Bitcoin (BTC)

During a recent interview with Bloomberg, the prominent BTC bull spoke about the adverse short-term effects of China’s recent crackdown on Bitcoin mining. While he acknowledged the hash rate and price declines, Saylor believes this ‘mistake’ from the Asian country will provide an excellent opportunity for others. As CryptoPotato reported previously, the world’s most populated nation intensified its crackdown on the cryptocurrency space this year. More specifically, the Asian...

Organisé par l’Adan, le Crypto Finance Forum se tiendra le 19 juillet 2021 à la Maison de la Mutualité à Paris à la veille de la 4e édition d’EthCC Week. « Crypto Finance Forum est un lieu d’échange entre les acteurs du secteur crypto, les entreprises et startups, les décideurs et les autorités. Organisée par l’Adan, cette conférence souligne l’innovation et le potentiel de croissance portés par...

Bitcoin has been crashing as of late, and for many people, the main reason has to do with Elon Musk. Last month, the South African entrepreneur announced that he was rescinding a decision that his electric car company Tesla was going to accept bitcoin-based payments for goods and services. It’s Hard to Know What Elon Musk Was Thinking This was a hard blow for many traders given that this would have sent bitcoin spinning into a wild price frenzy. In addition, it would...

As one of the world’s largest brokers of jewelry and fine art, Sotheby’s is preparing to auction off a massive 100 carat diamond. What is the big clincher? Bidders can potentially purchase the item with cryptocurrency. Sotheby’s Will Sell You a Diamond for BTC Known as Key 10138, the diamond in question is pear shaped and nearly flawless in its crystal-like design. It is extremely rare to come across a diamond with so many carats, though it seems like Sotheby’s has done...

As bitcoin is the number one digital currency in the world, it is easy to simply direct all of one’s attention to the asset as it continues to slump like it never has before. After reaching an all-time high of more than $64,000 per unit in April of this year, the currency has since lost more than half its value and is now trading for about $29,500 at the time of writing. It’s Not Just Bitcoin That Has Taken a Dive However, bitcoin is not the only cryptocurrency that is...

With the development and popularization of the anonymous Utopia P2P ecosystem, the Crypton can become one of the main cryptocurrencies, displacing Bitcoin and even the eco-friendly Chia coin.It’s not so easy to start mining cryptocurrency – you need to have the equipment (computer or ASIC) and reasonably fast internet, register an e-wallet, join the pool of miners (without this, the chances of earning tend to be zero), and register on an online crypto exchange.But do not forget that mining...

Unfortunately, it was another challenging week in the cryptocurrency market, though this can only be said about the developments in terms of price. Elsewhere – adoption seems to be booming, especially when it comes to Bitcoin. Starting off with the price – bitcoin is currently trading at around $33,000, down about 13% in the past seven days. The cryptocurrency started off relatively flat, but on Monday, things took a turn for the worse, as BTC dropped from $36K down to $32K....

Reçus dans l’émission « L’Instant de Luxe » sur la chaîne thématique Non Stop People, les frères Bogdanoff ont expliqué très sérieusement leur « implication » dans la naissance de Bitcoin et comment ils ont reçu, dès 2008 – soit avant la création du premier bloc, les deux premiers bitcoins… qui étaient bien sûr en métal. Dans la foulée de ce succès, les deux philanthropes annoncent, sans le...

The humorous banter resulted in Dorsey inviting Musk to an open B word event stating that he can have all his “curiosities” sorted there.Twitter and Square CEO Jack Dorsey was seen endorsing Bitcoin in a recent tweet that attracted the attention of Tesla‘s Elon Musk which resulted in a humorous Twitter banter about the B Word event to destigmatize bitcoin trading. Jack Dorsey tweeted in response to an event hosted by B Word Initiative, an organization that works to streamline the importance...

Le président du Salvador a précisé aujourd’hui les modalités d’application de la « loi Bitcoin » entrera en vigueur le 7 septembre 2021. Il a notamment annoncé que tous les Salvadoriens recevront 30$ de bitcoin (soit 90000 satoshis environ au cours actuel), à condition d’installer la future application Bitcoin du gouvernement. Baptisée Chivo, ce « Bitcoin wallet » permettra d’effectuer des...