Brazil Securities and Exchange Commission (CVM) approved Latin America’s first Bitcoin Exchange Traded Fund (ETF). Requested by firm QR Asset Management, their Bitcoin ETF will trade under the ticker QBTC11 on exchange B3. This platform is the world second to launch a ETF backed by the cryptocurrency, after Canada greenlighted one in February. The QBTC11…
Key Bitcoin Takeaways A South Korean media outlet reported that Morgan Stanley plans to acquire Bithumb, a local bitcoin exchange. The news surfaced two days after the American banking giant decided to offer three Bitcoin funds to its rich clients via its traditional investment platform. Bitcoin recently surged above $61,000 on higher institutional demand, up…
Bitcoin is constantly the subject of controversy, bringing out pundits, skeptics, and critics of all kinds and of various domains. Economists call it a bubble, investors call it rat poison, and environmentalists claim it is slowly killing the planet. Energy FUD is an easy target for the cryptocurrency due to the complex, proof-of-work consensus algorithm…
Bitcoin price started a downside correction from the $60,000 resistance against the US Dollar. BTC is now approaching a major support zone near $56,200 and $56,000. Bitcoin formed a short-term top near $60,000 and started a downside correction. The price is now trading near the $57,000 support and the 100 hourly simple moving average. There…
The soaring interest surrounding crypto assets like Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other altcoins, is highly centralized in the United States compared to the rest of the world. However, a new study shows that India ranks second, behind only the US in terms of overall interest in digital currencies. What’s notable about this new finding, is that…
Bitcoin has walked away from pursuing a lengthy downside correction repeatedly this year. The cryptocurrency’s run-up to $58,367 in February attracted a modest selling pressure as the price dipped by 26.30 percent afterward. Similarly, its previous rally above a then-record high of $41,000 followed up with a 30 percent bearish correction. Last week, Bitcoin achieved…
Bitcoin price has retraced by more than 10% following new record highs set over the weekend, however, according to one capital manager, the cryptocurrency holding above $52K would keep price action within a long-term rising bull channel. If that happens, the first ever cryptocurrency will remain on track for $100K or more in the coming…
Bitcoin price has pulled back slightly from highs, but the trend has been up for over a year now, and is likely to continue as the nascent technology becomes widely adopted by institutions and traditional market investors. In the future, the cryptocurrency, according to a top industry figure, will become a “report card” of sorts,…
Bitcoin expects to extend its prevailing bull run in the sessions ahead just as the US begins another vast spending program, including direct payments to its citizens who will receive up to $1,400 per person depending on their income and tax filing returns. The flagship cryptocurrency’s prospect of hitting new highs rose after a Deutsche…
Bitcoin fell more than 7 percent on Monday after a whale deposited 18,000 BTC into a Gemini wallet. The flagship cryptocurrency dropped to an intraday low of $54,568 at 0940 UTC, down 7.47 percent into the European session. Its correction started on Sunday after the price reached a new record high above $61,000. Traders used…