Goldman Sachs’ Bold Bet: Bank Boosts Its Bitcoin ETF Stake to $710 Million

The substantial increase in Goldman Sachs’ bitcoin ETF holdings demonstrates the growing interest of institutional investors in bitcoin. Institutional Investments in Bitcoin Keeps Rising The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) 13F report for Q3 ending Sept. 30 revealed that Goldman Sachs now owns $710 million in cryptocurrency assets. The 13F report is a mandatory […] Original

Solidion Technology Allocates 60% of Its Cash to Buying Bitcoin

Solidion Technology follows other institutional investors such as Microstrategy by purchasing bitcoin with a plan for future acquisitions. Strategic Bitcoin Allocation for Solidion Treasury Solidion Technology, a provider of advanced battery materials, announced on Thursday that it had invested a portion of its excess cash reserves in bitcoin. This strategic move aligns with the company’s […] Original

Bitcoin mixer operator sentenced to 3 years for laundering over $300m

Larry Harmon, an Ohio resident, has been sentenced to three years in prison for laundering more than $300 million worth of Bitcoin through his darknet service, Helix, according to Bloomberg. The platform operated a tool designed to obscure the origins of cryptocurrency transactions, enabling users, primarily criminals, to move funds undetected, according to the U.S. Justice Department The service was active from 2014 to 2017, during which Harmon partnered with major darknet marketplaces like AlphaBay to process illegal transactions involving drug sales, stolen data, and counterfeit goods. Unlicensed money-transmitting Harmon…

As bitcoin wraps up big week, case is made for $200,000

Bitcoin is closing in on $100,000 for the first time, but could still double after that, according to BCA Research. “After its recent surge, premised on the more ‘bitcoin friendly’ candidate winning the U.S. presidency, we can expect some near-term retracement — as was the case in April this year,” analyst Dhaval Joshi wrote in a report on Thursday. “On a multiyear horizon though, bitcoin’s structural uptrend is intact and will ultimately take it to $200,000+.” That is due to the belief that, similar to gold, bitcoin is a “non-confiscatable…

Thumzup approves $1m of Bitcoin as treasury reserve asset

Thumzup Media Corporation, a social media marketing company based in Los Angeles, announced its entry into the crypto space with plans to purchase up to $1 million in Bitcoin.  The company, which helps brands pay users to promote them on platforms like Venmo and PayPal, aims to diversify its treasury holdings with this move. CEO Robert Steele explained in a company release that Bitcoin’s rising institutional acceptance and the introduction of Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded funds have solidified its role as a viable financial asset.  The company believes that Bitcoin’s finite…

This OG Bitcoin (BTC) Investor Just Turned $120 Into $178M

The trend of more of the older wallets that held bitcoin from its early days coming out of the woodwork could continue, as they might be able to bag massive profits at current price levels. Such moves could limit any additional price upside, even though some traders are still optimistic that bitcoin could reach $100,000—a key psychological level of resistance—by year-end. Original

Aave Considers Partnership With Bitcoin-Based Spiderchain

Aave, a leading decentralized finance (defi) protocol, may soon expand its footprint in the Bitcoin ecosystem with a proposal to deploy its Version 3 (V3) on the Spiderchain network. Governance Proposal: Aave V3 Deployment on Spiderchain The governance proposal, authored by ACI, aims to integrate Aave V3 with Spiderchain, an Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM)-compatible layer […] Original