MicroStrategy's Bitcoin Holdings Now Worth Over $10 Billion

The business intelligence company owns over 190,000 BTC now worth more than $10 billion.

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MicroStrategy Snapped Up $593 Million Worth Of Bitcoin In November, Treasury Tops $6.6 Billion

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Binance Processes Nearly $1B in Net Outflows as Changpeng ‘CZ’ Zhao Resigns

Data shows the exchange sits on over $67 billion worth of tokens, easing concerns of a possible bank run.

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Bybit releases reserve wallet addresses amid calls for transparency

The wallets seem to indicate that over $1 billion worth of BTC, USDT, ETH and USDC are held by the exchange.

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10M Ether Now Locked on Eth 2.0 Staking Contract

The landmark figure represents over $26 billion worth of the asset at current prices.

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Time to Sell Amazon? Jeff Bezos Dumps Nearly $2 Billion Worth of Shares

Jeff Bezos dumped $1.84 billion worth of Amazon shares. He worked as a portfolio manager in his twenties, which means he knows market cycles. The post Time to Sell Amazon? Jeff Bezos Dumps Nearly $2 Billion Worth of Shares appeared first on CCN.com

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Ban Bitcoin Crowd Go Quiet As JPMorgan-Owned ship Seized With $1.3 billion Worth of Cocaine Onboard

A JPMorgan Asset Management-owned ship has just been impounded by the US authorities because it was carrying in its cargo $1. 3 billion worth of cocaine. Naturally, there have been no calls for the banning of.

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$8 Billion Worth of Bitcoin Moved Yesterday

Individuals across the globe, from Venezuela to Shanghai, have transferred $7.8 billion worth of value during the past 24 hours in 247,000 transactions. The miner fee to move $8 billion... The post $8 Billion Worth of Bitcoin Moved Yesterday appeared first on Trustnodes.

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Wikipedia stands at over $ 8400 – but it’s worth more than $ 200 billion

Bitcoin has recovered somewhat in the past few days, but its value is still almost $200 billion less than when it hit its record high in December 2017. The flagship cryptocurrency is trading just above $8,400 on Wednesday, according to CoinDesk, but that’s still some 58 percent off the $19,783.21 record from December. Market capitalization

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Another $1 Billion Blockchain Fund to Launch With Government Backing

The Chinese city of Nanjing is launching a fund worth over $1 billion to support development of blockchain projects.

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$130 Billion Worth of Gold Found or Not Found, an ICO Linked or not Linked, the Mystery of Donskoy

The story has it all. A treasure trove, a Japan-Russia war some century ago, a sunken ship, chests of gold coins worth $130 billion, but might be lacking something: truth.... The post $130 Billion Worth of Gold Found or Not Found, an ICO Linked or not Linked, the Mystery of Donskoy appeared first on Trustnodes.

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South Korean Group to Launch ICO from Disputed Sunken Treasure Haul

As bizarre as it sounds a recently salvaged sunken treasure cache worth in excess of $130 billion is to be the basis of an initial coin offering from South Korean company Shinil Group. The post South Korean Group to Launch ICO from Disputed Sunken Treasure Haul appeared first on Ethereum World News.

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Billionaire Hedge Fund Manager Has One Percent of his Net Worth in Bitcoin

Marc Lasry, the billionaire co-founder of Avenue Capital Group, whose net worth is estimated to be at around $1. 68 billion, has invested $16. 8 million in bitcoin. Bitcoin Investments Explained When asked about his personal investment in bitcoin, Lasry explained that he entered the cryptocurrency sector a few years ago, and invested quite a lot of capital in the market.

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A Shipwreck, a Sunken Treasure, and a Possible Crypto Scam

A South Korean company has claimed to have discovered the 113-year old wreck of the Russian battleship Dmitrii Donskoii, reportedly containing more than $100 billion worth of lost gold. While the matter of who actually has salvage rights remains contested, a cryptocurrency exchange has emerged, offering to “share profits” from the wreck with its users.

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A Note on Metcalfe's Law, Externalities and Ecosystem Splits

Looks like it’s blockchain split season again. For background of various people discussing the topic, and whether such splits are good or bad: Power laws and network effects (arguing the BTC/BCC split may destroy value due to network effect loss): https://medium.

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Does China Have A Secret Weapon In The US-China Trade War?

geralt / Pixabay Friday, US President Donald Trump said he would be willing to impose tariffs on all goods imported from China. Chinese government officials have been insisting US tariffs will have little impact on the Chinese economy, but President Trump’s willingness to impose tariffs on all $505.5 billion worth of goods imported from China […]

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Coinbase Custody Service Secures Major Institutional Investor Worth $20 Billion

Earlier this month, the popular cryptocurrency exchange known as Coinbase, announced a new digital asset storage service for institutional investors and high net individuals. This new service by the exchange was given the name of Coinbase Custody and the announcement was made via the exchange’s twitter page as well as its official blog.

