Bitcoin (BTC)

Sans surprise, la difficulté de minage de Bitcoin est en baisse pour la troisième fois depuis son pic de mai 2021. Elle retrouve un niveau assez proche de celui de janvier 2020. La fermeture progressive de nombreuses installations chinoises est évidemment la principale cause de cette baisse. Le minage de bitcoins sera donc extrêmement profitable dans les prochaines temps pour les acteurs en place,...

CNBC hat 100 Manager und Experten der Wall Street befragt und offenbar ist man sich mehrheitlich einig: Bitcoin wird in diesem Jahr keinen weiteren Preisanstieg erleben. Stattdessen erwartet man, dass der Preis exakt auf dem Niveau enden wird, auf dem er sich zurzeit befindet. Bitcoin News: Wall Street sieht Preis für Bitcoin bei 30.000 US-Dollar bis Ende 2021Ungefähr die Hälfte der Befragten glaubt an 30.000 US-Dollar. Ein Viertel sieht jedoch auch einen Preis von 50.000 US-Dollar als...

The owner of an exclusive Beverly Hills residence, listed for $65 million, is allowing buyers to pay with Bitcoin to acquire the property. If executed, the deal will break the record for the most expensive estate sold for cryptocurrency. BTC Invades Beverly Hills The American business magazine Forbes reported that the multimillion-dollar home in Beverly Hills, called Elementi, can be purchased for either $65 million in cash or the bitcoin equivalent to the fiat currency –...

Coinfirm revealed that some users on the notorious Darkweb have been selling falsified vaccine certificates for COVID-19 and stolen doses of vaccines in exchange for a variety of cryptocurrencies. Per the report, one can buy 10 shots of the AstraZeneca product for $250 or its crypto equivalent. BTC in Exchange for a Coronavirus Shot Criminals see the anonymous nature of the Darkweb as an attractive marketplace where they can execute a variety of illegal deals. The blockchain...

Although most previous weekends started with adverse price movements for bitcoin, this time, BTC added more than a grand and reclaimed $34,000. Most altcoins have also reclaimed some ground since yesterday, with Cardano (ADA) rising 7% after news from Grayscale. Bitcoin Tops $34K CryptoPotato reported previously that the primary cryptocurrency tends to head south at the start of the weekends. Consequently, there were concerns about similar developments this time as well. So...

Hester Peirce, also known as the “crypto mom,” believes the agency she works at – the Securities and Exchange Commission – should have greenlighted a BTC ETF years ago. She argued that the SEC’s rationale keeps growing weaker. In an interview with CNBC, Peirce commented on the hot topic of Bitcoin ETF in the US and whether the country’s regulator will eventually approve such a product. She said this is “probably the biggest, the most-often-asked question I get.” But, with the...

New York University finance professor Aswath Damodaran stated in a recent interview that bitcoin has failed as a currency given that nobody can really buy anything with it. Aswath Damodaran Is Not a Fan of BTC Damodaran states: If bitcoin is a good currency, my question is, why aren’t more people using it in transactions? So, when I run into bitcoin enthusiasts, they seem to push this notion that bitcoin is a great currency because they have made a lot of money on it....

In a bid to secure financial freedom for all, fintech firm Strike has announced that its clients can now purchase Bitcoin (BTC) with no extra fees on its platform. Strike Launches Bitcoin Tab Announcing the development today, Strike noted that it had launched a “Bitcoin Tab” feature, which would make Bitcoin acquisition cheap, simple, reliable, and secure. With the service, users who want to buy bitcoin on the platform will not incur additional fees outside the market spread,...

Senator Cynthia Lummis – a Republican of the state of Wyoming – is looking to make it so that individuals can use their retirement accounts to invest in bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Cynthia Lummis: Crypto Would Be Perfect for Diversification Lummis was first elected to Congress in late 2020. Beginning her term in January of this year, Lummis has always been a major cryptocurrency advocate. She has admitted to investing in digital currencies herself in the past and...

The past seven days turned out to be yet another period where bitcoin’s price went through a rather choppy action. The cryptocurrency is down about 3 percent in the last week, but it wasn’t without its ups and downs. Last Saturday, we saw BTC tanking to a low slightly above $30K, causing panic and a lot of worries amid the cryptocurrency community. However, right on the following day, on Sunday, the price surged, and a massive green candle took us all the way up to $35,000. A...