The first woman to gain more than a million YouTube subscribers is now going all-in on bitcoin to promote financial freedom to her loyal fanbase. “I kind of view bitcoin as similar to YouTube, which…

The Largest US Options Exchange Cboe Applies to…
The Chicago Board Options Exchange (Cboe) has applied to list the Vaneck Bitcoin Trust, as an exchange-traded fund (ETF) if the fund is approved by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The filing Form…

First-Ever North American Bitcoin ETF Breaks Records In…
The first bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) to receive regulatory approval in North America has already demonstrated the market’s huge appetite for such a product. The Purpose Bitcoin ETF (ticker: BTCC), brought to market by Purpose…

Key Bitcoin price metric signals traders are positioned…
Bitcoin (BTC) price posted a 25% gain after this week’s news of Tesla’s $1.5 billion BTC investment came out. Prior to this reveal, BTC was lagging behind Ether’s (ETH) performance by 7.5% but the numerous…

Price analysis 2/12: BTC, ETH, ADA, XRP, DOT,…
Financial regulators across the world finally seem to be warming up to the idea that cryptocurrencies can trade in tandem with stock markets and also in exchange-traded funds (ETF). On Feb. 11, Canada’s Ontario Securities…

$180 Million Bitcoin Investment Fund IPOs on Canadian…
Canadian investment management firm Ninepoint has completed an initial public offering (IPO) of its bitcoin fund on the Toronto stock exchange. The company says the offering is the largest IPO of a bitcoin investment fund…

Hut 8 Partners With Foundry Digital To Secure…
Hut 8 Mining Corp. has announced a partnership with financial services firm Foundry Digital to secure $11.8 million in financing, which it will put toward 5,400 new MicroBT Whatsminer M30S mining rigs, adding 475 petahashes…

Crypto ETF Race Heats Up in 2021- Valkyrie…
2021 has been an explosive year for bitcoin as the crypto asset has touched new all-time price highs as cryptocurrencies have seen increased demand. Meanwhile, a number of crypto proponents expect the first exchange-traded fund…

Former Canadian Prime Minister Mentions Bitcoin Alongside Gold…
Former Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper has mentioned bitcoin alongside gold as assets that can possibly act as alternative reserve currencies. However, the former premier still argues that despite the growing questions about the dollar’s…

Pass The Baton Already: Why Bitcoin Is Poised…
There is a constant war of ideas being fought between gold bugs, like Peter Schiff, and supporters of bitcoin. In order to accurately compare and contrast gold and bitcoin, we will need to weigh each…

Augmented Reality Firm Nextech AR Joins the Bitcoin…
On the heels of the Canadian company Mogo purchasing bitcoin for treasury reserves, the British Columbia-based augmented reality firm Nextech AR Solutions has announced the purchase of $2 million in bitcoin. Nextech’s chief executive officer…

Crypto-friendly trading firm eToro rumored to be prepping…
Trading platform eToro reportedly could go public in 2021. Sources told Cointelegraph that eToro has been working with the London Stock Exchange's "Elite" program to prepare for an initial public offering. "EToro does not comment on…

Bitcoin’s 2020: The Rise Of Certainty
2020 was unforgettable, especially for Bitcoin. To help memorialize this year for our readers, we asked our network of contributors to reflect on Bitcoin’s price action, technological development, community growth and more in 2020, and…

Publicly Listed Canadian Company Mogo Invests 1.5% of…
On December 23, 2020, the Canadian financial tech firm Mogo announced its plans to invest 1.5% of the company’s reserve assets into bitcoin by the year’s end. Mogo’s president and CFO said the initial corporate…

Publicly Listed Canadian Company Mojo Invests 1.5% of…
On December 23, 2020, the Canadian financial tech firm Mogo announced its plans to invest 1.5% of the company’s reserve assets into bitcoin by the year’s end. Mogo’s president and CFO said the initial corporate…

Canadian Company Mojo Invests $1.5 Million in Bitcoin,…
On December 23, 2020, the Canadian financial tech firm Mogo announced its plans to invest 1.5% of the company’s reserve assets into bitcoin by the year’s end. Mogo’s president and CFO said the initial corporate…

Bitcoin Fund Debuts on Canada’s Biggest Stock Exchange
CI Global Asset Management has begun to trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange in Canada. The fund’s initial public offering managed to raise $72 million and units commenced trading in both U.S. dollars and Canadian…

