Bitcoin (BTC)

Nouvel ajout à la liste des établissements français qui acceptent les paiements en bitcoins : Mayuri, marque de joaillerie en ligne. « L’art de confectionner de magnifiques ornements avec des pierres précieuses d’excellente qualité dans une structure magnifiquement conçue d’un métal précieux. C’est ainsi que nous définissons la joaillerie chez Mayuri et notre mission est de sublimer le...

La lecture du millième papier d’universitaire opportuniste, non-spécialiste du Bitcoin venu déposer sa gerbe de tulipes au pied du monument funéraire (techniquement un « cénotaphe » ) de Bitcoin m’a fait souvenir d’une étrange monnaie, qui n’exista jamais mais qui fichait quand même une satanée trouille au « gouvernement légitime ». On est en 1814. Napoléon est à l’île d’Elbe. Non pas comme...

Blockchain analysis firm Chainalysis has closed a new funding round that garnered the company an additional $100 million from various investors. The enterprise is now valued at a whopping $2 billion, which is double what the company was valued at just a few months ago. Chainalysis Closes Its $100 Million Funding Round The funding round was headed by Paradigm, a crypto-centered venture capital firm. Money also came from the likes of Salesforce CEO Mark Benioff, who saw...

Everyone has been making a huge deal out of bitcoin these past several months. The world’s number one digital currency by market cap has surged in price, reaching a new all-time high just a few weeks ago of $61,000 per unit. However, according to Daniel Gouldman – CEO and co-founder of blockchain firm Ternio – people have the wrong idea, and by focusing too much on bitcoin, they are focusing on just one aspect of what is arguably a much larger arena. Gouldman: Blockchain...

Tether Holdings Limited, the company behind Tether (USDT), has published a testimony yesterday from an insurance company that claims the stablecoin is “fully backed” but without disclosing what kind of assets are backing up the currency. Moore Cayman, an insurance company located in the Cayman Islands, testified for Tether, stating that the stablecoin is fully backed with undisclosed reserves. The document examines several aspects of Tether, indicating that its consolidated...

With so many companies getting involved in the bitcoin-based exchange-traded fund (ETF) game as of late, it makes sense that a large financial firm such as Fidelity Investments would throw its wrench into the pot. Fidelity Is Looking to Establish a Bitcoin ETF Fidelity was one of the first financial brokers to offer digital currency trading and storage services to its clients in 2018. Now, it’s cementing its status even further as the ultimate crypto haven by preparing...

Shortly after announcing plans to enable its institutional customers access to the first-ever cryptocurrency, Morgan Stanley has doubled down by filing documents with the SEC to allow 12 of its funds to gain BTC exposure through the Grayscale’s Bitcoin Trust or cash-settled futures.  CryptoPotato reported back in February that a unit of Morgan Stanley Investment Management called Counterpoint Global explored whether or not to enable its investors to receive access to BTC. ...

Bitcoin price has not reacted majorly on the Fools’ Day pranks as it was trading around $59,289.26 according to CoinMarketCap.April Fools’ Day 2021 was full of surprises to many in the digital assets industry, particularly Bitcoin as a cryptocurrency. Notably, some of the surprises had a literal impact on the crypto market whilst others were mere hoaxes.For example, Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) CEO Elon Musk posted an interesting tweet.SpaceX is going to put a literal Dogecoin on the literal...

[PRESS RELEASE – Please Read Disclaimer]  [Hong Kong/April 1st, 2021] – as.exchange, the innovative derivatives exchange, today announces the launch of a peer-to-peer (P2P) trading feature on its platform with the purpose of empowering users to buy and sell cryptocurrency from one another, making trading easier than ever before. By facilitating secure direct fiat-to-crypto and crypto-to-fiat trades between users and merchants, the P2P marketplace advances crypto adoption...

The first quarter of 2021 was no doubt one of the most thrilling in bitcoin history. It started on a high note and closed it with the same vibe. Despite the periodic price drops that BTC experienced, Q1 of 2021 came out the best since Bitcoin’s inception. Historical data shows that Q2 has been even better, raising the question if bitcoin would be heading further north. The Best Q1 Ever The end of March signified the end of the first yearly quarter. Bitcoin ended the quarter...