Analysts at British bank Standard Chartered predict that Bitcoin’s price could reach $100k by the end of 2021 or early next year while Ether could hit $10k by then. The digital currency has been trading close to the $50k region, but analysts at Standard Chartered believe that its price could double in the coming months. Bitcoin is currently struggling below the $50k level and is currently exchanging hands at $46,203.58 a 0.65% decline as at...
The price of bitcoin fell Tuesday after breaking through $52,000 late Monday, reaching its highest level since May. The price action comes as El Salvador adopted the largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization as legal tender, becoming the first country to do so. Bitcoin dropped as much as 16% on Tuesday morning to $46,892.04. The digital currency is currently trading at $ 45,440.23 as of 10.30 A .M East African Time a 13.12% 24-hour decline. Consequently,...
The bitcoin adoption idea has been to place 200 ATMs where El Salvador citizens can exchange Bitcoins for US dollars and withdraw cash.
Cryptocurrency markets were buoyed by a fresh wave of bullishness Monday, as bitcoin rose for a sixth straight day to a three and a half-month high of over $50,000 and ether (ETH), the native token of the Ethereum blockchain, pushed past a key psychological level of $4,000. Bitcoin climbed to as high as $51,000 on Monday, a 3.06% rise and was changing hands at around $51,689.55 at around 12.00 P.M East African Time, the highest...
El Salvador has begun the installation of Bitcoin ATMs, which will allow its citizens to convert the cryptocurrency into U.S. dollars and withdraw it in cash, as part of the government’s plan to make the digital coin a legal tender. The government will install 200 of the teller machines to initially accompany its digital wallet called Chivo, a local slang term for ‘cool,’ President Nayib Bukele said on Twitter. He added that transactions will be...
Xiaomi, the Chinese tech giant, is now set to receive payment from Bitcoin, Ethereum, Tether, and even Dash for the purchase of a smartphone, smartwatches, along with other smart home products and devices. Xiaomi has partnered up with Utrust, a Swiss cryptocurrency payment service provider, to support payment via digital assets in the region. “We are a technological, innovative and disruptive brand. That’s why we always want to be one step ahead. We want to...
The price of bitcoin ( BTC) dropped below $30,000 late Monday night for the first time since Jun. 22, dragging other digital coins lower with it. Bitcoin was trading in the $29,000 range, about 3% lower on the day. However, despite the plunge, bitcoin is currently trading at $30,833.49, a 3.2% rise as of 12.00 PM East African Time. The plunge came amid news that the New Jersey Attorney General issued a Cease and Desist...
Square CEO Jack Dorsey has confirmed that the company is looking into building a hardware bitcoin wallet that will give consumers greater control over the cryptocurrency they own. “Square is considering making a hardware wallet for bitcoin. If we do it, we would build it entirely in the open, from software to hardware design, and in collaboration with the community. We want to kick off this thinking the right way: by sharing some of our guiding principles...
MicroStrategy has announced that it has purchased an additional approximately 13,005 bitcoins for approximately $489 million in cash at an average price of approximately $37,617 per bitcoin, inclusive of fees and expenses. However, shares of the Virginia-based enterprise software company closed down 9.7% Monday, mirroring a similarly sized slide in the price of bitcoin. The cryptocurrency was down more than 7% to around $32,600 per token as reports surfaced that China was scaling its crackdown on bitcoin...
South Africa is set to officially embrace cryptocurrency trade and investment laws, with its financial and capital markets regulators predicting an increase in crypto activity in the country. The move by the regulators is a result of the rapid rise in crypto-trade in South Africa and rising fraud cases where a ransom is demanded in cryptocurrency. According to a report from the working group, daily crypto asset trading values in South Africa were “exceeding $145...
The World Bank on Wednesday said it could not assist El Salvador’s bitcoin implementation given environmental and transparency drawbacks. “We are committed to helping El Salvador in numerous ways including for currency transparency and regulatory processes. While the government did approach us for assistance on bitcoin, this is not something the World Bank can support given the environmental and transparency shortcomings.” a World Bank spokesperson via email. Earlier this month, the Central American country announced...
