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Young Americans

Survey says young Americans choose Bitcoin

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In the United States, as in other countries of the world, the number of citizens buying digital currencies continues to grow. Moreover, the highest proportion of crypto investors are young people under the age of 35. CNBC, together with Momentive, surveyed young Americans and found that 11% of them...

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Number of BTC addresses with a non-zero balance reaches 2 months high

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Despite the correction that has returned to the crypto market, a variety of categories of investors continue to invest in Bitcoin (BTC). Digital currencies returned to the red zone at the beginning of the week. They suffered the greatest losses the day before, today the rollback continues. At the...

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Bitcoin hashrate in July-August grew by about three times

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The computing power of the bitcoin network at the end of last month began to recover after the collapse provoked by the repression against miners in China. On July 29, the BTC hash rate increased to 102 EH/s. In August, the activity of miners continued to increase, thanks to the completion of their...

MicroStrategy Bitcoin Investment August 2021

MicroStrategy Purchased Another $177M of BTC

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Michael Saylor, CEO of the enterprise analytics and software solutions entity MicroStrategy revealed another Bitcoin purchase today. The company acquired 3.907 coins for $177 M paying $45,294 per BTC on average. Thus, MicroStrategy's Bitcoin holdings reached 108,992 units with an average price of...

El Salvador's president

Bitcoin use in El Salvador will be voluntary

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Last week, the Ministry of Finance of El Salvador said that the legalization of bitcoin does not mean that the use of cryptocurrency will have to be compulsory. Each citizen will decide whether he should keep BTC or use it as a payment instrument. Now the President of El Salvador Nayib Bukele has...

Substack

Substack started accepting payments in bitcoins

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The popular publishing platform Substack announced that since August 23, it began accepting payments in the BTC. As of now, Substack has about 500 thousand paid subscribers from all over the world. However, for now, it will be possible to purchase a subscription for bitcoins only for those...

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Bitcoin price crossed the $50,000 mark

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On Monday, August 23, the first cryptocurrency surpassed the $ 50,000 level for the first time since falling in May. Over the past 24 hours, the coin has risen in price by 2.1%, over the week - by 6.6%. Bitcoin capitalization - $ 942.9 billion Open interest in the bitcoin futures market has reached...

El Salvador

Ministry of Finance of El Salvador thinks use of BTC will be optional

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Many international organizations have criticized the decision of the El Salvadorian authorities to legalize bitcoin. This week, the Minister of Finance of the Latin American state, Alejandro Zelaya, reacted to internal and external criticism. According to him, the use of bitcoin in El Salvador will...

McGlone

McGlone: Bitcoin challenges gold and the dollar

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The bitcoin (BTC) rate on Wednesday, August 18, fell to $ 42,200. Experts urge investors not to panic over the cryptocurrency price correction. Bloomberg strategist Mike McGlone tweeted once again that BTC has enormous potential. If earlier the American dollar was a competitor to gold, now the...

El Salvador

Colombian official adviser commented on decision to legalize BTC

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In June 2021, El Salvador’s parliament passed a landmark bill allowing bitcoin to be used as a means of payment. It was initiated by the country’s President Nayib Bukele. Many politicians and experts from various Latin American countries supported this move. Colombian presidential adviser...

SEC

SEC reported that institutionals are more actively buying BTC

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Based on recently published documents on the website of the US Securities and Exchange Commission, it appears that bitcoin has entered a new phase of adoption by institutional investors. Over the recent period, four large companies have reportedly acquired a large number of shares in the Bitcoin...

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Founder of Kenetic Capital predicts Bitcoin fall below $30,000

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Bitcoin (BTC) on the night of Tuesday, August 17, fell in price to $ 46,000. Cryptocurrency capitalization fell by almost 2% to $ 865.777 billion. There is an opinion among experts that even if in the coming days we see a spurt of BTC above $ 50,000, the coin will still not be able to stay at this...

Singapore

Ether is more popular than BTC among Singaporean investors

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In a survey conducted among Singaporean crypto traders. Researchers have found that Ether (ETH) is a more popular digital currency compared to Bitcoin. 78% of respondents said they own ETH, while 69% of investors hold the first cryptocurrency. The survey was conducted by the Gemini exchange in...

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The famous analyst predicted Bitcoin's rise to $135,000

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Even though the value of the main digital asset, BTC, is still below $ 50,000, many analysts see the future of the cryptocurrency market as quite promising. For example, the well-known analyst PlanB noted in his recent statement that the $ 47,000 mark is just the beginning of the Bitcoin rally....

Mining

Bitcoin mining difficulty increased by more than 7%

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At the end of this week, another adjustment to the difficulty of bitcoin mining took place. This figure rose by 7.3% to 15.56 T. Thus, Bitcoin experienced its second consecutive positive correction after a record fall in difficulty amid the crackdown on mining pools in China. Recall that the...

Gene Simmons

The leader of the Kiss group talks about buying bitcoins

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The leader of the rock group Kiss Gene Simmons admitted that he recently bought a batch of bitcoins. However, he did not specify how many coins he purchased. In winter, the musician announced his investment in Ether (ETH). He expects further growth in the value of the cryptocurrency. Moreover,...

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Mike McGlone commented on the Bitcoin and Ether rally

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Bloomberg strategist Mike McGlone is known for predicting Bitcoin will hit $ 20,000 again in December 2020. Moreover, the same analyst predicted further growth in BTC and was right. The day before on Twitter, McGlone recalled that in annual terms, the strengthening of the bitcoin rate was 54%,...

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Fairlead strategist expects Bitcoin to skyrocket to $51,000

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Over the past five days, the value of Bitcoin (BTC) has increased by more than 10%. Monthly, the price of the cryptocurrency jumped 32%. However, BTC is still far from the peak values ​​recorded in April. Recall that in mid-spring, the bitcoin rate exceeded $ 64,000. On the night of Tuesday,...