09/23 update below. This post was originally published on September 22
Bitcoin has been spiraling over the last two years following the Federal Reserve's dovish flip in late 2021 (though a looming $17.7 trillion Wall Street earthquake could change that).
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The bitc...
Global technology corporation Block is inching toward the public release of its inaugural bitcoin
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hardware wallet, known as BitKey. Recently, a beta tester spotlighted this new venture by unveiling images of the device, which is shaped like a compact hexagon.
This step from Block, a venture co-founded by former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, aligns with an ever-growing focus on bitcoin security and self-governance. The importance of focusi...
As U.S. markets brace for the inevitable bitcoin ETF approval, it is important to understand the difference between Bitcoin and bitcoin. The Bitcoin network is a distributed system of computers and nodes which process transactions and maintain the ledger. The asset bitcoin is the native token which lives on and is transferred through the Bitcoin network.
As investors look towards a possible investment in an ETF, they may be inadvertently op...
Bitcoin's
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price recently hit $35,000, its highest level in over a year. This surge isn't beleived to be driven by retail investors but rather by institutional players like BlackRock
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, seeding their Exchange-Traded Funds in anticipation of a spot bitcoin ETF approval. BlackRock's June application for a bitcoin spot ETF has set Wall Street on high alert, raising expectations that the SEC will soon approve such an offering.
Ch...
Bitcoin
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, ethereum, XRP
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and other major cryptocurrencies have been stuck in a rut recently, despite a "monster crypto killer-app" potentially priming the market.
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The bitcoin price has almost doubled so far this year, rocketing as China stages a surprise crypto flip, Tesla billionaire Elon Musk pul...
Coinbase and Circle remain two of the most well-known and trusted organizations in the crypto space, as well as leaders for the U.S. crypto sector as regulators continue cracking down. This is why the changing nature of the partnership between the two firms is worth examining, with Coinbase investing directly in Circle for an as-of-yet ownership stake.
What some investors might not have been familiar with is that the widely traded and high p...
In a recent broadcast on CNBC's Squawk Box, David Marcus, former PayPal President and current CEO of the innovative Lightning Network infrastructure company Lightspark, unveiled a new vision for bitcoin. This vision transcends its current status as a digital store of value, charting a course to redefine the financial ecosystem on a global scale.
During the interview, Marcus highlighted bitcoin's remarkable journey over the past decade. What ...
Prediction: After a rough start, Grayscale’s spot bitcoin ETF review will be approved sooner rather than later.
Europe’s introduction last month of its first spot Bitcoin
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exchange-traded fund from Jacobi Asset Management, listed on Euronext Amsterdam, sets the table for the Securities and Exchange Commission to allow for the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) to be converted from an open-end fund (that is not in the market to buy more bit...
The commercial real estate industry is still grappling with the pandemic’s longest-lingering ghosts: empty offices.
Post-pandemic, many offices now have vacant chairs last used after the first wave of “work from home.” Toronto records one of the worst commercial real estate situations, with office occupancy rates hitting almost 40%, Bloomberg reported. Cost-weary businesses that are not locked into their leases opted not to renew. In 2026, wh...
A few weeks ago, I testified before the U.S. House of Representatives on the implications of the United States launching a central bank digital currency. The hearing was pretty standard, but there was one exchange with Rep. Bill Foster (D-IL) that resonates even more now that Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) is escalating her crypto crime campaign.
During the hearing, I responded to one of Foster’s questions by saying that I do believe people...
