Luxury Brand Gucci Accepts Bitcoin, Shiba Inu – TheStreet

“The news of Gucci announcing its accepting cryptocurrencies as payment later this month means that there will be a growing demand for crypto-to-fiat conversion as Gucci will be ultimately accepting fiat funds,” said Fuad Fatullaev, founder and CEO of WeWay. “On the flipside, acceptance of cryptocurrency payments could provide an amount of unpredictability on sales […]

Crypto Industry Leader Bitcoin.com Secures $33.6 Million in VERSE Token Private Sale

On Wednesday, the leading crypto industry firm, Bitcoin.com, announced it has concluded a private sale of its VERSE token and secured $33,600,000 from strategic investors. This week, Bitcoin.com revealed that it has completed a private sale of its VERSE token and raised $33.6 million from participating investors. On May 5, 2022, Bitcoin.com announced that it […]

Bitcoin, Ethereum Continue to Fall as Losses Deepen Across the Crypto Market – Decrypt

Declining 8% in just 24 hours, Bitcoin dipped below $36,000 before stabilizing. The gist of the narrative is that traders reacted with relief yesterday that the Fed’s inflation measures were measured before realizing today that the 0.5 percentage point increase on interest rates are still very high by historical standards. After starting the year at […]

Elizabeth Warren is worried about Fidelity’s plan to offer bitcoin in 401(k)s – CNN

Tina Smith sent a letter to Fidelity this week asking, among other things, why it didn’t heed earlier concerns by the Department of Labor on the issue of including cryptocurrencies in 401 retirement accounts. Last week, a top DOL official reiterated the agency’s worries that Americans’ retirement security could be put at risk. Bitcoin, meanwhile, […]

Bitcoin.com Completes a $33.6M Private Sale for its New Ecosystem Token VERSE | News Direct

“VERSE is user-centric and adds tremendous value across our range of crypto products and services including the Bitcoin.com self-custody wallet app, the Bitcoin.com Exchange, the Verse DEX, Bitcoin.com News, and our upcoming crypto-enabled debit card. VERSE, which will be minted first this summer as an Ethereum token, is closely comparable to CRO, BNB, and FTT, […]

Luna Foundation Guard further bolsters stablecoin reserve by raising $1.5 billion in bitcoin – CNBC

In its latest bitcoin acquisition this week, the Luna Foundation Guard closed a $1 billion OTC swap with crypto prime broker Genesis for $1 billion worth of UST. “There’s another corner of the market that’s mostly institutional,” he added. Genesis has one of the largest wholesale lending businesses in crypto. By participating in this transaction […]

Bitcoin drops by most in almost a month as Fed optimism fades | Crypto News | Al Jazeera

The largest digital currency fell as much as 8.4% to $36,639, the biggest intraday drop since April 11. “The market still needs to digest the impact of tighter monetary policy on all risk assets and crypto might take a hit as correlations” with U.S. The U.S. Still, in this higher-rate environment, Bitcoin hasn’t been able […]