Category: Cryptocurrency

  • Video: Central Bank Woes

    Video: Central Bank Woes

    Listen To This Episode: Apple Spotify Google Libsyn Overcast The dynamic duo of “Fed Watch” is back in another episode. This time, Christian Keroles and I walk through policy updates from the three major central banks of the world, the Federal Reserve, the European Central Bank (ECB) and the People’s Bank of China (PBOC). This…

  • Interview: Developing Bitcoin With Ben Carman

    Interview: Developing Bitcoin With Ben Carman

    In this episode of Bitcoin Magazine’s “Meet The Taco Plebs,” I was joined by the homie Ben Carman. I’ve been interacting with Carman on Bitcoin Twitter for the past couple of years and he is someone who I’ve even met in person via a conference. Carman has been contributing a lot to helping develop Bitcoin…

  • 4 Reasons Why Bitcoin Has Finally Surpassed $20,000

    All vital statistics favor bitcoin continuing to set new all-time highs in price. But not only has the $20,000 price level been reached; Bitcoin is likely to go much higher altogether. Weak hands and scalpers squeezing every dollar out of their position are now being left behind as bitcoin keeps trending higher.  The Case For…

  • Life After $20K: Where Will Bitcoin Go After Breaking The All-Time High?

    The cryptocurrency landscape has been obsessed with the famous bull run of Winter 2017, but as bitcoin has surpassed its all-time high price of $19,655, the world of crypto may be venturing toward uncharted territory.  There are many factors that went into the mix in creating the right environment for bitcoin to surpass its highs…

  • Life After $20K: Where Will Bitcoin Go After Breaking The All-Time High?

    The cryptocurrency landscape has been obsessed with the famous bull run of Winter 2017, but as bitcoin has surpassed its all-time high price of $19,655, the world of crypto may be venturing toward uncharted territory.  There are many factors that went into the mix in creating the right environment for bitcoin to surpass its highs…

  • Kraken Announces Lightning Integration

    Kraken Announces Lightning Integration

    Today, Kraken announced forthcoming features designed to bring the benefits of Bitcoin’s Lightning Network to its global exchange in the first half of 2021. Pierre Rochard, Bitcoin strategist at Kraken, sat down with Bitcoin Magazine for an exclusive interview regarding Kraken’s intentions to implement Lightning in 2021.  “Kraken is growing a lot, we are hiring…

  • Kraken Announces Lightning Integration

    Kraken Announces Lightning Integration

    Today, Kraken announced forthcoming features designed to bring the benefits of Bitcoin’s Lightning Network to its global exchange in the first half of 2021. Pierre Rochard, Bitcoin strategist at Kraken, sat down with Bitcoin Magazine for an exclusive interview regarding Kraken’s intentions to implement Lightning in 2021.  “Kraken is growing a lot, we are hiring…

  • The Next 10 Years Of Bitcoin Mining

    Today, Slush Pool celebrates the 10-year anniversary of the first block the pool ever mined, Block #97834. It has been an incredible decade, and we’re proud to have mined over 1.25 million BTC since then. Here’s our decade recap 2010: Mining Bitcoin2011: Mining Bitcoin2012: Mining Bitcoin2013: Mining Bitcoin2014: Mining Bitcoin2015: Mining Bitcoin2016: Mining Bitcoin2017: Mining…

  • Ruffer Investment Co. Allocates 2.7 Percent Of Portfolio ($740 Million) To Bitcoin

    U.K.-based Ruffer Investment Company announced to shareholders today that it has allocated about 2.5 percent of its portfolio to bitcoin, according to Investegate. In a correspondence with CoinDesk‘s Zack Voell, the firm upped that percentage figure, indicating that “Ruffer’s exposure to bitcoin currently totals around £550m, equivalent to around 2.7% of the firm’s assets under…

  • Interview: How Bitcoin Works Today And Tomorrow With Nik Bhatia

    Listen To This Episode: Apple Spotify Google Libsyn Overcast Nik Bhatia, famous Bitcoin thinker and economist, joined this episode of the Bitcoin Magazine Podcast to discuss the recent corporate bond MicroStrategy issued to buy more bitcoin. Bhatia has a deep history in the bond world, and he explained that this is just the beginning of…