Bitcoin (BTC)

The topic of working COVID-19 vaccines has been widely discussed ever since the virus started spreading globally last year. Although a few have already been approved, their distribution faces difficulties and delays. This has prompted fraudsters to take advantage by promoting vaccines on the dark web and requesting up to $1,000 per dose paid via bitcoin.COVID-19 Vaccines On The Dark Web For BTCVaccines usually require years of research and testing before reaching people. However, the rapid...

With just two guesses left to decide his fate with the hard drive, the user has put it in a secure facility.Stefan Thomas, a German-born programmer, has been left in a very difficult situation after failing to guess his private keys in 8 attempts to access his Bitcoin. Thomas has 7002 Bitcoins which is around $220M in a small hard drive also called IronKey.Users of this drive have up to 10 attempts to enter their private keys to access their assets or lose them forever. According to reports,...

The largest US-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has issued a formal apology for users in the UK and the EU region. The company acknowledged that its services have been unstable because of the high number of new registrations and the latest regulatory requirements.More Users Led To Problems On CoinbaseCoinbase users located in the UK or the EU might have noticed that the services on the popular US exchange didn’t operate properly in the past two months. The platform displayed “partially...

Since she was appointed the president of the European Central Bank, Christine Lagarde has advocated for a digital euro to complement technological advancement, especially in the payment industry.Speaking at the Reuters Online event on Wednesday, European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde highlighted her thoughts on the crypto space and the digital payment system. According to Lagarde, Bitcoin is a very volatile asset that has facilitated ‘funny business’. She also noted that...

Investing in cryptocurrencies carries risks of its own. Apart from the highly volatile price, investors who store their funds on external wallets (and not exchanges) need to save and protect the information that will enable them to access the assets.In case someone loses their private keys (essentially a password for the wallet), this could spell disaster. Such could be the case with Stefan Thomas and his bitcoins worth more than $240 million.7,002 Bitcoins Could Be Forever LostThe NY Times...

On 31 December, VanEck filed a new application for the Bitcoin ETF. According to SolidX, VanEck portrayed to the world that they were still cooperating while working on the new application. Blockchain firm SolidX Partners Inc has sued its former partner, VanEck Associates Corp, a global investment management firm for suspiciously terminating their contract and filing for a Bitcoin ETF proposal which is a plagiarized version of their work. It is suspected that VanEck probably worked against...

XLM/USD – Bulls Defend Support at $0.27Key Support Levels: $0.27, $0.257, $0.224.Key Resistance Levels: $0.3, $0.325, $0.35.XLM seems to be holding strong at the $0.27 support over the past three days after it surged as high as $0.45 last week. The cryptocurrency could not break a daily candle above $0.35 and started to head lower from there. Nevertheless, it’s up about 50% since the open seven days ago and it’s now facing an important resistance.During the BTC intra-day price drop on Monday,...

Tron price failed to clear the $0.0360 resistance and declined below $0.0320 against the US Dollar.TRX price is now trading well below $0.0310 and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours).There is a key bullish trend line forming with support near $0.0280 on the 4-hours chart (data feed via Bitfinex).The pair could start a major decline if it fails to stay above the $0.0280 and $0.0270 support levels.TRON price is showing bearish signs below $0.0310 and $0.0320 against the US Dollar, similar to...

L’émission « Pour info », de la chaîne de télévision belge francophone LN24, était consacrée hier à Bitcoin et aux cryptomonnaies. Avec :– Gilles Quoistiaux, journaliste trends-tendances, auteur « Bitcoin et Cryptomonnaies, guide pratique d’un investisseur débutant »– Philippe Ledent, économiste ING– Mathieu Jamar, fondateur et gestionnaire du fon d’investissement DCY– Marc Toledo, directeur de...

Bitcoin price started a major downside correction from the $42,000 high against the US Dollar.The price is now trading well below $36,000 and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours).There is a key bullish trend line forming with support near $32,000 on the 4-hours chart of the BTC/USD pair (data feed from Coinbase).The pair must clear the $35,500 and $36,000 resistance levels to start a fresh increase.Bitcoin price is moving lower below $35,000 against the US Dollar. BTC could start a fresh...