Bitcoin (BTC)

Bakkt, the Bitcoin futures platform owned and operated by Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), is reportedly planning to go public after a merger with the Chicago-based blank-check company VPC Impact Acquisition Holdings.Bakkt To Go Public?By citing “people with knowledge of the matter,” Bloomberg reported the news earlier, saying that the Bitcoin futures platform is already in talks with VPC Impact Acquisition Holdings.Should both parties indeed proceed with the deal, the sources estimated that...

Bitcoin’s highly volatile price performance continued in the past 24 hours after breaking above $40,000 to a new all-time high and a subsequent massive drop beneath $37,000. Most alternative coins have retraced following the latest rally and have increased BTC’s dominance to about 70%.Bitcoin Falls After The $40K ATHApart from a brief dip beneath $29,000 on Monday, the primary cryptocurrency has been on a roll since the start of the year. Bitcoin bounced off immediately from the drop,...

« Face à cette volatilité pour le moins démentielle, il faut bien trouver une explication. Et si, comme d’habitude, les médias généralistes aiment à s’interroger sur le “pourquoi ça monte” à mesure que le Bitcoin bat ses records, c’est qu’ils sont sûrs de trouver des commentateurs qui sachont, évidemment. Alors oui, certes, dans la cryptosphère, on a plutôt tendance à vous alerter sur le fait que le...

Bitcoin cash price started a strong increase above the $400 resistance against the US Dollar.The price surged towards the $500 resistance and settled well above the 55 simple moving average (4-hours).There is a key rising channel forming with support near $420 on the 4-hours chart of the BCH/USD pair (data feed from Coinbase).The pair could start a fresh increase as long as it is above the $420 and $400 levels in the near term.Bitcoin cash price started a strong increase above $400 against...

Bitcoin is currently trading at around $38,200 as it pulls back slightly after blasting past $40,000 during late trading on Thursday, January 7. At current prices, the asset is up 33% since the same time last week and it still doesn’t look like it is ready to correct yet.Looking at centralized exchange movements could indicate when the inevitable correction will occur and eToro’s Mati Greenspan has observed that Bitcoin volumes across exchanges have just doubled its previous all-time...

Il y a trois ans exactement l’ancienne star de la téléréalité Nabilla Benattia vantait les mérites du bitcoin sur son compte Snapshat. Plus exactement elle faisait la promotion d’une obscure société de trading andorrane, apporteur d’affaires de la plateforme eToro : « Les chéris, je sais pas si vous avez entendu parler du bitcoin, genre cette sorte de nouvelle monnaie virtuelle… Et en fait je connais l’une des filles qui travaillent...

Dans une large mesure, les seuls points qui comptent vraiment pour mesurer le succès de Bitcoin sont l’usage qui en est fait et ce qu’en pensent décideurs et prescripteurs. Or l’usage de Bitcoin ne fait qu’augmenter et se démocratiser, tandis que l’année 2020, aux Etats-Unis au moins, s’est caractérisée par un changement de narratif très positif à l’endroit de Bitcoin. Article de Cyril Fievet à...

Singapore has announced plans to regulate all cryptocurrency activity from here on out.Singapore to Oversee All Crypto BusinessesThe Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has issued new guidance on crypto usage and states that all companies that engage in crypto transactions or offer crypto trading and custody services will have to garner a license through the Payment Services Act. This new rule was passed in early January of this year. The idea is to put a halt on all crypto-related...

Allzeithoch oder All Time High: Der Wert des Bitcoin ist heute erstmals auf über 40’000 US-Dollar gestiegen. Am Donnerstagabend wurde die Kryptowährung zeitweise für 40’380 Dollar gehandelt. Damit stieg der Bitcoin-Wert binnen nur fünf Tagen um 10’000 Dollar. Am Samstag hatte der Wert der Kryptowährung erstmals die Schwelle von 30’000 Dollar überschritten. Ab sofort ein Billionen-Markt Vor allem der...

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has published a new letter stating that banks are now permitted to utilize stable coins to perform what the letter refers to as “bank-permissible functions” including, but not limited to, payment activities.Stable Coins Are Headed for the TopIn other words, banks may now use and accept stable coins as means of payment, as can their customers. This is a huge step forward in what cryptocurrency was initially designed for; to be used as a...