After Bitcoin casually broke its 2017 price record of $20,000 a month ago and went on to climb as high as $41,000, it reignited the interest of various media outlets that had either declared it dead after 2017 or simply moved on to more sensational topics.
Yet, in
Since MicroStrategy bought bitcoin in August, its shares (MSTR) have risen by over 250 percent, according to data from Yahoo Finance.
The firm has continued to double down on bitcoin ever since its initial purchase in August, purchasing an additional $175 million worth of bitcoin in September and another $50
Value investor Howard Marks appears to be revisiting the topic of Bitcoin. In a memo to clients at alternative investment management firm Oaktree Capital Management, the company's co-founder wrote about a conversation with his son Andrew Marks that involved a discussion about Bitcoin.
Marks describes his son as
Value investor Howard Marks appears to be revisiting the topic of Bitcoin. In a memo to clients at alternative investment management firm Oaktree Capital Management, the company's co-founder wrote about a conversation with his son Andrew Marks that involved a discussion about Bitcoin.
Marks describes his son as
After Bitcoin casually broke its 2017 price record of $20,000 a month ago and went on to climb as high as $41,000, it reignited the interest of various media outlets that had either declared it dead after 2017 or simply moved on to more sensational topics.
Yet, in
Since MicroStrategy bought bitcoin in August, its shares (MSTR) have risen by over 250 percent, according to data from Yahoo Finance.
The firm has continued to double down on bitcoin ever since its initial purchase in August, purchasing an additional $175 million worth of bitcoin in September and another $50
One of the biggest concerns shared about Bitcoin is that it is subject to intense regulatory risk. The oft-mentioned criticism is that if governments wanted to, they could prevent exchanges from selling bitcoin or from allowing individuals to withdraw bitcoin to their own addresses.
Bill Miller, a Wall Street value
United Kingdom-based Bitcoin exchange CoinCorner has become the latest major trading platform to support the Lightning Network. Traders can now use Lightning via CoinCorner’s website, with a mobile implementation in the works.
CoinCorner Seamlessly Launches Lightning Support
Lightning, which allows Bitcoin users to send transactions near-instantly and at negligible
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
In late December, the U.S. Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) released a proposed cryptocurrency regulation, as had been rumored previously. The document indicated that, if adopted, virtual asset service providers would need to verify the name and address of non-custodial wallet users for any transaction exceeding
As institutional capital continues entering Bitcoin, SkyBridge Capital announced on Monday that it has an "approximately $310 million" position in the asset.
SkyBridge, which is led by Anthony Scaramucci, is an alternative investment fund operated in the U.S.
In the press release announcing the position, SkyBridge claimed
