A new report from The New York Times sheds light on how Chinese investors, aided by Binance, acquired a Texas mining facility. A 23-year-old Chinese national and NYU student, Jerry Yu, appears to be the majority owner of a Texas-based crypto mining facility BitRush, which was backed by $6 million in Tether (USDT) by undisclosed Chinese investors,...
If you decided to invest $100 in each BTC and ETH last Christmas, how much would they be worth today? As the market is seemingly out of a prolonged crypto winter that began in early 2022, on Christmas day, we’re witnessing a significant contrast in the value of major cryptocurrencies, notably Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH),...
Creditors of long-failed cryptocurrency exchange Mt. Gox have finally started receiving payments for their Bitcoin (BTC), which has been locked up on the exchange since February 2014. On Dec. 25, on the mtgoxinsolvency Reddit page, users speculated that Mt.Gox was sending refunds in Japanese yen through PayPal – almost ten years after the funds were blocked on...
An anonymous trader turned a $2,220 investment of 30 Solana tokens (SOL) into over $5.7 million in just six days, achieving a staggering 2,570 percent return through a series of strategic trades. According to blockchain analysts Lookonchain, on Dec. 20, an unknown user purchased 16 billion ANALOS, a new meme coin based on the Solana with...
Solana’s over 87% surge in December has made several millionaires in the past weeks, some on less than a $100 investment. Analysis from Lookonchain reveals several extraordinary cases of significant financial gains from modest investments in Solana-based tokens. A trader began with a mere $92 worth of Solana (SOL) and astonishingly turned this into approximately $1.55 million in 16...
In 2016, former New York Times reporter Nathaniel Popper published Digital Gold, an early account of Bitcoin that holds up as one of the best books on crypto. Since then, there have been a flood of other titles as publishers rushed to cash in on a subject defined by easy riches, outrageous characters, and a mind-boggling array of scams. This past...
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Cathie Wood’s Ark Invest is betting big on Tesla Inc., the electric vehicle company led by entrepreneur Elon Musk, who acknowledged last week that despite rising interest in a spot bitcoin ETF, he’s not terribly focused on cryptocurrencies. A long-time bullish voice supporting Musk’s carmaker, Wood purchased 111,000 Tesla shares on Wed. Dec. 20. The flagship Ark Innovation ETF (ARKK) bought 93,965 shares,...
MicroStrategy’s big investment in Bitcoin has yielded considerable gains for its investors, as the company’s stock has experienced a remarkable 308% increase over the course of this year. MicroStrategy has come out as one of the biggest gainers in the US among companies valued at $5 billion or more in terms of share prices. According to a report by CNBC...
XRP is struggling to maintain the uptrend. The coin is still trending below $0.62 after retracing from $0.68 sometime in September. Meanwhile, Everlodge is being explored because of its concept and partnerships. Will XRP break below support? XRP has had a great year, increasing by 77.87%. However, it has been stuck in a support zone lately. Currently holding...
