Tagged: bitcoin investments

September 7, 2020 @ 8:08 am By Omar Faridi  |  

ARK Invest, an established institutional investor in Bitcoin (BTC), the flagship cryptocurrency, states that it believes the digital asset is “creating the possibility of a global monetary system controlled not by nation-states but by individuals.” ARK Invest notes in a comprehensive report that by “eliminating… Read More

August 13, 2020 @ 9:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Mike Belshe, the CEO at BitGo, a Palo Alto, California-based digital asset trust and security firm offering a multi-signature Bitcoin (BTC) wallet service, recently noted that many companies are now going out of business due to challenges related to COVID-19. Belshe points out that there… Read More

August 7, 2020 @ 7:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

North America is reportedly the third-most active region in terms of the total cryptocurrency volume moved or transferred on-chain, right behind Western Europe and East Asia. According to a Chainalysis blockchain and digital asset market report: “Overall, North America-based [cryptocurrency] addresses accounted for 14.8% of… Read More

July 11, 2020 @ 9:46 am By Omar Faridi  |  

There are currently more than 13,000 Bitcoin addresses that are now holding at least $1 million worth of BTC, according to Glassnode data. You would have to own around 108 BTC, at current prices, to become a US dollar millionaire (in Bitcoin). The number of… Read More

July 5, 2020 @ 12:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Millennials, who are people born in the early 80s to the mid-90s, have increasingly been adopting smartphone-based Fintech apps offered by Robinhood and innovative digital banks like Revolut. In addition to more actively managing their finances through the latest technology when compared to older generations,… Read More

June 30, 2020 @ 4:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Feyyaz Alingan, the Founder of Blue Alpine Research, a Switzerland-based research firm focused on digital assets, has pointed out several “alternatives” to Bitcoin (BTC). Alingan, an electrical engineering graduate from ETH Zürich, says that Ethereum (ETH) may be considered a Bitcoin alternative. He notes that Ethereum’s… Read More

November 21, 2018 @ 5:21 pm By Cali Haan  |  

Colorado has been particularly active in its pursuit of questionable initial coin offerings (ICOs) projects being marketed and made available to Colorado state residents. Now a release from the local securities regulator says the region’s Securities Commissioner, Gerald Rome, has signed cease and desist orders against… Read More

August 29, 2018 @ 10:30 am By Cali Haan  |  

Three companies ordered by the Colorado Securities Commissioner Gerald Rome to justify their ICOs (initial coin offerings) in a live hearing before commissioners August 24th failed to appear, according to notice by the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies. Expectations are there likely won’t be another hearing…. Read More