Bitcoin (BTC)

Bitcoin (BTC) Bitcoin is up a small 1% this week after getting rejected trying to breach above the $50,000 mark on Monday. The current high since May now lies at $50,500. Unfortunately, BTC was unable to sustain this level and ended up closing the daily candle beneath $50K. Following the rejection, BTC headed sharply lower: Yesterday it fell back beneath $47,800, recording its weekly low amid $46.3k, however, the bitcoin price managed to close the day on top of the crucial...

The British cryptographer Adam Back expects bitcoin to reach a price of $100,000 by the end of the year. Comparing the primary cryptocurrency to gold, he praised the former as the better financial instrument. In addition, Florian Grummes – precious metal and bitcoin analyst – shared a similar point of view. The virtual asset’s USD value would decline to $34-38K, but in six months, it would stand at $100,000. Interestingly, both of these forecasts coincide with the popular...

The mysterious BTC whale, who was recently frequently sending lots of coins to Coinbase, has changed the strategy on the largest cryptocurrency. On-chain data shows that they have accumulated more than 500 bitcoins on Thursday and Friday. Bitcoin Whale Back to Buying CryptoPotato has previously reported some of this particular whale’s behavior – whose Bitcoin address ends with WKDfHQ – when it comes down to the BTC holdings. For instance, data showed that they had sold near...

« La tribune publiée par Monsieur André Lévy-Lang dans les Échos le 26 août ne se distingue, hélas, que par l’éminente qualité de son rédacteur. Pour le reste, du poncif de Ponzi à la responsabilité environnementale de Bitcoin, c’est un navrant pot-pourri de ce que n’importe qui de mal informé pourrait écrire. C’est je crois ce décalage, plus que la réfutation des  arguments  qui devrait nous...

Bitcoin continued to trade around the $47,000 line in the past 24 hours after it dropped to a weekly low beneath $46,400. Most altcoins have stalled since yesterday, except for Solana. SOL has gone on to chart another all-time high above $83 after a double-digit surge. SOL’s Latest ATH The alternative coins, similarly to their leader, lost significant chunks of value in the past few days. Ethereum, for example, went from about $3,360 to beneath $3,100. As of now, it has...

Bitcoin cash price started a fresh decline from the $700 resistance against the US Dollar. The price is now trading below the $650 zone and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There was a break below a key bullish trend line with support near $650 on the 4-hours chart of the BCH/USD pair (data feed from Coinbase). The pair is likely to accelerate lower if it breaks the $600 and $580 support levels. Bitcoin cash price is moving lower below $625 against the US Dollar,...

“Hold On for Dear Life” will become the first scripted television show about digital assets. Interestingly, Rob Weiss – executive producer of the renowned TV series “Entourage” – will direct it. Virtual Assets Invade The TV Industry According to a recent report, modern cryptocurrency culture will be the theme of a new TV show. Its name: “Hold On for Dear Life.” The series will not focus on Bitcoin or Ethereum but on non-fungible tokens (NFTs) – unique digital assets designed...

Substack – a content platform backed by Andreessen Horowitz – will allow users to access VIP content in the future granted they pay with cryptocurrency. The content can be accessed utilizing the company’s new payment processor known as Open Node. Substack Is Pushing the Bitcoin Agenda Further This is a big deal in the sense that the firm is now pushing the initial goals of bitcoin and cryptocurrency closer to reality. The fact is that bitcoin and many of its altcoin...

Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies are surging as of late – so much so that the $2 trillion valuation barrier has once again been breached. Not long ago, bitcoin rose back up over the $50,000 mark, and it looks like things are continuing in this bullish train, though BTC has fallen back a bit by about $2,000 at the time of writing. Bitcoin Could Find a New Enemy in Quantum Many technologists are now claiming that the bitcoin software needs to be updated. They warn that if this...

After the embarrassing and heartbreaking debacle last week that occurred in Afghanistan following the heightened incompetence of Joe Biden, news is spreading of the growing presence bitcoin has in the country. Many banks and standard financial institutions have either been shut down or are not presently in working order, and thus several residents are seeking out the aid of BTC and digital assets as a means of surviving. Bitcoin’s Presence Is Growing in Afghanistan One...