The cryptocurrency markets are back in record territory. Bitcoin has crossed $66,000, while Ethereum is trading above $4,700. Not surprisingly, price predictions are back. And with the broader cryptocurrency market cap now barreling toward $3 trillion, the bulls are clearly in control. Hindsight Is 20/20
Inflows into bitcoin products and funds have hit a record $6.4 billion so far this year, data from digital asset manager CoinShares showed, as investors bought the cryptocurrency on more widespread government acceptance and positive momentum. Bitcoin inflows totalled $95 million last week, representing the
Bill Gates might have ended up richer than Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos combined by hanging onto Microsoft Corp. rather than selling. Gates had the equivalent of 2.06 billion shares in September 1998, when the software maker first became the world’s most-valuable company, according to
However, there are still a number of significant barriers that are standing in the way of the mass adoption of digital finance. Perhaps most notably, there’s still some work to be done before crypto is as accessible and usable as fiat money when making purchases