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Fintech Focus For June 30, 2021
Tuesday, June 29, 2021 - 5:28pm | 1728Quote To Start The Day: “It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you in trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so.” Source: Mark Twain One Big Thing In Fintech: [D]oes the success of BNPL spell doom for the $3tn credit card industry? A new report by...
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Why Bitcoin Is Crossing $60K Again
Sunday, April 11, 2021 - 11:20am | 240Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) has crossed the $60,000 mark again, as experts point to a supply shortage. The world's top cryptocurrency crossed the $60,000 mark today and on Saturday, according to CoinMarketCap data, reaching a high of $60,741 on Saturday. Bitcoin was recently left on...
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Dogecoin, Caught Up In Reddit Frenzy, Remains Low After Rally
Sunday, January 31, 2021 - 12:46pm | 384Dogecoin (DOGE), the digital currency originally launched as a joke, remains at less than half of the all-time high that it hit on Friday. What Happened: The coin saw an 800% price increase last week and reached a record high of $0.07797 at one point on Friday. The cryptocurrency...
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PayPal's Cryptocurrency Partner Sees 500% Surge In Trading Volume In A Month
Monday, November 16, 2020 - 4:51am | 287PayPal Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: PYPL) cryptocurrency partner Paxos’s itBit exchange trading volume surged a whopping 500% to $26.57 million on Nov. 13 from $4.41 million a month ago, according to CoinGecko data. What Happened: Meanwhile, 24-hour volume for Bitcoin stood at $31.59...
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Binance Acquires CoinMarketCap To Make Crypto More Accessible
Thursday, April 2, 2020 - 3:50pm | 143Binance, a cryptocurrency exchang, and blockchain company focused on crypto infrastructure, formally announced the acquisition of CoinMarketCap, a crypto-asset exchange information and ranking platform. As part of the development, CoinMarketCap will continue to run as an independent entity and will...
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Crypto Briefing: Institutional-Grade Analytics And Ratings For Digital Currencies
Wednesday, August 7, 2019 - 3:51pm | 756The cryptocurrency space is in its infancy, according to Han Kao, the founder and CEO of Crypto Briefing. "Take everything you read, everything you see out there and be extremely skeptical and form your own opinion.” That uncertainty led to the creation of Kao's education...
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A Crypto Sympathy Move: Bitcoin Approaches $7K Level As Tether Sells Off
Monday, October 15, 2018 - 9:47am | 462Cryptocurrencies have been turning in a forgettable performance so far this year, with bitcoin — the most widely traded crypto — losing a whopping 56 percent year-to-date after a stellar performance in 2017. The digital currency universe is seeing a solid uptrend Monday...
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Crypto Comparisons: How Bitcoin, Litecoin, Ethereum, Ripple, Dash, And IOTA Moved In 2017
Thursday, December 28, 2017 - 4:38pm | 906Cryptocurrency proved to be a smashing hit in 2017, exceeding the wildest predictions in returns and the investor frenzy it generated, although crypto's legitimacy as an investment option has always been in question. Whichever side investors fall on, there's no question cryptocurrencies...
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Has The Crypto Craze Killed The Marijuana Investing Buzz?
Wednesday, December 27, 2017 - 6:17pm | 1279What do India Globalization Capital, Inc. (NYSE: IGC), Seven Stars Cloud Group Inc (NASDAQ: SSC), Riot Blockchain Inc (NASDAQ: RIOT), Marathon Patent Group Inc (NASDAQ: MARA) and NXT-ID Inc (NASDAQ: NXTD) have in common? All are beneficiaries of investor appetites for stocks with...
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On The Breadth Of Cryptocurrency: How Many Different Kinds Of Digital Currencies Are There?
Tuesday, August 8, 2017 - 9:10am | 516Amid constant headlines about huge increases in the values of cryptocurrencies bitcoin and Ethereum, the dental profession recently launched its own cryptocurrency, Dentacoin. At first glance, the idea of a dental cryptocurrency (and its name) may seem absurd, but there’s actually a lot more...