Bitcoin has gone mainstream after it debuted in the Merriam-Webster scrabble dictionary. The cryptocurrency has seen its usage soar and is now increasingly becoming part of the everyday lexicon. The asset currently trades at $47,000 after a memorable 2021. Bitcoin is unquestionably mainstream as cryptocurrencies seep into our collective consciences. Scrabble players can now use cryptocurrency as a valid word […]

Bitcoin is holding on to its recent drop after setting an all-time high of $69,000 at the beginning of November. The coin is on course for its worst monthly decline since the crypto rout in May. It has crashed by $12,000 since the ATH in November. Long term holders unaffected The volatile asset traded over 0.5% higher on Wednesday morning […]

During the last couple of weeks, the Bitcoin price continued its bullish run, with its value shortly exceeding the threshold of USD 5,000 per unit. Yet, it seems like regulatory issues in countries with massive trading volumes can have a strong impact on the value of Bitcoin. One of such for example is China, as the price of Bitcoin fell […]

2021 has been both euphoric and turbulent for cryptocurrencies. Fear of regulatory crackdown, environmental impacts, ETF frenzy, positioning as a likely inflation-hedge, withdrawal of pandemic-era monetary stimulus, progression to interest rate tightening, leveraged trading, institutional investment interest, acceptance in financial mainstream for payments, legal tender status are some of the key contributors to the whipsawing prices of cryptocurrencies during the […]

Crypto market capitalization is near the $2.4 trillion level amidst a broad-based rally in most cryptocurrencies. In the past week, Bitcoin’s market capitalization increased by 10.3 percent while Ethereum’s increased by 9.7 percent. The remaining coins recorded a 14.7 percent surge in market capitalization. With Bitcoin’s dominance falling to 40 from 40.7, and Ethereum’s dominance falling to 20.1 from 20.6 […]

key Takeaways  Bitcoin proponent Ray Dalio speaks at length on the future of the asset. He predicts a surge in different forms of alternative currencies like Bitcoin, and their fight for dominance in the long term. The billionaire investor also shared his view on Elon Musk and his support for Dogecoin. Bitcoin has been a main topic of the cryptocurrency […]

Mexican billionaire Ricardo Salinas Pliego had an interesting new year video message for his over 959K followers on Twitter. Ricardo Benjamín Salinas Pliego is the founder and chairman of Mexican conglomerate Grupo Salinas. He is currently the third richest person in Mexico. On 17 November 2020, Salinas recommended the book “The Bitcoin Standard” by Saifedean Ammous to his followers on Twitter, and said that this was […]