Bitcoin (BTC)

The bears continue to have complete control over the cryptocurrency market with numerous double-digit price losses from almost all assets. This comes just hours after the US stock market dumped in value again. Bitcoin Dumps $8K in Two Days It’s safe to say that the primary cryptocurrency has seen better days. In fact, they weren’t all that long ago as the asset jumped to $43,500 on Thursday following a $1,500 price hike. However, the situation changed vigorously hours later....

La difficulté de minage de Bitcoin a battu hier un nouveau record, dépassant de plus de 6% celui de mai 2021 (avant les restrictions en Chine). Ce niveau impressionnant, combiné à la baisse importante du cours (- 10% en 24 heures et – 25% en un mois), promet des jours un peu moins faciles pour les mineurs. Rappelons que la difficulté de minage est un paramètre qui varie de façon à maintenir un...

Singapore is telling all crypto companies within its borders to cease advertising their products and services to members of the public. This rule also applies to any banks or traditional institutions that offer crypto. They are not allowed to produce any advertisements and they cannot show these ads in public areas like on buses or trains, websites, social media, physical ATMs, or broadcast and print media. Singapore Looks to Prevent Crypto Companies from Producing Ads...

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has, once again, rejected a spot bitcoin ETF application. It was filed earlier by the investment management company First Trust Advisors and the hedge fund SkyBridge led by Anthony Scaramucci. In a statement published on Thursday (January 20, 2022), the SEC said the reason for the rejection was that they failed to meet the requirements. According to an excerpt from the SEC document: “Because NYSE Arca has not demonstrated that...

Cathie Wood of Ark Invest believes El Salvador is on the right path when it comes to bitcoin innovation. She is very excited about all the fantastic progress the country has made in terms of BTC adoption, and she’s confident things will only get better from here for residents of the nation. Cathie Wood on El Salvador: The Country Has the Right Idea Wood stated that one of the big things El Salvador has done well is open the doors of an industry that at one time, was very...

While bitcoin’s price went through another steep correction in the past 24 hours, the network’s robustness only increases. The BTC hash rate recently tapped a new all-time high, while the mining difficulty went through a 9% positive adjustment, leading to a peak of its own. Hash Rate and Mining Difficulty See ATHs Ever since the summer of 2021, when the Chinese authorities ousted bitcoin miners and the hash rate dumped by 60% in weeks, the metric has been gradually recovering...

The host of CNBC’s “Mad Money” – Jim Cramer – sounded a note of caution for investors regarding the popular memecoin Dogecoin. The American views it as a security that will soon get regulated. ‘Please Be Careful with Dogecoin’ The 66-year-old TV host often changes his stance on the crypto industry. Last year, he allocated some of his wealth into Bitcoin and Ether and even insisted on receiving his salary in the primary cryptocurrency. A few months later, the Chinese crackdown...

The Mozilla Foundation announced on Twitter on New Year’s Eve that it was going to be accepting crypto donations. However, this decision has since come under fire by one of the firm’s co-founders, and it looks like Mozilla is rescinding the decision. Mozilla Foundations Rejects Crypto Jamie Zawinski – one of the people involved in creating Mozilla – says he’s happy to play a role in preventing the firm from making such a “terrible decision.” He has long been a big critic...

To say that the past seven days were bad in the cryptocurrency market would be kind of an understatement. Most of the coins are down by solid double digits as the total capitalization lost around $250 billion and fell below $2 trillion. Let’s start with Bitcoin. The cryptocurrency was behaving relatively well throughout most of the week, and it even managed to reach above $43K earlier on Thursday, attempting to conquer the resistance above that – at $44K. On Friday, though,...

Dans un rapport [1] publié hier, la Banque centrale de la Fédération de Russie, qui envisage d’émettre son propre rouble numérique, aurait à nouveau demandé qu’on interdise l’échange et le minage de cryptomonnaies sur le territoire russe, en raison de leur consommation énergétique et des menaces qu’elles représentent pour la stabilité financière et la souveraineté monétaire. Ce n’est pas la...