Bitcoin’s price surged after Tesla CEO Elon Musk said the electric vehicle maker could accept bitcoin transactions again in future. As of 11:09 p.m. ET Sunday, Bitcoin surged 10.2% to $38,903.23, according to data from Coindesk. Since the start of the year, BTC has surged more than 30%, though its current price is way off the all-time high of $64,829.14 hit in April. As of 9.00 A.M East African Time Monday, the digital currency was trading at $39,372.03...
El Salvador has become the first country to formally adopt Bitcoin as legal tender after President Nayib Bukele said congress approved his landmark proposal. In an early Wednesday vote, a supermajority of the nation’s legislature voted in favour of President Nayib Bukele’s proposal for the Latin American nation to adopt bitcoin. Sixty-two members of the legislature voted in favour of the bill, with 19 opposed and three abstentions. The president had previously said that Bitcoin...
The bitcoin sell-off continued Monday following a roller-coaster week of trading as authorities in China and the U.S. move to tighten regulation and tax compliance on cryptocurrencies. Bitcoin fell roughly 16% to $31,772.43 by 12:27 p.m. ET, on Sunday according to Coin Metrics data. As of 6.00 A.M East African Time, the digital currency was trading at $ 35,737.18, a 5.18% decline. Ether, the second-largest cryptocurrency, has also been on a losing streak, declining 5.9%...
Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies crashed on Friday after China announced a harsh clamp down on the market. The announcement by China means the country will do a crack down both mining and trading on bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. In a statement from Chinese Vice Premier Liu He and the State Council, authorities said tighter regulation is needed to protect the financial system from the volatility of the cryptocurrency sector. “It is necessary to “crack down...
Bitcoin, the world’s largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, slumped on Wednesday by 8.7%. BTC was above the 10-hour moving average and below the 50-day, a sideways signal for market technicians. The total drop for bitcoin in the past 24 hours was 26.7%, going from a high of $43,602 around 21:15 UTC to as low as $31,926 around 13:15 UTC (9:15 a.m. ET) Bitcoin has recovered somewhat from that low to $40,084.06 as of 9.30 A.M...
Bitcoin took a 3.7% drop to near $45,100 Sunday afternoon EST after Tesla CEO Elon Musk did not outright deny that the electric car has sold or could soon sell all of its bitcoin (BTC, -13.06%) holdings after the criticism Elon Musk received after suspending the digital asset as a form of payment. Bitcoin, the largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, is currently trading at $ 43, 262.48 a 10.88% drop as of 7.00 A.M East African...
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has announced that Tesla would be suspending the option to pay for vehicles using Bitcoin. In a tweet, Elon Musk said Tesla had suspended vehicle purchases using BTC out of concerns of rapid usage of fossil fuels in mining and transactions. “Tesla has suspended vehicle purchases using Bitcoin. We are concerned about rapidly increasing use of fossil fuels for Bitcoin mining and transactions, especially coal, which has the worst emissions of...
Ether[ ETH], the second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, has reached an all-time high of $4,000. As of 10.00 A.M East African Time, ether was trading at $4,130.26, a 4% gain. ETH, which has been on a gaining streak over the past weeks, recorded a 36% weekly gain. The digital currency’s gain has been powered by speculation from new market entrants betting known as decentralized finance( Defi), which consists of blockchain-based trading and lending platforms that...
Ether (ETH), the second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, went above $3,000 Sunday for the first time in history. At press time, ether’s changing hands at $3,085.97, up more than 5.6% in the past 24 hours. Ether’s impressive gains came as the demand for digital currency has soared. The total market capitalization for decentralization finance (DeFi) recently hit above $100 billion, with some of the most popular DeFi projects built on the Ethereum blockchain. Currently, there...
Ethereum, the second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, was up on Wednesday, trading around $2,589.10 as of 10.00 A.M East African Time, a 1.4% rise following a more than 5% rally the previous day. Ether rose Tuesday to a record high price near $2,700 after a powerful three-day rally. The new high came after three straight daily gains totalling 19%. The move extended the cryptocurrency’s stunning rally this year. On Tuesday, Bloomberg reported that...
For the first time in six days, Bitcoin rose past $52,000 as bulls pushed prices higher in early Asia trading hours Monday. In a rally that appeared to start around 22:00 UTC (6 p.m. ET) on Sunday, bitcoin (BTC) bounced off a seven-week low around $47,655, subsequently printing some of its largest hourly gains in two days. The largest cryptocurrency is now exchanging hands at $52 792.14 as of 9.00 AM East African Time. ...
