Bitcoin (BTC)

JPMorgan strategists have supported the narrative that Bitcoin is in a liquidity crisis. However, instead of highlighting it as a potential catalyst for further price increases, they warned that the asset could experience a sharp price drop just as quickly. The primary cryptocurrency reached yet another record during the weekend with a new all-time high of $58,400 (on Bitstamp). However, the price corrected somewhat sharply, and BTC lost over $4,000 of value in a matter of hours and dipped to...

« Tandis que Christine Lagarde, la présidente de la BCE, et Janet Yellen, ex-présidente de la Fed et actuelle secrétaire au Trésor américain, s’inquiètent de l’utilisation des cryptomonnaies pour le financement d’activités criminelles, le gouverneur de la banque de France, François Villeroy de Galhau, ironise sur la frénésie qui s’est emparée des acheteurs. « Les arbres ne montent jamais au ciel », fait-il valoir dans une interview...

Stellar lumen price failed to settle above $0.5500 and corrected lower against the US Dollar.XLM price is now trading well below $0.5200 and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours).There was a break below a major bullish trend line with support near $0.5000 on the 4-hours chart (data feed via Kraken).The pair could continue to move down towards the $0.4400 and $0.4200 support levels.Stellar lumen price is correcting gains below $0.5000 against the US Dollar, while bitcoin remains strong. XLM...

Bitcoin may be hogging all the spotlight as of late, but we cannot discount some of the smaller competing altcoins that also call the crypto space home. One of those altcoins is Ethereum, the second-largest cryptocurrency by market cap and the number one competitor to bitcoin. At the time of writing, Ethereum has hit a new all-time high of more than $1,900 per unit, and the asset appears to be on a serious roll.Ethereum Has Surged Like No Other CoinBitcoin doing well is typically good news...

Bitcoin surged by a solid $2,500 so far today, gaining almost 5% in value. This allowed the cryptocurrency to break resistance at $56K, surpassing $58K to set a new all-time high.The primary cryptocurrency had been trading within an ascending price channel for the entire month of February. On Friday, Bitcoin had surged by 8.5% as it broke past the previous resistance at $52,365 to smash the upper boundary of the marked price channel, reaching the resistance level at $56,112 (1.414 Fib...

Bitcoin is doing extremely well as of late, but that’s not changing the minds of certain financial firms and individuals. Among today’s bitcoin doubters is Bill Gates, the software mogul known for creating Microsoft programs.Bill Gates Thinks the World Doesn’t Need BTCIn a recent tweet, Gates puts on an attitude of indifference towards bitcoin, the world’s number one cryptocurrency by market cap. The message reads:I don’t own bitcoin. I’m not short bitcoin, so I’ve taken a neutral view. I do...

Bitcoin has been doing extremely well as of late, but that’s not stopping financial giants from viewing it in a bad light. One of those doubters is JPMorgan, who recently claimed in a new report that bitcoin was never going to hit $40,000 again. The world’s number one digital currency by market cap ultimately proved the company wrong and is trading for more than $52,000 per unit at the time of writing.JPMorgan Thinks Things Will Go Wrong with BTCNow, JPMorgan has issued a statement claiming...

This week was very interesting in the cryptocurrency market. Many things happened. Bitcoin reached a new all-time high, but so did a lot of other cryptocurrencies.All of the top picks we wrote about last week performed very well amid the booming bull market, and today we take a look at the top 5 altcoins that are worth paying attention to in the next seven days. Let’s have a look.Ethereum (ETH)Ethereum saw a very nice increase in the past seven days. In fact, it managed to break the coveted...

Japanese financial conglomerate SBI Holdings revealed that it was planning to establish a joint cryptocurrency venture that would serve as one of the company’s key earners.SBI Expanding Crypto ServicesAccording to Reuters on Monday (Feb. 15, 2021), SBI’s founder and CEO, Yoshitaka Kitao, the company was discussing with international financial firms to set up the new crypto business. The latest development was part of SBI’s plans to expand its crypto business.The company has been active in the...

Avec : Paul ADW, entrepreneur et bitcoiner. « Dans cet épisode, Paul va nous parler un peu de son parcours puis nous allons échanger sur l’application Strike qui va bientôt arriver en Europe et permettre à tous d’envoyer de l’argent sans frais et instantanément via la Lightning Network mais sans la complexité associée. «  Réalisation : Univers Bitcoin, « podcast crypto francophone où l’on parle des fondamentaux du bitcoin mais pas que… » A retrouver sur :–...