Month: November 2020

Venezuelan Army Starts Mining Bitcoin for ‘Unblockable Income’

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The Venezuelan Army has inaugurated a cryptocurrency mining center with bitcoin mining equipment aimed at generating “unblockable income,” as the country attempts to bypass U.S. sanctions. The crypto mining center has the support of the country’s crypto regulator, Sunacrip. Venezuela’s Army Starts Cryptocurrency Mining The Venezuelan Army’s cryptocurrency mining center was inaugurated on Nov. 19 by the 61st Agustín Codazzi Engineer Conditioning Brigade, according to local media. The inauguration was led by the General of the Bolivarian Army Lenin Herrera, Commander of the Brigade. He was accompanied by Major General…

Russia’s Sberbank plans release of its own crypto token, the ‘Sbercoin’

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With a new law coming into effect in Russian, the country’s largest bank is planning a new blockchain platform for trading, as well as a native token. According to a Monday report from Russian business news outlet RBC, Sberbank is planning to jump into crypto come 2021 when a new law “On Digital Financial Assets,” or DFA, is set to come into effect.  The news came from Herman Gref, the CEO and chairman of Sberbank. With over 96 million clients, the state-owned bank is the largest bank in Russia. There…

5 Reasons Why Bitcoin Just Hit an All-Time High Price

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Bitcoin surged Monday to a new all-time high price of $19,864, extending its year-to-date rise to an astounding 170% during a 2020 that has seen tumultuous swings in global markets.  Here are five reasons why the oldest and largest cryptocurrency has pushed to new highs.  Some institutional investors are taking on bitcoin exposure, such as buying into the publicly traded Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC), according to a Nov. 20 report from analysts at JPMorgan Chase. (Note: Grayscale is a unit of Digital Currency Group, which owns CoinDesk.) Guggenheim, a money…

Bitcoin Trading Fees on PayPal, Robinhood, Cash App and Coinbase: What to Know

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With bitcoin’s price hitting a new all-time high on Monday, retail investors will inevitably want to get in on the original crypto asset. That said, for first-time buyers and seasoned investors alike, it is important to be careful about any extraneous costs that might eat into gains. That goes double for the major fintech apps that are likely already on your phone. Here’s how fees stack up on some of the most retail-friendly platforms for buying bitcoin. PayPal The largest app on this list, PayPal (PYPL) is one of the…

This Bitcoin mining company’s stock is in free fall following Q3 loss

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The stock of one of China’s “Big Three” mining firms is in free fall Monday after reporting another quarterly loss, underscoring the operating challenges imposed by COVID-19. Canaan Creative, which manufactures mining rigs, released its third-quarter financial results Monday. The company posted a net loss of $12.7 million, or 54 cents per share, on revenues of $24 million. Although quarterly revenues grew 5%, the company’s net losses more than quadrupled. Quanfu Hong, Canaan’s chief financial officer, poured cold water on the negative earnings release by claiming that demand for mining…

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Bitcoin Tramples Its 2017 Record High on Booming Institutional Adoption

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Bitcoin achieved a new milestone on Monday. The flagship cryptocurrency hit a fresh record high for the first time in three years as traders increased their bids in hopes of earning big profits. It was trading as high as $19,864 during the US session, up 9.16 percent on the day. That trampled its 2017 record high of $19,666, according to data fetched by Coinbase exchange. Bitcoin is rallying relentlessly for the last 10 months. Source: BTCUSD on TradingView.com Bitcoin is rallying relentlessly for the last 10 months. Source: BTCUSD on…

Gold and Bitcoin eye inflation-adjusted all-time highs… but it’s taken gold 40 years

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Gold bug and Bitcoin skeptic Peter Schiff was just 17 years old when the yellow metal set its true all-time price high. Meanwhile, Bitcoin (BTC), a much younger asset, sits close to its inflation-adjusted all-time high after just three years of downward pressure. Gold reached a price of $678 U.S. dollars in 1980, according to a breakdown from Visual Capitalist. Accounting for inflation, based on calculations from Officialdata.org, $678 in 1980 held the same buying power as approximately $2,142 in 2020. The precious metal technically broke its U.S. dollar all-time high…

Tyler Winklevoss tells CNBC that ‘Cash is trash’

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Not one to mince words, Tyler Winklevoss reportedly told the business network CNBC that “Cash is trash.” In his view, it’s only a matter of time before investors dump the dollar and other fiat currencies for BTC: “At some point, it is hard to look at those data points and say that Bitcoin isn’t an incredible store of value.” His twin brother Cameron Winklevoss also said that Bitcoin (BTC) “just needs to be better than gold” to see its value rise to remarkable levels. The twins, who run the United States-based…