Bitcoin (BTC)

The US Department of Justice has alleged that Joseph Sullivan, the former Chief Security Officer of Uber, has covered up a 2016 hack on the company that compromised data of millions of users and drivers. According to the DOJ, Sullivan paid the hackers $100,000 in Bitcoin.Uber Former CSO Covers Up A Hack?The announcement from the DOJ informed about a recently filed complaint against Sullivan, who served as Uber’s CSO from April 2015 to November 2017. It charged him with “obstruction of justice...

Hey Informanten, willkommen zur Bitcoin-Informant Show Nr. 953. Im heutigen Video geht’s um folgende Themen: John McAfee kehrt GHOST den Rücken, Coin fällt ins Bodenlose, BtcTurk Sponsor Türkei Fussball Nationalmannschaft & Gewinner Dash Giveaway. Die heutige Show wird gesponsert von www.Switchere.com – Krypto mit Kreditkarte SOFORT verkaufen & kaufen ohne versteckte Gebühren. [embedded content] 1.) John McAfee kehrt GHOST den Rücken, Coin fällt ins...

The cryptocurrency market has recovered from some of the losses it registered in the past few days. Bitcoin is up by 1%, while some altcoins are marking impressive double and even triple-digit gains with OMG Network leading the pack.Altcoins With Massive MovesThe altcoin market became accustomed to significant fluctuations, and the past 24 hours don’t disappoint. One alt stands above all – OMG Network. OMG has exploded in value in the past few weeks and especially since yesterday, when the...

Bitcoin cash price corrected lower, but it stayed above the $280 support against the US Dollar.The price is currently recovering, and trading above the $295 level and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours).There is a key bullish trend line forming with support near $288 on the 4-hours chart of the BCH/USD pair (data feed from Coinbase).The pair must break the $305 and $310 resistance levels for a fresh increase in the near term.Bitcoin cash price is slowly moving higher towards $300 against...

Lightning Labs vient de publier la version v0.11-beta de son client Lightning LND (Lightning Network Daemon). Cette version supprime notamment le plafond des canaux qui jusque là étaient limités à 0,1677 bitcoin au maximum. « Nous avons parcouru beaucoup de chemin depuis les débuts du Lightning Network […]. Pour garder vos fonds en sécurité, la taille des canaux était jusque là limitée à un...

Hackers pulled off a successful ransomware attack on COVID-19 researchers from the University of California in San Francisco and received 116 bitcoins.Now, recently surfaced transcripts reveal how the entire operation played out.Phase One: The HackAlthough the name of the group was initially a mystery, the Bloomberg report said that the organization had a history of targeting health-care entities. Later on, a group dubbed Netwalker claimed credit for executing the ransomware attack on the...

[Featured content]The cryptocurrency space has come a long way in the past couple of years. There is a myriad of services that various companies offer, bridging the gap between digital assets and traditional financial markets.One particular field, the interest for which has skyrocketed recently are cryptocurrency-backed fiat loans. In essence, people can now use different platforms where they can use their Bitcoin and other cryptos as collateral for a fiat loan.Nebeus is a platform that...

According to one analyst, bitcoin could potentially reach a price of more than $17,000 by the end of the year.Bitcoin Hitting $17K? Chances Are Pretty GoodIn a tweet, Cane Island Alternative Advisors’ Timothy Peterson explained:Odds of bitcoin reaching $17,000 any time during the remainder of the year are about 30 percent.The only problem is that the asset would have to shoot beyond the $12,000 mark for it to reach the said price. If this doesn’t happen, we can’t expect the currency to move...

BlockFi has managed to attract new funding from investors. At the moment, BlockFi has $1.5 billion in crypto assets on its lending platform and is producing a little less than $10 million per month in revenue.New York-based Bitcoin lending firm, BlockFi announced on August 20 that it has raised $50 million in a new funding round led by Anthony Pompliano’s Morgan Creek Digital. The funding round also saw other participating investors including Valar Venture which led BlockFi’s Series A and B...

It looks like bitcoin has let everyone down again. The world’s number one cryptocurrency by market cap has taken a serious turn for the worse and fallen to $11,600 – roughly $400 less than where it was yesterday.Another Bitcoin Fall Is in the BooksThe currency has been on a serious roll after the last few weeks, rising all the way from the mid-$9,000 range to above $12,000. However, now that the currency has broken previously set resistance, the asset is seemingly taking a serious step back....