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‘No Middle Ground’: Inside Colombia’s Race to Become A Major Regional Crypto Market

In 2020, Colombia saw a major boost in crypto use, both as a store of wealth and as a means of transaction.

January 13, 2021
‘Thankfully’ my son owns Bitcoin, says $140B asset management CEO

Howard Marks hints that he is becoming the latest Bitcoin naysayer to change his tune completely in a new memo to investors of Oaktree Capital.

January 13, 2021
‘Why I’m not investing in nothing burger Bitcoin’: Shark Tank’s Kevin O’Leary

Despite criticizing Bitcoin, the Shark Tank star also said the digital asset could become “something of tremendous value” if regulators were to back it.

January 12, 2021
Trader comforts the market’s traumatized first timers amid falling prices

Bitcoin’s recent 28% drop has been a somewhat harrowing experience for some first time buyers.

January 12, 2021
Pro-Bitcoin U.S. Treasury official calls DeFi the future in op-ed

The Ethereum decentralized finance (DeFi) space saw a renaissance in 2020 led by the release of new platforms such as Aave and iEarn (now Yearn), along with the rise of liquidity mining schemes that managed to draw hundreds of thousands into this space. Yet the growth of the DeFi space may not be done yet…

January 12, 2021
Goldman Sachs says Bitcoin is on the path to maturity

Analyst Jeff Currie believes more institutional money is needed to stabilize the market.

January 12, 2021
Underhyped? Bitcoin sentiment lags despite bull run

Bitcoin hype has never been quite the same since 2019, according to this metric.

January 12, 2021
PayPal’s new crypto unit just traded over $240 million in a single day

The division launched last year after PayPal made a big push for building out and expanding its crypto business. PayPal’s growing volumes Paypal’s new crypto exchange traded north of $242 million in a single day on Monday, data from itBit, the firm’s exchange partner, showed. Retail has arrived. @PayPal cleared $242M in crypto sales yesterday.…

January 12, 2021
KardiaChain CTO on bringing the whole Vietnamese population onto the blockchain, crypto predictions and more

CryptoSlate recently had the opportunity to chat with Huy Nguyen, CTO and Co-Founder of interoperable blockchain, KardiaChain. Before founding KardiaChain, Huy spent 10 years working at Google, building large-scale distributed infrastructure. Huy studied Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) at UC Berkeley. In the interview, we discuss: How Huy got into crypto Biggest obstacles for…

January 12, 2021
MicroStrategy stock finally takes a breather following massive BTC-inspired rally

MSTR declined by as much as 12.6% on Monday as Bitcoin pulled back sharply from $40,000 levels.

January 11, 2021