The Swiss investment bank Credit Suisse wants to support the German Bitcoin mining operator Northern Data with its IPO.

Major European Bitcoin ( BTC ) mining company Northern Data is considering an IPO in the United States

The Germany-based company Northern Data plans up to 500 million US dollars to raise in the IPO Bloomberg on February 22 reported . The company is working with the Swiss investment bank Credit Suisse on the IPO, as anonymous people close to the company told Bloomberg.

According to the report, the company is considering selling new shares in late 2021 in an effort to increase shareholder numbers and strengthen Northern Data’s global profile. Northern Data’s shareholders include investors such as Galaxy Digital founder Mike Novogratz, as well as companies such as investment firm Cryptology Asset Group and EOS developer Block.one.

Bitcoin Millionaire has been listed on the German stock exchange since 2015. The stock rose more than 300 percent in the past year. At the time of going to press, Northern Data’s stock was trading at € 112. That’s a decrease of more than 11 percent in the past 24 hours. Meanwhile, there has been a big sell-off in the crypto market , according to data from Bloomberg.

Northern Data is based in the financial metropolis of Frankfurt and operates mining data centers in regions with cheap electricity

The company’s largest facility in Rockdale, Texas, is one of the largest crypto mining facilities in the world with a planned capacity of 1 GWh by the end of 2021. The company started out as a bitcoin miner but later moved on to running data centers on behalf of To operate customers.

Credit Suisse did not want to speak to Cointelegraph about its involvement in Northern Data’s initial public offering. As previously reported, Credit Suisse was once one of the IPO supporters for Bitcoin mining giant Canaan Creative . However, the bank withdrew its stake in November 2019 due to concerns about the order situation.

Cointelegraph asked Northern Data for a comment, but received no response by press time.

Temidden van de Tether FUD hebben sceptici hun volgende doel gevonden: de milieukosten van bitcoin.

De bullmarkt is ook het seizoen van FUD

Zoals we hebben gemeld, heeft Corona Millionaire de laatste tijd de terugkeer van dezelfde oude FUD gezien. Eerst kwam Tether (USDT), dat werd vernieuwd nadat het was bestempeld als „Doomsday Machine“, maar de FUD zit eigenlijk vol met „misverstanden en samenzweringen“, aldus analist Willy Woo die aan de ketting zit.

Zoals Tether-leidinggevenden keer op keer hebben verduidelijkt, zijn het afdrukken en de stroom van USDT eenvoudigweg gebaseerd op de vraag, en worden stablecoins gebruikt in plaats van de Amerikaanse dollars – er spelen basismarktmechanismen een rol.

Wat het onderzoek van NYDAG betreft, het betreft de fraude die door het bedrijf is gepleegd, waarbij onware beweringen worden gedaan over de reserves die Tether steunen. Waar het om gaat is dat „de kans dat Tether bitcoin naar beneden haalt bijna nul is“, zei econoom en handelaar Alex Kruger.

Terwijl de markt de oude Tether FUD bestrijdt, willen mensen de milieukosten van bitcoin bespreken en het bestempelen als ‚een gigantisch smeulend Tsjernobyl in het hart van Silicon Valley‘

„Bitcoin-mijnbouw is in wezen een verknipte versie van Candy Crush“, die „* natiestaten * energieniveaus verbruikt om alles draaiende te houden“, stelt Stephen Diehl, een software-engineer en schrijver.

Zoals Neerja Aggarwal van Coin Center in 2019 opmerkte , met zeer weinig beschikbare gegevens over de hoeveelheid elektriciteit die wordt verbruikt bij het beveiligen van het Bitcoin-netwerk, leidt dit ertoe dat onderzoekers „veronderstellingen maken om hiaten in hun schattingen op te vullen. Dit kan leiden tot alarmerende krantenkoppen als: „Bitcoin-mijnbouw ligt op schema om tegen 2020 alle energie van de wereld te verbruiken.“

En nu adviseert Diehl om veranderingen aan te brengen door geen Bitcoin te kopen, geen blootstelling te hebben aan bedrijven die betrokken zijn bij crypto, en natuurlijk, vertel je vrienden om het ook niet te kopen.

