Bitcoin (BTC)

Poloniex exchange has announced Binance Coin (BNB) & Binance USD (BUSD) stablecoin to be available for trading on the veteran exchange.As of writing these lines, BNB & BUSD wallets are now open for deposits, and users can trade BNB/USDT, BNB/TRX, BUSD/USDT, BNB/BUSD, BTC/BUSD, and BTC/BNB. Notably, this will be the first BNB/TRX pair outside of Binance. Did anyone say Justin Sun?BUSD and BNB’s Rise In PopularityBUSD is a Price-stable, USD-pegged digital asset that was launched in...

« Je suis tombé sur le Bitcoin en mi-2012 et, tout de suite, ça a cliqué. Je me suis dit “ce truc coche toutes les cases”, c’est-à-dire qu’il a réussi, là où d’autres avaient tenté, à faire des choses avec de la cryptographie grâce à l’ajout d’une dynamique de théorie des jeux, une dynamique économique. Dans ma tête, un système qui tourne avec la cupidité – un des principaux moteurs pour faire...

Le portefeuille électronique Bitcoin open-source et non custodial Wasabi est suffisamment populaire pour attirer l’attention de la European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol), l’agence de l’Union européenne chargée de l’application de la loi basée à La Haye. Dans un rapport en deux parties destiné aux « forces de l’ordre uniquement », l’un daté d’avril et l’autre de mai 2020, le Centre européen de lutte contre la...

Recently, it was reported that the bitcoin price briefly rose above $10K, only to lose about $600 just a few moments later. It appears this move has had monster-sized effect on BitMEX, a trading exchange based in Seychelles in Africa.BitMEX Sees Heavy Buy Liquidations Following the BTC SpikeThis move ultimately caused approximately $133 million of buy liquidations on the trading platform. This is the highest number since October of last year. Buy liquidations occur when those taking part in a...

Bloomberg is predicting that the rest of the year for bitcoin will be quite solid.Bloomberg: BTC Should Keep on SpikingThe publication has issued a report stating that something would need to go “really wrong” for bitcoin to come crashing down the way it did in 2018. While the world of bitcoin is always very up and down, and it’s nearly impossible to predict what will happen, exactly, Bloomberg is confident that the currency is going to reach new highs by the time 2020 is ready to say...

To say that this week has been a wild ride is definitely an understatement. Bitcoin’s price went nuts and kept everyone on edge. In the span of 24 hours, BTC went to surge from $9,400 to almost $10,500 and then back to $9,400 and even lower down to $8,600 on BitMEX. This whole ordeal saw an insane amount of both short and long positions getting liquidated.Interestingly enough, all of this comes as the legacy markets are flying. The S&P 500 is up almost 6% this week alone, while Nasdaq 100...

For all the positive remarks and predictions that have emerged as of late for bitcoin, one figure is suggesting that the currency is about to come crashing down within the next two years. Crypto trader and analyst “Crypto Whale” on Twitter announced that he sees the asset’s price falling to a measly $2,000 by the end of the year.Crypto Whale: The End of 2020 Won’t Be Good for BTCCrypto Whale has introduced his followers to what he’s calling the Fermions Flow (FF) Whale Model, which allegedly...

Recently released court documents from the ongoing Ira Kleiman vs. Craig Wright trial reveal the self-proclaimed inventor of Bitcoin may also have invented an early prototype of the iPhone.In Craig Wright’s legal deposition from March 16, 2020 – released June 2 – the self-titled Satoshi Nakamoto told the opposition counsel he had used an iPhone as early as 2006. The trouble is, the first iPhone wasn’t released until June 2007.The line of questioning related to email correspondence between...

BitcoinBitcoin may have only seen a small 2.5% price surge over the last week of trading, but it was action-packed. On Monday, it surged from $9,426 and managed to rise as high as $10,430 to re-test the 2020 high.Unfortunately, it was unable to keep itself above $10,000 and dropped lower during the week to land at the $9,426 support. It has since bounced higher as it trades at $9,668.Looking ahead, if the buyers continue, the first level of resistance to overcome lies at $9,815. This is...

Ethereum’s hash rate has increased by nearly 30% since the start of 2020 to the current levels of 187,369 GH/s suggesting that miners are becoming more involved before the impending launch of Ethereum 2.0.ETH Hash Rate Rises In 2020According to data from Etherscan, ETH’s hash rate started the year at approximately 147,405 GH/s. Almost immediately it increased by 10%, and since then it has continued with the same positive trend. At the time of this writing, the hash rate is at 187,369 GH/s,...