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Square Buys Up $50M In Bitcoin

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Square , the FinTech payments company headed by Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, announced on Thursday (Oct. 8) that it has invested $50 million — approximately 1 percent of its total second-quarter assets — to purchase roughly 4,709 bitcoins. “We In both cases, the purchases amount to a long-term bullish bet on bitcoin.

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Bitcoin Daily: Japan's SBI VC Trade Debuts Crypto Lending; Bitcoin Closes In On All-Time High

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Bitcoin continued its price climb today (Nov. While that price apex was followed by a bubble burst and bitcoin fell to $3,122 in 2018, analysts and crypto fans predict this wave is different. FinTech STAX, a capital-raising platform that accepts both dollars and cryptocurrency, helped WCA raise the funds. “We

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Bitcoin Breaks Through $20,000 Mark, Hits Record Highs

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Bitcoin continued its ongoing surge in price Wednesday (Dec. The price of a bitcoin traded higher by 5.6 This is the domino effect as asset managers tumble their portfolios into bitcoin,” Charles Hayter, CEO of market data provider CryptoCompare, told CNBC. percent, hitting around $20,600. What’s up looking ahead?

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Bitcoin Rally Here to Stay – Or Fleeting?  

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Amid the rallies that have marked all manner of asset classes in 2020 – where things hummed along to start the year, turned sour in the spring and then rebounded (nay, roared) into the waning months, bitcoin stands out. But now, at least some asset managers have been embracing bitcoin as a hedge against currencies and gold.

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Bitcoin Daily: Nike Offers Crypto Rewards For Online Purchases; BlockFi Teams With Bitcoin Mining Pool On Lending, Financial Services

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Plutus , a British FinTech startup, is providing rewards via its credit card to customers who buy from the eCommerce store of Nike , Cointelegraph reported. In other news, Poolin, a bitcoin mining pool, is growing its financial services and digital currency lending verticals, CoinDesk reported.

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The Case for a Bitcoin ETF

Chris Skinner

I’ve noted that the bitcoin swings and roundabouts tend to often cycle around the hope and expectation of the US SEC giving approval to a bitcoin ETF … only to find that they never do and so it goes around.

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Big banks are not feeling the FinTech heat (yet)

Chris Skinner

A few years ago Jamie Dimon was renowned for saying that bitcoin developers “are going to try and eat our lunch” and that silicon valley was coming to get the banks. Three years later, it’s not quite the case.

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