaving because bitcoin.” on subreddit “r/Bitcoin” by user “u/Parking_Meater“, first discovered by crypto news outlet Cointelegraph on March 25, the man’s wife moved […]