Bitcoin (BTC)

Today was an ugly day for the cryptocurrency world. In fact, it was a bad day for the financial markets in general. The U.S. stock indexes fell 2% on average, the FTSE lost 3.64%, the DAX was down 4.15%, oil futures tumbled more than 10%, and cryptocurrencies lost more than $200 billion in capitalization. All because of fears of a new strain of COVID-19 that had speculators and analysts brainstorming scenarios of a possible new lockdown. Recently, scientists discovered the...

Nayib Bukele – President of El Salvador – recently announced that his country has purchased another 100 Bitcoin. That’s about $5.4 million worth of the primary cryptocurrency, at today’s prices. El Salvador Continues to HODL As always, the “CEO” of El Salvador (as reads his bio) casually announced the purchase in a tweet on Friday. Despite Bitcoin’s bearish slump this week, the president has not second-guessed his investment. Instead, he took it as a chance to stack sats. “El...

To cater to the rising demand for digital asset funds, the Singaporean fund manager Fintonia Group has announced the launch of two institutional-grade funds tracking the performance of the world’s largest cryptocurrency. Fintonia Bitcoin Physical Fund and the Fintonia Secured Yield Fund are the two new products offered by the financial services firm regulated by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). Fintonia’s New Bitcoin Offering According to the report, the two...

Singapore-stationed crypto mining firm Bitdeer Technologies Holding Co. is merging with a company known as Blue Safari Group Acquisition Corp. The former enterprise is controlled by Jihan Wu – a Chinese billionaire who is responsible for bringing Bitmain to life – and will begin trading on the Nasdaq once the $4 billion acquisition is complete. Bitdeer Has Some Big Plans As one of the most influential people in the digital currency space, Wu worked as the head equipment...

One of the wealthiest Mexicans – Ricardo Salinas Pliego – continues with his support for bitcoin by urging investors to allocate money to it. Comparing the primary cryptocurrency to gold, he gave his preference to the former. It’s The New Gold The Mexican billionaire businessman and Founder of Grupo Salinas – Ricardo Salinas Pliego – has been a bitcoin advocate for years. Last year, he admitted he started investing in the leading digital asset in 2016 when it stood around...

Just the other day, Live Bitcoin News reported on an auction that was taking place for an original copy of the U.S. Constitution. It was supposed to be only one of 13 copies of the original 500 that ultimately survived history and lasted the 230+ years that have gone by since it was first written. The Constitution Wasn’t Won with Crypto… A group of avid crypto fans – known as Constitution DAO – began collecting crypto funds from people everywhere through social media and...

The crypto space hasn’t been doing all that well, lately. The industry – which recently experienced a crash that brought it below the $3 trillion mark – has lost about $500 billion over the past seven days, as many investors have seemingly cashed out after bitcoin rose to a new all-time high of nearly $69,000. Bitcoin and Crypto Experience Further Drops We have seen this time and time again. Sadly, the space is filled with many individuals who have short-term goals. It...

Nous vous proposons ici – avec l’autorisation de l’auteur – une synthèse d’une série de réflexions et de conseils postés originellement par Fabrice Drouin (cofondateur et CTO d’ACINQ), sur le Slack de CryptoFR. Ces messages portent sur la meilleure façon de faire tourner un nœud Lightning quand on n’est ni développeur ni expert de Linux, en utilisant de préférence un serveur VPS bon marché. Mon intention à travers ce post c’est...

La plateforme d’échange de cryptomonnaie Binance vient de créer une SAS en France. Son siège social est situé 17 rue de la Vanne à Montrouge et son président est David Princay. La société est entièrement détenue par Changpeng Zhao (CZ), CEO de Binance. Sources : verif.com – twitter.com/CharliePERREAU ...

Dans un épisode intitulé « Post Covid » diffusé jeudi, la série South Park chambre les rêves « d’hyperbitcoinisation » des bitcoiners en imaginant un futur où Bitcoin et les cryptos seraient les seuls moyens de paiement acceptés. Un employé du Super 12 Motel Plus lance ainsi à un Stan Marsh vieillissant : « Bien sûr nous n’acceptons que le bitcoin et les autres cryptos parce que, vous...