• Powell Kraken Bitcoin $1 million
    Bitcoin,  People

    Bitcoin $1M is ‘very reasonable’ says Kraken’s Jesse Powell

    The U.S. cryptocurrency exchange and bank’s CEO also said $10 billion is too low a price to take Kraken public

    “We can only speculate, but when you measure it in terms of dollars, you have to think [Bitcoin’s] going to infinity,” Powell said in a March 4 interview with Bloomberg. Pushed to be more specific, he said, “I think $1 million as a price target within the next 10 years is very reasonable.”

  • Purpose ETF growth slows price premium remains
    Bitcoin

    Meteoric growth of Purpose Bitcoin ETF slows, but price premium remains

    The first Canadian exchange traded fund’s massive initial inflow subsided at around $500 million, but it still commands a price premium over BTC of nearly 30%

    “The initial surge in interest was evidence of some combination of pent-up demand, investors switching from other means of getting Bitcoin exposure, and the fact that Bitcoin’s price was notching new highs as the Purpose ETF began trading,” said Ben Johnson, Morningstar’s global director of ETF research. “Longer term, I expect volumes will be correlated with Bitcoin’s price.”

  • markets report bitcoin price
    Bitcoin

    Markets Report: Grayscale ‘panic selling’ may mean BTC bottom is in, says analyst

    A return to below $50,000 for Bitcoin comes as Grayscale Bitcoin Trust exhibits a historically accurate sign that the market has bottomed

    Bitcoin came full circle on March 4 after a trip to over $52,000 triggered a swift sell-off and loss of $50,000 support. Data from price trackers including CoinMarketCap and Tradingview showed a day of regression for BTC/USD, which dropped 7% in 24 hours to cancel out the previous day’s gains.

  • Bitfinex launches crypto payments platform
    Bitcoin,  Ethereum,  Technology,  Tether

    Aiming at PayPal, Bitfinex launches crypto payments platform

    Saying that it intends to take on payments “behemoths” the new Bitfinex Pay app lets merchants accept payments in four cryptocurrencies

    No one ever accused Bitfinex of having small ambitions. Just days after it settled a years-long fraud lawsuit with New York’s attorney general over a loan it got from sister company and stablecoin issuer Tether, Bitfinex has launched a crypto-powered online-payments platform to take on payments giants like PayPal.