Institutions rushing into $19K Bitcoin as GBTC premium…
The demand for the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) continues to rise with its premium surpassing 30% on Dec. 3. This indicates that Bitcoin (BTC) is seeing increasing institutional demand as its price consolidates above $19,000.…

Bitcoin.com Announces Cooperation Agreement With Japanese Media CoinOtaku
PRESS RELEASE. Bitcoin.com, the go-to web portal for everything bitcoin, announced it reached a cooperation agreement with Japanese media CoinOtaku. A subsidiary of Beat Holdings Limited, CoinOtaku (CoinPartner) has over 900,000 views per month in…

Mike Novogratz’s Galaxy Digital to Launch Bitcoin Fund…
Galaxy Digital, the crypto investment management firm founded by bitcoin bull Mike Novogratz, has revealed plans to launch a bitcoin fund in Canada. In a statement published Nov. 16, Galaxy Digital said it has partnered…

$18K Bitcoin price, eh? BTC market cap may…
As Bitcoin (BTC) blasted through the $14,000 level its market capitalization surpassed the monetary base of the Russian ruble. This measure includes both physical currency and bank reserves, both of which are usually held by…

Highest weekly close since early 2018: 5 Bitcoin…
Bitcoin (BTC) starts a new week still at $13,000 and wholly unfazed by problems in the global economy — what’s in store next? Cointelegraph takes a look at the potential issues at stake for Bitcoin…

Privacy-Focused Brave Users Can Now Purchase Bitcoin Cash…
The privacy-centric web browser Brave has partnered with Bitcoin.com in order to give users access to cryptocurrencies like bitcoin cash from directly inside their browser. The newly added Bitcoin.com widget has been added to the…

JPMorgan turns bullish on Bitcoin citing ‘potential long-term…
JPMorgan, the $316 billion investment banking giant, said the potential long-term upside for Bitcoin (BTC) is “considerable.” This new optimistic stance towards the dominant cryptocurrency comes after PayPal allowed its users to buy and sell…

Here Are the Top Public Companies That Have…
When Microstrategy Inc. bought $425 million bitcoin in the last two months, the decision became an important stamp of institutional approval of the top crypto’s credentials as a mature, safe-haven asset. The American technology firm…

Canadian Firm 3iQ’s Bitcoin Fund Listed on Gibraltar…
The Gibraltar Stock Exchange said Tuesday that it listed a new bitcoin fund belonging to 3iQ Corp, a Canadian investment fund manager that focuses on new technologies and crypto assets. The announcement follows GSX Group’s…

Bitcoin ATMs surge by 87% in past year…
The total number of Bitcoin ATMs has now passed 10,000 worldwide. According to Norwegian financial services company AksjeBloggen, the number of Bitcoin ATMs (BTMs) has jumped 87% in the past year, from the 5336 recorded…

Cryptocurrencies Now Accepted for 15,000 Restaurants in France…
Food orders from over 15,000 restaurants in France can now be paid with bitcoin and a number of other cryptocurrencies through a major online food ordering website, Just Eat. Just Eat Accepts Cryptocurrencies for Restaurants…

Bitmex Restricts Ontario Residents as Mandated by Canadian…
Cryptocurrency derivatives exchange Bitmex will be restricting access to users from Ontario, Canada, starting the beginning of next month. The company says the restrictions are mandated by the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC). Bitmex Stops Servicing…

Meet The Restaurant Owner Who Moved His Business…
This article originally appeared in our Weekly Bits newsletter. If you want our news and analysis before anyone else, make sure you subscribe now! Ali Hamam owns a string of Mediterranean restaurants in Ontario with his…

Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority Warns on ‘Fortuna Private…
The Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority, also known as Finansinspektionen (FI), has issued a warning on persons claiming to represent a firm called “Fortuna Private Investments.” The individuals, who are offering various “financial services”, claim that…

Warren Buffett Buying Gold May Push Bitcoin to…
Berkshire Hathaway, the $503 billion conglomerate led by Warren Buffett, sold Goldman Sachs for a Canadian gold company Barrick Gold. Max Keiser, the founder of Heisenberg Capital and an early Bitcoin investor, says it could…

Goldman’s Digital Assets Chief: Interest in Crypto Is…
The crypto market is one of the best-performing markets in 2020. Year to date, the market capitalization of all digital assets is up by approximately 80%. Bitcoin alone is up 65%. According to Goldman Sachs’…