Hij is ook van mening dat dit politiek oplosbaar is, want „In de volgende regering zou Biden het Bitcoin-afvalprobleem met een pennenstreek kunnen stoppen.“

Maar niet alleen is Bitcoin een betrouwbaar systeem dat mensen helpt te ontsnappen aan de blunder van fiat-vernedering, maar het verbruikt ook minder elektriciteit dan dat wordt gebruikt bij het winnen van goud en het slaan van papiergeld.

The 59th episode Honigdachs is here, the Bitcoin podcast that Stefan, Manuel and I started because we only talked about Bitcoin once a month at the Leipzig Bitcoin get-together . (Subscribe to the podcast)

Honey Badger # 59 – New Year, New Bitcoin Projects

After the mood in the last episode of 2020 ended in minor, things are looking different again at the beginning of 2021. Although there are a number of annoying and worrying events to discuss again this time – data leaks, regulatory idiocy, journalism failure, etc. – the positives still predominate for us. Because not only is the Bitcoin exchange rate stable “over 9000” ( cheap! Cheap! ), But Bitcoin as a whole is also maturing and growing.

We are not entirely innocent of this either. Because anyone who deals intensively with Bitcoin for a long time knows the phenomenon. Before you know it, you are suddenly no longer just a passive participant or observer, but become active yourself and get something going.

Electricity, money, future – we have to talk and act!

We have two new projects at the start, which we will present in this episode and which we will probably come back to again and again in the next: Magic Future Money and netpositive.money

But hear for yourself what they are all about and give us feedback on what you think of both.

Just nu handlas bitcoinpriset över 40 000 dollar. Tillgången klarar sig bättre än någonsin och den har till och med nått en ny rekordhög nivå.

Bitcoin-kraschen 2018 är inte längre troligt

Om denna typ av beteende inte låter bekant ännu, borde det. Detta är precis vad bitcoin gick igenom för tre eller fyra år sedan. Tillgången fortsatte att spika och spika som aldrig tidigare. Det tillförde hundratals till tusentals dollar till sitt pris varje månad och chockade så småningom världen när den steg till $ 19 000 +, vilket vid den tiden var den högsta toppen som kryptovalutan och dess många fans hade sett.

Men som vi alla kommer ihåg såg att valutan sjönk till nya lågnivåer i 2018 och slutligen förlorade cirka 70 procent av sitt värde när Thanksgiving rullade in. Tillgången sjönk till mitten av $ 3000-intervallet, och det tog flera månader för valutan ta igen sig.

Men många analytiker säger vid pressen att behovet av oro har upphört. De säger att Bitcoin Revolution sannolikt inte kommer att upprepa sitt beteende 2018 2021, och att handlare inte behöver vara oroliga för att förlora alla sina pengar i en plötslig flashkrasch som de gjorde för tre år sedan.

Varför, exakt, är handlare plötsligt så fria från några problem? Analytiker redogör för tre specifika skäl. Den första är FOMO, eller rädsla för att missa. Det verkar som om alla letar efter att bli involverade i bitcoin- och kryptoval den här gången, medan det inte var fallet för tre år sedan.

Det fanns fortfarande många människor – främst institutionella investerare – som fortfarande såg krypto genom en misstänkt lins, och medan bitcoin och de flesta andra tillgångar gjorde det extremt bra, var de bara inte villiga att riskera allt de hade på en relativt oproverad och ny investeringsarena. vid den tiden.

Nu när företag som Square och MicroStrategy engagerar sig, och företag som PayPal nu tillåter kunder att köpa krypto, ser människor saker lite annorlunda och tror att BTC är mycket mer legitimt än någonsin, vilket i slutändan leder till nummer två anledning: bitcoin och krypto ses nu som lagliga och uppriktiga tillgångar.

Den tredje anledningen är att bitcoin ses som ett säkringsverktyg. Det är inte längre bara en spekulativ tillgång, utan snarare något som kan hålla en rikedom stabil under tider av ekonomisk strid.

