Cryptocurrencies have been more financial and investment vehicles than payment mechanism, despite ongoing aspirations to the latter. As the broader ecosystem warms to digital assets, this increasingly makes it essential for corporate treasuries to evaluate crypto’s role in their financial ecosystem. Companies such as MicroStrategy...
Blockchain is entering its institutional era. And the enterprise treasury function is all eyes and ears to the innovation. For example, news came this week that enterprise software maker MicroStrategy, whose business mission includes buying bitcoin, sold 13.6 million shares, tapping the public markets explicitly...
Bitcoin continued its rise, hitting a two-year high Tuesday (Feb. 27) and surpassing $57,000 as big buyers flock to the cryptocurrency market. The digital currency has seen a more than 10% increase in value in just two sessions, Reuters reported Tuesday. The recent surge in...
Cryptocurrency prices soared Thursday (July 13) after a court ruling that is seen as a major victory for the cryptocurrency market. The news caused a surge in the price of XRP, almost doubling in value, Bloomberg reported Thursday (July 13). Shares of other tokens like Solana...
November 20, 2024
Blockchain is entering its institutional era. And the enterprise treasury function is all eyes and ears to the innovation. For example, news came this week that enterprise software maker MicroStrategy, whose business mission includes buying bitcoin, sold 13.6 million shares, tapping the public markets explicitly in order to fund further purchases of the nominal digital […]
December 31, 2020
This year is one for the history books for all sorts of reasons, not all of them bad. For cryptocurrencies, 2020 shaped up to be a banner year. And as...
June 16, 2025
Pakistan is reportedly working on making digital assets a major part of its economy. To that end, the country recently hosted a meeting with Michael Saylor, executive chairman of business intelligence (BI) company Strategy, holder of the world’s largest corporate bitcoin reserve, Coindesk reported Monday (June 16). According to the report, officials at the meeting stressed Pakistan’s goal of […]
February 27, 2024
Bitcoin continued its rise, hitting a two-year high Tuesday (Feb. 27) and surpassing $57,000 as big buyers flock to the cryptocurrency market. The digital currency has seen a more than...
July 13, 2023
Cryptocurrency prices soared Thursday (July 13) after a court ruling that is seen as a major victory for the cryptocurrency market. The news caused a surge in the price of...
December 28, 2022
MicroStrategy has cited tax benefits as the reason for its recent buying and selling of bitcoin. The firm — which develops enterprise software but is also the largest corporate buyer...