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…
First Mover: Federal Reserve, Congress Play Game of…
It’s becoming clear just how hooked investors have become on dollars injected into the economy by the U.S. government and Federal Reserve. Just take a look at what happened on Wall Street this week as…
First Mover: Bitcoin’s Latest Sell-Off Gets Crypto Traders…
In seeking to explain Monday’s sell-off across traditional markets and cryptocurrencies, the digital-asset firm QCP Capital rattled off a list of seven major market events that occurred in Septembers past, from the 1929 stock-market crash to the Lehman Brothers…
Price analysis 9/21: BTC, ETH, XRP, BCH, DOT,…
Legacy and crypto crypto markets saw a strong correction today as traders fear that the second round of economic stimulus might be delayed as the White House, Senate and Congress could become entangled in a…
Indian crypto P2P market size triples despite regulatory…
Even as fears of another blanket ban on India’s digital asset market linger on, peer-to-peer Bitcoin trading within the Asian powerhouse is still surging, hitting all-time highs over the first week of August. This immense…
Crypto Long & Short: The Surprisingly Sunny Outlook…
Every epic tale needs a tragic hero, and one of the top candidates for that role in this century’s dramatic passage so far has to be the hedge fund manager. Toppled from their masters-of-the-universe pedestal…
Blockchain Bites: MicroStrategy’s $250M Bitcoin Bet, India Booms,…
MicroStrategy bets $250 million on bitcoin’s safe haven thesis. Indian crypto is booming. And David Marcus has a new role at Facebook. Top shelf Banks buying“Major U.S. banks might be willing to support cryptocurrency services…
Peru, India, Indonesia, Nigeria Among Countries With Highest…
Peru, India, Indonesia, and Nigeria are among the countries with the biggest increase in crypto wallet creation based on data from Blockchain.com, which has over 52 million wallets created by users worldwide. Nigeria has been…
India May Be Starting Its Biggest Bitcoin Bull…
India’s crypto trade volumes have soared since the Supreme Court of India lifted banking restrictions for exchanges in March. According to Coin Dance’s Paxful and LocalBitcoins volume data, India’s bitcoin peer-to-peer trade volume reached an…
BTC at Crucial Level, When to Buy the…
Coming every Sunday, Hodler’s Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. Top Stories This Week The price of Bitcoin is facing its final resistance before $15,000 It’s…
Blockchain Bites: Ledger’s Breach, Celsius’ Contradictions and DeFi’s…
Ledger suffered a data breach, crypto mining in India comes with questions and a new decentralized finance (DeFi) looks to offer lending and saving opportunities for PoS token holders. You’re reading Blockchain Bites, the daily roundup…
Is Bitcoin Mining Legal in India? Miners Still…
When Anshul Dhir got a 400% return on bitcoin in 2016, the Noida-based entrepreneur jumped in joy and decided to enter the world of digital currency. He left his government job and incorporated a startup…
China’s Supreme Court Recommends Increasing Crypto Property Rights…
The supreme court of China has recommended increasing the legal protection of property rights, including digital currency ownership rights. The recommendations also focus on solving issues such as “the use of public power to infringe…
Covid-19 Forces Indians to Embrace Digital Payments but…
The global pandemic Covid-19 is forcing Indians to resort to digital payment platforms when settling bills as well as paying for groceries. Before the Covid-19 outbreak, Indian citizens largely ignored a 2016 government decree that…
US Dollar Slump Incoming: Bank of America Sees…
The US dollar is increasingly being viewed in a negative light by investors. Bank of America analysts are seeing a “Death Cross,” a bearish technical formation suggesting that a period of dollar weakness is coming.…
4th Amendment Does Not Protect Bitcoin Data, US…
A Fifth Circuit panel of judges recently ruled that Fourth Amendment rights do not apply to cryptocurrency transaction data that stems from an exchange. The U.S. court ruled against the defendant, Richard Gratkowski, who attempted…
Ripple Touts XRP Use in New Crypto Framework…
American fintech firm Ripple has proposed a policy framework for regulating crypto in India amid local crypto uncertainty. In an effort to persuade Indian authorities to support fintech regulation and the growing crypto industry, Ripple…
Is India’s Crypto Industry on the Brink of…
Rumours of a second wave of efforts to ban cryptocurrency in India emerged late last week in an article that appeared in The Economic Times. The article, which was entitled “With a law, India plans…
RBI Confirms No Ban on Cryptocurrency Exchanges, Businesses…
India’s central bank, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), has confirmed that there is no longer any banking ban on crypto exchanges, companies, or traders. This follows the supreme court decision to quash the RBI…
Crypto Long & Short: Innovation Cycles, Crypto Venture…
Famed Silicon Valley venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) stirred up some discussion last week by dividing crypto history into cycles that look something like this: The price goes up, which leads to new interest,…
New Cryptocurrency Exchanges Launch in India as Businesses…
The Indian cryptocurrency industry has been growing rapidly despite the nationwide lockdown and the coronavirus crisis. Two new cryptocurrency trading platforms are launching in India while existing crypto businesses seek clarification from the central bank,…
The Changemaker: Glen Weyl Puts His Radical Ideas…
COVID-19 is the great leveler. Glen Weyl, like all of us, is cooped up in his apartment. “Love? The bleach stuff is fine for downstairs, I think,” he says to his wife from the other…
Indian Crypto Boom: Exchanges See 10X Trading Volumes…
India’s cryptocurrency sector is booming during the extended nationwide lockdown. Several Indian cryptocurrency exchange executives have shared with news.Bitcoin.com their record-breaking stats, bullish trends, and positive sentiment despite the coronavirus-driven lockdown. Growing Interest in Cryptocurrency…