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ForkLog 19 22.03.2021

Jordan Belfort: I was wrong about Bitcoin — the asset could reach $100,000

The head of the now-defunct Stratton Oakmont brokerage, Jordan Belfort, whose character inspired the main figure in The Wolf of Wall Street, has admitted that he took the wrong position on Bitcoin. Fortune reports.

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ForkLog 12 22.03.2021

Mining-company stocks outpaced Bitcoin fivefold

Over the last 12 months, Bitcoin's price rose by 900%, while the shares of four public mining companies rose by 5,000%. CNBC reports, citing data from Fundstrat Global Advisors.

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ForkLog 6 20.03.2021

VTB chief Andrey Kostin likens Bitcoin mining to counterfeiting

Andrey Kostin, chairman of the board of VTB Bank, during an online discussion with Private Banking clients expressed the view that the future of Bitcoin is doomed, despite the rapid rise in the price of the cryptocurrency. Forbes reports this.

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ForkLog 6 19.03.2021

SkyBridge Capital chief says bitcoin is better than gold

Bitcoin has a future, and unlike gold it is easier to store and move. This view was expressed by SkyBridge Capital chief Anthony Scaramucci on CNBC.

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ForkLog 15 19.03.2021

Deutsche Bank: Bitcoin has become ‘too important to ignore’.

Analysts at Deutsche Bank said that Bitcoin will continue to grow as long as it attracts new large investors. The bank called the asset 'too important to ignore'.

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ForkLog 8 18.03.2021

Bottlepay launches Bitcoin payments feature on Twitter

The Bottlepay Bitcoin payments service has exited beta and launched a feature for sending payments, tips and donations in Bitcoin.

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ForkLog 16 18.03.2021

Peter Schiff complains about the Fed and argues with his son over bitcoin

Bitcoin skeptic and gold advocate Peter Schiff lamented that officials at the U.S. Federal Reserve completely lack understanding of economics.

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ForkLog 11 18.03.2021

SEC begins review of VanEck’s bid to launch a Bitcoin ETF

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will decide on VanEck's application to launch a Bitcoin-based ETF within the next 45 days.

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ForkLog 10 18.03.2021

Opinion: A deflationary Ethereum 2.0 could displace Bitcoin

After the transition to the second version of the Ethereum protocol, it could displace Bitcoin from the top of the asset-capitalization ranking. This view was presented by Messari analyst Ryan Watkins in the FinTech Today podcast.

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ForkLog 10 18.03.2021

US authorities sold 0.7501 BTC at auction above market price

The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) sold 0.7501 BTC at auction for $53,104, according to information on the agency's site.

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ForkLog 13 17.03.2021

Visa chief reveals details of the company’s crypto strategy

Visa, the payments company, has set itself the goal of leveraging opportunities related to new technologies and methods of transferring funds. This was stated by its chief Alfred Kelly in a Fortune podcast.

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ForkLog 10 16.03.2021

Analyst Identifies BlockFi as the Initiator of the 18,000 BTC Transfer to Gemini Wallets

Leading Coin Metrics researcher Antoine Le Calvez has determined that the transfer of 18,000 BTC (~$1 billion) to Gemini wallets was carried out by a client of Gemini Custody — BlockFi.

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