Even $1 billion worth of trading in crypto futures hasn’t affected the price of bitcoin much. Behaving against the general perception of the prices changing after the market being overbought, the 500% increase in Crypto Facilities’ futures trading didn’t lead the market into a bull run. Kraken’s acquisition of Crypto Facilities is considered to be one of the biggest acquisition in this space. The success of the acquisition is marked by the fact that almost $1 billion in crypto futures have been traded over the platform in the last month.

In what could be a significant uplift for the most famous digital asset, Bitcoin (BTC), earlier in the week, one certain Marc Faber announced that he is willing to give the digital asset a try after being a bitcoin skeptic for nearly a year. According to the stock market expert and legendary investor, speaking in an interview with Cash, he said that he purchased his first bitcoins in late February. He also said that he purchased the digital asset with the aim to learn more about the cryptocurrency world.

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Positive news has been stretched thin during the “Crypto Winter,” but there are now genuine signs that the ice is beginning to thaw. With Bitcoin showing remarkable resiliency and price stability in a world that wants to write it off, there are many fundamentals to which believers in the world’s largest cryptocurrency like to pay attention. One of these metrics just went through the roof.

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Warren Buffett says bitcoin is a ‘delusion’ and ‘attracts charlatans’ Billionaire investor Warren Buffett says he sees “no unique value” in the world’s largest cryptocurrency. “It is a delusion, basically,” Buffett tells CNBC’s Becky Quick. The Berkshire Hathaway CEO has been a long-time critic of cryptocurrencies. He called bitcoin “probably rat poison squared,” ahead of the 2018 Berkshire Hathaway annual shareholder meeting. So, as a hedge to the dollar and other (FIAT) currencies collapsing, everyone always says buy gold, buy gold (and silver).. this sounds like a sound strategy until one considers Warren Buffet’s take on the total amount

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“No bank operates for the good of the people, they operate to make an unlimited profit (as interest) on each loan they give out”, writes Khunsha Javed, editor of BlockPublisher, in a piece titled ‘Fiat Currency is Designed To Put You In Debt, Bitcoin Will Save You‘. One of the world’s most famous tech entrepreneurs, Elon Musk recently appeared on ARK Invest’s podcast as he said that bitcoin’s (BTC) structure is “quite brilliant“.

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Fiat’s time is nigh, and its use will be by and large confined to criminals within the next five years, says Tim Draper, a well-known American venture capitalist, and unapologetic Bitcoin bull. Draper, who seems unfazed by last years declining crypto prices, made this rather bold prediction during his recent interview with Fox Business.

Over the past few days, we have seen a sudden rise in the cryptocoin market by more than $4 billion, with Bitcoin put front as it moved $3,700. There are many other cryptocurrencies in the online coin trading market such as Ethereum and Ripple which also showed large gains as each rose by more than 3% against BTC. Even if we continue to see that the price of bitcoin, Ethereum, and any other digital currencies decline, there are some crypto experts who expect that the market will assuredly recover in a big way before the end of 2019.

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Bitcoin rose on the global financial scene immediately after the global economic recession that was seen in 2008. As people started to look for an alternative to the traditional fiat currencies, cryptos stepped in. Although bitcoin trading could not get much attention in its first few years, the past couple of years have proved to be quite valuable for the asset.

Data from Blockchain, tracking the number of unspent transaction outputs (UTXOs), confirmed transactions by day and exchange volumes in USD for Bitcoin, reveals lows not seen since 2017. Its fall from all-time highs of $20,000 in December 2017 formed the downside of what has become a boom-and-bust cycle for Bitcoin. As Bitcoinist reported, a run-up, crash and slow build-up to a new high has in fact characterized BTC/USD since its inception.

Appearing on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast, Twitter and Square CEO, Jack Dorsey, stated that the Internet will eventually have a currency, which he Appearing on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast, Twitter CEO, Jack Dorsey, stated that the Internet will eventually have a currency, which he thinks will likely be Bitcoin.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong has claimed that the "full promise" of Bitcoin (BTC) has yet to be realized, doubling-down on his bullish sentiment on crypto.

Since Bitcoin (BTC) came into being, the narrative surrounding the asset’s value proposition has varied drastically. At first, the cryptocurrency was seemingly pure, digital cash. Now, BTC has been deemed a digital gold by many pundits, who claim that the asset’s non-inflationary, borderless, and fungible nature makes it reminiscent of the precious metal.

The year is shaping up very well and Huobi Global, one of the biggest names in the cryptocurrency industry thinks this is the year of stablecoins and institutional investors. Coinbase cryptocurrency exchange has expanded its professional services into Asia. Bakkt, the cryptocurrency project of the New York Stock Exchange’s owner appears to be on a hiring spree although it is not clear when it will launch its Bitcoin futures market.

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On social media, entrepreneur and Proof of Keys organizer Trace Mayer joined Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss in contemplating a bullish future for Bitcoin. Since launching regulated US cryptocurrency exchange and trading platform Gemini, the Winklevoss twins have staked huge amounts on Bitcoin’s success, despite opening up trading of larger market cap altcoins.