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Jeffrey Sachs: Bitcoin Has No Value

As we have seen in the past, bitcoin doesn’t please everyone. No matter how high it rises or how strong it becomes, the world’s number one digital currency by market always seems to polarize people in ways nobody really considered possible. With bitcoin shooting past $55,000 in recent days, one of the latest haters to emerge is Jeffrey Sachs, a well-known economist. Jeffrey Sachs: Bitcoin Has No Intrinsic Value In a recent conference, Sachs said to all his listeners: I...

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Bitcoin-ETF in Brasilien genehmigt

Noch immer wird fieberhaft daran gearbeitet, einen Bitcoin-ETF an der New Yorker Börse einzuführen – vor allem die Winklevoss-Brüder sind hier aktiv. In Brasilien ist man schon einen Schritt weiter. Die offizielle Genehmigung für den Bitcoin-ETF und einen weiteren Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) steht. Bitcoin News: Bitcoin-ETF in Brasilien genehmigtDie CVM – die brasilianische Börsenaufsicht – hat in dieser Woche Grünes Licht gegeben. Gleich zwei neuen Cryptocoin-ETFs wurden genehmigt. Darunter...

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Korean Authorities Apprehend Bitcoin Tax Evaders

On the flip side of growing bitcoin adoption, the digital asset is being used to elude taxes in Korea. The intensified effort of the country’s tax agency towards curbing the menace is yielding results, according to a recent report.Nothing is Hidden Under The ChainLast month, the Korean government finalized its decision to levy taxes on bitcoin capital gains. The ruling was in line with the growing acceptance of the digital asset and its similarity with other taxable financial instruments. The...

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Record-Breaking Quarter: $4.2 Billion Allocated in Crypto Assets in Q1 2021

Although Q1 2021 has a few more weeks left, it has already broken the record in terms of the most substantial inflows in cryptocurrency assets with over $4.2 billion, informed a report from CoinShares. Interestingly, Ethereum has skyrocketed in popularity among investors as it has garnered roughly 50% of the total flows in recent weeks.$4.2B in Crypto Since 2021’s StartIt’s no longer a mystery whether or not bitcoin and the cryptocurrency space have started to attract heavy inflows, even from...

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La vérification de paiement simplifiée dans Bitcoin

« […] La chaîne de Bitcoin pèse aujourd’hui environ 330 Go de données et l’ensemble des UTXO plus de 4 Go, la zone mémoire des transactions représente environ 100 Mo, et la taille moyenne des blocs minés toutes les 10 minutes est de 1,3 Mo. On en conviendra, un tel volume de données n’est pas adapté pour un utilisateur qui souhaiterait effectuer des paiements en personne, avec un téléphone portable...

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Bitcoin Stable Above $58K as Polkadot (DOT) Eyes $40 Following 8% Increase (Weekend Watch)

Following a few days of enhanced volatility, bitcoin has calmed slightly north of the $58,000 mark. Some altcoins have used the opportunity to reduce BTC’s market dominance with impressive gains, including DOT nearing $40 and UNI jumping by 10%.Bitcoin Calmed Above $58KThe past several days were quite volatile for the primary cryptocurrency. BTC went from briefly breaching above $60,000 to a sudden drop to $53,000 before reclaiming $7,000 again on Thursday.Since then, though, BTC has calmed a...

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Coinbase to Pay a $6.5 Million Fine Upon Wash Trading Accusations by the CFTC

Just before its direct listing, Coinbase has agreed to a 6,5 million-dollar fine after the CFTC found that the exchange engaged in illegal wash trading practices.The CFTC found that Coinbase could be engaged in trading practices that provided misleading information to services like Coinmarketcap and the CME Bitcoin Real Time Index. This happened via the improper use of trading bots and even irregular actions by one unidentified worker.According to Acting Director of Enforcement Vincent...

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Visioconférence : Blockchains, des Incas au futur Internet (Jean-Jacques Quisquater)

Dans le cadre des « Lundis de la cybersécurité », le Cercle d’Intelligence économique du MEDEF et l’Université de Paris, organise un évènement intitulé Blockchains, des Incas au futur Internet, les meilleures applications de demain. « Depuis longtemps, l’humanité cherche à garder des traces inaltérables et ordonnées d’événements historiques ou de la vie quotidienne. Il s’agit d’avoir une preuve disponible pour tous que telle action...

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Elon Musk Is Once Again at the Center of a Crypto Scam

Oh boy… What is it about Elon Musk and crypto? The two always seem to attract one another whether they mean to or not, and the most recent example doesn’t put either entity in the best light. Elon Musk Is the Face of Another Crypto Scam Scammers posing as the South African entrepreneur behind billion-dollar companies such as Tesla and SpaceX are once again looking to potentially steal people’s bitcoin, and it looks like they are achieving success in some of their...

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