Bitcoin has fallen beneath the $50,000 psychological support line hitting its lowest point in 48 days. Bitcoin (BTC) is currently exchanging hands at $49,254.83 as of 10.00 A.M East African Time, a 9% drop over the last 24 hours. “On-chain data suggests we’re still in a long-term bull market in the short-term, we might have a correction and going sideways in a broad range since the market is over-heated among retail investors.” Ki Young Ju,...
The price of bitcoin tumbled over the weekend and was down as much as 19.5% from record highs of $ 62,000 posted by the largest cryptocurrency in the past week. On Sunday, Bitcoin tumbled more than 11%, its biggest 24-hour Decline dropping from about $62,000 to $55,000, its lowest level since the end of March. Currently, BTC is trading at $57,413 as of 11.00 AM East African Time. The reason for the plunge has not...
Bitcoin’s price edged lower after the largest cryptocurrency reached an all-time high on Wednesday trading at around $64,717.01 hours before Coinbase shares began trading on the Nasdaq. However, shortly after the digital currency slipped 2.34% and is currently trading at $ 62,831.23 as of 11.00 AM East African Time. The Coinbase listing is seen to be pushing crypto even more into the mainstream of investing, exposing legions of potential buyers to digital currencies, which have...
The share price valuation puts Coinbase at a whooping 65.3 billion U.S Dollars on listing.
Bitcoin, the largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, surged by 3 % on Tuesday, reaching an all-time high of $62,218.94 as of 12.00 PM EAT with a market cap of $1.173 trillion. Effect of Coinbase IPO on Bitcoin Analyst have attributed the surge in the digital currency to the Coinbase direct listing on Wednesday. The listing, expected to take place Wednesday (April 14), will see Coinbase cementing its position as the big name in cryptocurrency, with...
Bitcoin (BTC) declined on Thursday, as the rally recorded yesterday when Elon Musk announced that the company would start accepting payment in the digital currency was shortlived. The digital currency was trading around $52,657.04 as of 12.36 PM East Africa Time. Slipping 6.72% bitcoin’s 24-hour range: ?$56,450.51- $52,657.04 Tesla Opens Bitcoin Option For its Customers On Wednesday, Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced the electric vehicle maker plans to now accept bitcoin as a payment option...
Bitcoin (BTC) was trading around $54,680 as of 12:50 UTC (8:50 p.m. ET), after falling late Monday to around $53,715, the lowest since March 16. The largest cryptocurrency fell 5.8% over the previous 24 hours. Bitcoin’s 24-hour range:? $58,407.62 -$53,795.15 Visa Taps Further into Bitcoin The decline in the digital currency comes at a time when Crypto.com, a Hong Kong-based payment and cryptocurrency platform has announced a global partnership with Visa. Crypto.com is a pre-paid Visa...
Bitcoin’s price spiralled on Wednesday as the cryptocurrency continues to receive support from investors amidst the Feds Reserve decision to keep interest rates close to zero this year. Bitcoin (BTC) was trading around $57,745.58 as of 20:00 UTC (4 p.m. ET). Climbing 3.68% over the previous 24 hours. Bitcoin’s 24-hour range: $54,201.70-$58,078.51. After consolidating for a while, both Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) prices spiralled as the overall cryptocurrency market cap surged 5% moving past $1.80...
Bitcoin extended it’s decline on Tuesday as a rally that took it past $61,000 over the weekend unwounded, reminding investors of the digital token’s high volatility. Bitcoin slid by 5.5% on Tuesday and was trading at about $54,300 during early trading hours in Asia. The cryptocurrency had hit a record high of $61,781.83 on Saturday after U.S. President Joe Biden signed off on his $1.9 trillion fiscal stimuli and ordered an acceleration in vaccinations. Analysts...
Bitcoin, however, has more than doubled in 2021, following high-profile endorsements this year from the likes of Tesla's Elon Musk, Twitter's Jack Dorsey, and investment giants Goldman Sachs and BlackRock.
The latest rally of Bitcoin up at $60,000 lifts bitcoin’s market cap to $1.12 trillion, not so far below the $1.385 trillion value of Alphabet (Google).
