Bitcoin to Hit $50,000 Despite Recent Plummet, BitMEX CEO Says

The recent downward spiral of Bitcoin hasn’t dissuaded Arthur Hayes from his bullish prediction that Bitcoin will hit $50,000 by the end of the year. Hayes, the co-founder and CEO of Bitcoin Mercantile Exchange (BitMEX), said that volatility is not Bitcoin’s weakness but rather its strength, as it gives investors the chance to make money … Read more

Expert Says Cryptocurrencies Will Be a $20T Market

Galaxy Digital, a $250 million investment firm headed by Mike Novogratz that is focused on cryptocurrencies, is very bullish on crypto these days. As a matter of fact, Novogratz recently claimed that the market is headed for the $20 trillion mark, and that is some very good news for investors. Novogratz is a Wall Street … Read more

Bitcoin’s Price Will Probably Go to Zero, Major Investment Firm Head Says

There exists a decent probability that the price of Bitcoin will eventually go to zero, according to Joe Davis, the head of Vanguard Investment Strategy Group, a division of the global giant Vanguard Group. In a blog post published on Tuesday, May 21, Davis broke down his argument that cryptos don’t qualify as currencies and may soon be … Read more

What Is Facebook Going to Do with Blockchain Tech?

Facebook’s silence around blockchain was deafening. Louder still were the voices of speculation over its lack of comment. If one of the largest tech companies in the world wasn’t jumping on the blockchain train, perhaps the whole thing was smoke and mirrors after all. Then Bitcoin nose-dived, Facebook banned cryptocurrency ads, and blockchain skeptics had a … Read more

Nobel-Winning Economist Robert Shiller Equates Cryptos to Failed Currencies

Throughout history, people have tried to reinvent money, and while new inventions have created a buzz for some time, none of them have succeeded. Bitcoin and other cryptos are just the latest in a long line of such inventions, according to renowned American economist and crypto critic Robert Shiller. In a blog post appropriately titled “The Old … Read more

Can Bitcoin Cash Take Out Bitcoin?

Questions have been mounting around Bitcoin’s ability to scale effectively since its inception. As a cryptocurrency, Bitcoin only exists due to its revolutionary blockchain technology which creates a self-contained giant ledger keeping track of all transactions with 100% accuracy and without a third party. In the cryptocurrency economy, Bitcoin Cash has become a highly sought-after … Read more

Quantifiable Knowledge Exchange Made Possible by Emerging Tech

In an increasingly networked world, many industries are turning to blockchain, crypto, or distributed ledger technology (DLT) solutions to enable a whole new class of use cases. They involve the two most basic mechanisms of this new wave of technology: sensitive information sharing and networked interaction without the need for a central intermediary. This is … Read more