Bitcoin (BTC)

Nouvel ajout à la liste des établissements français qui acceptent les paiements en bitcoins : S Drive, chauffeurs privés au départ des aéroports de Paris Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle, d’Orly et du Bourget. « À bord de nos véhicules de VTC, nous assurons tous vos déplacements en Île-de-France. De plus, nous proposons un service de transport toutes distances vers toute la France et bien au-delà. La...

As the price of bitcoin continues to surge this week, new arguments are emerging regarding the incredible amounts of energy bitcoin mining requires.Bitcoin Mining Needs More Energy Than EverIn the past, we have all read reports of bitcoin mining needing as much energy as what’s necessary to power Sin City (aka Las Vegas, Nevada). In addition, we have also heard that countries such as Iceland now use more energy for bitcoin mining that they do to power all their residences, but how much of all...

BTC is becoming a popular feature on the balance sheets of publicly-listed American companies, with many firms committing a significant portion of their equivalent cash balance to the largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization.Apple Should Buy Bitcoin and Create Exchange PlatformAccording to a client note quoted by Bloomberg, RBC Capital Markets, RBC Capital Markets has urged the iPhone maker to create a Bitcoin exchange platform and also acquire some of the popular cryptocurrency. As...

Ethereum – the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency by market cap and the number one competitor to bitcoin – has shot up like no other currency this week. The asset has lost much of the attention thanks to bitcoin once again rising beyond the $37,000 mark in the past few days, but it has still set a new precedent and has traders talking about what’s to become of the world’s primary altcoin.Ethereum Is Growing Like No Other CoinEthereum initially began in 2015, which makes it considerably...

Following the news about Tesla’s billion-dollar investment in bitcoin, analysts reveal that the Elon Musk-led company invested around 15% of its net cash into the flagship cryptocurrency.As reported by CryptoPotato earlier today, Tesla made headlines across the crypto verse after it invested $1.5 billion into bitcoin, as revealed in a 10k form filing with the U.S. SEC.Meanwhile, David Lawant, a Research Analyst at Bitwise Asset Management, tweeting shortly after the bitcoin investment, noted...

« Comprendre le Lightning Network est une série de courtes vidéos visant à expliquer le fonctionnement du Lightning Network de Bitcoin. Dans ce quatrième épisode, nous analysons ce qui se passe réellement en coulisse lorsqu’on transfert des fonds d’un côté à l’autre d’un canal sur le Lightning Network, avec notamment la notion de transaction d’engagement.«  Réalisation : Fanis MichalakisChaine Youtube : youtube.com/channel/UCkQn_Fk4uKa41WfQm–lKZw Episodes précédents :1....

Bitcoin a battu cet après midi un nouveau record à 37 300 € (44 900$) après qu’un rapport déposé auprès de la Securities and Exchange Commission révélait que la société Tesla avait acheté 1,5 milliard de dollars de bitcoins et projetait d’accepter les bitcoins comme moyen de paiement de ses produits « dans un proche avenir ». « En janvier 2021, nous avons mis à jour notre politique...

Bitcoin’s price exploded to new highs following Tesla’s allocation of $1.5 billion in the cryptocurrency. BTC’s dominance also increased by about 1.5% as most altcoins crashed against their leader.Bitcoin Paints A New ATH And Expands DominanceNews broke out earlier today that the electric vehicle giant Tesla had purchased a total of $1.5 billion in bitcoin. The price of the asset reacted with a sharp price increase, in which BTC added about $6,000 of value in merely minutes.This resulted in...

Today is yet another tumultuous day in the cryptocurrency market. The massive volatility, propelled by the fact that Elon Musk’s Tesla revealed a purchase of $1.5 billion in BTC, caused over $1.34 billion liquidated both long and short positions, though bulls had the upper hand.Things happen quickly in the cryptocurrency market. Bitcoin was trading rather calmly earlier today, making progress towards the $40,000 level after failing to sustain it during the weekend.However, everything changed...

Following the $1.5 billion Bitcoin purchase announcement coming from Tesla, the primary cryptocurrency saw a huge hourly surge of almost 15%: from the $39K range to a new all-time high at $44,899, according to Bitstamp.Quick recap: bitcoin surged to its previous ATH of $42,000 on the 8th day of January. From there, it started a consolidation phase as it formed a descending triangle pattern with a floor at $30,000, which held nicely as the bottom of the triangle.After a false breakout signal...