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Bitcoin has realized overall gains worth $78 billion so far

20 Feb 2021 2 minute read 1 comment FKlivestolearn

This second phase of people rapidly realizing large USD gains is twice the amount of profits we saw in the first phase of 2017 Figure 1 It was another landmark week for Bitcoin & the associated cryptos. BTC continues to make deeper inroads in the un...

What’s up for Bitcoin next after crossing $50K?

17 Feb 2021 2 minute read 4 comments FKlivestolearn

The premier digital currency continues to post new highs for the record books It seems like only yesterday that I posted about Bitcoin overtaking its previous high of $20K, barely two months ago, and today we are looking at the premier digital curren...

Bitcoin continues to advance despite a slowdown in purchases by ‘Whales’

14 Feb 2021 3 minute read 6 comments FKlivestolearn

Except for Tesla, which swooped in BTC worth $1.5 billion, demand by the bigger investors flattened last month Bitcoin has already hit another All-time high (ATH) of just above $49k as I begin to write this piece — first getting impetus from the news...

Bitcoin’s Skeptics’ days might be numbered

11 Feb 2021 3 minute read 3 comments FKlivestolearn

Yes, the Bitcoin bubble already popped in 2017 since it was built on amateurish enthusiasm & FOMO — it’s a different story now Over the years I have heard the endless tirade of Bitcoin/Crypto skeptics saying they don’t have any intrinsic value, it’s...

Bitcoin’s free float declines to just 13% of its total supply — lowest since 2014

7 Feb 2021 2 minute read 4 comments FKlivestolearn

Premier digital asset available for public trading has now reached the lowest point in six years Since the crypto market never sleeps, the only way we can keep a tab on the activity in the digital assets is by having access to reliable data to a...

The ‘Elon Musk Effect’ triggers a shift in investing paradigm

6 Feb 2021 2 minute read 5 comments FKlivestolearn

Musk’s tweets have triggered some wild moves in the financial markets recently, sparking a new debate Who would have thought a few years ago that trading strategies would come down to social media posts like the one above by public figures & influenc...

Why a change of heart for Cryptos?

5 Feb 2021 2 minute read 4 comments FKlivestolearn

The legacy financial institutions have not only changed their tone towards cryptos, they are cozying up to them Change is never easy and especially when you have to give up power and money — something that the big legacy financial institutions yield...

Polkadot climbs to the top cadre of Cryptos

3 Feb 2021 2 minute read 6 comments FKlivestolearn

This Ethereum competitor, which promises scalability & seamless interoperability has now joined the league of Top 5 Cryptos Most of the noise in the Cryptoverse in the past few months has been centered around the astronomical rise of Bitcoin, and lat...

Cryptocurrency fraud declines but DeFi-related hacks soar in 2020

30 Jan 2021 3 minute read 0 comments FKlivestolearn

Although Crypto crime declined 57% to $1.9B in 2020, Defi accounted for half of all thefts in 2020, totaling $129 million I would just start off from where I left in my recent piece about Global authorities taking down the most dangerous malware. As...

World’s largest asset manager sees a future in Bitcoin investment

25 Jan 2021 2 minute read 2 comments FKlivestolearn

BlackRock which oversees $8.7 trillion in funds, is offering clients exposure to cryptocurrency via Bitcoin futures I feel like a broken tape when I have to keep repeating that the growing institutional interest has taken the premier crypto, Bitcoin,...