Bitcoin (BTC)

Michael Saylor avait annoncé le 18 novembre que MicroStrategy avait fait l’acquisition de 51 780 bitcoins pour un montant de 4,6 milliards de dollars, financé par une offre d’actions. La société réitère son engagement en annonçant l’acquisition, hier, de 55 500 BTC supplémentaires pour un montant avoisinant de 5,4 milliards de dollars. Cette nouvelle acquisition massive porte les avoirs totaux de...

In a settlement with US authorities, BIT Mining agreed to pay $10 million in penalties related to bribery allegations involving Japanese government officials to secure a resort license. The company, which operates in the Bitcoin mining sector, admitted to violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) by conspiring to pay bribes and falsifying records. As part of the resolution, BIT Mining entered into a three-year deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) with the US Justice...

After several days of charting new peaks and coming less than $200 away from $100,000, bitcoin’s price has taken a breather and has dropped by over four grand since Friday’s high. Several of the high-flying altcoins on Saturday have reversed their trajectory as well, with XRP, DOGE, and ADA dumping hard from the larger caps. CryptoPotato reported yesterday BTC’s impressive surge that resulted in the asset exceeding $99,800 on most exchanges to chart its latest all-time high....

The world’s leading cryptographic currency is trading over 40% higher than its average price on the eve of the November 5th US elections. Analysts agree that this is owing in large part to the promises of the Trump campaign and its allies to ensure that the federal government is fair to the innovative new Internet industry. But it’s also a repeat of a historic pattern in Bitcoin’s 4-year market supply cycle. Ark Invest’s Cathie Wood recently doubled down on her 2030 price...

Several base-layer blockchain cryptocurrencies that compete with Ethereum—because they are optimized for smart contracts and open-source currency issuance—rallied further up their price charts than ETH during the US election rally. Even Bitcoin gains beat Ether’s on this turn of the markets. For the 30 days ending Friday, Nov. 22, Bitcoin’s price gained 47%. Meanwhile, Sui Coin (SUI) jumped by 74%, Solana by 56%, and Polkdadot (DOT) rose by 44%, according to data compiled by...

« L’avenir du protocole Bitcoin soulève des questions cruciales : faut-il figer le code pour garantir la stabilité, le faire évoluer progressivement, ou opter pour une mutation radicale ? » Table ronde lors de la conférence Surfin’Bitcoin 2024 avec Abdelhamid Bakhta (Starkware), Antoine Riard (développeur Bitcoin Core), Dark Emi (Crypto OG) et Marius Farashi (Cryptoast).

Bitcoin’s inability to overcome the coveted $100,000 milestone on Friday and Saturday has resulted in a minor price decline to around $98,000 as of now. Several altcoins, such as XRP and DOGE, have plummeted as well in the past day, but others, like TON, DOT, and XLM, have charted double-digit surges. BTC Calms to $98K BTC traded at around $90,000 at the start of the business week but quickly started to gain traction and exploded above the previous all-time high of $93,800 by...

The US-based spot Bitcoin ETFs enjoyed a highly positive week, with every trading day ending with net inflows of millions and even billions of dollars. In stark contrast, the Ethereum counterparties ended the same five-day trading period deep in red territory. Over $3B Enter BTC ETFs Weekly It has been nothing short of a spectacular run for BTC’s price as well as the inflows in the spot Bitcoin ETFs in the US after Donald Trump’s decisive victory in the 2024 presidential...

Nick Neuman, the CEO of Bitcoin storage solutions provider Casa, recently shared an encounter with a phishing scammer impersonating Coinbase support to steal from high-value cryptocurrency holders. In a November 20 post on X, Neuman described how he played along during a call to uncover the depth of the scheme. Preying on Wealthy Crypto Holders The recorded conversation started as a seemingly ordinary phone call with the con artist posing as a Coinbase support agent. He...

Bitcoin (BTC) has been flirting with the $100,000 mark over the last 48 hours as optimism for a higher rally engulfs the market. As a result, investors have become very greedy. Data from the Crypto Fear and Greed Index, which tracks investor sentiment across the market, indicates that participants are in an extremely greedy phase. This is evident in the index figure rising above 90 to hit 94 for the first time in three years. Investors Become Extremely Greedy The fear and...