Nasdaq-listed company Microstrategy recently bought almost 17K bitcoins within 74 hours, costing about $175 million. The CEO of this billion-dollar company used to be a bitcoin skeptic but has recently become a bitcoin bull when his company purchased $425 million worth of bitcoin. Billion Dollar Public Company Dives Into Bitcoin Microstrategy recently made history in the bitcoin space when it became the first publicly-traded company to spend a material amount of its reserves to buy… Source link

Up until it collapsed, The DAO represented the highest technological achievement – and the coming wave of innovation – that the Ethereum blockchain has enabled.  The smart contract and blockchain were interlinked ideas. In Vitalik Buterin’s early writings detailing the network of computers that would become Ethereum, the world’s second largest by blockchain by market cap but largest by developer activity, he put forward the idea of fully decentralized, autonomous corporations or… Source link

The Norwegian Government Pension Fund, also known as the Oil Fund, has over $1 trillion in assets, including 1.4% of all global stocks and shares. It is considered the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund. According to Arcane Research’s report on Sept. 19, the fund also owns almost 600 Bitcoin (BTC) through its investment holdings. Arcane Research analysis data shows that the Norwegian oil fund has 577.6 BTC through its investment in business intelligence firm MicroStrategy. This puts the… Source link

While Bitcoin briefly spiked to climb to $11,179 on the charts, it had fallen to trade at $10,944, at press time. A rising Bitcoin, accompanied by rising Bitcoin dominance, showed that altcoins were overextended in the month of August and are now either retracing gains made or consolidating for a next move upwards. Litecoin was in a phase of consolidation, while BAT looked likely to slide down south. Further, STEEM formed a bullish pattern but strongly invalidated the pattern as it dipped,… Source link

Get Forbes’ top crypto and blockchain stories delivered to your inbox every week for the latest news on bitcoin, other major cryptocurrencies and enterprise blockchain adoption. Getty CRYPTO MARKETS Bitcoin broke through $11,000 Wednesday and fluctuated around that level the rest of the week, recovering about half of the value it lost during its crash the first week of September. Large buying volumes and the Fed’s commitment to low interest rates helped buoy… Source link

The number of Bitcoin (BTC) addresses holding 1 BTC plummeted to a four-month low on Sep. 20, according to the data from Glassnode. But it is premature to suggest that it is a bearish sign for the top cryptocurrency. What caused the number of small Bitcoin addresses to sharply drop? The noticeable decline in small Bitcoin addresses coincides with the explosive expansion of the decentralized finance (DeFi) market. Since Aug. 1, the total value locked in DeFi protocols on Ethereum rose from… Source link

The open interest on Bitcoin (BTC) options is just 5% short of their all-time high, but nearly half of this amount will be terminated in the upcoming September expiry.  Although the current $1.9 billion worth of options signal that the market is healthy, it’s still unusual to see such heavy concentration on short-term options. By itself, the current figures should not be deemed bullish nor bearish but a decently sized options open interest and liquidity is needed to allow larger players to… Source link

The coronavirus pandemic has turned the established status quo on its head with many businesses and industries still reeling. The world’s biggest banks have seen their valuations plummet, with billionaire investor Warren Buffett bailing out of long-held bank stocks this year—and joining many other investors in betting on gold (though the Oracle of Omaha is still not keen on bitcoin). As banks struggle in the post-Covid world, bitcoin and cryptocurrencies are expected to see a… Source link

The price of bitcoin jumped above the $11k threshold on Saturday morning and into the afternoon, after hovering above the $10,900 range the day prior. The entire crypto-economy of 7,600+ coins has gained 2.29% during the last 24 hours touching $344 billion. Bitcoin (BTC) markets have surpassed key levels above the $11k mark on Saturday, as the cryptocurrency has seen close to $4 billion in global trade volume. A number of people are watching the current price range and believe the $11,000… Source link

A cryptocurrency analyst, Timothy Peterson claims that 1,500 bitcoins are lost each day meaning only 14 million BTC will ever circulate. The figure is at odds with the estimate of many organizations including Markets.bitcoin.com which place the figure at 18.5 million coins. Still, Peterson, who is the CAIA Manager at Cane Island Alternative Advisors, argues the merits of his assertions by pointing to how this average daily loss dwarfs the 900 bitcoins that are mined every day. Furthermore,… Source link