Bitcoin (BTC)

Organisé par Chainglob, le premier meetup Bitcoin de Goma en République démocratique du Congo aura lieu le 23 janvier 2021. « L’objectif est d’avoir un cadre permanent réunissant les bitcoiners de la ville afin de parler régulièrement de sujets les plus importants qui préoccupent l’écosystème Bitcoin et de vulgariser le sujet auprès de tous ceux qui ont le souhait d’en savoir plus. En effet, le...

Bitcoin has to endure and overcome the $40,000 boundary in order to avoid a consequent major price correction. JPMorgan strategists say that otherwise, the major cryptocurrency might suffer investment outflow.The $40K Is the Key to Future Prospects for BTCAccording to a JPMorgan Chase & Co report, cited by Bloomberg, this level is an omen to more eventual losses.The major financial institution strategists led by Nikolaos Panigirtzoglou said that the cryptocurrency is at risk of further...

Link has moved from a trading price of $12 on January 11, 2021, to a current position of $22 with a market cap of near $9 billion.Chainlink has cemented its name among the top ten highest-ranked cryptocurrencies by market cap after overtaking Stellar Lumen and Bitcoin Cash to reach the 8th position before slipping back to 9th by a small margin. The oracle-based blockchain protocol grabbed headlines in 2020 after coming from a very low price point to trade in the double-digit price zone. Link...

Iranian authorities have confiscated 45,000 bitcoin mining rigs that used subsidized electricity to mine the cryptocurrency. This is yet another considerable seizure in the Middle East country, which has experienced frequent blackouts that the government blamed on BTC mining.45,000 BTC Mining Machines Confiscated In IranLocal media outlets reported that the police had seized about 45,000 rigs that consumed 95 megawatts per hour (MWh) of electricity at lower prices.Head of the country’s...

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Stellar lumen price rallied significantly towards $0.4000 before correcting lower against the US Dollar.XLM price is now consolidating above $0.2600 and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours).There is a crucial contracting triangle forming with resistance near $0.3130 on the 4-hours chart (data feed via Kraken).The pair could either correct further to $0.2200 or it might start a fresh rally above $0.3200.Stellar lumen price is trading in a bullish zone above $0.2600 against the US Dollar,...

BTC’s somewhat adverse weekend ended with the asset bottoming below $34,000, but bitcoin has bounced off since then and topped $36,000. New all-time highs for Binance Coin and Chainlink have helped the market cap to conquer the coveted $1 trillion level again.Bitcoin Tops $36KThe primary cryptocurrency was riding high above $38,000 before the weekend, but the bears didn’t allow any further increases. Just the opposite, they drove BTC’s price south on a few occasions.The asset dipped to...

In its annual report on the developments within the cryptocurrency field, the popular monitoring resource CoinGecko asserted that the top 30 coins by market cap added on average 300% in 2020. Moreover, the paper noted that the most widely-used stablecoins had neared $30 billion in circulation after a 440% surge.2020: Best Price PerformersCoinGecko’s report noted that the market caps of the top 30 cryptocurrency assets grew by $552 billion (308%) in 2020. Thus, last year’s results have...

It’s hard to believe that after nearly seven years of waiting, there are still many traders and individuals who have not garnered what’s rightfully theirs from Mt. Gox, the now defunct cryptocurrency trading platform in Japan.Mt. Gox Victims Can Now Get Their MoneyHowever, after all this time, it looks like many creditors are finally going to get access to the funds that have been locked up for so long following the company’s bankruptcy filing.Mt. Gox is widely considered one of the worst...

Over the past few months, bitcoin has been enjoying a historic bull run like no other. The asset has reached $40,000 in certain weeks, and as a result, we have been hearing several different narratives discussing what could potentially be making the asset spike to such an extent.Bitcoin May Not Be What We’ve AssumedOne of the most common arguments we’ve been hearing is that institutions are now seeing bitcoin in a much more positive light. They believe that bitcoin is a hedge tool of sorts...