Det kan finnas en „liten“ korrigering

I en ny intervju förklarar Jimmy Nguyen – president för Bitcoin Association –

Människor ser en övergång till [bitcoin] som en reservtillgång, eftersom de vet att det finns ett begränsat utbud av bitcoin och säger „okej, jag vill ha min bit av det innan det går för högt i pris.“

Han säger vidare att även om BTC kan uppleva en liten korrigering i den kommande framtiden kommer det inte att vara i närheten av så drastiskt som vad som hände 2018.

A Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. está se mudando para o espaço criptográfico com a compra de 100 milhões de dólares em Bitcoin.

2020 continua a ser um grande ano para a moeda digital como a Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. (MassMutual) anunciou sua compra de $100 milhões em Bitcoin (BTC) para sua conta de investimento geral.
De acordo com o relatório, MassMutual se torna uma das mais novas organizações a abraçar a Bitcoin, que testemunhou o apoio de várias instituições financeiras de ponta, organizações multinacionais e indivíduos proeminentes este ano.

O relatório revelou que a MassMutual comprou os US$ 100 milhões em bitcoins com a ajuda de uma empresa de gestão de fundos sediada em Nova York, a NYDIG. Além disso, a empresa de seguros de vida com sede em Massachusetts também comprou uma participação minoritária de $5 milhões na NYDIG. No total, a NYDIG tem atualmente US$ 2,3 bilhões em várias moedas digitais sob sua administração.

Ao abordar sua decisão de investir na criptografia, a companhia de seguros, fundada em 1851, disse que era um movimento para diversificar bem como explorar as novas oportunidades que a criptografia oferece. A companhia de seguros de vida disse que sua decisão de comprar a Bitcoin está „nos dando uma exposição medida mas significativa a um aspecto econômico crescente de nosso mundo cada vez mais digital“.

Reação do espaço criptográfico ao investimento em massa

O investimento de 100 milhões de dólares da MassMutual pode ser considerado pequeno se levarmos em conta o fato de que ela possui 239 bilhões de dólares em investimentos gerais. No entanto, é uma abertura para a mudança em curso na visão do público em geral sobre a moeda criptográfica. A criptografia está sendo vista menos como uma ferramenta para a lavagem de dinheiro por criminosos e mais como uma oportunidade legítima de investimento.

A notícia do investimento da seguradora foi recebida alegremente no espaço criptográfico. Reagindo ao anúncio, o co-fundador da Winklevoss Capital Management e da Gemini Cryptocurrency Exchange, Tyler Winklevoss, expressou seu apoio à mudança através de sua conta no Twitter. Ele tweeted, „E outro dominó cai na estrada de tijolos amarelos para #Bitcoin valendo $500k por bitcoin“. Quem será o próximo“?

Também expressando seu entusiasmo com a decisão da seguradora de investir no Bitcoin, o popular empresário americano Anthony Pompliano também tweeted em apoio à mudança. „Em algum momento, torna-se muito arriscado não ter nenhuma exposição à Bitcoin. Agora a seguradora de US$ 235 bilhões está em jogo“, disse ele.

Enquanto isso, em uma série de tweets, Alexander Leishman, CEO e co-fundador da River Financial, uma instituição financeira baseada na Bitcoin, declarou que o investimento MassMutual foi um dos „maiores selos de aprovação possível“ da Bitcoin.

Segundo ele, „Ao investir na Bitcoin, o MassMutual sinalizou efetivamente que a Bitcoin é considerada suficientemente segura e líquida para que as maiores e mais conservadoras instituições do mundo façam uma alocação“.

Além disso, Dan Tapiero expressou choque com o novo desenvolvimento. Ele tweeted, „Agora isso é chocante“. Uma coisa é @michael_saylor amarrar quase um bilhão de #bitcoin, mas uma companhia de seguros de vida?! Foi dito hoje que as instituições não estão interessadas em #btc…WRONG! Talvez seja a maior notícia do ano. Vão acordar as pessoas“.

Organizações internacionais que abraçam a Bitcoin

O investimento da MassMutual vem no encalço de várias outras empresas internacionais que investem uma parte considerável de seus ativos em Bitcoin. No topo da lista está o renomado fundo de investimento em ativos digitais Grayscale com cerca de US$ 9,7 bilhões em criptografia.

