The market leaders among German financial institutions are reportedly working on a bitcoin trading feature, which could launch in 2022. The Sparkassen are centuries-old regional institutions with about 370 branches and 50 million customers. The offering would cut down intermediaries and enable Sparkasse customers to trade BTC from their checking accounts. Sparkasse, a German savings… Read More »
There’s been much discussion surrounding the question of determining whether or not Bitcoin is a religion. To truly understand the depth of this question, we must discuss belief, religion, organization, and dogma. Let’s answer this question beginning with a linguistic lens, and then continue through a philosophical discussion. WHAT IS RELIGION? This seems a simple… Read More »
Your Demo Orders are Always Executed You do not have liquidity problems, and Forex brokers rarely requote prices, in demo accounts. However, live trading answers to real counterparties and if you want to sell a position, there must be a buyer. Sometimes, liquidity is tight, and brokers are forced to requote prices. Execution Speed… Read More »
Understanding Bitcoin Halving To explain what a Bitcoin halving is, we must first understand a bit about how the Bitcoin network operates. Bitcoin’s underlying technology, blockchain, basically consists of a collection of computers (or nodes) that run Bitcoin’s software and contain a partial or complete history of transactions occurring on its network. Each full node,… Read More »
Software intelligence company and bitcoin accumulator MicroStrategy has increased its BTC holdings with a recent acquisition of 1,434 coins, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing Thursday. The purchase was made between November 29 and December 8 for $82.4 million in cash, valuing each BTC bought at about $57,477 on average. The acquisition… Read More »
I can’t help but take pride in the Bitcoin community’s relentless optimism. In many other industries, whether it be through the direct decline of the industry, or a sense of general nihilism that so often accompanies our fiat-based world, optimism is not nearly as present. But Bitcoiners wake up each day ready to work… Read More »
Fidelity Investments held a private meeting with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to urge the regulator to approve its Bitcoin exchange-traded fund, Bloomberg reported. On September 8 Tom Jessop, president of Fidelity Digital Assets, met with SEC officials in a video call, Bloomberg found. The company gave a presentation that demonstrated “increased… Read More »
Bitwage has processed the world’s first Lightning payroll. The company processed a salary payment entirely on the Lightning Network, Bitcoin’s layer 2 scaling solution for fast and cheap bitcoin payments. “Bitcoin’s Lightning Network promises the ability to enable global, instant payments for almost no fees,” Bitwage said in a statement sent to Bitcoin Magazine.… Read More »
The world is breathing a sigh of relief as things normalize after Covid-19 pandemic devastation. Governments are lifting lockdowns, restrictions are being relaxed, and the economy is slowly returning to a semblance of normality. As a result, consumer spending is on the rise. INFLATION IS ON THE RISE In April, CNBC reported that the Consumer… Read More »
College, for many, can be an experience that completes the transition from youth to adulthood. Along with the many responsibilities that come with living on your own are the freedoms to enjoy life. It can be a life-direction-changing place, for better or for worse. With these themes in mind, I spoke with Bitcoin Magazine’s… Read More »