Jim Cramer, popular television personality and host of Mad Money on CNBC, a few weeks ago, proposed a thesis that predicted a new kind of economic “boom” in the second half of this year. The author and co-founder of The Street is in the news again today after he spoke about Coinbase’s upcoming plans forContinue reading “‘Pay me in Bitcoin,’ says this TV personality! Will others follow this trend?”

At the time of writing, Grayscale Investments had over $47.1 billion assets under management, with the AUM of its Bitcoin Trust contributing significantly to the same. The digital assets manager has done so on the back of regular purchases of the cryptocurrency, purchases fueled by growing institutional interest in the sector. Hence, the question –Continue reading “Bitcoin’s TIME is now as magazine agrees to hold BTC on balance sheet”

Currency instability and hyperinflation seemed unreal until a global pandemic struck, sending many nations into economic turmoil. Most economists began to wonder if the end of the pandemic would mean the birth of another Venezuela, which faced a 438% (hyper) inflation rate. However, like several other Bitcoin enthusiasts like Max Keiser thinks that inflation andContinue reading “Where fiat holders lose out, Bitcoiners can gain from inflation”

The Bitcoin market has been rallying higher despite it witnessing small corrections over the past week with the king coin once again trading at the $60k level. In a recent episode of the ‘What Bitcoin Did’ podcast, Peter McCormack spoke to the Head of Education at Swan Bitcoin, Brady Swenson. The conversation touched upon theContinue reading “Why this analyst thinks that ‘hyperbitcoinization’ isn’t too far away”

Bitcoin’s performance in recent times has garnered interest from various sections of the media and also from large institutions. Deutsche Bank published a report stating that “Bitcoin is too important to ignore, noting that it is now the third-largest currency in terms of the total value in circulation.” In a recent podcast, Matthew Mežinskis, creatorContinue reading “Why Bitcoin may be the ‘base money’ of the future”

The cryptocurrency market has seen the altcoins surge despite the correction witnessed in the short term. IOTA, the altcoin ranked 27th on CoinMarketCap, has grown dramatically on the charts right from the start of the month. IOTA co-founder Dominik Schiener recently did one of his systematic AMA sessions. He elucidated some of the most importantContinue reading “IOTA co-founder discloses Coordicide’s release date”

Billionaire investor Mark Cuban has been quite bullish and vocal on matters regarding cryptocurrencies and blockchain in the recent past. The entrepreneur spoke about the Ethereum network and thinks that blockchain technology could be a game-changer for various industries. In a recent interview, Cuban referred to Ethereum Improvement Proposal (EIP) 1559, as well as ETHContinue reading “What does this billionaire investor think of ETH, DeFi, CBDCs and NFTs?”

The surging demand for cryptocurrencies and accelerating adoption of blockchain-based solutions have highlighted a critical issue: the technology’s growing energy consumption and its impact on our climate. A new private-sector initiative known as the Crypto Climate Accord was recently launched to make the cryptocurrency industry greener, led by the decentralized blockchain-based energy market, Energy Web,Continue reading “Ripple’s latest initiative may help it boost environmental sustainability”

The Stellar blockchain faced a technical issue recently, one that caused the validator nodes to be unable to process transactions. However, the Stellar Development foundation engineering team was able to revamp the Horizon cluster API and SDF validators. In an effort to clarify any other concerns there may be, the organization has now released aContinue reading “Stellar Development Foundation releases update on node downtime episode”

It has been two weeks since Morgan Stanley announced that it will be adding Bitcoin as an eligible investment to multiple institutional funds. Since then, the race has been on, with many expecting others such as banking powerhouse Goldman Sachs to join the bandwagon and go even deeper into the crypto-space. During a recent interviewContinue reading “Goldman Sachs CEO charts Bitcoin’s ‘inevitable path’ against Gold”

Ripple, the San Francisco-based blockchain firm, is in the news today after its most recent project announcement. The team behind the RippleX development platform has for long been focused on XRPL-oriented solutions. It has now released a brand new library, one that significantly mitigates the process of coding on XRP Ledger. According to an announcement,Continue reading “Ripple announces Python implementation for interacting with XRP Ledger”

While speculators have speculated about Tether’s credibility all along, the stablecoin has managed to cut through all the noise and grow. In fact, looking at Tether’s growth makes sense, considering the demand for Bitcoin. In 2021 alone, Tether minted a record $2 billion in a single week, with $1.5 billion minted the week before that.Continue reading “Tether co-founder thinks Bitcoin can go up by 300%-500%”