U.S. Investors Netted $4.1 Billion From Bitcoin Gains In 2020
A new report from Chainalysis found that U.S. investors realized $4.1 billion in bitcoin gains last year, by far the highest of any country.According to a report from blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis, bitcoin investors in the U.S. realized $4.1 billion in bitcoin gains in 2020, by far the highest gains by investors in any country.“U.S. investors collectively made over $4 billion in realized Bitcoin gains in 2020, more than 3x the next highest country, China,” according to the report. “This may seem surprising considering that China historically has by far the highest raw....
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Crypto investors from the United States realized nearly $47 billion in gains during 2021, outpacing the UK by a factor of six. Crypto investors from the United States realized crypto gains nearly six times higher in total than the UK, the second highest country in terms of realized gains. According to a report by Chainalysis, crypto investors in the US accrued a record $46.9 billion in realized gains throughout 2021, leading the rest of the world by a wide margin. The US is followed at quite some distance by the UK at $8.1 billion and Germany on $5.8 billion. Total realized cryptocurrency....
The proceeds of crypto crime fell by more than $5 billion in 2020, due to increasing regulatory compliance by crypto exchanges and declining scams. Revenue from crypto-related crime dropped by more than half in 2020 according to Chainalysis’ annual report on the subject.Cybercriminals netted around $5 billion less than the $10 billion plus they got away with in 2019, representing a 53% fall. Transactions involving illicit funds have decreased even more rapidly than the total volume of those funds, falling from 2.1% of all transactions analyzed in 2019 down to just 0.34% last year. Among....
Software intelligence firm MicroStrategy netted more than $1 billion from its latest convertible notes offering. The post At $1 Trillion BTC Market Cap, Microstrategy Completes $1.05 Billion Raise appeared first on Bitcoin Magazine.
The price of bitcoin touched an all-time high at 3:12 a.m. (EST) during the early morning trading sessions reaching $28,600. The crypto asset’s market valuation is over $519 billion on Wednesday, as bitcoin markets command over 14 billion dollars in global trade volume. Bitcoin (BTC) markets soared again on Wednesday morning, as the price per unit jumped to an all-time high (ATH) of around $28,600. BTC’s dominance index, in comparison to the 7,500+ crypto asset valuations in existence, is over 70% or $519 billion out of crypto economy’s $741 billion. Statistics show that....