Social media giant Facebook’s stablecoin which has not even been officially launched yet, is attracting not only a lot of buzz in the crypto community, but also interest from commercial partners in the form of three major companies PayPal, MasterCard,…
Wall Street Skeptic: Bitcoin a Good Bet if Trade Tensions Continue
Mr Peter Bookvar of Bleakley advisory group views Bitcoin as a great bet to bank on in the face of the China-US trade wars. The chief investment officer is more a fan of Gold as a store of value, but…
Benfica to Accept Crypto Payments from Next Season
The best game in the world, football just got better with Portuguese champions Benfica announcing that they will be accepting Bitcoin and Ethereum payments. This is an unprecedented move in the Portuguese primera liga, since fans will from next season…
Bitcoin Rally Eases as FOMO Buyers Run out of Gas
Crypto analytics firm SFOX has it that the Fear of Missing out (FOMO) buying that recently saw the price of Bitcoin hit 2019 highs of above $9,000, has run out of steam. While the price of BTC has been on…
Israel Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Crypto Exchange in Bank Account Case
Israeli’s crypto community toasted to good news after the country’s largest broker for Bitcoin and Ethereum was allowed to keep its account with the country’s largest bank. This was decided by Israel’s Supreme Court after overturning a district court’s earlier…
The Marshall Islands Adopts National Cryptocurrency
Interesting developments from the Marshall Islands indicate that the country is set to launch its own independently monitored cryptocurrency system that will be used across the country. The Fiat based crypto will be governed by consensus together with a board…
Former Coinbase CTO: Bitcoin will Conquer Wall Street
Former Coinbase executive Balaji Srinivasan is of the opinion that Bitcoin will in the future disrupt the entire tech industry, Wall Street, and Silicon Valley. Despite his surprise exit from Coinbase last month, he remains a firm Bitcoin bull, and…
Winklevoss Brother wants you to be part of Bitcoin take-off
Cameron, one of the Winklevoss twins has been urging people on Twitter to jump aboard the Bitcoin rocket and not miss out due to a lack of imagination. The Winklevoss twins charm offensive appears to have won over another business…
Popular Finance Writer: Bitcoin is for Suckers
Popular finance writer Lawrence Meyers argues that Bitcoin is for suckers, in a post that has been shared widely and disturbed a lot of crypto enthusiasts. He starts off by saying that there are many reasons why Bitcoin is one…
Unpacking Bitcoin’s latest price slump
With all the excitement after Bitcoin hit a 2019 high of $9,000, it quickly went through a dramatic correction that saw the cryptocurrency fall back to $8,200. The sudden rally that saw Bitcoin surge to $9,000 is explained by top…