Bitcoin (BTC)

Stellar lumen price started a strong decline from the $0.4300 resistance against the US Dollar. XLM price is now trading below $0.3500 and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There was a break below a key bullish trend line with support near $0.3200 on the 4-hours chart (data feed via Kraken). The pair could continue to decline if there is a break below the $0.3200 and $0.3100 support levels. Stellar lumen price is gaining bearish momentum below $0.3200 against the...

Ripple price started a strong decline from the $1.40 resistance against the US dollar. The price is now trading below $1.20 and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There is a key bullish trend line forming with support near $1.05 on the 4-hours chart of the XRP/USD pair (data source from Bittrex). The pair could resume its decline as long as there is no close above the $1.20 resistance zone. Ripple price is showing bearish signs below $1.20 against the US Dollar,...

Nodes übernehmen im Bitcoin-Netzwerk die Rolle der “Wächter” und sind daher unerlässlich. Sie überwachen alle Transaktionen in der Bitcoin-Blockchain und stufen diese als gültig oder ungültig ein. Die Hauptaufgabe der Nodes besteht darin, “Double Spending” – die doppelte Ausgabe bereits woanders ausgegebener Bitcoins – zu verhindern. Eine ziemlich intelligente Live-Übersicht über alle am Bitcoin-Netzwerk angemeldeten Nodes bietet die Seite Global Bitcoin Nodes. Was ist eine „Full Node“? Die...

This week the U.S. Federal Reserve’s balance sheet charted another all-time high. At an astounding $8.357 trillion, are the rapidly growing assets of the Fed speeding crypto adoption? The Federal Reserve publishes updates to its balance sheet numbers every seven days. This week’s report was a doozy, revealing another $8 billion in assets purchased over the period. The U.S. central bank has been busily hoovering up mortgage-backed securities and Treasury bonds, buying them...

Ukraine is now the latest country in the world to legalize and regulate bitcoin and cryptocurrency. Up until this point, the world’s number one digital asset has existed in something of a gray space within the country’s borders, but now it looks like the nation is moving forward with BTC use, suggesting that the asset is becoming far more mainstream and legitimate. Ukraine Says “Yes” to Crypto The Parliament of Ukraine voted unanimously to not only permit bitcoin...

One of the big reasons why Nayib Bukele – president of El Salvador – is pushing bitcoin so much is because he thinks it will lessen remittance fees. According to a new study, the implementation of bitcoin in the Central American country could wind up costing Western Union about $400 million each year. El Salvador Could See Its Remittance System Change for the Better Jaimie Garcia, a Salvadorian who fled to Canada at the age of 11, has been living abroad for some time...

Entretien avec Yorick de Mombynes. « Yorick de Mombynes fut notre invité spécial lors de la conférence Surfin’Bitcoin à laquelle nous avons eu le plaisir de participer. Fervent défenseur de Bitcoin, non pour son seul potentiel spéculatif mais bien pour son potentiel disruptif et novateur, il explique comment cette technologie – à la fois monnaie et système de paiement – pourrait permettre une meilleure circulation des richesses, une meilleure répartition également… »...

A recent poll from Sherlock Communications has found that nearly half of Brazilians agree that Bitcoin should be adopted as the currency of the country, following in the footsteps of El Salvador. Brazilians Bullish for Bitcoin As reported by Valor Investe, the study shows 48% of Brazilians in support of Bitcoin as national currency (17% strong support, 31% moderate support). In contrast, only 21% rejected the idea (9% strong rejection, 12% moderate rejection). The other 30%...

Just a few days ago, bitcoin – the world’s number one digital currency by market cap – experienced a nasty price drop that saw it fall from about $52,000 per unit to roughly $45,000 per unit. The currency is experiencing a slow period of recovery at this time given that it has only jumped back above $46K, and according to Mike Novogratz – a hedge fund manager and crypto investor – the bitcoin plunge was the result of traders simply getting too excited about what was...

Playing “what if” is a dangerous game, especially when it comes down to investing. Sometimes, however, it could be rather intriguing to review what could have happened if investors made a particular investment. The highly volatile cryptocurrency market could produce some impressive scenarios. For example, putting $1,000 in Solana on January 1st, 2021, would have resulted in nearly $140,000 today. The Cryptocurrency Landscape Change in a Year It’s safe to say that the past...