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For the first time — as far as I’m aware — we are watching a sovereign nation grapple with the implications of Bitcoin in live time. Senators convened in Nigeria today to discuss a variety of topics, including cryptocurrency, and openly opined about how to respond to the worldwide decentralized currency…
A story has been making the rounds today about a criminal in Germany that held over $60 million in Bitcoin before being arrested. Incredibly, the media still doesn’t understand what it means to “own” Bitcoin, claiming that the government “confiscated” the funds but “can’t unlock” them…
Last week, Tesla CEO Elon Musk put #bitcoin in his Twitter profile, for the first time signaling something of an endorsement for the decentralized, peer-to-peer cryptoasset. Tonight, Elon is stepping into a Clubhouse room for the first time, and chances are he’s going to chat a bit about Bitcoin. Follow along for our live coverage of the Clubhouse chat and everything Elon says.
Mark Cuban, like many other tech magnates, has a bit of a history when it comes to his take on Bitcoin. It’s fluctuated from near total dimissal to excited embrace to… what now seems to be something of a coherent thought published on his own blog.
After years of teasing his stance on crypto — everything from his ownership of half a bitcoin to declaring himself the ‘former CEO of Dogecoin’ — Elon Musk has finally capitulated on Bitcoin. He added it to his Twitter bio in what seems to be an endorsement.
Since the beginning, one of the biggest criticisms of Bitcoin — and indeed, the entire cryptocurrency space — has been its great volatility. But an interesting trend has emerged in recent years: Bitcoin’s volatility is decreasing while that of other traditional assets is increasing…
Ray Dalio, longtime holdout on Bitcoin, seems to be coming around. Just a few months ago he raised a few criticisms about the technology but was ‘open to being corrected’. Now he has posted a full screed outlining his thoughts…
2021 has been the year of a fundamental shift in Bitcoin interest, with various institutions — namely publicly-traded US companies — buying up Bitcoin in droves. It started with MicroStrategy and Square, and continues today with Marathon Patent Group.
Bitcoin and Tesla. At face value, these two things have almost nothing in common. One is a blockchain-based cryptocurrency (cryptoasset?) and Central-Bank-replacement-hopeful. The other is a burgeoning maker of electric vehicles and energy-company-hopeful. And yet, they share much of the same space riding the retail investing airwaves and Twitter memes.
Robinhood is a beautiful app (and website) that has helped many make their first investments. Their app makes it incredibly easy to go from having no experience in exchanges to making your first trade. But should you day trade crypto, and if so, should you do it on Robinhood?