Cameron Winklevoss, one of the twins who reportedly became the first billionaire bitcoin investors, is predicting that the widely popular and ever-volatile cryptocurrency will move even higher. In an interview with CNBC late last week, Winklevoss said that bitcoin disrupts gold. “Gold is scarce, bitcoin...
Peter Schiff, CEO of Euro Pacific Capital, and a long-time market forecaster, said that when it comes to bitcoin, investors can’t see any wrong in the cryptocurrency, and predicted its value will ultimately be erased. “No matter how high it goes, they’re never going to...
The CBOE Futures Exchange for bitcoin is open for the business — and bitcoin’s price is up as a result. After about two hours of trading after the 6 pm (EST) launch December 10, futures were up 10 percent, which stopped all trading for two...
Stefan Ingves — chairman of global regulators at the Basel Committee and governor of Sweden’s Riksbank — is not boosting bitcoin. In fact, he told CNBC that he doesn’t even think it merits being called cryptocurrency. “It’s a crypto-something,” he noted. “Kind of a crypto-asset...
In one of its first notable developments since its inception in 1995, online classifieds marketplace Craigslist has updated its posting details form to include a new payment option. In addition to myriad other payment methods and informational items users can add to their listings, the...
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) said Wednesday (Dec. 6) that it is aiming to ensure that the integrity of the bitcoin futures contracts is preserved when CME Group and Cboe launch their futures contracts. According to a report in CNBC, Andrew Busch, chief market intelligence...
NiceHash — a Slovenian-based bitcoin miner — says that it has been the victim of the theft of tens of millions of dollars’ worth of bitcoin. According to NiceHash, it has stopped mining operations for the next 24 hours as it tries to piece together just...
Another morning, another bitcoin record. Another big rally from bitcoin put the value of the cryptocurrency above $12,000 — a record high, even in a backdrop of investors and experts wondering if bitcoin can possibly live up to these values — or if the bubble...
The U.K. is aiming to boost regulation of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies by giving the European Union (EU) expanded anti-money laundering rules that would require traders to say who they are and report any activity that appears to be suspicious. According to news from Reuters, citing...
