Recap | Bitwise: Facebook’s Libra accelerated Bitcoin’s progress by three years | Mike Novogratz says Bitcoin will never again drop below $5000
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Mike Novogratz says Bitcoin will never again drop below $5000
Galaxy Digital chief whip Michael Novogratz issued another of his trademark price predictions for Bitcoin, telling CNBC Squawk Box Wednesday he thinks the price of the largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization will never again drop below $5,000.
Bitwise: Facebook’s Libra accelerated Bitcoin’s progress by three years
U.S. cryptocurrency index fund provider Bitwise Investments said that Facebook’s Libra has accelerated crypto’s progress by three years. Despite the increased industry scrutiny, the increased attention toward Bitcoin is working to its advantage.
Bullish Bitcoin indicators converge, new yearly BTC highs within reach
Bitcoin started the month of August on the positive, regaining control of the $10,000 price level.
IOHK releases the first edition of the Plutus ebook, a guide to programming smart contracts on Cardano
Input-Output Hong Kong (IOHK), a research and development company behind the Cardano project, has just released the first edition of their Plutus ebook.
One billion XRP moved from Ripple’s escrow mistaken for a whale dump
A whale alert that found that one billion XRP was moved from Ripple’s wallet on Aug. 1 sent hundreds of Twitter users into a frenzy, as many thought it was a nefarious token dump.
Bitcoin price surges to $10,400 in short-term reversal, industry executives confident
In the past 24 hours, the Bitcoin price increased from $9,550 to $10,400 in a short term trend reversal following several days of intense pullback.
The NBA and the company behind CryptoKitties launching blockchain-based collectibles
On Wednesday, the NBA and the firm behind CryptoKitties announced that they will be launching a blockchain-based collectibles platform, dubbed NBA Top Shot.
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