Bitcoin (BTC)

Most alternative coins have resumed their recent bull run, including double-digit increases on behalf of most of the large-caps, including Bitcoin Cash, Bitcoin SV, Chainlink (LINK), Ripple, Litecoin, and Cardano. The second-largest, Ethereum, has also surged to new highs and has come about $100 away from the 2018 record of $1,450.Simultaneously, BTC has stalled slightly around the $41,000 mark, and its dominance over the market has reduced to 68.5%.Exploding Alts: Ethereum Nearing...

La difficulté de minage de Bitcoin a battu hier un nouveau sommet, dépassant de 3% le précédent record d’octobre 2020. Avec l’envolée du cours de ces dernières semaines, le minage est devenu, pour un temps au moins, une activité très profitable. Il faudra en effet beaucoup de temps pour que les infrastructures se développent et que la puissance de calcul s’ajuste au nouveau taux de change du bitcoin....

Bitcoin has been surging as of late. At the time of writing, the world’s number one digital currency by market cap has jumped beyond the $40,000 price for the second time this month, but according to billionaire investor Chamath Palihapitiya, the currency is just getting started, and $40,000 is nothing compared to where he believes it will go within the next five to ten years.Chamath Palihapitiya: Bitcoin Will Hit $200,000 Within the Next DecadeIn a recent interview with CNBC, Palihapitiya...

Bill Miller – a value investor – is one of just many people who appear to have changed their tune on bitcoin. It used to be that bitcoin was an extremely worrisome, potentially even dangerous asset to invest in given how volatile it was. It used to be that bitcoin was a currency that was widely vulnerable to outside market influence and that could easily be manipulated.Bill Miller on Bitcoin – When It Gets Bigger, the Risk Goes DownHowever, Miller has said that every time bitcoin strives for...

It has been less than three years since one of the most celebrated traditional investors, Warren Buffett, famously called bitcoin “rat poison squared.” While he envisioned the cryptocurrency’s demise at the time, BTC has so far survived, surged by over 300%, and its market capitalization has surpassed that of Buffett’s company – Berkshire Hathaway.The Rat Poison That Ate Buffett’s CompanyThe year was 2018, bitcoin had just started to cool off after its parabolic price increase that led to...

The bitcoin price has hit $40,000 for the second time this month. While technically the asset had done so during yesterday’s early morning hours, the currency ultimately underwent a bit of a correction later in the day that brought it down into the $39,000 range.Bitcoin Strikes the $40K AnvilNow, however, bitcoin has hit $40K again and it looks like it’s aiming to stay there. In just the last 12 months alone, the bitcoin price has managed to grow by a whopping 400 percent.Many analysts have...

A recent report informed of a new type of malicious operation that has been active for over a year and has targeted thousands of cryptocurrency users. Dubbed ElectroRAT, it’s written from scratch to work on various operating systems and promoted via dedicated forums and marketing campaigns.A New Threat For Crypto UsersThe cybersecurity company Intezer issued a report describing the latest threat for cryptocurrency users. It reads that the firm discovered the operation in December 2020, but it...

Emission LA BULLE ÉCONOMIQUE présentée par Marie Viennot sur France Culture – 9 Janvier 2021. « Ils sont nombreux à prédire qu’un jour le Bitcoin ne vaudra rien. Mais pour le moment la crypto-monnaie poursuit son ascension fulgurante.  90 dollars en 2013, 9000 début 2020, plus de 40 000 dollars cette semaine (ici pour suivre son cours actuel), 146 000 dollars à long terme parie la banque JP Morgan après avoir longtemps dénigré la première des crypto-monnaies.  Pourquoi une telle...

Der BTC hat die Marke von 40.000 US-Dollar überschritten. Dort traf er auf leichten Widerstand. Doch die Rallye ist noch nicht vorbei. Einige Analysten sehen sogar einen Preis von 100.000 US-Dollar am Horizont – und das schon in wenigen Wochen. Bitcoin News: Wankender US-Dollar könnte Bitcoin zur 6-Stelligkeit führenDie Ausschreitungen in den USA haben in dieser Woche gezeigt, dass die politische Lage angespannter ist, als viele gedacht hatten. Erst am 20. Januar wird der neue US-Präsident...

Social Capital CEO Chamath Palihapitiya sees bitcoin eventually expanding into a six-digit price territory. The former Facebook executive also doubled-down on his belief that BTC is an insurance policy that will thrive in the current times of economic uncertainty, but it will grow to something “much more important.”$200K Per Bitcoin; PalihapitiyaThe founder of the venture capital firm Social Capital has been a long time bitcoin supporter. He admitted last year that his first BTC purchase came...