Thomas M
Thomas is a journalist at the BTC Times. He enjoys writing about Bitcoin, learning about Bitcoin, and HODLing bitcoin.
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has added support for Segregated Witness (SegWit) deposits, three and a half years after SegWit was activated on the Bitcoin network. The firm announced their integration in a blog post on Wednesday. SegWit is Bitcoin's possibly largest protocol upgrade to date, as it has introduced
News • Business • Dec 25, 2020Between December 22nd and 23rd, the, digital currency asset manager Grayscale added half a billion dollars to its investment products, the majority of which flowed into the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC). At press time, Grayscale counts $16.4 billion in assets under management. Grayscale has served as one of the
News • Markets • Dec 22, 2020After Ripple Labs revealed on Monday that the Security Exchange Commission (SEC) would soon file a lawsuit against the company for conducting a sale of unregistered securities, the SEC has now indeed followed up with official charges against Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse and co-founder Chris Larsen, alleging the firm raised
News • Altcoins • Dec 21, 2020Following speculation as a series of filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) circulated online, Anthony Scaramucci on Tuesday confirmed in an interview on CNBC that his firm SkyBridge Capital has launched a fund tailored to clients looking for exposure to Bitcoin. With a minimum investment of $50,000,
News • Business • Dec 21, 2020Bitcoin's recent rally to a new all-time high above $23,000 has drawn attention to the asset, as analysts and institutional investors increasingly liken Bitcoin to gold. The latter doesn't need to fear for its safe haven status, however, according to Goldman Sachs Group. As reported
News • Economy • Dec 17, 2020Scott Minerd, Chief Investment Officer of asset management and investment advisory firm Guggenheim Investments, believes Bitcoin is severely undervalued. In a video published by Bloomberg TV on Wednesday, Minerd shared that the firm had "started allocating toward Bitcoin when Bitcoin was at $10,000," adding that he was
News • Markets • Dec 15, 2020Billionaire hedge fund manager Paul Tudor Jones first made waves in the wider Bitcoin space in May this year when he revealed that one percent of his assets is allocated to Bitcoin, the emergence of which he described as the historic “birthing of a store of value.” In an interview
News • Markets • Dec 03, 2020As Bitcoin continues its foray into institutional finance, BlackRock chairman and CEO Larry Fink has become the latest Wall Street representative to provide commentary. As reported by MarketWatch, Fink voiced his thoughts in a conversation with former Bank of England Gov. Mark Carney at the Council on Foreign Relations, stating
News • Business • Dec 01, 2020