Bitcoin (BTC)

Not long ago, Live Bitcoin News reported a story that the Poly Network had been hacked. The organization lost more than $610 million in digital funds at the hands of a hacker who claimed in a future Q&A session that he was only doing it “for fun.” The Poly Network May Employ Its Hacker In a strange twist, the hacker ultimately returned more than half of the stolen money, saying that he was never about the riches but rather that he was interested in taking advantage...

[Featured Content]  The emergence of bitcoin over a decade ago and the entire cryptocurrency and blockchain industry later on created vast opportunities for a decentralized space to thrive virtually. While that has merits of its own, human beings are still physical creatures requiring physical necessities as well. This separation by the digital and physical world has provided gaps, but this is where protocols like Ekta have emerged, intending to close those divides. Ekta aims...

Mobile Coin has added a whopping $66 million to its financial reserves following its latest funding round. Mobile Coin Gets a Lot of Cash in the Bank Mobile Coin has stated that it is looking to instill privacy measures for all who would utilize it. Thus, the platform seeks to reject all advertising and instead relies on peer-to-peer networking for all payments, thereby allowing transactions to remain hidden while still occurring on the blockchain. The firm is open to...

The European soccer team Philips Sport Vereningin – better known as PSV Eindhoven – has signed a partnership with a local cryptocurrency exchange. Part of the terms dictates that the club will receive the entire sponsorship in bitcoin. PSV Gets BTC The European club announced the partnership with Anycoin Direct earlier this week, highlighting that PSV will therefore become one of the first major soccer teams in the EU to have the entire sponsorship paid in the primary...

A South African resident revealed he mined 20 BTC when he was young, meaning that now he is almost a millionaire. Unfortunately for him, he lost his key and password for his Bitcoin wallet. BTC Password – as Important as The BTC Itself Mark Michaels – a 24-year-old electronic engineer from Pretoria, South Africa – was keen on cryptocurrencies as a kid. More than 10 years ago, when he was in 7th grade, he explored the Internet in order to learn how to mine Bitcoin, and...

Honey ist in den USA extrem beliebt. Und Honey ist inetwas das, was Bitrefill für die Bitcoiner ist: Eine Hammer Bonusapp. Mit der Übernahme der HONEY-App erweitert der US-amerikanische Konzern PayPal sein Angebot an Geldtransferleistungen um die attraktive Schnäppchenjäger-Sparte. PayPal hatte vor einem Jahr 4 Milliarden (!) ausgegeben, um Honey zu kaufen. Jetzt steht das Angebot auch Kunden und Kundinnen in Deutschland zur Verfügung. Folgen bald weitere Länder? Eine neue...

Eine Analyse von Glassnode zeigt, dass die Kunden ihre Bitcoins von den Börsen abheben. Einerseits sorgt ein knappes Angebot für einen steigenden Bitcoin-Preis. Andererseits können so gerade kleinere Bitcoin-Börsen in Not geraten, wenn aus Mangel an Liquidität nicht gehandelt werden kann. Grosse und gut kapitalisierte Bitcoin-Börsen wie Bitpanda, Coinbase oder dezentrale Börsen wie BTC Direct sind davon kaum betroffen. Fakt ist, das sich...

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The bitcoin price has shown impressive strength lately, outperforming global stock markets, despite a risk-off environment and a rising U.S. dollar. On Friday, BTC retested the local highs at $48.1k and managed to make a solid 4-hour close above resistance, leading to a robust daily close at $49.3k. Aggregate spot exchanges volume came in at $7.56 billion, above the 14-day average and the volume on risk-off days. For the past week, 4-hour bearish divergence and realized...

Bitcoin initiated another impressive leg up in the past 24 hours resulting in breaking above $49,000 for the first time since mid-May. The alternative coins have joined the ride with notable gains, including an 8% surge from BNB and 10% increases from Polkadot and Solana. Bitcoin Neared $50K It was just two days ago, on August 19th, when the situation in the bitcoin landscape seemed rather negative. The asset had lost several thousand dollars of value in hours and had fallen...