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Bitcoin Won't Dethrone Gold: Goldman Sachs
Bitcoin Won't Dethrone Gold: Goldman Sachs
News  •  Economy  •  Dec 17, 2020 by Thomas M

Bitcoin'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

"Bitcoin Should Be Worth About $400,000" - Guggenheim Investments CIO
"Bitcoin Should Be Worth About $400,000" - Guggenheim Investments CIO
News  •  Markets  •  Dec 15, 2020 by Thomas M

Scott 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

FinCEN Proposes Enhanced AML Rules for Non-Custodial Wallets
FinCEN Proposes Enhanced AML Rules for Non-Custodial Wallets

In late November, Coinbase chief executive Brian Armstrong warned that the U.S. Treasury was looking to crack down on "self-hosted" cryptocurrency wallets. Armstrong suggested that from what he has heard, the Treasury was going to mandate exchanges to take the information of users looking to withdraw capital

News  •  Bitcoin  •  Dec 17, 2020
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FinCEN Proposes Enhanced AML Rules for Non-Custodial Wallets
FinCEN Proposes Enhanced AML Rules for Non-Custodial Wallets

In late November, Coinbase chief executive Brian Armstrong warned that the U.S. Treasury was looking to crack down on "self-hosted" cryptocurrency wallets. Armstrong suggested that from what he has heard, the Treasury was going to mandate exchanges to take the information of users looking to withdraw capital

News  •  Bitcoin  •  Dec 17, 2020
Bitcoin Won't Dethrone Gold: Goldman Sachs
Bitcoin Won't Dethrone Gold: Goldman Sachs

Bitcoin'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, 2020
"Bitcoin Should Be Worth About $400,000" - Guggenheim Investments CIO
"Bitcoin Should Be Worth About $400,000" - Guggenheim Investments CIO

Scott 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, 2020
Turning the Counter-Revolutionaries
Turning the Counter-Revolutionaries

Obi Nwosu is the CEO and co-founder of Coinfloor, the UK's longest-running Bitcoin exchange. He has over 20 years’ experience building online marketplaces and bringing virtual currencies to tens of millions of people. Obi writes The Road to Bitcoin Hegemony, a weekly recap of some of the most

Opinion  •  Economy  •  Dec 15, 2020
British Investment Firm Puts 2.5% of $620M Fund Into Bitcoin
British Investment Firm Puts 2.5% of $620M Fund Into Bitcoin

On Tuesday, Ruffer Investment Company revealed in an investor letter that it has allocated "around 2.5%" of its fund's portfolio to Bitcoin: One recent addition, via one of the specialist managers appointed within the Ruffer Multi-Strategies Fund, has been bitcoin. This is primarily a defensive

News  •  Bitcoin  •  Dec 15, 2020
Channel Jamming Attacks on the Lightning Network: A Deep-Dive
Channel Jamming Attacks on the Lightning Network: A Deep-Dive

In May this year, Bitcoin Core contributors Gleb Naumenko and Antoine Riard proposed the use of Fidelity Bonds for LN Routing to prevent channel jamming, a type of denial-of-service (DOS) attack that can occur on the Lightning Network. Channel jamming, first described in 2015 by Rusty Russell, usually describes a

interview  •  Technology  •  Dec 13, 2020
MicroStrategy Completes $650M Offering of Convertible Senior Notes
MicroStrategy Completes $650M Offering of Convertible Senior Notes

On Monday, American business services company MicroStrategy announced its intent to raise $400 million in a private offering of convertible senior notes, the proceeds of which it would potentially use to buy bitcoin. While many scoffed at the deal that earned the company a stock downgrade from Citibank, a few

News  •  Bitcoin  •  Dec 10, 2020
Insurance Company MassMutual Buys $100M Worth of Bitcoin
Insurance Company MassMutual Buys $100M Worth of Bitcoin

As first noted by Grayscale Director Phil Bonello, MassMutual recently purchased $100 million worth of bitcoin. Assuming it bought the cryptocurrency at its current price of $18,150, that would mean the insurance company purchased 5,510 BTC. MassMutual, also known as the Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, is a

News  •  Bitcoin  •  Dec 09, 2020
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