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Exploring The SEC Plan That May Change How Over-The-Counter Securities Are Quoted
Monday, February 3, 2020 - 11:22am | 966The following post was written and/or published as a collaboration between Benzinga’s in-house sponsored content team and a financial partner of Benzinga. Investors interested in over-the-counter (OTC) securities may be in for a variation, according to a new SEC proposed rule change. The goal...
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Boredom Is The Enemy? A Look At Bitcoin Since Peaking At $20,000
Tuesday, December 17, 2019 - 4:45pm | 719The price of bitcoin has dropped 34% in the past three months from above $10,000 to below $7,000. The world’s most valuable cryptocurrency is on track to start 2020 once again down about 65% from its all-time highs hit in December 2017 around $20,000. The Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (OTC: GBTC)...
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2018: The Year Of The Bitcoin Bust?
Monday, December 17, 2018 - 2:48pm | 769With Christmas nearing, bitcoin is celebrating a big anniversary this week, one that investors would rather forget. Dec. 16, 2017 was the day bitcoin prices hit $19,783, the cryptocurrency’s all-time highest price. Today, bitcoin is trading at $3,462, a roughly 83-percent decline. Bitcoin...
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Is The Price Of Bitcoin Becoming More Or Less Volatile After Security Breaches?
Sunday, June 17, 2018 - 4:19pm | 812Bitcoin prices tumbled after news of yet another major crypto theft broke June 10. Week after week in 2018, cryptocurrency investors have been hit by a stream of negative headlines about increasing regulation and cryptocurrency-related thefts, hacks and scams. But even in a market that's known...
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Where Experts Stand On Bitcoin After 40% Plunge
Friday, February 2, 2018 - 10:08am | 976Bitcoin traders were eager to see the end of January, which dragged the cryptocurrency beneath December lows. But the winter blues continue. Bitcoin neared $9,000 Thursday — a rate less than half of the all-time high struck weeks before. Editor's note: Bitcoin's rout continued Friday...
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Mama Don't Take My KODAKCoin Away: What Photographers And Crypto Experts Think Of Eastman Kodak's ICO
Thursday, January 11, 2018 - 8:24am | 1606Life as a 21st-century artist ain’t easy. “So many photographers are hesitant to post things online because all you have to do is copy and paste,” Jessica Dietz, a Detroit photographer and instructor at Oakland Community College’s Photography Lab, told Benzinga. “It...
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The Bitcoin Regulation Conundrum, Explained
Wednesday, December 20, 2017 - 8:41am | 1063Cryptocurrency is a libertarian's delight. “For people that are incredibly enthusiastic about markets and believe that markets should be the determining governance, crypto is the best place to be, because it is truly controlled by the market itself,” Kris Nelson, COO of Social...
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Why The Bitcoin Bubble Is Different From All Other Bubbles
Tuesday, December 19, 2017 - 4:56pm | 697Will the bubble ever burst? Benzinga's PreMarket Prep hosted a special bitcoin episode Tuesday. Jim Angel, professor at Georgetown University School of Business joined the show to discuss the speculative bubble that has formed in the bitcoin market. This Time It’s Different...