Bitcoin’s price fell by the most in a week after U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell acknowledged he “would be concerned” by tightening financial conditions because rising U.S. government bond yields put upward pressure on borrowing costs. Bitcoin was trading around $48,204 as of 21:15 UTC (4:15 p.m. ET). Declining 4.5% over the previous 24 hours . Bitcoin’s 24-hour range: $47,578-$51,781. In a question-and-answer session with the Wall Street Journal, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell...
Bitcoin rose 5% on Wednesday to just above $50,000. Traders are now speculating whether the move represents a resumption of this year’s powerful bull market or simply a rebound following last week’s steep plunge to around $43,000. The largest cryptocurrency is now up 10% so far in March; this would mark the sixth straight monthly increase, the first time that’s happened in seven years. Bitcoin (BTC) has been trading around $50,500 as of 21:00 UTC...
Bitcoin price went as high as $52,076.32 in the past 24 hours, after more than 13,000 BTC, worth roughly $650 million, were moved out of Coinbase Pro exchange Wednesday afternoon.
Bitcoin’s price soar from Wednesday, was sustained through early trades on Thursday after the world's largest cryptocurrency experienced a sharp sell-off earlier in the week
Bitcoin’s price tumbled on Tuesday, bringing the cryptocurrency’s decline since Sunday to slightly over 20%, as the virtual coin traded below $45,000
Bitcoin has seen a staggering price rally, rising from $10,000 to nearly $60,000, with just one bull market correction in the second half of January.
Bitcoin has made steady stream of new highs for months, with this being the highest ever to a record $58,354, taking its weekly gain to around 20%.
Bitcoin hit a fresh high in Asian trading on Saturday, extending a two-month rally that saw its market capitalization cross $1 trillion a day earlier according to data from trading platform Bitfinex racing past the $52k posted on Friday. The world’s most popular cryptocurrency rose to an record $56,620, taking its weekly gain to 18%. It has surged more than 92% this year. Bitcoin’s gains have been fueled by evidence it is gaining acceptance among...
Bitcoin hovers around $52,000 as markets wait and see whether the current price level will be held in the next few weeks. Bitcoin (BTC) trading around $52,124.59 as of 11.00 p.m. Slipping 0.32% over the previous 24 hours. Bitcoin’s 24-hour range: $50,941.99-$52,621.84 The price of bitcoin hit a record high above $52,000 on Wednesday, with a market capitalization nearing $1 trillion causing alarm on the high volatility of the cryptocurrency. Analyst at JP Morgan...
The price of bitcoin hit a record high above $52,000 on Wednesday, with a market capitalization nearing $1 trillion. Bitcoin (BTC) was trading around $52,231.69 as of 21:00 UTC (4 p.m. ET). Gaining 7.16% over the previous 24 hours Bitcoin’s 24-hour range: $48,430.80-$52,536.47 The price has rocketed by about 78% in 2021, continuing an astonishing rally after dipping below $4,000 last year in March. Its market capitalization has grown by more than $700 billion since the end...
Bitcoin’s price broke above $50,000 for the first time in history on Tuesday, continuing its impressive rally as major companies appear to be warming up to cryptocurrencies. The world’s largest digital currency by market value rose more than 3% to an all-time high of $50,487 at about 7:30 a.m. ET, according to data from Coin Metrics. It later fell below the mark, trading 0.2% higher at a price of $48,760. Companies that have driven Bitcoin’s...
Bitcoin on Sunday morning hit a new high of $49,716.44 a 6.2% rise from Saturday’s price range. This came after a week of positive developments regarding increased Wall Street acceptance of the leading cryptocurrency according to market value While there does not seem to be any specific reason for the move, the record comes when there has been a growing interest in the digital currency. Canada Approves First Bitcoin ETF The first bitcoin exchange-traded fund...
The world’s largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, bitcoin has rallied to an all time high blowing past $45,000, $46,000 and $47,000 in less than an hour on Monday evening, driven by Tesla’s announcement that it had bought $1.5 billion of bitcoin. The electric vehicle maker said Monday in an annual report filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that it has put an aggregate $1.5 billion into bitcoin under a new investment policy and that the company may “acquire...
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