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Mexico’s 3rd Richest Person Invests 10% of Liquid Portfolio in Bitcoin
Mexico’s 3rd Richest Person Invests 10% of Liquid Portfolio in Bitcoin
News  •  Bitcoin  •  Nov 18, 2020 by Joseph Young

Ricardo Salinas Pliego, a Mexican billionaire with a net worth of $12 billion according to Forbes, confirmed he has invested 10% of his liquid portfolio in Bitcoin. On November 18th, Pliego recommended the book “The Bitcoin Standard” and told his 810,000 followers that he invested a portion of his

Mining Pools Poolin, Slush & BTC.com Announce Support for Taproot
Mining Pools Poolin, Slush & BTC.com Announce Support for Taproot
News  •  Bitcoin  •  Nov 16, 2020 by Nick Chong

As the BTC Times reported, the implementation of the Schnorr/Taproot consensus rules were merged into the Bitcoin Core repository in October. The next step will be to discuss how the upgrade is to be activated on Bitcoin’s mainnet. This discussion is now taking a step forward, with Bitcoin

CCB’s $3B Bond Purchasable with Bitcoin Has Been Postponed
CCB’s $3B Bond Purchasable with Bitcoin Has Been Postponed

China Construction Bank (CCB), the world’s second-largest financial player by market cap, has postponed the issuance of Longbond, a $3 billion blockchain-issued bond that would track the price of government bonds, as per a new announcement. “Per the request of the issuer, Longbond Ltd., the listing of Longbond SR

News  •  Bitcoin  •  Nov 18, 2020
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CCB’s $3B Bond Purchasable with Bitcoin Has Been Postponed
CCB’s $3B Bond Purchasable with Bitcoin Has Been Postponed

China Construction Bank (CCB), the world’s second-largest financial player by market cap, has postponed the issuance of Longbond, a $3 billion blockchain-issued bond that would track the price of government bonds, as per a new announcement. “Per the request of the issuer, Longbond Ltd., the listing of Longbond SR

News  •  Bitcoin  •  Nov 18, 2020
Mexico’s 3rd Richest Person Invests 10% of Liquid Portfolio in Bitcoin
Mexico’s 3rd Richest Person Invests 10% of Liquid Portfolio in Bitcoin

Ricardo Salinas Pliego, a Mexican billionaire with a net worth of $12 billion according to Forbes, confirmed he has invested 10% of his liquid portfolio in Bitcoin. On November 18th, Pliego recommended the book “The Bitcoin Standard” and told his 810,000 followers that he invested a portion of his

News  •  Bitcoin  •  Nov 18, 2020
Mining Pools Poolin, Slush & BTC.com Announce Support for Taproot
Mining Pools Poolin, Slush & BTC.com Announce Support for Taproot

As the BTC Times reported, the implementation of the Schnorr/Taproot consensus rules were merged into the Bitcoin Core repository in October. The next step will be to discuss how the upgrade is to be activated on Bitcoin’s mainnet. This discussion is now taking a step forward, with Bitcoin

News  •  Bitcoin  •  Nov 16, 2020
Too Big to Fail?
Too Big to Fail?

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  •  Bitcoin  •  Nov 15, 2020
Multi-Billion Dollar Fund SkyBridge Capital Might Soon Buy Bitcoin
Multi-Billion Dollar Fund SkyBridge Capital Might Soon Buy Bitcoin

Skybridge Capital, an alternative assets investment fund run by former Goldman Sachs banker and previously White House official Anthony Scaramucci, just revealed its intention to invest in Bitcoin. As first spotted by technology analyst Kevin Rooke, the firm submitted a series of filings to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

News  •  Bitcoin  •  Nov 15, 2020
Citibank Predicts Bitcoin Price Could Surpass $300,000 by End of 2021
Citibank Predicts Bitcoin Price Could Surpass $300,000 by End of 2021

Wall Street is becoming increasingly bullish on Bitcoin. This much was made clear just recently when an analyst at Citibank, Tom Fitzpatrick, signaled his belief that Bitcoin will hit $300,000 in this market cycle. Alex Krüger, an economist closely tracking the cryptocurrency market, leaked the analyst's note

News  •  Bitcoin  •  Nov 15, 2020
Bitcoin Has Gained 180% Since ECB Called It "Evil Spawn" of Financial Crisis
Bitcoin Has Gained 180% Since ECB Called It "Evil Spawn" of Financial Crisis

At the Economics of Payments IX conference in November 2018, European Central Bank (ECB) executive board member Benoît Cœuré described Bitcoin as "the evil spawn of the financial crisis." Cœuré's remarks, in unison with Bank of International Settlements (BIS) general manager Agustín Carstens' statement that

News  •  Bitcoin  •  Nov 14, 2020
Alex Gladstein's #BitcoinJourney
Alex Gladstein's #BitcoinJourney

Alex Gladstein is the Chief Strategy Officer of the Human Rights Foundation and an advocate for Bitcoin as a tool to fight surveillance and monetary repression. He has served as Vice President of Strategy for the Oslo Freedom Forum and written about human rights protection for leading media outlets worldwide.

interview  •  Bitcoin  •  Nov 12, 2020
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