Back in November of 2021, the total market value of the crypto market worldwide was approximately $2.7 trillion. Then Bitcoin and the other major coins fell until a bottom was reached in November of 2022. FTX collapsed and Sam Bankman-Fried was arrested. Everyone thought it was over and done for crypto and Bitcoin as the […]
A few weeks after Bitcoin hit a new all-time high ($74,000), gold also recorded a new record price ($2,300). Does this mean that investors are increasingly seeking out investments where ‘scarcity’ is a buzzword, or how should we view this? And what does this mean for the Bitcoin price as we count down to the […]
The global reaction to the 25-year prison sentence for Sam Bankman-Fried was quite something. The US media noted that with good behavior he could be released within 10 to 15 years. Crypto fans in turn responded by stating that 25 years in prison is a pittance compared to what Ross Ulbricht, the American founder of […]
Bitcoin tumbled nearly 5% lower on Tuesday as investors reassess their positions after the Easter weekend. Rumors about an impending crash in tech stocks are on the rise again, causing risky investments to be hit first and hardest. Yet analysts do not think this is the start of a new correction as Bitcoin (of which […]
Crypto investors are getting ready for a busy second quarter. With a Bitcoin halving only a few weeks away, rumors about an impending approval of an Ether ETF circling the markets and macroeconomic pressure from a possible interest rate decision by the Federal Reserve, prices could go in either direction. The Bitcoin price is at […]
Vitalik Buterin, founder of Ethereum, has been less active on X in the past few months. Even Elon Musk recently commented on it. We’ve now learned that Vitalik is spending more time on a new social media platform called Farcaster (www.warpcast.com). As he can have more discussions there with crypto developers and people interested in […]
Over the summer of last year, BlackRock, the largest investment fund in the world, announced that it had filed for a Bitcoin ETF. In other words a fund that would allow ordinary, usually older, investors to purchase Bitcoin through BlackRock without having to open an account on a crypto platform. Sell-the-news The price of Bitcoin […]
Every stock market crash needs a villain. More specifically, the public needs someone they can be angry with and blame for their monetary loss. During the 2007-2008 financial crisis, the villains were Bernie Madoff (who had set up a pyramid investment fund) and Dick Fuld (the former CEO of Lehman Brothers). The villain of the […]
Leonardo DiCaprio and Jonah Hill showed the excesses of Wall Street in the very popular 2013 film Wolf of Wall Street, directed by Martin Scorsese. The film, about the life of stock trader Jordan Belfort, shows wild parties featuring half-naked models and a large amount of drugs. It is said to show the worst side […]
End of the first quarter and Bitcoin continues its stellar run. After the Bitcoin ETFs were approved in early January, the price suddenly fell 20% and then bounced back up. A new record was reached at the beginning of this month, after which the Bitcoin price fell another 20% and panic dominated the social media […]
