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Ripple CTO David Schwartz Owes His Sister Over $100K in Bitcoin

February 8, 2021

Recently, Ripple CTO David Schwartz revealed that he has owed his sister 2.77904 BTC for years. On Monday, Schwartz wrote on Twitter that he has his sister paid for a plane ticket for him and asked to be rep...

Bitcoin Projected to Grow Faster Than the Internet, Says On-Chain Analyst

February 7, 2021

According to prominent on-chain crypto analyst Willy Woo, Bitcoin is currently growing faster than the internet, and it will have roughly one billion users by 2025. Woo says that, in terms of adoption, Bitco...

U.S. Navy Couple Allegedly Sold 9,000 Stolen Identities for $BTC

February 7, 2021

A California couple has been charged for the alleged illegal sale of more than 9,000 stolen identities in exchange for Bitcoin. According to a report from NBC Los Angeles published on Tuesday (February 2), N...

CME Group’s Chief Economist Calls Bitcoin An ‘Emerging Competitor’ to Gold

February 6, 2021

Recently, Bluford Putnam, Managing Director and Chief Economist at CME Group, said that Bitcoin is an “emerging competitor” to gold. Putnam is “responsible for leading global economic analysis and monitoring...

Hedge Fund Pushes Back on JPMorgan’s Claim That ETF Would Hurt Bitcoin

February 6, 2021

A UK-based hedge fund has refuted claims made by JPMorgan Chase that a bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) would hurt the price in the short-term. In a client note distributed in January, JPMorgan strategists...

Researchers Are Calling Elon’s Impact On Crypto Prices As The Musk Effect

February 5, 2021

New research shows that Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is having a significant impact on the price of crypto assets. According to a paper published on January 3 by Blockchain Research Lab, Elon Musk’s random...

Bitcoin Price Could Move to $50,000 as Gold Falters, Says Bloomberg Analyst

February 5, 2021

The price of bitcoin could be moving toward the $50,000 mark in the near future, as investors move funds out of gold and bet on the cryptocurrency space, according to Bloomberg senior commodity strategist Mik...

Active Bitcoin Addresses Hit New All-Time High

February 3, 2021

The number of active addresses on the Bitcoin network has hit a new all-time high above 22.3 million last month. The price of the cryptocurrency has surged to a new all-time high during the same period. Acco...

Institutions Are Investing in Bitcoin to Stay Wealthy, Says BlockTower Capital’s Ari Paul

January 28, 2021

The co-founder and chief investment officer of cryptocurrency asset investment firm BlockTower Capital, Ari Paul, has argued institutions aren’t buying bitcoin in a bid to gain large amounts of wealth, and ar...

Bitcoin Supply Crisis Will Force Price Higher, Says Max Keiser

January 26, 2021

Perennial bitcoin bull and crypto commentator Max Keiser says a looming bitcoin “supply crisis” will force the price of BTC to a new all-time high. Speaking in a recent interview with Take The Orange Pill, K...