Bitcoin (BTC)

Despite briefly crashing to beneath $4,000 during the mid-March liquidity crisis, bitcoin has been on a tear through 2020. The last quarter of the year has turned out to be exceptionally bullish for the cryptocurrency as it more than doubled in value, broke the coveted $20,000 level, and painted a new all-time high slightly above $24,000.Being adopted from institutions, celebrated investors, and regarded by mass media as an alternative to gold, the primary cryptocurrency has become one of the...

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Bitcoin has hit a new all-time high. Just 24 hours after shooting beyond the $20,000 mark, the world’s number one digital currency by market cap has surged to $22,700, roughly $2,000 higher than where it stood just 24 hours ago.Bitcoin Is Growing Like Never BeforeThe currency has been on a serious surge over the past few weeks. Considering the asset was, at one point in mid-March, trapped below the $4,000 for a brief period, the currency has added close to $20,000 to its price in just nine...

Coinbase is filing an IPO (initial public offering). The largest cryptocurrency exchange in the United States has decided to go public right as bitcoin is hitting a new high of roughly $22,700 at the time of writing prompted by growing institutional investor interest.Coinbase Is Hitting the Big TimeThe company has filed the appropriate paperwork with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The governing agency is now engaged in reviewing the documents to ensure all is in order before...

Elon Musk, the CEO of two of the most discussed companies in the past years, SpaceX and Tesla, is doing rounds with the cryptocurrency community today.Earlier today, the high-ranked executive and multi-billionaire said that Bitcoin is his safe word in a context that not a lot of people understand. Nevertheless, what followed was a heated discussion and plenty of speculations coming from many members of the cryptocurrency community.Elon Musk Asks Michael Saylor About BitcoinToday has been an...

Yesterday, bitcoin’s price set another all-time high, this time at $24,200 (Bitstamp). Nine days ago, the daily low was $17,565. Since hitting that level, the primary cryptocurrency had gone through a fantastic journey of eight consecutive daily green candles.This is the longest period of consecutive daily green candles since June 2019’s bull run (8 candles). If today’s candle will close above $23,840, though a green candle, this will become the longest period since October 2013.Back then,...

A la fin de l’année 2014 nous avions demandé à nos lecteurs de choisir, à partir d’une liste qu’ils avaient eux-mêmes établie, les personnalités françaises qui avaient le plus fortement contribué au développement de Bitcoin cette année-là. Avec l’ouverture de la Maison du Bitcoin et la création de Ledger, c’est Eric Larchevèque qui était alors arrivé en tête de ce classement. Cryptodidacte a lancé...

Bitcoin has become a part of the mainstream media. While it might have been odd to tweet and discuss bitcoin a few years back, throughout the past few months, we saw a growing number of some of the most influential figures and companies talk about it.Elon Musk is a veteran Bitcoin commentator, and he’s also known to comment on some other cryptocurrencies, though it’s been a while since he last tweeted something about BTC.Today, at the peak of a calm weekend, Musk tweeted the following:Bitcoin...

Following another consecutive all-time high, this time above $24,000, bitcoin retraced to about $23,500. Some large-cap altcoins such as Binance Coin and Litecoin have doubled-down on their recent gains, with BNB nearing $35 and LTC painting a new yearly high of over $120.BTC’s New ATH And The Subsequent RetracementAfter the highly volatile bullish week that resulted in breaking above $20,000 and a new all-time high of nearly $24,000, bitcoin took a little break, showing signs of...

Robert Kiyosaki – the famed author of the bestselling book “Rich Dad, Poor Dad” – is at it again when it comes to bitcoin. In a recent interview, he commented that the price of the world’s number one digital currency by market cap will soon reach a whopping $50,000 per unit sometime next year.Kiyosaki is Pushing BTC Once AgainKiyosaki has always been a big bitcoin and cryptocurrency fan. In the past, he’s commented that the digital currency could potentially make gold and real estate...