Tagged: bitcoin

March 6, 2022 @ 10:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently caught up with Abhinav R. Soomaney, Founder and CEO at CryptoTax Pvt. Ltd. He talked about different tax aspects of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related investments. CryptoTax Pvt. Ltd. (CryptoTax) was incorporated in the year 2021 and claims to be the first cryptocurrency tax consultancy… Read More

March 5, 2022 @ 7:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Polygon and Tether stablecoin are reportedly backing the City of Lugano in its effort to transform this lakeside town in southern Switzerland into Europe’s “blockchain capital.” Lugano will reportedly allow citizens and companies “to use Bitcoin, Tether, and the city’s own LVGA stablecoin to pay… Read More

March 4, 2022 @ 8:23 am By Omar Faridi  |  

January 2022 was a “turbulent” month for the cryptocurrency sector as market participants saw “a broad sell-off,” the team at Kraken noted in an update. Kraken wrote in a blog post that the “continued uncertainty about the proposed U.S. Fed rate hikes in March and… Read More

March 4, 2022 @ 8:22 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

BlockFi, a crypto-financial services company, this week released its third edition of the Real Talk survey, a quarterly series focused on understanding changing consumer sentiment towards crypto, investing and other related topics. Real Talk: Women x Crypto 2.0 asked female Americans about their current motivations,… Read More

March 2, 2022 @ 11:06 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Crypto derivatives exchange BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes (who pleaded guilty to charges of violating the Bank Secrecy Act after being accused of willfully failing to establish, implement, and maintain anti-money laundering (AML) programs at BitMEX), notes that thankfully, (unlike many others around the world) his… Read More

March 1, 2022 @ 5:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Tribal, a B2B payments and financing platform for emerging markets, recently announced a partnership with Visa (NYSE: V). The partnership will aim to increase Tribal’s issuance of business credit cards in Mexico, Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Peru, Argentina, Panama, Uruguay, and the Dominican Republic to “create… Read More

February 28, 2022 @ 8:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently connected with Neeraj Khandelwal, Co-founder of CoinDCX, one of India’s largest digital asset exchanges. As covered in August 2021, CoinDCX turned into India’s first crypto unicorn following a $90 million investment round led by Facebook Inc. co-founder Eduardo Saverin and B Capital Group… Read More

February 27, 2022 @ 1:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitcoin (BTC) appears to be set to close a highly volatile week with a green candle — rebounding from a drop to around $34,000 after Russian forces “punctuated several weeks of tensions in the areas around Ukraine with what looks like a full-scale invasion,” the… Read More

February 26, 2022 @ 4:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital asset manager Grayscale notes that the Russian invasion of Ukraine has impacted international markets, including crypto-assets, which have “historically shown correlations to risk assets.” As noted in a blog post by Grayscale, this relationship has “become even more pronounced in recent years as institutional… Read More

February 25, 2022 @ 4:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

James Butterfill and Christopher Bendiksen from CoinShares have noted in a blog post dated February 24, 2022 that Bitcoin had an “immediate” price response to the Ukraine invasion when the news broke early this morning. According to the CoinShares researchers, it has become evident that,… Read More

February 25, 2022 @ 10:59 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Recently, network difficulty on the Bitcoin (BTC) network surged around 4.8% as total hashrate (or the amount of computing power securing the leading cryptocurrency network) exceeded 200 EH/s for the “first time ever.” The team at Compass Mining noted that “breaking through mining profitability’s gloomy… Read More

February 23, 2022 @ 9:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

When we look back at the history of the cryptocurrency and the blockchain ecosystem, there will be two dates that really stand out: October 31, 2008: The day Satoshi Nakamoto released the Bitcoin whitepaper. July 30, 2015: The day Ethereum was launched. According to an… Read More

February 23, 2022 @ 8:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The research team at BitOoda has provided an update on Bitcoin and broader public markets. As of February 15, 2022, $291 million in YTD fund outflows have taken place along with an inverted term structure of BTC volatility now “at 11% realized less implied.” As… Read More

February 22, 2022 @ 10:56 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Sonic, InfinitySwap, and ICPSwap are getting ready to leverage the Internet Computer blockchain’s direct integration with Bitcoin. The team at DFINITY notes that the Internet Computer is an innovative blockchain that hosts “unlimited” data and computation on-chain. You can develop scalable dApps, DeFi, websites, and… Read More

February 22, 2022 @ 8:05 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Blockchain.com, a block explorer service, crypto wallet provider, and digital asset trading platform, notes that if people think that the 2022 Winter Olympics had “thrilling” ups and downs, they should consider getting into crypto and blockchain. During the coming weeks, Blockchain.com says it will be… Read More

February 19, 2022 @ 2:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Cryptocurrency donations have increased considerably along with the Bitcoin price (and those of Ethereum as well as other major altcoins). Last year, Fidelity Charitable investors reportedly donated over $330 million in digital currency, which is over 12x the amount provided back in 2020, according to… Read More

February 18, 2022 @ 8:03 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Market prices have been rising in the US at the fastest pace in 40 years — an inflation rate of 7.5% YoY compared to December’s 7%. And the overall impact of inflation has “broadened beyond pandemic-related goods and services,” the team at digital asset firm… Read More

February 17, 2022 @ 8:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

After making numerous unsuccessful attempts in the US to get a Bitcoin ETF that tracks BTC spot price, Fidelity, one of the world’s largest asset managers, has now introduced such products in Canada and European markets. On Tuesday (February 15, 2022), Fidelity introduced a European… Read More

February 16, 2022 @ 11:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bakkt Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: BKKT), a digital asset platform that enables clients to purchase, sell, send and spend a range of virtual currencies, has announced that Valliance Bank, a provider of various financial solutions, will provide clients access to Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) via… Read More

February 15, 2022 @ 6:51 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitcoin’s energy usage and its “indirect” environmental impact have been a topic of heated discussions, from “humble” beginnings in early forum posts of Satoshi Nakamoto (the pseudonymous creator of Bitcoin), to its eventual culmination as the topic of an entire committee hearing in the US… Read More