L’article Cinq bonnes raisons de ne pas acheter de cryptomonnaie publié le 9 décembre 2024 dans Le Temps par Alexis Favre (présentateur de l’émission Infrarouge de la Radio Télévision Suisse) a été jugé comme simplement provoquant par certains de mes amis. Tout le monde, à Genève comme ailleurs, ne parlant plus que de Bitcoin depuis l’élection de M. Trump et le franchissement du seuil symbolique de...
Read More »BONK and WIF Pumping as Bitcoin Nears $110K, STARS Meme Coin Presale Nears $20 Million
As the price of Bitcoin is getting closer to a new milestone at $110,000, the popular meme coins dogwifhat (WIF) and Bonk (BONK) are performing positively. Crypto bulls may be aiming to recover some of the territory they lost in the past couple of weeks after the markets took a breather following a remarkable post-election rally. So far this year, WIF accumulates gains of 1,557% as meme coins have captured the interest and attention of speculators and investors who see these...
Read More »Un troisième acteur agréé PSAN
Après Société Générale Forge en juillet 2023, Deblock en novembre 2024, le courtier GOin est désormais agréée en tant que Prestataire de Services sur Actifs Numériques par l’AMF pour les services de conservation et de courtage de crypto-actifs, de gestion de crypto-actifs pour compte de tiers et de conseil aux souscripteurs de crypto-actifs. « Cet agrément, le premier délivré pour l’ensemble des...
Read More »TokenBuilder Releases 2025 Forecast on AI Integration and Fair Token Offerings
Tortola, British Virgin Islands, December 17th, 2024, Chainwire According to the prediction of Ransu Salovaara, CEO of TokenBuilder and a crypto veteran since 2014, the next twelve months will be pivotal in boosting transparency for token launches and integrating AI technology into new crypto projects. Salovaara, who helped raise token sales for major names in the industry, believes 2025 will be dominated by two major trends: Fair Token Offerings (FTOs) — A push for more reasonable...
Read More »Riot Platforms Boosts Bitcoin Holdings with $510 Million Purchase
Riot Platforms boosts its Bitcoin holdings by purchasing 5,117 BTC for $510 million, reflecting growing institutional confidence in Bitcoin. Bitcoin mining company Riot Platforms has made a major acquisition, purchasing 5,117 bitcoins between December 10 and December 12, 2024. The average price of the Bitcoins was $99,669, which led to the total cost of the purchase of about $510 million. Therefore, the overall number of bitcoins Riot has accumulated has risen to 16,728 as of December 12,...
Read More »Australian Court Fines Kraken $8M Over Unauthorized Margin Lending Product
The Federal Court of Australia has imposed an $8 million fine on Bit Trade, the operator of the cryptocurrency exchange Kraken in the country, for offering an unapproved margin lending product to local customers. The penalty follows allegations by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) that the firm violated financial regulations by failing to assess customer suitability for the product. Legal Implications The credit facility, which enabled users to...
Read More »Texas Man Sentenced to Two Years for First Criminal Crypto Tax Evasion
Texas man Frank Ahlgren sentenced to two years for crypto tax evasion, ordered to pay $1M restitution to the U.S. Frank Richard Ahlgren III, an early Bitcoin investor from Austin, Texas, has been sentenced to two years in prison for tax evasion. Ahlgren filed false tax returns from 2017 to 2019, underreporting gains from selling over $4 million worth of Bitcoin. These actions resulted in a tax loss of over $1 million. This is the first criminal tax fraud case that was focused on...
Read More »Une thèse sur la gouvernance de Bitcoin
La thèse que Maël Rolland, désormais Docteur en Economie et Sciences Sociales, a soutenue le 13 décembre 2024 est désormais accessible en ligne. Titre : Au-delà des codes : infrastructure et gouvernance discrète et polycentrique des cryptomonnaies Bitcoin et Ethereum dévoilées par leurs crises Résumé : Cette thèse étudie les cryptomonnaies (CM) Bitcoin et Ethereum et leur gouvernance, en interrogeant les prétentions...
Read More »La Tournerie du Cotentin
La Tournerie du Cotentin, qui propose des objets en bois tourné, accepte désormais les paiements en bitcoin. Atelier de tournage : 43, Chemin de la Chapelle Sainte-Anne 50260 Bricquebec-en-Cotentin (département de la Manche). En savoir plus : https://www.facebook.com/tournerieducotentin – tournerie-du-cotentin.fr A voir également : Liste des établissements français qui acceptent le bitcoin...
Read More »BTC at $180K, ETH to $6K, and More: Here’s VanEck’s Top Crypto Predictions for 2025
The crypto market has been on a bullish streak in the last quarter of this year, thanks to Donald Trump’s recent victory in the United States presidential election. American investment management firm VanEck has shared ten predictions that could raise the crypto market’s valuation in the coming year. Bullish Crypto Predictions From VanEck VanEck’s first prediction focused on leading assets that would experience meteoric price growth next year. For example, BTC would attain...
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