Bitcoin (BTC)

The CME is set to launch micro Bitcoin futures in May. The new investment tool aims to include sidelined clients and ensure more precision, risk management and choice. In an aim to bring in new clientele, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) announced on Tuesday its plans to launch micro Bitcoin futures. The firm plans to go live with this as early as May 03 pending regulatory approval. The CME noted that the futures will be sized at one-tenth of Bitcoin and will be settled with cash.Tim...

Customers of Chipotle Mexican Grill (or simply Chipotle) will be able to participate in a special promo that can get them a free burrito or up to $25,000 in bitcoin. All they have to do is guess a six-digit code that resembles a lost treasure worth hundreds of millions of dollars in BTC. Bitcoin or Burrito? Although most people associate April 1st as being the international Fool’s Day, that particular date has another meaning in the US – it’s the National Burrito Day. To...

Bitcoin went through a sudden crash in today’s European morning trading session, losing around $3,000 of its dollar value in less than an hour. As it’s almost always the case, this caused a serious wave of liquidations throughout the entire market, with over $600 million of leveraged positions wiped out. In the past hour, data shows that there are over $600 million liquidations – both long and short. The overwhelming majority of liquidations were long positions, accounting...

Tron price started a fresh increase from the $0.0540 support zone against the US Dollar. TRX price is now trading above the $0.0650 support and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There was a break above a major contracting triangle with resistance near $0.0670 on the 4-hours chart (data feed via Bitfinex). The pair is likely to accelerate higher if it clears the $0.0690 and $0.0700 resistance levels in the near term. TRON price is trading in a positive zone above...

Le constructeur automobile Tesla a récemment révélé une vulnérabilité critique dans le code du processeur de paiement Bitcoin open source BTCPay Server et a aidé l’équipe de développement à corriger la faille. « Nous tenons à remercier @teslamotors pour cette divulgation responsable, pour nous avoir aidés à remédier à la situation et pour sa gestion professionnelle de la situation. Nous tenons...

PayPal a annoncé hier que les clients qui détiennent du bitcoin, de l’ether, du bitcoin cash et du litecoin sur leur compte PayPal pourront bientôt effectuer des achats parmi les 29 millions de commerçants partenaires par une conversion automatique et annoncée sans frais (mais à un taux de conversion défini par PayPal) en monnaie locale.  « C’est la première fois que vous pouvez utiliser de...

Bitcoin price started a fresh increase from the $55,000 support zone against the US Dollar. The price is now trading above the $57,000 support and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There was a break above a major bearish trend line with resistance near $56,000 on the 4-hours chart of the BTC/USD pair (data feed from Coinbase). The pair is likely to continue higher towards $60,000 and $61,500 in the near term. Bitcoin price is showing positive signs above $57,000...

Lolli – a rewards programs that provides shoppers with bitcoin granted they do business at certain retailers – has closed a $5 million funding round. Lolli Has Gotten a Lot of Money The event took place Wednesday of last week as part of a Pre-Series A funding series. It was led by Alexis Ohanian’s venture capital fund Seven-Seven Six, while figures such as Cody Ko and Casey Neistat – the creators of YouTube – also took part. Further investments came by way of companies...

Ray Dalio has become a bitcoin fan in recent months. Following the cryptocurrency’s meteoric surge beyond $50,000, the economist from Bridgewater Associates believes that the currency is making serious waves in the financial industry. Why then does he suddenly feel it’s at risk of getting banned? Ray Dalio: The Government May Try to Outlaw Bitcoin In a recent interview, Dalio claimed that bitcoin could incur the same “outlaw status” that gold did in the early 1930s, and...

A global open-source hybrid blockchain protocol, eXchange inFinite (XinFin), has partnered with the enterprise software firm R3. As a result, the latter’s DLT-based platform Corda will use the XDC token as the primary settlement coin. The Bridge Between R3’s Corda and Blockchain Networks In a press release shared with CryptoPotato, both parties announced the collaboration, which will establish a bridge between R3’s Corda network and other blockchain platforms. Described as a...