Bitcoin Market Value Reaches $1 trillion despite 1 in 10 haven’t even heard of cryptocurrencies

For the first time ever, Bitcoin’s market value reached $1 trillion. The largest cryptocurrency has added $450 billion in value in 2021, and the surge is helping crypto returns far outstrip the performance of more traditional assets like stocks and gold. Despite the boom, 1 in 10 haven’t even heard of cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, Ethereum and Dogecoin. If today 1 in 10 haven’t...

Gary Gensler, nominated to lead the SEC by Joe Biden, would become the most pro crypto SEC chair

We are optimistic on bitcoin’s prospects under Gary Gensler, the former Commodity Futures Trading Commission head and MIT digital currency professor who has been nominated to lead the SEC by President Joe Biden. Gensler, who would undoubtedly become the most crypto knowledgeable SEC chair if confirmed, has nonetheless described himself as “a little bit center minimalist on bitcoin.” He is...