First Mover: Bitcoin at Center Stage (and Record High) as Mastercard, BNY Go Crypto
Bitcoin's price hits new all-time high over $48,000 despite U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen's warning that cryptocurrencies are prone to illicit uses.
Bitcoin's price hits new all-time high over $48,000 despite U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen's warning that cryptocurrencies are prone to illicit uses.
The rideshare company will look into cryptocurrencies including bitcoin as a potential form of payment.
"Bitcoin is loving the BNY Mellon news. It's a very big deal," trader and analyst Alex Kruger tweeted.
Bitcoin's options market sees only a 12% probability of prices rising above $100,000 by the end of December.
Exchange tokens reached all-time highs, again.
Cryptocurrencies "challenge the ability of governments to levy taxes and to control capital flows more broadly," the report says.
Individual investors, even when operating in a swarm, are destined to lose. How do I know? I helped design the game.
Addresses holding amounts of bitcoin worth more than $1 million are on the rise.
A wave of new bitcoin buyers is arriving just as easily-obtained supplies of the cryptocurrency fall to their lowest levels in more than three years.
With ETPs, indices and derivatives, exchanges have started meeting demand for regulated crypto products, explains Kaiko's head of research.
Alternative cryptocurrencies are surging as bitcoin consolidates after its recent record-breaking rally.
Bitcoin's price volatility may put corporates off from emulating Tesla's decision to invest in the cryptocurrency.
How Tesla caught a lucky break.
With all this bullish bitcoin activity, the ETH/BTC pair has gone bearish, a sign traders are selling ether for bitcoin.
Origin Protocol's OGN token was up nearly 50% at press time.
Les has served as the board's director since 2017.
The company's director of finance will serve as acting CFO.
Tesla has forged a path other corporate treasurers might follow into bitcoin. PLUS: Ether hits new record price above $1,800 as CME futures debut.
The ETF will be available for trading by accredited non-U.S. investors.
Ether has more than doubled in value this year, outperforming bitcoin.
"The market is now pricing in a high likelihood that many other corporates will copy Tesla," one trader said.
That Tesla has invested in bitcoin is an announcement the market had long sought to hear.
Bitcoin and ether had record-breaking days while trending more together.
USD stablecoins are created largely outside the dollar system and lack federal deposit guarantees. Investors should be careful.
The price of gas continues to rise on Ethereum, squeezing smaller retail traders using DEXs.
The cryptocurrency was more valuable than all but seven of the world's publicly traded companies.
Electric-vehicle entrepreneur Elon Musk follows through with a $1.5 billion purchase after adding "#bitcoin" to his Twitter profile late last month.
The comparison between Bitcoin and Visa's energy use, reached several highly misleading conclusions, our columnist says.
The largest cryptocurrency surged at least 11% to surpass the previous peak price of $41,962 reached in early January.
The Chicago exchange has now traded 77 ETH contracts after going live on Sunday.