Bitcoin (BTC)

Ripple price started a fresh increase from the $0.78 support zone against the US dollar. The price is now trading above $0.90 and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There was a break above a major bearish trend line with resistance near $0.8290 on the 4-hours chart of the XRP/USD pair (data source from Bittrex). The pair could continue to move up if there is a clear break above the $0.920 resistance. Ripple price is gaining pace above $0.900 against the US Dollar,...

American banking and investment firm Lion Tree has stated that it is looking into accepting crypto as a means of payment in the future. Lion Tree Says It’s Looking into BTC Payments The whole idea behind bitcoin and its many crypto counterparts was that they would eventually be used as spending tools. They would ultimately outdo the abilities of credit cards, fiat currencies, and checks to serve as the means of buying goods and services for everyday needs. However, this...

2021 was the year of bitcoin. There’s no doubt about that, but now that 2022 is coming into the mix, many analysts think this is the time for other assets and blockchain systems to step up and take over. Bitcoin Was Big, but It May Have Reached Its Peak Bitcoin was big over these last 12 months. Between the new bitcoin-based exchange-traded fund (ETF) from Pro Shares and the all-time highs it managed to reach, bitcoin exploded beyond what anyone thought was imaginable....

Jefferies has issued a new report claiming that crypto has given birth to a whole new generation of luxury spenders in the United States. Crypto May Be Limiting the Wealth Gap in the U.S. The wealth gap has never been more noticeable in America. The difference between rich and poor has been quite evident over the past ten or 12 years, but now it looks like things are taking on an even larger form. With inflation at an all-time high and problems in the supply chain,...

One of the largest supermarket chains in Mexico – Elektra – allowed customers to pay their bills in bitcoin instead of fiat currencies. To process the cryptocurrency payments, the company partnered with BitPay. At the same time, the South Korean-Japanese video game publisher – Nexon – enabled players to purchase in-game items with digital assets. Elektra Joins The Crypto Club The behemoth became the first retail store in Mexico to accept bitcoin as a payment method. The...

« Pionnier du bitcoin français, co-fondateur de Paymium, ingénieur de formation dont la connaissance fine de la physique se révèle être un atout précieux dans la compréhension de Bitcoin, Pierre Noizat est sans doute l’un des personnages pro-bitcoin français les plus à même de vous faire découvrir la crypto-monnaie phare. Sa vision physicienne de la création de Satoshi Nakamoto rend son propos d’autant plus passionnant. Bitcoin ne se contente pas de résoudre des problèmes...

« Au début de l’année 2016, le débat sur la scalabilité s’intensifie. La taille moyenne des blocs avoisine les 600 ko et sa croissance linéaire fait penser que la limite des 1 Mo sera atteinte avant la fin de l’année. Les forces en présence sont alors divisées en deux camps principaux : Les partisans des gros blocs, qui supportent l’augmentation directe de la limite sur la taille des blocs par le...

Following another sub-$46,000 dip, bitcoin has bounced off and currently sits above $47,000. The altcoins are also slightly in the green, with Terra outperforming the rest after a substantial double-digit surge. LUNA Surpasses DOT The altcoins have suffered quite a lot since the start of December, and especially since the massive crash two weeks ago. Ethereum went from nearly $4,700 to $3,500 in a day, and even though it has recovered a lot of ground since then, it still...

Affected by the anxiety brought by the omicron coronavirus variant and the crusade against cryptocurrencies and crackdown by multiple countries and organizations, Bitcoin suffered a slump in early December, after which the bulls have been struggling but have not got the excellent achievement. Bitcoin has basically been a horizontal price movement but hard to decisively recover to $50K level after slumping from $57,000 to recent lowest price $43,000. However, three pieces...

Bitcoin IRA – a retirement company that allows investors to add crypto like bitcoin and Ethereum to their 401K portfolios – has completed a survey that suggests one in three people believe bitcoin is going to hit the six-figure mark in 2022. Bitcoin IRA and Its Customers Suggest Bit BTC Money in 2022 Bitcoin has come a long way in the 12 years it’s been around. Starting out as a simple whitepaper topic, bitcoin was first mined in January 2009, and the subject of digital...