Michael Saylor, chairman and chief executive officer of MicroStrategy, first got into bitcoin in 2020, when he decided to start adding the cryptocurrency to MicroStrategy’s balance sheet as part of an unorthodox treasury management strategy. Eva Marie Uzcategui | Bloomberg | Getty Images When MicroStrategy’s Michael Saylor came on CNBC’s “Closing Bell: Overtime” in December … Read more
The Coinbase and bitcoin logos are displayed on a phone screen in San Anselmo, California, on Feb. 15, 2024. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Coinbase‘s app suffered from glitches on Wednesday that led many users to see a balance of zero when opening their accounts. Bitcoin, which had just spiked to its highest level since … Read more
Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase experienced technical issues Wednesday as bitcoin, the world’s largest cryptocurrency, soared to its highest price in more than two years. Coinbase Support assured all users that their funds with the crypto exchange are safe and its team is looking into the incident in a post on X, the platform formerly known as … Read more
The price of one bitcoin topped $60,000 on Wednesday for the first time since November 2021, when the world’s largest cryptocurrency hit its current record of nearly $67,000. The boom is a massive turnaround from a year ago, when bitcoin kicked off 2023 below $20,000 and economists were anticipating a wider recession. Bitcoin has rallied … Read more
Bitcoin continued its surge on Wednesday, shooting above $60,000 for the first time since November 2021. The price of the flagship cryptocurrency was last higher by 6% at $60,391.10, according to Coin Metrics. Earlier, it rose as high as $60,734.42. It’s sitting just below its all-time high of $68,982.20. Stock Chart IconStock chart icon Bitcoin, … Read more
MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor speaks at the Bitcoin 2021 Convention, a crypto-currency conference held at the Mana Convention Center in Wynwood on June 04, 2021 in Miami, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images MicroStrategy‘s HODL strategy is continuing to reward investors. The company said on Monday that it acquired an additional 3,000 bitcoins for a … Read more
OpenAI asked a judge to dismiss parts of The New York Times‘ lawsuit against it, alleging that the media company “paid someone to hack OpenAI’s products,” such as ChatGPT, to generate 100 examples of copyright infringement for its case. In a filing Monday in Manhattan federal court, OpenAI alleged it took the Times “tens of … Read more
The bitcoin halving is an event that happens roughly every four years where rewards to miners are cut in halve, effectively limiting supply of the token. S3studio | Getty Images Bitcoin, the world’s largest cryptocurrency by market cap, extended a rally in Asia trading on Tuesday, reaching a two-year high of over $56,000 and uplifting … Read more
Bitcoin retook the $57,000 level for the first time since late 2021, supported by investor demand through exchange-traded funds as well as further purchases by MicroStrategy Inc. The digital asset added as much as 4.4% to reach $57,039 before paring some of the jump to trade at $56,473 as of 10:22 a.m. Tuesday in Singapore. … Read more
Bitcoin. Nurphoto | Getty Images The price of bitcoin shot above the $54,000 level on Monday after waking up from a week of tepid trading. The flagship cryptocurrency was last higher by 5% at $54,384.81, according to Coin Metrics. At its session high, bitcoin hit $54,965.26 and reached its highest level since December 2021. “Today … Read more
