Bitcoin (BTC)

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...

It goes without saying that the past 12 months have been an absolutely wild ride in the cryptocurrency industry in terms of price. This also makes it easy to forget that there’s a lot of work being done on the most popular networks to fuel this massive growth. We take a closer look at Outlier Ventures’ Blockchain Development Trends report, examining the period between July 2020 and June 2021. Cardano Lead by Commits Per Month (CPM) First things first, the report outlines that...

Driven by ten years of blockchain development, Ergo is a new flexible blockchain protocol that has been hailed as “the spiritual successor to Bitcoin” by Charles Hoskinson. With a solid background in core development with cryptocurrencies and blockchain frameworks, Ergo’s creators aim to provide an efficient, secure, and easy way to implement financial contracts. Powered by its native Sigma protocols, Ergo’s smart contracts provide an easy way to deploy financial...

Seconde vidéo de la conférence Surfin’Bitcoin qui s’est déroulée les 26 et août au Casino de Biarritz. Introduction au Lightning Network par Yorick de Mombynes. « Bitcoin est boudé par les hautes autorités, par les banques et les gouvernements. La cryptosphère semble ajouter plus d’incertitudes qu’autre chose à la tourmente déjà majuscule des états qui doivent gérer l’explosion de la dette et la dévaluation de leur monnaie. Cependant, il y a des figures comme Yorick de...

After falling to $44,000 and spiking to $46,000, bitcoin has calmed once again around the $45,000 mark. Most altcoins are slightly in green on a daily scale, but some have charted impressive gains. Avalanche is among those as AVAX has surged by more than 30% to tap a new ATH. ETH at $3,300 as AVAX Marks a New ATH Most larger-cap altcoins have mimicked BTC in the past few days. Ethereum plummeted during the mid-week crash, attempted rapid recovery, but failed to increase any...

Over the last month, Bitcoin’s price (BTC) has correlated tightly with stocks. Here’s what could be causing it. The last week saw hundreds of billions of dollars wiped from the cryptocurrency industry’s overall market cap. Bitcoin’s price is down 8.8% over the last 7 days. Ethereum’s price (ETH) is down 15.4%. Binance Coin BNB) is down a further 17.9% over the same period. And pity the Dogecoin holder (DOGE) who bought last Saturday for a 20% loss by today. In fact, all of...