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$16 million in Bitcoin [BTC] held by hedge fund manager for a “few years”

Billionaire hedge fund manager Marc Lasry recently revealed in an interview with CNBC that he has invested 1% of his personal wealth in Bitcoin [BTC]. For an individual with a net worth of close to $1.

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Chinese Round-Up: Bitcoin ‘Unicorn’ ratings, the number of DLT companies will explode

Bitmain is ranked 13th on the list, with Hurun valuing the company to be worth 70 billion yuan ($10. 3 billion USD approximately). Canaan Creative also holds a significant position on the list, sitting at 32nd (tied with 20 other companies) with a valuation of roughly 20.

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Bitcoin Mining Firms Make Unicorn List for First Time

For the first time, three bitcoin mining companies have made it onto a list of Chinese startups worth over $1 billion.

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Jeff Bezos must spend his $150B helping humanity otherwise he’s a scumbag

Well, it’s happened. Amazon‘s CEO and founder, Jeff Bezos, is now the richest person ever. According to Bloomberg, Amazon’s recent stock rise means he’s now worth $150bn – outstripping what Bill Gates was worth in 1999.

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$1.5 billion Bitcoin [BTC] fraud caught by Chinese police: World Cup 2018

Recently in the Guangdong city of China, a campaign was held by the Guangdong police against the World Bank online gambling crimes. As announced on the Guangdong Provincial Public Security Department website [in Chinese], during the World Cup, an online gambling fraud of $1.

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Top 5 Threats Keeping Cybersecurity Professionals Up at Night

If you’d asked any cybersecurity professional around this time last year what the greatest threat to cybersecurity was, they’d have undoubtedly said ransomware. Now worth over a billion dollars a year (and rising), with attacks like WannaCry and Petya/NotPetya wreaking havoc, every expert worth their salt was planning ways to stay ahead of the hackers. […]

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Chinese Police Seize $1.5 Million Worth in Cryptos During FIFA Gambling Crackdown

In the city of Guangdong, the police have arrested hundreds of individuals involved in online gambling platforms that facilitated betting with $1.5 billion in cryptocurrencies including bitcoin. An operation involving 21 public security authorities has cracked down on organized football gambling during the ongoing football World Cup, resulting in the arrests of some 540 individuals […]

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Billionaire Steven Cohen Invests in Bitcoin (But Not Ripple)

Billionaire investor Steven Cohen is entering the emerging market by investing into a cryptocurrency hedge fund that favors Bitcoin and Ethereum over Ripple.   Billionaire Steven Cohen Gets into Bitcoin Cohen Private Ventures — the hedge fund of Steven A.

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Billionaire Supports Crypto, Blockchain Bush Fund

Billionaire Steven Cohen, the owner of Point72 Property Administration, is supposedly backing a crypto as well as blockchain-focused bush fund, Bloomberg records Friday, July 13. Cohen purchased Arianna Simpson’s cryptocurrency bush fund, Autonomous Allies, using his personal equity company Cohen Private Ventures, inning accordance with Bloomberg’s confidential resource.

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Deep-Sea Treasure Hunting on the Blockchain

With an estimated $100 billion value in sunken artifacts in the waters surrounding the Bahamas, deep-sea treasure hunters could soon satiate their thirst for a big bounty through blockchain technology.

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Blockchain will contribute almost $1 billion to the telecoms sector alone within the next five years, MarketWatch reports Wednesday

Blockchain will contribute almost $1 billion to the telecoms sector alone within the next five years, MarketWatch reports Wednesday, July 11. a new research forecasts this week. According to a global market research store Research and Markets, blockchain technology in telecoms will explode from a $46.6 million industry in 2018 to one worth $993.8 million

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Google co-founder feels company has missed the blockchain ‘golden ticket’

Sergey Brin is a name synonymous with ‘tech behemoth’. The co-founder of Google who is worth $52 billion had attended a blockchain conference at a summit that took place at Sir Richard Branson’s hotel in Morocco.

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Ethereum [ETH] mining: After Sacramento Kings now its Google’s co-founder

As reported by Michael del Castillo from the 2018 Blockchain Summit, Sergey Brin, co-founder of Google, is mining Ethereum [ETH] with his ten-year-old son. The summit took place at Sir Richard Branson’s hotel, the Kasbah Tomadot, in Morocco.

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The Daily: BitMain worth $ 12 billion, new US crypto exchange business for business

Based on this new valuation, Bitmain might seek a massive initial pubic offering (IPO) on the stock market in Hong Kong in the future. New US Exchange Opens The American crypto trading market is getting a little bit more competitive with a new exchange opening. HBUS, a strategic partner of Huobi, has begun accepting new

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South Korean Central Banks Own Nearly $2 Billion Worth In Crypto Assets Portfolio

It seems that the adaption for banks to be more accepting of cryptocurrency has taken their regulations a step further, joining in on these investments themselves. The central bank of South Korea has recently found success, reporting that local commercial banks had won $1.

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IBM Secures $1 Billion Aust. Dollar in Blockchain Deal

The Australian government has chosen IBM as its central technology partner for the next five years in a deal worth $ 740 million dollars. The agreement will cover technology services provided to government departments, including services which will use IBM’s automation and blockchain technologies.

