Bitcoin (BTC)

It seems that Elon Musk is not the nice guy on the neighborhood aymore. Instead, people could be getting tired of his tweets —or maybe the losses after the flash crash following his claims that Bitcoin was dangerous for the environment were the last straw for many cryptocurrency enthusiasts who are no longer afraid to criticize him. Recently Elon became the trolled troll of Crypto Twitter. Just moments after he tried to mock Michael Saylor, the CEO of Tesla received so much...

Elliptic (a British blockchain security & analytics company) successfully traced DarkSide’s primary Bitcoin address, which contained over $90M in payments from 47 different victims. Ransomware As a Service – a Twisted Model DarkSide designs, creates and markets ransomware software to be sold to other cybercriminals who are able to locate the best targets. This type of software has the ability to lock down an entire system, making files and features on it inaccessible...

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Journal de 20h00 du 20 mai 2021 sur France 2. L’article Bitcoin sur France 2 est apparu en premier sur bitcoin.fr.

Jim Cramer is not too happy about how much power Elon Musk has in the crypto community. Jim Cramer Doesn’t Like How Much Power Elon Musk Has His attitude stems from recent events in which Musk was alleged to have caused a serious backtracking of bitcoin’s price. The currency had been trading for a new all-time high of nearly $64,000 throughout the month of April. However, bitcoin is now trading for just over $43,000 per unit, thereby constituting a loss of more than...

All transactions above $10,000 now have to be reported to the IRS for documentation and taxation purposes. This comes right after a major market-wide correction which saw the price of bitcoin tumbling down to $30K. IRS Doubles Down The IRS will be expanded with an $80B package aiming to increase their manpower and resources. Individuals and businesses dealing in cryptocurrency will be subject to a higher level of scrutiny, given that the Treasury believes cryptocurrency...

The Australian Financial Services Minister – Jane Hume – warned cryptocurrency investors to beware of the risks in the market. She sounded a note of caution to the public after the prices of most digital assets collapsed significantly yesterday. However, Hume outlined their future importance. ‘They Are Volatile And High-Risk Assets’ Following the recent bloodbath, many of the cryptocurrencies are now far away from their highs. For example, Bitcoin itself lost a major chunk of...

Electric car company Fisker Inc. is taking a page out of Tesla’s book and is giving a big thumbs down to the idea of bitcoin payments, claiming it will not be accepting the world’s largest and most popular cryptocurrency by market cap anytime soon for goods and services. Fisker Says “No” To BTC Tesla announced a few weeks ago that the company would be accepting bitcoin for items it produced. Customers could literally walk into a dealership then choose the car they liked...

Elon Musk and Tesla have been in the news a lot as of late, primarily for their roles in the bitcoin community. Just a few days ago, it was widely speculated that Elon Musk was potentially looking into selling all his bitcoins and that he may part ways with his stash. However, while nothing can be said for his personal crypto collection, Musk has assured his social media followers and crypto fans everywhere that Tesla has not parted with any of its digital assets. Elon...

Bitcoin and the rest of the market tanked yesterday. Red was all over the place with double-digit drops across all charts. In BTC’s case, this nosedive came as a continuation of larger retracement that started after the all-time high in April at $65,000. However, how does this correction compare to others? Mid-2021 Correction: What Happened? Before heading into the most recent price developments, it’s worth exploring what transpired before the market got there. In short,...