Bitcoin (BTC)

Budapest – the capital of Hungary – has recently unveiled a new bronze bust of Satoshi Nakamoto, the alleged pseudonymous creator of bitcoin, the world’s number one digital currency by market cap. Satoshi Nakamoto Will Always Be Remembered For the most part, the bust is rather faceless and expressionless. This was done on purpose according to the statue’s designers Gergely Reka and Tamas Gilly. They mention on a website discussing the work: We do not know the gender,...

There are no boring days in crypto, and this week, like a lot of others, has managed to definitively prove it. The past seven days have been an absolute rollercoaster in the cryptocurrency market, so let’s start with Bitcoin. BTC’s price was sitting comfortably at around $47,500 last Friday and started improving slowly throughout the weekend. On Saturday, we saw an attempt at $49K, which was unfortunately rejected. On Sunday, the price retraced a bit, but nothing spelled...

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The market suddenly turned red today following what seems to be another wave of regulatory efforts to crack down on cryptocurrencies in China. This left over $400 million liquidated in less than a day. As CryptoPotato reported, China continues with its efforts to further crack down on the entire cryptocurrency market. The country’s national bank issued a statement outlining that digital assets are banned, adding that operating with exchanges will also be prohibited. While a...

The People’s Bank of China (PBoC) published a document reminding that digital assets are banned within the country and added that operating with exchanges will also be prohibited. As a result, BTC dumped by $3,000 in an hour. China’s negative stance on the cryptocurrency space has been wildly known for years, and the nation tends to frequently remind investors about it. The central bank highlighted the illegal status of digital assets once more on Friday. The statement also...

Portfolio manager at Los Angeles-based TCW Group, Bryan Whalen, has stated that crypto investors are asking big institutions for loans against their digital assets. The comments came at a Morningstar Investment Conference this week, according to Bloomberg. Whalen went on to indicate that: “The market is starting to knock on the doors of big institutions, even in the bond world.” Borrowers issue bonds to raise money from investors who are willing to lend them money for a...

Following a few days of adverse price developments, bitcoin has started to recover some value and currently sits around $45,000. Most altcoins have stalled in the same timeframe, with a few exceptions from Polkadot and Terra. Bitcoin Taps $45K The start of the week was highly damaging for the bitcoin bulls as the price of the cryptocurrency plummeted on Monday from $48,000 to around $43,000 in hours. The situation only worsened in the following two days as BTC dumped by a few...

Le réseau social Twitter a annoncé hier que les utilisateurs de son application iOS peuvent désormais envoyer des « tips » [1] en bitcoin via le Lightning Network. Cette fonctionnalité, qui repose sur l’API de la start-up Strike, n’est pour l’instant accessible qu’aux Etats-Unis et au Salvador. Twitter annonce qu’elle sera bientôt disponible pour tous, y compris pour les utilisateurs de son...

Bitcoin cash price started a major decline below the $600 zone against the US Dollar. The price is now trading well below the $600 zone and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There is a key bearish trend line forming with resistance near $572 on the 4-hours chart of the BCH/USD pair (data feed from Coinbase). The pair could continue to decline unless there is a clear break above $572 and $600. Bitcoin cash price is eyeing recovery above $580 against the US Dollar,...