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Korean Banks Held $1.79 Billion During the 2017 Bull Run

Yonhap, a mainstream media outlet in South Korea, reported that commercial banks in the country are holding nearly $2 billion worth of cryptocurrencies. The post Korean Banks Held $1.79 Billion During the 2017 Bull Run appeared first on CryptoSlate.

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Korean Banks are Holding Nearly $2 Billion in Crypto Like Bitcoin and Ethereum

Yonhap, a mainstream media outlet in South Korea, reported that commercial banks in the country are holding nearly $2 billion worth of cryptocurrencies. The post Korean Banks are Holding Nearly $2 Billion in Crypto Like Bitcoin and Ethereum appeared first on CryptoSlate.

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Korean Banks Held $1.79 Billion in Crypto During the 2017 Bull Run

Yonhap, a mainstream media outlet in South Korea, reported that commercial banks in the country are holding nearly $2 billion worth of cryptocurrencies. The post Korean Banks Held $1.79 Billion in Crypto During the 2017 Bull Run appeared first on CryptoSlate.

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IBM Secures $1 Billion Australian Dollar Blockchain Deal

The Australian government has chosen IBM as its central technology partner for the next five years in a deal worth $740 million dollars. The agreement will cover technology services provided to government departments, including services which will use IBM’s automation and blockchain technologies.

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Google’s Sergey Brin is Mining Ethereum, Calls Zero Knowledge Proofs “Mindboggling”

One of the richest man on earth, with an estimated net worth of $52 billion, is apparently mining ethereum according to Michael del Castillo reporting from the Blockchain Summit currently ongoing at Sir.

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Binance CEO: Expecting profits worth $1 billion in 2018

On 6th July, CEO Changpeng Zhao, in an interview with Bloomberg, said that Binance is expecting profits worth $1 billion in 2018. Binance, in just the first year of joining the market, has become a massive success story in the crypto industry with over 10 million users. Zhao started the venue in July of 2017 […]

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Bitcoin mining giant, Bitman, worth an estimated $12 billion after latest funding round.

Bitmain, the Bitcoin mining behemoth, is now reportedly valued at $ 12 billion. Bitmain, which controls a major chunk of the Bitcoin mining hashrate, is also set to invest in the upcoming Opera browser IPO.

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Bitcoin Mining Giant Bitmain Worth $12 Billion After Latest Funding Round

Bitmain, the Bitcoin mining behemoth, is now reportedly valued at $12 billion. This new valuation comes after the company closed a $400 million Series B funding round. Bitmain, which controls a major chunk of the Bitcoin mining hashrate, is also set to invest in the upcoming Opera browser IPO.

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Estimated 4 Million Bitcoin is Lost Forever by Users’ Forgetfulness

As much as 20 percent of all the Bitcoin in existence is lost forever, Chainalysis has revealed — as the research firm says it handled contracts worth $750,000 since 2016. ‘We Don’t Help People Find Lost Bitcoin’ In comments to The New York Times, Chainalysis said that user failures to create robust methods of password storage meant as much as $20 billion of Bitcoin is locked out of reach.

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South Korean Banks Hold $2 Billion Worth of Cryptos

South Korea’s central bank has stated in a report today that local commercial banks had 2 trillion won (US$1. 79 billion) as of December 2017 in digital assets and currencies. “The. .

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BlockShow by Cointelegraph is Debuting in Vegas with BlockShow Americas 2018

Shortly after a successful comeback to Germany with BlockShow Europe 2018, the team gets to work again and announces BlockShow Americas 2018 - the next 2-day show and the very first one to be held in USA.

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Market Cap Is Just One Way Of Valuing Crypto

There are two things that every new crypto investor learns. First: pay attention to market cap. Sure, Ripple may be only worth fifty cents—but with a $20 billion market cap, there’s not that much room to grow.

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Half a Billion Dollars Worth of Bitcoin Moved For a $2 Fee

On July the 1st, at around 1PM London time, a person or an entity received nearly 86,000 bitcoins, currently worth some $570 million. That instantly made the 183h address one... The post Half a Billion Dollars Worth of Bitcoin Moved For a $2 Fee appeared first on Trustnodes.

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Scalability Solutions for Blockchain Companies

Over the past five years alone, VCs have invested over $1 billion into blockchain companies – and it’s hardly surprising why. By 2024, the blockchain market is expected to be worth a surplus of $20 billion.

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Syscoin’s blockchain was reportedly jeopardized yesterday as abnormal activity took place at block 87670. The issue has since been resolved.

Widely irregular trading activity took place on Binance — resulting in a deal worth upwards of $ 6 million. Peculiar activity on the Syscoin blockchain took place at block 87670, as more than one billion coins were mined.

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A Single Syscoin Cost 96 Bitcoins on Binance — Issues Purportedly Patched

Syscoin’s blockchain was supposedly jeopardized yesterday as abnormal activity took place at block 87670. Widely irregular trading activity took place on Binance — resulting in a deal worth upwards of $6 million.

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