Christopher Wood, the global head of equity strategy at Jefferies, has announced his intention to sell his Bitcoin holdings once the price reaches $150,000, which represents a 53% increase from current levels. Currently, Wood has allocated 10% of his global portfolio for a US dollar-denominated pension fund to Bitcoin. As of Friday, Bitcoin (BTC) reached … Read more
Bitcoin is closing in on $80,000 for the first time, boosted by President-elect Donald Trump’s embrace of digital assets and the prospect of a Congress featuring pro-crypto lawmakers. The cryptocurrency climbed as much as 4.3% to an unprecedented $79,771 on Sunday and remained near $79,000 as of 2:05 p.m. in Singapore. Smaller tokens like Cardano … Read more
Bitcoin was the notable mover as it reached for one-month highs on Monday, sustaining its rally after the Federal Reserve‘s super-sized rate cut last week, while the yen and most other major currencies stagnated with Japanese markets on holiday. The dollar strengthened against the yen last week after policy meetings in both the United States … Read more
Bitcoin fell as traders monitored transfers by wallets belonging to the failed Mt. Gox exchange, whose administrators have been stepping up efforts to return a $9 billion hoard of the largest digital asset to creditors. The original cryptocurrency dropped as much as 2.7% and was trading at about $67,840 as of 12:15 p.m. Tuesday in … Read more
In a volatile May when S&P BSE Sensex has slipped 566 points or 0.75%, silver has outsmarted not just the headline index but also its shinier peer gold, and Bitcoin. The white metal has jumped by nearly 11.29% or over Rs 9,580 per kg in this month so far as its industrial appeal returns along … Read more
At a conference in Manhattan last week, a few hundred people gathered to hear luminaries of the cryptocurrency industry and executives from the likes of BlackRock and Fidelity discuss Bitcoin’s march into the investing mainstream this year. However, it was another token that kept coming up in the conversations: a newer cryptocurrency best known for … Read more
Amid reports that people in Argentina are buying Bitcoin to protect themselves from inflation, billionaire banker Uday Kotak today wondered whether the cryptocurrency is better than the Argentinian peso with 276% inflation. “When countries manage macro badly, savers move to protect the value of their savings. Traditionally it was gold. Now bitcoin too! While I … Read more
Bitcoin hitting all time highs and boasting a staggering 12-month return of 200% has made headlines all around the world. Has any other asset outperformed Bitcoin during the same time? Ladies and Gentlemen, let me present to you MicroStrategy (MSTR); its price has skyrocketed with a remarkable 12-month return of 600%. The financial world stands … Read more
SINGAPORE – Bitcoin headed for its biggest monthly gain in more than three years on Thursday and is within range of a record high as cash rushing to listed bitcoin funds propels a strong rally. The largest cryptocurrency by market capitalisation was firm in Asia morning trade at $62,000, having changed hands at as high … Read more
Bitcoin is on course to advance for a fifth straight month in what would be the token’s longest such winning streak since a pandemic-era rally oiled by easy money. The largest digital asset has risen about 2% in January, a month of pronounced swings sparked by the rollout of the first US spot Bitcoin exchanged-traded … Read more