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After saying that cryptocurrencies “rank as the poorest hedge for major drawdowns in equities, with questionable diversification benefits,” JPMorgan says investors can put 1% of their portfolios in cryptocurrencies. This can help “achieve any efficiency gain in the overall risk-adjusted returns of the portfolio,” the firm’s strategists explained. Investors Can Allocate 1% of Portfolios to […]

Square, Inc.’s CFO Amrita Ahuja says the company’s CashApp product recorded more than one million users purchasing bitcoin for the first time in January.

Harvard Professor of Economics and former chief economist at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Kenneth Rogoff says that central banks won’t allow bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies to become mainstream. “Eventually over the long course of history, the government first regulates and then it appropriates, and I think we can see that happening here,” he warned. […]

Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) director Cindy Cohn has been at the forefront of fighting for digital rights. Here’s her thoughts on what it means to lead a digital rights advocacy group in a volatile time where digital rights and financial privacy are under threat.

Last December, Live Bitcoin News reported that Coinbase – one of the largest and most popular cryptocurrency exchanges in the United States – had decided to go public. On Thursday, the documents tied to the filing were revealed and made available to interested readers. Coinbase Is Going Public, and Brian Armstrong Has a Lot to...

Over the recent months, Bitcoin has made significant strides towards becoming a mainstream asset, mostly inspired by institutional investors. Tesla’s... Continue reading

The total assets under management across all crypto exchange-traded products (ETPs) worldwide have risen 50% this month to nearly $44 billion. Among listed products, Grayscale’s bitcoin trust tops the list with the most assets under management while Bitwise’s fund was the best performing bitcoin product by market price over the last 30 days. Cryptocompare published […]

Hate being liquidated? Here’s how traders use the Long Butterfly options strategy to generate profits with less downside risk.

Bitcoin drifts The most famous coin changed rather little during the day. However, one piece of news might portend a change. Analytics firm Glassnode reports that for the first time since December, mining companies are saving more Bitcoin than selling it. However, the market has not digested this information yet, it seems. Ethereum The second-ranked … Continued

The highly regarded crypto analyst known in the industry as Smart Contracter is cautioning traders that Bitcoin may be readying itself for another sharp drop. In a new tweet, the pseudonymous trader tells his 106,000 followers that Bitcoin is facing an important support level that, if lost, will likely precipitate a fall to the low […]

Brian Armstrong – the CEO of Coinbase – is saying that if Satoshi Nakamoto were to ever reveal his full identity, there would be serious repercussions for both bitcoin and its many investors. Satoshi Nakamoto Should Always Stay Hidden Not long ago, the company had decided that it was going to go public through a...

Bitcoin’s price has gone past multiple ATHs over the past two months, with its ATH of $58,640 being the latest one. However, the last 7 days haven’t been the best of times for the world’s largest cryptocurrency, with its price dropping to $45k before recovering to trade around the $47.5k-range at press time. While Bitcoin’s […]

Miners Stop Supplying According to data from cryptocurrency analytics firm Glassnode, Bitcoin (BTC) miners stopped selling their mining rewards overall last week, in favor of accumulation. The Miner Net Position Change (MNP) data show the difference between miner rewards and miner sales turning positive for the first time since Dec. 27. This means that the … Continued

Critics of the digital currency have visions of the future every bit as silly as maximalist's.

A bitcoin scam involving a bunch of house renters has taken place in the city of Vallejo, California. In what is certainly a unique spin on scam-based bitcoin behavior, it appears someone pretended to be a landlord of a vacant home and said that a $2,000 down payment in BTC was all that was needed...

On February 25, onchain analysts noticed two 2010 block rewards that were transferred after sitting dormant for over a decade. A lot of old blocks have been spent in 2021, and after the large strings of 2010 block rewards spent on January 3rd and 10th, another massive string of 20 block rewards from 2010 were […]

A closely-followed crypto strategist whose credibility in the crypto space rose after nailing Bitcoin’s collapse in March 2020 says he expects BTC to bottom out and print a new all-time high in the coming weeks. In a new tweetstorm, the analyst known in the industry as Capo looks at a number of technical indicators to […]

Bitcoin Cash retained the 10th spot on the crypto-rankings, despite being severely impacted by the recent correction in the broader market. Huobi Token flashed bullish signals, but a break above its press time resistance was unlikely. Finally, Zcash was projected to trade within a fixed channel since volatility was low in the market. Bitcoin Cash […]

Bitcoin and the cryptocurrency industry have gained popularity in recent months, in tandem with Bitcoin’s price journey up to $50,000 and beyond. Given the likely influx of new market participants, here are five things I would have liked to know when I became interested in the industry years ago.