Bitcoin
February 14, 2022
Geopolitical issues such as the mounting Ukraine-Russia tensions, will fuel Bitcoin’s increasing mass adoption and higher values in 2022. Even with the 5% decline over the weekend.
Looking back over the past few weeks, serious geopolitical risks have shown real-life use cases for Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies in incredibly volatile times.
As I was quoted by Forbes and Tech Telegraph, amongst other media, according to research, donations in Bitcoin have been flooding into
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January 27, 2022
The International Monetary Fund urging El Salvador to reverse its decision on making Bitcoin legal tender is baffling.
The central American country became the first to make the world’s largest cryptocurrency legal tender back in September last year. Naturally, the situation in El Salvador needs to lot of careful monitoring to ensure the Bitcoin rollout really does benefit the people. Yet the IMF pressing the country to ditch such a pioneering financial policy in an attempt to
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January 13, 2022
A global poll has shown that Bitcoin, other cryptocurrencies and NFTs are more trusted than stocks to provide investors with better returns in 2022.
Around 6,000 people on LinkedIn have taken part in the survey since the start of the year, which is monitored by over 146,600. The results show that 30% of respondents believe ‘another cryptocurrency’ (other than Bitcoin) will give the best results; 25% say Bitcoin and NFTs (non-fungible tokens); and 20%
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January 5, 2022
I’m putting it out there. It’s my view that Bitcoin will become legal tender in another three countries this year.
Over the weekend, the President of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele posted a number of tweets relating to his Bitcoin predictions, such as “2 more countries will adopt it as legal tender,” and that it will reach $100,000 this year. Indeed, El Salvador made history in September last year by becoming the first country in the world to make the
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September 7, 2021
As El Salvador becomes the first country in the world to make Bitcoin official legal tender on Tuesday, I will explain to BBC News tomorrow why it could help boost the country’s economic growth and jobs.
The smallest country in Central America will adopt the world’s largest cryptocurrency by market cap as national currency alongside the U.S. dollar.
As it stands, outside of the U.S. and its territories, there are seven other sovereign nations using the
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August 19, 2021
Ethereum will keep outperforming Bitcoin this year and ultimately surpass its rival’s value.
Yes, I recognise it’s a bold prediction, but looking at the stats, Ethereum is up around 240% in 2021, compared to less than 38% for Bitcoin. In fact, ETH has outperformed all other benchmark assets in the first six months of the year.
As I was quoted by City AM and Cointelegraph, amongst other media, there are two principal reasons that are fuelling Ethereum’s performance this
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June 24, 2021
Bitcoin and other digital currencies experienced a major sell-off this week following the crackdown by China.
However, the crypto cynics should not rebuff cryptocurrencies.
It’s been something of a turbulent week for crypto. Around $400 billion has been wiped off the total digital currency market since last Friday, when a key Bitcoin mining hub instructed miners to cease operations.
This followed reports that the People’s Bank of China ordered banks to freeze all payment
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June 10, 2021
Wednesday 9June was a momentous day for crypto.
El Salvador became the first country in the world to adopt Bitcoin as official legal tender.
The Legislative Assembly of El Salvador voted to pass a bill that declared Bitcoin as legal tender, as per the Communications Secretariat of the Presidency of the Republic of El Salvador, receiving 62 out of 84 votes.
As I was quoted by Forbes, Yahoo News, City AM and Verdict, amongst others, although it is the first to adopt the
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June 1, 2021
deVere is now able to offer clients a new and exclusive product linked to the movements of Bitcoin and Ethereum, due to soaring demand for cryptocurrencies.
The fixed-yield bond tracks futures of Bitcoin and Ether on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange over a one-year maturity period.
As I was quoted by Yahoo News and International Investment, amongst other media, I believe this structured note will be an incredibly popular addition to investors’ asset
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May 26, 2021
Banks and other financial institutions who are still not recognising major cryptocurrencies as a legitimate asset class are on the wrong side of history.
Over the last six months, Bitcoin and other digital currencies have had such an impressive run. So, when the crypto market shed over $1 trillion in a week after hitting record highs, a number of financial institutions have spoken out.
A period of consolidation and short-term correction isn’t surprising in
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May 14, 2021
Tesla boss Elon Musk’s about turn regarding Bitcoin on Twitter is likely nothing more than a PR stunt.
Musk’s announcement that the electric vehicle company is halting sales of cars using Bitcoin due to the environmental impact of mining that cryptocurrency, sent prices tumbling.
We’re once again seeing the influential billionaire CEO take to Twitter, this time to unveil a major U-turn.
As I was quoted by Yahoo Finance, Business Insider and others, and also talk about
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May 3, 2021
The price of Ethereum will likely hit $5,000 over the coming seven days as the world’s second largest cryptocurrency after Bitcoin reaches record highs.
On Monday Ether – the token transacted on the Ethereum blockchain – surpassed $3,000 for the first time.
So far in 2021, Ether is up more than 300%, far exceeding the 95% rise in Bitcoin.
Ether has been one of the main beneficiaries of the crypto market boom. Over the past few months, this boom has been driven by
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