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Weiss Ratings: ‘Best Bitcoin Buying Opportunity of the Year’

Financial ratings agency Weiss Ratings has become increasingly bullish in its view of Bitcoin.  That has culminated in the ratings agency suggesting that Bitcoin is currently priced at such a low.

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Study Reveals Crypto Users Doubled in 2018 Despite Market Meltdown

According to a study published yesterday, the number of cryptocurrency users almost doubled in 2018 despite the depressed market for digital assets. The research, carried out by the Cambridge Centre for.

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Allianz GI CEO: ‘Outlaw Crypto-Assets’

Andreas Utermann, the CEO of Allianz Global Investors has suggested that crypto-assets should be banned.  The head of one of Europe’s largest asset managers with 3,000 employees, 20 worldwide offices.

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Mike Novogratz Keeps the Faith on Bitcoin

Mike Novogratz, a former partner in Goldman Sachs and hedge fund manager has become well known in the cryptocurrency space.  He left Goldman Sachs and set up Galaxy Digital, a.

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KFC Follows Papa John’s and Subway in Accepting Dash in Venezuela

From this week onwards, well known fast food chain Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) will start to accept Dash cryptocurrency as a means of payment at its stores in Venezuela. According.

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Weiss Ratings Analyst: Bakkt to Usher in Institutional Money in 2019

2018 has been a disappointing year for the cryptocurrency market, underscored in recent weeks with significant price falls.  Times like this lead to a consideration of the strength of the.

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SEC Commissioner: Crypto ETF Approval Could Take Days or Years

At the Digital Asset Investment Forum in Washington D.C. yesterday, Hester Peirce – a commissioner with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said that the approval of a cryptocurrency based Exchange.

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Bitcoin to Gain Smart Contracting Capability

Bitcoin’s scripting language has long been recognized as lacking, with an inability to support more complex features such as smart contracts.  It’s this aspect that led to the rise of.

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NYSE Chairman Believes Bitcoin Here to Stay

The chairman of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and CEO of parent company Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), Jeff Sprecher, stated that in spite of the crypto bear market throughout 2018 and.

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Fidelity Revives Crypto VC Fund

Fidelity Investments – one of the largest asset managers in the world with in the region of $2.5 trillion under management – has reactivated a venture capital fund which centers on.

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