Bitcoin (BTC)

May 22, 2020, marks the tenth anniversary of the famous Bitcoin Pizza Day, in which a Florida man made the first recorded physical purchase using Bitcoin. On this day in 2010, Laszlo Hanyecz, made a mark in history after he paid 10,000 Bitcoin, which is worth millions of dollars today, for two large Papa John’s Pizzas. Hanyecz is a programmer and a Bitcoin miner who contributed to Bitcoin’s source code during the early days of the network when 1 BTC was less than a penny. 10,000 BTC Was Worth...

BitcoinBitcoin saw a 4.4% price decline over the past seven days of trading as the coin trades at $9,115. The cryptocurrency was at the $9,815 resistance level for the majority of the week as it continuously failed to close above it. Bitcoin went on to slide lower from there on Wednesday as it dropped into the $9,400 level.Yesterday, Bitcoin continued to drop further as it dipped beneath $9,000 to reach as low as $8,800. Luckily, the buyers regrouped to push the coin back above $9,000 before...

After having fallen to around $8,900, Bitcoin price now is around $9,160. Since Monday teh asset has lost over $300 of its value.Already 10 days have passed since the last Bitcoin halving occurred but the price now is still hovering around $9K. The only thing that has since skyrocketed and not come down is the BTC average transaction fee, which at the time of reporting was averaging above $6. However, its hash rate has dropped to its yearly low of around 86.985E.This is an indication that a...

The veteran Bitcoin margin trading exchange BitMEX went down for over an hour a few days ago. While the community speculated on several plausible reasons, BitMEX published a post today explaining what happened, how they can prevent similar occurrences in the future, and assuring that all customer funds are safe.Why BitMEX Went DownThe platform “experienced unscheduled downtime” on May 19th between 12:00 UTC and 13:40 UTC. In the blog post from earlier today, BitMEX explained that it was “a...

XRP surged by a total of 3.4% today as the coin breaks back above the $0.2 level.The cryptocurrency managed to rebound from the support at $0.192 (.382 Fib Retracement).Against Bitcoin, XRP is attempting to push higher after printing a fresh 2020 low at 2050 SAT earlier in the week.Key Support & Resistance LevelsXRP/USD:Support: $0.192, $0.18, $0.175.Resistance: $0.207, $0.225, $0.235.XRP/BTC:Support: 2100 SAT, 2070 SAT, 2050 SAT.Resistance: 2200 SAT, 2300 SAT, 2360 SAT.XRP/USD: Bulls...

After losing over 5% in less than 24 hours, Tezos started to show signs of weakness as sellers resume pressure.XTZ made a quick reversal after finding base support at 26000 SAT.XTZ/USD: Tezos Trying To Recover DropKey Resistance Levels: $2.89, $3.07Key Support Levels: $2.375, $2.06XTZ/USD. Source: TradingViewTezos lost over 5% to reach $2.6 over the past hours after getting rejected at the $2.89 resistance yesterday. Sellers are starting to show interest again, and it may lead to more losses...

EOS touched $2.74 after bouncing back with a 10% gain over the last 12-hoursAgainst Bitcoin, EOS price rejects sharply after attempting to break-through the 3800 SAT resistance.If EOS fails to find a rebound level at $2.6, the bears may resume pressure inside the hourly descending channel.EOS bulls continue to turn weak at resistance as buying volume decreases across its trading pairsEOS/USD: EOS Consolidating Around $2.64Key Resistance Levels: $2.74, $2.8, $2.9Key Support Levels: $2.6, $2.5,...

Alleged ISIS funding via Bitcoin is rather difficult because of the high transparency of blockchain assets, according to a recent report by Chainalysis. The paper outlines that crypto assets are quite undesirable for terrorist organizations and rebuts recent statements that ISIS might have a $300 million Bitcoin in a war chest.A “Fact-Checking” Report Says Media Might Have Kind-Of Pad Out The StoryAccording to the report, media have given too much additional attention to the recent...

Le portefeuille Bitcoin/Liquid Blockstream Green, jusqu’alors réservé aux appareils mobiles, peut désormais être installé sur un ordinateur de bureau sous Linux, Windows ou MacOS. Les nouveautés Jusqu’à présent la sécurité de Blockstream Green s’appuyait sur un multisig 2 sur 2 [1] : une clé sur l’appareil mobile et l’autre sur les serveurs de Blockstream, protégée par 2FA. Ainsi, même si appareil ou votre mnémonique (phrase de...

Il y a dix ans, le 22 mai 2010, le développeur Laszlo Hanyecz a payé un utilisateur du forum Bitcointalk pas moins de 10 000 BTC pour deux pizzas Papa John’s. Hanyecz a tout de même dû attendre trois jours avant de trouver enfin quelqu’un prêt à lui vendre une pizza pour ce prix… « Pouvoir échanger [des bitcoins] contre une pizza était extrêmement cool. […] Personne ne pensait que ça allait devenir aussi important ». – Laszlo Hanyecz....