A MicroStrategy é outra empresa que está investindo maciçamente na Bitcoin. Recentemente comprou 16.796 Bitcoin (BTC) por $175 milhões, também levando em conta que anteriormente possuía 21.454 BTC. A empresa anunciou recentemente que estava planejando comprar mais US$ 400 milhões em bitcoins.

Além disso, o CEO do Twitter Jack Dorsey’s Square adquiriu recentemente 4.709 bitcoins. No total, a empresa transferiu um por cento de seus ativos para a Bitcoin. De acordo com o diretor financeiro da Square, Amrita Ahuja, foi uma mudança realizada devido à crescente adoção da moeda digital. Ela disse que a Bitcoin „tem o potencial de ser uma moeda mais ubíqua no futuro“.

Preço BTC

A partir do tempo de impressão, a Bitcoin (BTC) está sendo negociada a $19.393,77. Com um limite de mercado de $360.184.029.007 e um volume comercial de 24 horas de $24.239.067.043.

On this Christmas day, December 25, 2020, Bitcoin Billionaire is giving us a gift: it has for the first time exceeded € 20,000. Unheard of since the launch of this cryptocurrency in 2009.

Bitcoin (BTC) exceeds 24,500 dollars, or more than 20,000 euros

Nothing can stop Bitcoin (BTC), the king of cryptocurrencies saw its price exceed € 20,000 several times on December 25, 2020. Since crossing its old ATH ( All Time High ), its highest price, Bitcoin is not weakening. It is even the reverse!

While several analysts saw Bitcoin’s price correct to around $ 18,000, this still has not happened. Besides, it is possible that this correction will never happen, the future will tell, because the price of BTC is extremely volatile.

More and more companies are adopting Bitcoin

New companies to convert part of their cash into bitcoin keep increasing. The Mogo company plans to allocate 1.5% of its assets in bitcoins , the manager SkyBridge is launching a Bitcoin fund , MicroStrategy announces that it has bought back for $ 650 million in Bitcoin …

According to the Bitcoin Treasuries site , around thirty companies have invested part of their funds in Bitcoin. And these are only the companies that have communicated publicly on this subject.

The number of purchases by institutions (companies, specialized funds, etc.) seems to be increasing. According to an analysis by Ki Young Ju for CryptoQuant , the number of OTC (Over The Counter) deals, which are exchanges carried out outside the traditional circuits, seem to be increasing via Coinbaise.

12,006 BTC came out of Coinbase a few hours ago. Like I said, they went into wallets that appear to be custody. It seems that Coinbase generates a new cold wallet for each customer after an OTC deal with an institutional.

Other analyzes confirm a significant withdrawal of bitcoins on Coinbase and other exchanges. Indeed, according to the Whale Exchange Ratio on Gemini calculated by CryptoQuant, the number of whales (large owners of bitcoins stored on the Gemini exchange ) seems to be decreasing which is rather a good sign. These big fish withdraw their BTC to keep them for the long term.

Beth Williams leaves the Department of Justice’s strategy department, but it remains unclear what position she will take on next.

Acting Assistant Attorney General Beth Williams will be stepping down from the strategy department, according to an official announcement by the US Department of Justice on December 11th

Since 2017, Williams has been a key figure in the Office of Legal Policy. In the latest announcement, the Department of Justice only confirms that Williams is leaving the strategy department without making it clear whether she is also leaving the Justice Department or which post she will take on next.

In the corresponding message, the „DoJ“ reminds you of the projects Williams participated in during her term of office:

„On the cyber strategy of the Ministry of Justice, where she designed a strategy for cryptocurrencies as part of a cyber-digital task force.“

Thus the Ministry to notice applies from October, when there is a legal framework for the prosecution of crypto currencies published had. Williams had said then:

„This framework reflects the extensive cooperation between the Ministry of Justice and national and international authorities in the joint fight against the unlawful use of cryptocurrencies, which benefits the legitimate users of this asset class and the general public.“

The Justice Department’s legal framework appears to be another attempt by the outgoing US administration to influence future crypto regulation before the change of government. The US Treasury is currently even more in the focus of the crypto community, as it has drafted a controversial „ban“ on crypto wallets that could cause great damage in the industry.