Bitcoin (BTC)

Bitcoin has tanked hard. There is no point in denying this. The world’s number one digital currency by market cap was already in a sorry position having spent the last few weeks trading in the mid to high $30,000 range, though now at the time of writing, things have taken a turn for the worse and the digital currency is trapped in the high $20,000 range. Despite all this, there are still many individuals – such as Mark Cuban and Mike Novogratz – that stick by the asset....

With BTC’s price going through a severe correction this week, reaching a near six-month low, the question arisen within the community if we have officially entered a bear market. Dumping to more than 50% south from its peak, which came just two months ago, certainly has some arguing that the bears are indeed in control. To find out more expert views on the matter, though, CryptoPotato reached out to some of the most prominent names in the industry. Those include the host of...

After what has arguably been one of the strongest runs in years, bitcoin – the world’s number one digital currency by market cap – has taken a serious turn for the worse and fallen below the $30,000 mark. At the time of writing, the currency is trading for approximately $29,500. Bitcoin Falls Below $30K Between April of 2020 and April of 2021, the digital currency marked a new point in trading. Bitcoin started out trading in the $6,000 range after briefly falling below...

Präsident Nayib Bukele hat sich selbst in einem einstündigen Podcast zum neuen Bitcoin Gesetz in El Salvador geäußert. Gegenüber What Bitcoin Did stellte er das Gesetz vor, welches das kleine Land auf der Bitcoin-Landkarte über Nacht ganz groß machte. Bitcoin News: El Salvadors Präsident erklärt das neue Bitcoin GesetzDer komplette Livestream des Podcasts kann hier auf YouTube verfolgt werden: Unter anderem werden hier Artikel 7 und 8 des Gesetzes angesprochen:Art. 7. Every...

The US cryptocurrency exchange – Gemini – announced a long-term initiative called Gemini Green, aiming to add environmentally conscious practices into its business. The trading venue partnered up with Climate Vault and plans to purchase 350,000 metric tons of carbon – a move striving to decarbonize bitcoin. The Crypto Platform That Will Offset Its Own Emissions Gemini – the crypto trading venue founded by the Winklevoss twins Cameron and Tylor – announced in a press release...

Over the past month, since the May-19 price collapse, BTC had been trading inside a range between $30K from below and $42K from above. Last Tuesday, Bitcoin broke below the range, and for the first time since January 2021, traded beneath $30K. This lasted only for two hours before bulls stepped in for a heavy bounce, which spiked the price over $5k in a matter of a few hours. So, in conclusion, Bitcoin went up a total of 18% since hitting the 5-month low of $28,600 on...

Table rondes autour organisée par le collectif Prenez Place ! Avec :– Sébastien Gouspillou, président de Bigblock Datacenter,– Anice Lajnef (ex-trader),– Michel Bauwens, informaticien et théoricien du pair à pair (P2P Foundation) et l’économiste – Assen Slim, économiste et maître de conférence à l’Inalco.

Following the recent FUD around high energy usage from cryptocurrency projects, Enjin – the NFT ecosystem provider and creator of the ERC-1155 token standard, has turned its JumpNet blockchain carbon negative. This comes after joining the Crypto Climate Accord, aiming to decarbonize the industry. Enjin Joins Crypto Climate Accord Ever since Tesla’s Elon Musk criticized bitcoin for the high energy used for mining, especially such coming from coal fuels, the entire...

Since both the founders have gone missing and are not returning any calls, the investors have involved Hanekom Attorneys, the South-Africa-based law firm, to manage the chaos.Two brothers and founders of Africa’s crypto investment firm AfriCrypt have gone missing following an alleged hack that jeopardized their clients’ accounts and wallets. 20-year old Ameer Cajee and 17-year-old Raees Cajeee have reportedly shifted the collective investor fund from an account at Johannesburg-based First...