Risking it all December 10, 2020 Disproportionate Focus MicroStrategy updated its initial statement and announced that it now anticipates raising $537.2 million in net proceeds from a debt offering to buy even more Bitcoins. This is significantly higher than the original target of $400 million. Furthermore, its unsecured, convertible senior notes will pay out 0.750% in interest annually to qualified institutional [...]
Crypto community battles ‘unworkable requirements’; Ethereum upgrade goes live August 9, 2021 Cryptocurrency data shows the price of Bitcoin moved from close to $40,000 at the beginning of the week to a $38,000 low, seemingly after failing to go above that mark. As the week developed, however, BTC surpassed it to now trade at $44,000. Ethereum’s ether, the second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, moved in a similar [...]
Saudi Aramco ‘faces $50m ransom’ after data leak July 22, 2021 Saudi Aramco is reportedly facing a $50m (£36.3m) ransom demand after a data leak from one of its contractors. The world’s largest oil firm confirmed in a statement that it “recently became aware of the indirect release of a limited amount of company data which was held by third-party contractors.” Aramco added: “We confirm that [...]
Crypto Market Briefly Surpasses $1 Trillion as Adoption Keeps Growing January 11, 2021 CryptoCompare data shows the price of Bitcoin (BTC) moved up from around $30,000 at the start of the week to hit a new all-time high near $42,000 before enduring a steep correction. BTC is now trading close to $36,000. Ether (ETH), the second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, moved from $780 to $1,300, a value close [...]
Cyrus Fazel: My family was ‘nouveau poor’ – and I wanted to be wealthy December 9, 2022 Swissborg CEO and founder Cyrus Fazel meets Jillian Godsil as he discusses mass adoption and his love for Ethereum.
Crypto Extreme November 25, 2020 Macro Trends Narratives and broader macro trends can push valuations and multiples to extremes (too high or too low), even if the underlying fundamentals tell a different story. On that note, the Dow reached record highs amid what John Hussman of Hussman Funds described as capitulation in the face of overwhelming liquidity. With that in [...]
Industry experts welcome UK crackdown on crypto adverts January 18, 2022 Crypto companies and legal experts have welcomed news that the UK government will crackdown on advertisements for digital assets.
Coronavirus accelerated cryptocurrency growth May 4, 2021 The Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated growth in the retail cryptocurrency market by at least five years, finds a report by Ziglu.
Can Tokenisation Save the Rainforest and Cure “Climate Cancer”? December 17, 2020 J.P. Thieriot in conversation with James Bowater. J.P. is the co-founder of the Universal Protocol Alliance (UPA) an alliance of companies out of which the first carbon neutral Bitcoin has been born. First, can we understand the mission of the UPA? The mission started off a couple of years ago, addressing the consumer side of [...]
The Royal Mint is creating an NFT – is this the security investors needed? April 8, 2022 Keith Oliver of Peters & Peters cross examines the Royal Mint's moves into NFT territory, asking 'Is this the security investors needed?'