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Over the past two months, institutional Bitcoin adoption has begun to skyrocket as the U.S. dollar continues to lose traction against other foreign currencies. MicroStrategy was the first to make headlines in August. The business services company deployed $250 million, then an additional $175 million into Bitcoin over the
Last week, peer-to-peer Bitcoin trading platform Hodl Hodl unveiled Lend, a Bitcoin-centric lending platform promising to recast Bitcoin's lending sector by scrapping fiat, KYC, and custody. Capitalizing on the rise of decentralized finance (DeFi), Lend opts for a peer-to-peer, non-custodial paradigm, in which users can collateralize bitcoin to
On the morning of October 16th, digital asset exchange OKEx suddenly froze withdrawals from the platform. The exchange announced at the time that one of its "private key holders" was currently "cooperating with a public security bureau" due to ongoing investigations. Due to said investigations, which
News - Bitcoin - Oct 27, 2020On the morning of October 16th, digital asset exchange OKEx suddenly froze withdrawals from the platform. The exchange announced at the time that one of its "private key holders" was currently "cooperating with a public security bureau" due to ongoing investigations. Due to said investigations, which
News - Bitcoin - Oct 27, 2020Over the past two months, institutional Bitcoin adoption has begun to skyrocket as the U.S. dollar continues to lose traction against other foreign currencies. MicroStrategy was the first to make headlines in August. The business services company deployed $250 million, then an additional $175 million into Bitcoin over the
News - Bitcoin - Oct 27, 2020Last week, peer-to-peer Bitcoin trading platform Hodl Hodl unveiled Lend, a Bitcoin-centric lending platform promising to recast Bitcoin's lending sector by scrapping fiat, KYC, and custody. Capitalizing on the rise of decentralized finance (DeFi), Lend opts for a peer-to-peer, non-custodial paradigm, in which users can collateralize bitcoin to
News - Bitcoin - Oct 26, 2020"This is a lie," was the first thing Stuart Hoegner, General Counsel at Tether, had to say about an article published on Saturday by Bitcoin SV-affiliated publication Coingeek. The cause for Hoegner's outrage is the latest in dozens of courtroom reports from Bitcoin SV (BSV) creator
News - Bitcoin - Oct 25, 2020As Bitcoin experiences rapidly increasing institutional interest, Bitcoin companies may soon find themselves wooed by legacy finance and technology companies, anticipates Galaxy Digital CEO Mike Novogratz. In an interview with Bloomberg Technology on Friday, Novogratz predicted that within a year's time, major credit card companies such as VISA,
News - Bitcoin - Oct 24, 2020Over the course of 24 hours, asset management firm Grayscale's net assets under management (AUM) recorded a rapid inflow of $300 million. On October 21st, Grayscale reported its net AUM hit $7 billion, with the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) representing 82.84% of it. A day later on
News - Bitcoin - Oct 23, 2020Paypal is entering the cryptocurrency space: the firm has announced it will allow account holders in the U.S. to buy, sell, and hold bitcoin in their PayPal wallets over the coming weeks. The payments giant will also enable users to spend bitcoin through its network of 26 million merchants
News - Bitcoin - Oct 21, 2020