Bitcoin (BTC)

With the creation of Bitcoin back in 2009, Satoshi Nakamoto would have probably never guessed that the world would buy digital, collectible CryptoKitties, Punks, Hashmasks, celebrity music, and so forth.However, all of the above made use of a whole new Ethereum standard for identifying unique assets on its blockchain – the ERC-721, better known as the solution for the creation and transfer of non-fungible tokens.This article discusses the following questions related to non-fungible...

Coin Floor – a cryptocurrency exchange in the United Kingdom – is taking some flack over a recent ad that allegedly took aim at pensioners. The ad talked about the benefits of crypto investing, though it has since been banned by national regulators. Coin Floor Sees Its Ad Get Knocked Down The ad has been deemed “socially irresponsible” and “misleading,” as according to official complaints, it did not address the many risks associated with cryptocurrency investing. In a...

Entretien avec Alexandre Vinot, co-fondateur de la société WisElement et de la marque WiseMining à l’origine du projet d’une chaudière permettant de miner du bitcoin passivement et sans surcoût électrique. Réalisation : Univers Bitcoin, « podcast crypto francophone où l’on parle des fondamentaux du bitcoin mais pas que… » A retrouver sur :– Itunes : podcasts.apple.com– Spotify : open.spotify.com– Deezer : deezer.com– Google Podcast : podcasts.google.com–...

« Nombreuses sont les voix qui prédisent à court ou moyen terme la disparition des espèces et l’avènement d’une société cashless. On ne se contente pas de nous présenter cette évolution comme un avenir inéluctable : on se félicite bien souvent de voir disparaître un support monétaire peu traçable et donc suspect […]. De fait, les espèces possèdent des caractéristiques que ne réunit aucune alternative...

Bitcoin’s price dropped by 3% today, as the cryptocurrency falls to a daily low of $55.5K, which is the 0.382 Fib level. After the quick drop, BTC was able to bounce nicely.Just yesterday, Bitcoin had seen another failed attempt to break the $60k milestone, which brings it to a total of three failed attempts to break the level over the past 3 days.Despite the decrease, the primary cryptocurrency is still trading above a short-term ascending trend line that has been in play since the beginning...

Pakistani province plans to establish two hydroelectric-powered pilot mining farms, hoping to get further exposure to cryptocurrency adoption.Keeping up with the Global Crypto Bullish TrendsThe Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is reportedly drafting plans to get into the cryptocurrency flow by building two hydroelectric-powered pilot mining farms. According to a recent news report, the region’s authorities have committed to capitalizing on the bullish trends of the global...

L’ancienne Usine Eolane à Montceau-les-Mines pourrait héberger, d’ici la fin de l’année, une ferme de minage de bitcoins. Un retour étonnant sur le sol français quand on sait que le prix de l’électricité en France a depuis longtemps fait fuir les mineurs vers des contrées plus accueillantes. Mais la société Bigblock Datacenter, qui mène cet aspect du projet – qui n’est qu’une partie d’un plan de...

After a few days of flirting with the $60,000 line, BTC has failed at breaching the milestone and has dropped to $57,000. Most large-cap alternative coins are also well in the red, except Ripple (XRP), which has surged by 8% to over $0.51.Bitcoin Drops $3K after Failing at $60K: Whales In Charge?Following a somewhat sharp recovery after the latest steep decline to $53,200, and for the past few days, bitcoin remained relatively stagnant, just beneath the $60,000 price tag. The primary...

Bank of America is clearly no fan of bitcoin. In a recent statement, the financial giant claimed that the only reason people were buying it was because the price keeps going up. Bank of America: Bitcoin Isn’t All It’s Cracked Up to Be Over the past year, several new arguments have been introduced suggesting why people are suddenly crazy about owning bitcoin. The idea that it’s a hedge tool of some kind or that it’s a store of wealth has gotten a lot of people interested....

Graham Ivan Clark – the alleged bitcoin hacker who took over several high-profile Twitter accounts last summer to get his hands on bitcoin he had no claim to – has been sentenced to three years in prison. Graham Clark Will Serve Three Years Despite being an 18-year-old teenager, Clark was looking at roughly ten years in prison, and ultimately accepted the three-year sentence – followed by three years of probation – as part of a plea deal. One could argue that the heavy...