Microstrategy Buys $489M Worth of Bitcoin — Company Now Holds More Than 100,000 BTC

The independent, publicly-traded business intelligence company Microstrategy announced the acquisition of 13,005 bitcoin on Monday, at a purchase price of approximately $489 million in cash. The company’s CEO Michael Saylor…

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PBOC Instructs China’s Banks to Forbid All Cryptocurrency Related Activities Immediately

China’s central bank has sent notice to the country’s financial institutions instructing them to stop dealing with cryptocurrency transactions. The disclosure notes that the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) aims…

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