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Conventional banks should have a cap on their holdings of unbacked crypto assets to safeguard financial stability, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision said Thursday.
The international standard setter is having another go at setting out how...
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If you have been keeping tabs on Bitcoin [BTC] and the crypto market at large for the last few months, chances are you are feeling a bit bitter. Unless you happen to be one of the Bitcoin critics and doom-mongers, in which case, you may be gleaming...
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After dipping to a low of $19,939 early Wednesday morning, bitcoin (BTC-USD) is fighting to find support back above the $20,000 mark.
The day's trading comes at the ending of a painful last two months, during which investors have seen crypto's total...
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Grayscale Investments filed suit against the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) barely an hour after the regulatory agency rejected its application to convert its flagship Grayscale Bitcoin Trust product to an exchange-traded fund (ETF)....
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Microstrategy has purchased more bitcoin amid a heavy market sell-off. The announcement followed a clarification by the chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Gary Gensler, stating that bitcoin is a commodity.
Microstrat...
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Bitcoin briefly fell below $20,000 on Wednesday as a number of factors from macroeconomic worries to issues with cryptocurrency companies continue to weigh on the market.
The world's largest cryptocurrency was last trading up by less than 1% at $...
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The SEC on Wednesday rejected Grayscale's application for a spot bitcoin ETF, citing a failure by the investment manager to answer questions about concerns around market manipulation.
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Grayscale, which manages...
Bitcoin News / Google News Bitcoin - 2 years ago
Microstrategy has purchased more bitcoin amid a heavy market sell-off. The announcement followed a clarification by the chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Gary Gensler, stating that bitcoin is a commodity.
Microstrat...
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Cloud software company MicroStrategy today announced another Bitcoin buy—spending this time $10 million on the cryptocurrency—despite the price of the asset dropping below $20,000.
The tech firm has now spent over $3.98 billion on Bitcoin, and owns...
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Bitcoin (BTC) has hit new record highs this week — not in U.S. dollar terms, but against its longtime competitor, Bitcoin Cash (BCH).
Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView confirms that on June 29, BCH/BTC officially set its lowest eve...
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MicroStrategy (MSTR) on Wednesday morning said it purchased 480 bitcoins for about $10 million – an average price of $20,817 per coin – during the period from May 3 to June 28.
The new additions bring company holdings to 129,699 bitcoins (BTC) acqu...
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MicroStrategy, the data analytics firm helmed by staunch bitcoin bull and former billionaire Michael Saylor, disclosed its first batch of bitcoin purchases since the beginning of the cryptocurrency market’s intense selloff over the past two...
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U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler has reiterated his claim that bitcoin (BTC) is a commodity. His interpretation is partially rooted in precedent and, one would hope, reality.
"Some, like bitcoin, and that's the only one,...
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Canada-based investment firm Cypherpunk Holdings (HODL) has dumped all of its bitcoin and ether holdings to ride out the current market risks.
The company sold 205.8209 ether (ETH), the native token of Ethereum, for C$293,000 ($227,000) and 214.7...
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Bitcoin has crashed in value by more than 50 per cent in the past six months, but holders of the cryptocurrency are used to volatility. Here we look at how the FT covered bitcoin’s previous booms and busts to see if history is repeating itself.
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Bitcoin is trading at less than one-third its all-time high from November 2021.
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Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies were slipping Monday. They still remained firmly above the depths reached amid a deep selloff over th...
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Ever since early Bitcoin (BTC) investors woke up millionaires as the ecosystem gained tremendous popularity alongside the mainstreaming of the internet, investors across the globe have been in the rush to accumulate as many of the 21 million BTC — o...
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Various prominent Bitcoin experts, including Adam Back, Jimmy Song and Andreas Antonopoulos, have raised some concerns over the implementation of restrictive covenants, in particular with the BIP119.
In particular, Antonopoulos has voiced concerns o...