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Turkey Turns to Bitcoin as Turkish Lira Collapses
Turkey Turns to Bitcoin as Turkish Lira Collapses
News  -  Economy  -  Mar 23, 2021 by Dariusz Z

Turkey residents flee to Bitcoin as a change in the leadership of the local central bank spurs fears of inflation. Al Jazeera reported on March 20 that Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan issued a decree firing the central bank governor Naci Agbal. Agbal had held this position for

You Can Now Buy a Tesla With Bitcoin
You Can Now Buy a Tesla With Bitcoin
News  -  Business  -  Mar 23, 2021 by Thomas M

After hinting at it in February, Tesla has now added Bitcoin as a payment option to its online store. When the firm revealed early last month that it had purchased $1.5 billion worth of bitcoin to provide "more flexibility to further diversify and maximize returns on our cash,

Grayscale Bitcoin Trust Trades at a 20% Discount as Bitcoin Falls
Grayscale Bitcoin Trust Trades at a 20% Discount as Bitcoin Falls

Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC), the world's biggest closed-end bitcoin fund, saw its trading price fall twice as much as the drop in the price of bitcoin. Market data from YCharts shows that shares of GBTC are now trading nearly 10% lower than the value of its underlying bitcoin.

News  -  Bitcoin  -  Mar 25, 2021
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Grayscale Bitcoin Trust Trades at a 20% Discount as Bitcoin Falls
Grayscale Bitcoin Trust Trades at a 20% Discount as Bitcoin Falls

Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC), the world's biggest closed-end bitcoin fund, saw its trading price fall twice as much as the drop in the price of bitcoin. Market data from YCharts shows that shares of GBTC are now trading nearly 10% lower than the value of its underlying bitcoin.

News  -  Bitcoin  -  Mar 25, 2021
Turkey Turns to Bitcoin as Turkish Lira Collapses
Turkey Turns to Bitcoin as Turkish Lira Collapses

Turkey residents flee to Bitcoin as a change in the leadership of the local central bank spurs fears of inflation. Al Jazeera reported on March 20 that Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan issued a decree firing the central bank governor Naci Agbal. Agbal had held this position for

News  -  Economy  -  Mar 23, 2021
You Can Now Buy a Tesla With Bitcoin
You Can Now Buy a Tesla With Bitcoin

After hinting at it in February, Tesla has now added Bitcoin as a payment option to its online store. When the firm revealed early last month that it had purchased $1.5 billion worth of bitcoin to provide "more flexibility to further diversify and maximize returns on our cash,

News  -  Business  -  Mar 23, 2021
Jerome Powell: Bitcoin "a Substitute for Gold," Not the Dollar
Jerome Powell: Bitcoin "a Substitute for Gold," Not the Dollar

The public needs to understand the risks associated with Bitcoin, according to Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. During a webinar hosted by the Bank of International Settlements (BIS) on Monday, Powell said the Fed prefers to refer to cryptocurrencies as "crypto assets" rather than currencies, as their volatility

News  -  Economy  -  Mar 21, 2021
First Trust and Scaramucci's SkyBridge File for Bitcoin ETF
First Trust and Scaramucci's SkyBridge File for Bitcoin ETF

The race for the first Bitcoin ETF in the U.S. is heating up: a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Friday revealed that Anthony Scaramucci's SkyBridge Capital and investment firm First Trust Advisors are the latest industry players to file for an ETF in

News  -  Bitcoin  -  Mar 19, 2021
Canadian Bitcoin ETF Holds More than 14,000 Bitcoin One Month After Launch
Canadian Bitcoin ETF Holds More than 14,000 Bitcoin One Month After Launch

Just over a month post-launch, Purpose Investment's Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) holds more than 14,000 bitcoin, approximately $820 million at press time, in assets under management. The Canadian asset management firm reported its milestone on Thursday, when it disclosed that the ETF had cracked the $1 billion

News  -  Business  -  Mar 18, 2021
Morgan Stanley to Offer High-Net-Worth Clients Access to Bitcoin Funds
Morgan Stanley to Offer High-Net-Worth Clients Access to Bitcoin Funds

Morgan Stanley plans to offer Bitcoin funds to its wealthiest customers. CNBC reported on March 17th that the investment bank, which manages $4 trillion of client assets, told its financial advisors in an internal memo that it would offer three separate Bitcoin funds to the wealthiest of its clients as

News  -  Bitcoin  -  Mar 16, 2021
Visa Plans to Enable Bitcoin Payments at 70 Million Merchants
Visa Plans to Enable Bitcoin Payments at 70 Million Merchants

Visa seemingly plans to follow in PayPal's fresh footsteps as it works to adopt Bitcoin. The firm's CEO Alfred Kelly said on Fortune’s Leadership Next podcast on Tuesday that the payment processing behemoth is willing to facilitate not only bitcoin purchases, but also spending functionalities,

News  -  Bitcoin  -  Mar 16, 2021
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