Bitpatt.com, a Safe, Fast and Reliable P2P Crypto…
While there are many crypto exchanges, fear of hacking and theft has slowly crept into crypto traders due to many such past incidents. It makes sense to always be in control of one’s fund and…

PayPal’s move into crypto was inevitable, and more…
In a letter sent to the European Commission, PayPal confirmed that it is developing cryptocurrency capabilities. It has been widely speculated that PayPal and Venmo will roll out a feature involving direct sales of cryptocurrency…

China Controls 50% of Bitcoin Mining While US…
China controls much less Bitcoin (BTC) mining power than people think, according to a new survey. Released on July 16 by asset manager Fidelity and crypto research firm BitOoda, the survey reveals that China is…

Three Months After Crypto’s Black Thursday, is BitMEX…
The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic’s economic fallout on cryptocurrency markets has been felt across the cryptocurrency markets. However, now that more than three months have passed with “Black Thursday” in the rear-view mirror, things…

Authorities Take Down Biggest Criminal Chat Network Yet
Law enforcement authorities throughout Europe arrested over 800 individuals that allegedly were using an encrypted chat network to coordinate their illicit activities. 60,000 members EncroChat was using modified Android devices to provide its users “worry…

COVID-19 Ransomware Plagues Canadian Android Users
A new ransomware called CryCryptor is targeting Canadian Android users. It is distributed via multiple websites that pose as portals for a government-backed COVID-19 tracing app. According to research published by ESET on June 24,…

Economist Steve Hank Bashes Bitcoin, Says It’s Not…
Bitcoin is not a currency, but a speculative asset, veteran economist Steve Hank said on Tuesday. The Johns Hopkins University professor noted that cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin must be tied to commodities to qualify as a…

Debit Card Data Auctioned on Dark Web After…
The REvil ransomware gang is auctioning off sensitive information, stolen from debit card services provider, Interacard. According to REvil’s website, the information is available in an auction listing published by the group. All prospective bidders…

Well-Known Ransomware Gang Strikes Three Companies in the…
Ransomware group REvil has launched another series of attacks targeting three companies in the U.S. and Canada. As of press time, they have leaked data from two of the companies, and threatened to disclose sensitive…

US Regulators Target Bitcoin ATMs: 88% of the…
Bitcoin automated teller machines (BATMs) will become the next target for regulators, as world governments tighten screws on money laundering. According to Ciphertrace CTO John Jeffries, crypto-cash machines will attract “greater…regulatory focus” in a bid…

Canadian Firm Hut 8 Reports Bitcoin Mined in…
On Monday, Hut 8 Mining reported that first-quarter revenue rose 5% to $9 million from $8.59 million a year ago after the amount of bitcoin (BTC) extracted plunged sharply. Quarter-on-quarter, revenue fell 14%. For the…

Hut 8 Mining Revenue Continues Decline in Q1
Hut 8 Mining, one of Canada’s largest mining operations, reported less-than-stellar first-quarter 2020 earnings Monday, the same day as the bitcoin halving. Earnings lowlights included falling revenue, decreased adjusted EBITDA margin and increased collateral requirements…

9 Countries Show Huge Growth in Cryptocurrency Interest:…
Coinmarketcap has revealed the top countries with the largest increase in the number of users. One segment shows the countries with the most user growth in the first quarter include India, Pakistan, Colombia, Canada, and…

London Bitcoin Miner Argo Blockchain Reports 1,000% Revenue…
London Stock Exchange-listed bitcoin miner Argo Blockchain Plc said on Wednesday full-year 2019 revenue rocketed 1,000% to £8.62 million ($10.78 million) from £760,000 a year earlier. The company stated that the increase was due to…

Hxro: Crypto Report – The Weekly No. 3
It has been a relatively quiet week in the crypto space as the markets continued to range sideways, albeit with a firm tone. Out of the blue, Ebang, a bitcoin mining chip producer, filed for…

Metaverse Dualchain Network Architecture (DNA) Continues Global Expansion…
April 27th, 2020, Toronto, Canada – The Metaverse DNA global team reported significant progress on the DNA (Dualchain Network Architecture) Blockchain initiative during the month of March, closing the first quarter of 2020 with great…

Bull Bitcoin Announces Canadian Dollar Payments on Liquid…
The Halving (sometimes referred to as “the Halvening”) is the predetermined moment when Bitcoin’s block subsidy gets cut in half. The halving of Bitcoin’s block subsidy occurs every 210,000 blocks (approximately every four years) and is a…