Bitcoin (BTC)

Seattle crypto startup Coinme has garnered more than $5 million in funding through a new round led by Pantera Capital, a bitcoin investment firm. The company’s co-chief investment officer Joey Krug is now set to join the startup’s board of directors.Coinme Is Growing Like Never BeforeIn total, Coinme managed to get its fingers on an additional $5.5 million, which it says it will use to increase its cryptocurrency ATM and kiosk network across the United States. The company has been on fire...

Bitcoin is about to enter new “halving” territory in the coming days, and many analysts are unsure of what to make of the event considering the COVID-19 pandemic continues to rage on.The Halving Could Be Hit By COVID ConditionsAt first glance, it doesn’t look like a health scare of this magnitude would affect a single asset so heavily, but clearly bitcoin has been hit hard over the last three months. The currency was initially trading for well over $10,000 in mid-February. From there, it fell...

Nouvel ajout à la liste des établissements français qui acceptent les paiements en bitcoins : Céline Gasperini, psychologue clinicienne, diplômée d’un master en psychologie clinique et recherche, spécialité thérapies émotionnelles, cognitives et comportementales (TCC), université Lille 3. « Installée en libéral à Dunkerque et spécialisée en TCC, les consultations se déroulent en ligne et/ou en cabinet. Consultations en ligne sécurisées...

Bitcoin mining company Riot Blockchain has announced the purchase of more than 1,000 additional mining machines in the face of bitcoin’s latest halving event, set to occur on Tuesday of next week.Riot Blockchain Is Boosting Its EffortsThe company put out a statement explaining that it has bought 1,040 next-generating Bitmain S19 (95 TH) Antminers. Overall, the company spent just shy of $2 million on the machines. The company says it will use these machines to up the ante on its mining...

Nouvel ajout à la liste des établissements français qui acceptent les paiements en bitcoins : Fabien l’informaticien, développeur web, community manager, webmaster, développeur multimédia. « Je m’appelle Fabien je suis un développeur web de 21 ans. Je peux réaliser des missions informatiques et travailler sur différents projets. À l’aise avec l’informatique, la programmation ainsi que le...

The leading US-based cryptocurrency exchange, Coinbase, reportedly experienced issues again as Bitcoin’s price suddenly dropped, losing around 20% quickly. This isn’t the first time the exchange goes down amid sudden movements of the kind. Coinbase Goes Down As Bitcoin Price PlummetsBitcoin is known to be volatile. What is more, when there’s volatility, it usually takes place in sudden bursts rather than prolonged trading sessions. In March, the price lost around 40% in just a few...

With only two days left to the third halving, severe levels of volatility reached the cryptocurrency market, and Bitcoin plunged by 20% in a matter of hours.Similar price developments transpired back in July 2016 when, again, two days before the second halving, BTC dropped by 11%.History On Track In 2016 and 2020As CryptoPotato reported earlier today, the primary cryptocurrency, and most of the market, nosedived. After the recent impressive surge and touching the psychological level of...

Der PayPal-Gewinn ist im ersten Quartal 2020 praktisch dahingeschmolzen. Die PayPal-Aktionäre kümmert's wenig: Die Titel sind nach wie vor gefragt. PayPal wurde von den COVID19-Massnahmen der Regierenden der Welt hart getroffen und musste einen markanten Gewinnverlust verbuchen: Im ersten Quartal betrug der Überschuss lediglich 84 Millionen US-Dollar, wie das Unternehmen am...

This was one of the worst days for Bitcoin’s price over the past years. Starting yesterday just one step away from the $10K mark, Bitcoin saw an intraday crash to below $8000, before a slight recovery.At some point, the daily candle reached almost 20% in the negative. Anyone who knows Bitcoin can’t say it’s out of the blue. However, as we get close to the halving, such a massive decrease can trigger a larger panic-sell. We had seen already what weak hands could do only two months ago on March...

Seit Anfang April kannte der Bitcoin-Preis nur eine Richtung: Nach oben. Gestern Nacht um 2 Uhr kam dann die Korrektur: Der Bitcoin-Preis fiel um satte 15% innert nur 15 Minuten; eine sehr merkwürdige Sache. Bis zum jetzigen Zeitpunkt kann niemand genau erklären, was diesen Kurssturz ausgelöst hat. In der Bitcoin-Welt gibt es eine ganz einfache Regel: Die Kurse fallen, wenn mehr Leute verkaufen als kaufen. Und das war definitiv der Fall gestern Nacht. Interessanterweise...