Bitcoin (BTC)

Yesterday, the United States’ Department of Justice filed a complaint to seize 280 cryptocurrency accounts operated by notorious North Korean hackers. They allegedly stole millions of dollars worth of crypto assets from two cryptocurrency exchanges and also sought the help of Chinese OTC traders to launder the funds.US DOJ Moves To Seize Cryptocurrency Accounts of North Korean HackersIn a civil forfeiture complaint, America’s apex house of justice moved to disrupt the nexus between North...

The number of digital wallets containing more than 1,000 bitcoin units has grown to an all-time high. According to the Bitcoin Rich List, roughly 2,190 separate wallets contain 1,000 units of bitcoin or more each, which makes sense considering the circumstances that have surrounded the world’s most popular – and largest – cryptocurrency by market cap as of late.A High Number of Growing Bitcoin WalletsAs it stands, more and more people are beginning to view bitcoin in a positive light. In...

Bitcoin had a rather unproductive week of trading as it declined from about $17,750 to where it’s currently at $11,500, losing about 2% in the process.However, the last seven days were not without their highlights. Just yesterday, the US Federal Reserve’s Chairman, Jerome Powell, announced a historic shift in the institution’s approach towards inflation average targeting, and the markets reacted. Bitcoin shot up from about $11,300 to $11,600, following gold and silver, as well as stocks. The...

Traduction d’un message posté sur le forum Bitcointalk le 19 mars 2013, par le cryptographe Hal Finney décédé le 28 août 2014, il y a six ans aujourd’hui, de la maladie de Charcot   : « Je vais vous parler des quatre dernières années, une période riche en événements pour le Bitcoin et moi.  Pour ceux qui ne me connaissent pas, je suis Hal Finney. J’ai débuté en crypto en travaillant sur une version antérieure de PGP, en étroite...

Another instance of bitcoin crime is in the books. This time, the culprit is potentially a Russian man named Egor Igorevich Kriuchkov who sought to pay the employee of a Nevada-based company $1 million in bitcoin to install malware onto the company’s network.Kriuchkov Is Currently Being Held to Await TrialKriuchkov entered the United States on a tourist visa and through a Russian passport. He initially met with the employee of the company several times before initiating the plan, according to...

The last couple of weeks have been nothing short of intense on the cryptocurrency market. For the first time since 2016, an altcoin flipped Bitcoin’s price as YFI traded above 1 BTC.Polkadot (DOT) is currently all the rage as all eyes are turned on the project and its native cryptocurrency. Data from CoinGecko suggests that it’s the most trending coin over the past seven days, followed closely by several DeFi coins such as Mantra DAO, YF Value, and YF Link.Polkadot (DOT) Dominates Recent...

BitcoinBitcoin saw a small 4% price drop this week as it headed into the $11,300 support (downside 1.272 Fib Extension). During the week, the coin broke beneath the August rising trend line. The bulls attempted to recover, but the previous support flipped into resistance and the buyers failed to overcome it.On Tuesday, Bitcoin plummeted by 6% from $11,770 to a low of $11,150 (.382 Fib Retracement). Luckily, the bulls pushed higher to close the daily candle above the $11,300 support (downside...

There is a potential for a new Bitcoin price run as the U.S. dollar currency index (DXY) has dipped to a new low of 92.28.Days after Tyler Winklevoss, co-founder of Gemini exchange said that the Federal Reserve under Chairman Jerome Powell is the biggest booster of Bitcoin’s (BTC) price, Andy Yee, senior director of public policy at Visa has made a new case capable of contributing to the long-predicted Bitcoin price’s bullish run.These comments are as a function of the speech by Chairman...

A lot of people still have some prejudges against cryptocurrencies. They believe that cryptos are the roots of financial evil. However, step by step this myth is being broken.Good things are happening all over the wonderful world of crypto. A lot of great progress has been made lately. But even now there’s still skepticism left about all things to do with crypto (especially with the older generation). Bitcoin=MLM=Casino=PonziCoin. Right?Like all revolutionary inventions, Bitcoin has seen its...

SBI FX Trade will become the first forex exchange firm in Japan to support CFD trading for cryptos, including BTC, ETH and XRP.The latest reports indicate that the Japanese financial giant SBI Holdings wants to launch contract-for-difference (CFD) trading for major cryptocurrencies. Starting on August 31, SBI will begin CFD trading services for crypto assets including Bitcoin (BTC), XRP, and Ethereum (ETH).Based on the official announcement, this new service will be offered via SBI’s foreign...