MicroStrategy’s infamous Bitcoin (BTC) investment strategy is playing out profitably so far into 2023. Today, MicroStrategy’s stock MSTR is up roughly 140% year-to-date (YTD) to $350 per share, its highest level since September last year. It mirrored Bitcoin’s 90% YTD gains, maintaining a strong positive correlation with the top cryptocurrency. Proxy Bitcoin investment boom To recap,
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Episode 9 of Cointelegraph’s Crypto Trading Secrets podcast is now live. In the episode, host Benjamin Pirus chats with Cheds, aka @BigCheds on Twitter. A trader, analyst and author, Cheds fielded an array of questions during the April 6 episode recording, including his opinion on whether Bitcoin’s (BTC) price will ever become less volatile during
Gnosis Builders, developer of blockchain network Gnosis Chain, has announced a $5 million project to increase the number and diversity of validators through incentive mechanisms. The new project is called “Gnosis VIP,” according to an April 18 announcement from the company. As part of the new project, Gnosis is launching a “Geographic Diversity Program” that
The return of inflation has surprised many, including central bankers. So has the resulting rise in nominal interest rates. These surprises have brought others with them, notably a mini-shock to banking. The question, then, is: “What next?” Will inflation subside to ultra-low pre-Covid levels or will it be a lasting problem, as in the 1970s
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If you want to balance risk and return, then you can vary the mix of stocks and bonds in your portfolio. But how do you go about choosing the funds, how many funds do you need, and how can you implement the strategy cheaply on Trading 212? In this video, we answer those questions and
The bear market grind has not deterred a $60 million raise from a Bitcoin-only company. Unchained, a financial services provider for Bitcoin (BTC) holders, has announced a $60 million Series B funding round led by Valor Equity Partners. NYDIG, Trammell Venture Partners, Ecliptic Capital and Highland Capital Partners also participated. Unchained Capital provides a more
On or about Apr. 18, Twitter rolled out Bitcoin (BTC) price quotes on its social media platform, which can be viewed using its search tool. The price quotes are powered by charting platform TradingView. In conjunction with the display is a link to Israeli cryptocurrency exchange eToro, where users can buy or sell Bitcoin. At
Six months ago I predicted that home prices would fall, the number of houses sold would decline, and new construction would drop. Since then, home prices have come down a little, on average, but not too badly. The number of home sales is definitely way down. And the latest data on housing construction show that
Patrick McHenry, chair of the United States House Financial Services Committee, jumped right into criticism of the Securities and Exchange Commission and its leadership over digital assets at an oversight hearing. In an April 18 hearing on oversight of the SEC, Representative McHenry used his opening statement to bring up the commission’s “punishing” of digital
Bank of America on Tuesday announced plans to cut as many as 4,000 positions before the end of June even after it reported first-quarter profits that beat expectations. The job cuts represent 2 per cent of BofA’s overall workforce, which topped 217,000 at the end of the first quarter after the lender had ramped up
Chainlink rose to a six-month high in today’s session, as crypto markets moved back into the green on Tuesday. Markets were buoyant following stronger than expected Chinese growth data, with the global market cap up 0.45% as of writing. Litecoin also climbed, hitting a two-month high in the process. Chainlink (LINK) Chainlink (LINK) rose to
Ethereum layer 2s, such as Optimism, Arbitrum and Polygon, increased in popularity in the first quarter of 2023, according to a report from Web3 development platform Alchemy. Ethereum users bridged over $635,000 worth of crypto assets to these networks from January to March, an increase of 44% over the fourth quarter of 2023 and 518%
press release PRESS RELEASE. Cheelee, the GameFi short video platform well-known for rewarding users for viewing their feeds, has announced the most monumental Community Drop of 2023. Starting from April 17th, every vertical video lover now gets the chance to get on board one of the most promising projects ever launched and take home a
A law firm representing FTX investors has served former NBA star Shaquille O’Neal in a class-action case against celebrities who endorsed the failed crypto exchange. The lawsuit accuses Shaq, along with other public figures and the platform’s founder, of defrauding people who put money into FTX. Shaquille Served Legal Notice in FTX Lawsuit Outside His
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard said he favored continued interest-rate hikes to counter persistent inflation, while recession fears are overblown. “Wall Street’s very engaged in the idea there’s going to be a recession in six months or something, but that isn’t really the way you would read an expansion like this,”
Gary Gensler, Chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, takes his seat before the start of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on Oversight of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021. Bill Clark | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images The House Financial Services Committee will
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The cryptocurrency ecosystem has enjoyed a buoyant start to the year as Bitcoin (BTC) and decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols surge in market capitalization through the first quarter of 2023. These are the key takeaways from the first quarterly Crypto Industry Report published by CoinGecko on April 18. BTC emerged as the best-performing asset of Q1
In a February interview with New York Magazine, Gary Gensler, chairman of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, said that just about every crypto transaction, with the exception of Bitcoin spot transactions and buying or selling things with cryptocurrency, falls within the jurisdiction of the SEC. In the interview, when discussing what types of
Transcription: Chip Barnett (00:03):Hi and welcome to another edition of the Bond Buyer Podcast. I’m Chip Barnett and my guest today is Neal Pandozzi. He’s a partner at Bowditch & Dewey. He’s based in Boston and licensed in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. He’s served as bond counsel, disclosure counsel, borrowers counsel, underwriters counsel, lenders counsel