Category: News

Is Bitcoin a bubble or not?

There’s currently no shortage of articles out there asking whether Bitcoin is currently in the midst of a speculative bubble. Lazy comparisons with the Dutch tulip craze of the 1600s are made, as commentators seek to justify the rapid ascent in prices over the past few years. On the other side of the equation, Bitcoin […]

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Bitcoin vs Gold

Since its inception, Bitcoin has drawn comparisons as an alternative to gold: It is mined, there’s a limited amount of it available, it’s increasingly precious, and it offers an alternative to the fiat money produced by central banks as witnessed when people in Greece and Argentina began piling into Bitcoin during respective political crises. There’s […]

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Bitcoin ETFs

One of the landmark moments in the history of Bitcoin was reached towards the end of 2017 when the CBOE (Chicago Board Options Exchange), applied with the SEC to list six Bitcoin-related ETFs (exchange-traded funds), looking to beat fellow exchange CME Group to be the first Bitcoin futures exchange. Anyone familiar with the CBOE and […]

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The Biggest Investors in Bitcoin

Bitcoin seems to divide people right down the middle between the skeptics that say it will never replace fiat currencies, and the enthusiasts, who say that anyone who can’t see the potential of Bitcoin as the world’s future currency are purely luddites. This latter group has some particularly interesting people in its ranks. We look […]

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