Bitcoin (BTC)

Another analyst is claiming that the upcoming bitcoin halving – scheduled for May 14, 2020 – will have no effect on bitcoin’s price. The analyst this time is Meltem Demirors, the chief strategy officer of Coin Shares – a firm that manages digital assets.Demirors: The Halving Isn’t Likely to Do MuchIn a series of tweets, Demirors claims that the upcoming halving isn’t likely to boost bitcoin’s price or influence it positively. She lists up to five reasons why. For the first, she claims:There...

To say that Craig Wright has been a controversial figure in the cryptocurrency industry would be something of an understatement. To say that he’s a man who’s sought to turn the space upside down would probably be more accurate to some analysts and observers.Wright: Nobody Can Touch My CoinsWright recently emerged to say that his alleged bitcoin fortune – which may or may not exist – is likely to remain locked for some time. Recently, a lawsuit outcome required that Wright forfeit roughly $3...

Google and bitcoin have never gotten along. The cryptocurrency has always appeared dangerous to the world’s largest search engine, which previously banned cryptocurrency ads in early 2018, though that ban later came to an end before the year was out.Google Still Hates CryptoNow, the parent company of Google – known as Alphabet – has taken the liberty of targeting those who post videos and content related to cryptocurrencies on YouTube and is removing these videos without an explanation. Many...

Interest in cryptocurrencies, especially bitcoin, in Latin America is on the rise as popular bitcoin Peer-to-Peer trading platform LocalBitcoins has been recording tremendous surges in its weekly BTC trading volume in Venezuela and Argentina. P2P Bitcoin Volume SpikesData from CoinDance, a crypto statistics platform, reveals that there was a spike in trading activities on LocalBitcoins last week, leading to a new all-time high in the weekly trading volume of Bitcoin in the local currencies of...

2019 a été riche en événements pour Bitcoin, notamment en ce qui concerne les développements techniques sur le protocole lui-même et surtout sur le Lightning Network. Voilà une liste non exhaustive de ce que cette année nous apporté. N’hésitez pas à signaler dans les commentaires les événements importants que nous aurions omis. – 18 janvier : publication de MuSig, nouvel algorithme basé sur le schéma de signature de Schnorr qui...

Place/Date: - December 28th, 2019 at 9:49 am UTC · 4 min read Contact: LUMI, Source: LUMI Photo: LUMIThis was a hot year for crypto, with BTC surging up from the pit it was in at the beginning of the year to a stable $7-8k by the end, rapidly developing altcoins and the rapt attention of governments and users. It is early to speak about mass adoption, but the fact that crypto is in our lives to stay is undeniable.Lumi Wallet wasn’t an exception as 2019 was a challenging and productive year...

Over the past three days, despite that most of the traders are off on vacation, we could see a nonsense trading around the $7200 BTC mark.The following daily chart tells the short-term story: throughout the month of December, Bitcoin can’t get over the green resistance line – including the latest tryout two days ago at $7430.From below, despite one fake-out which got quickly corrected, the yellow ascending trend-line is supporting Bitcoin since April 2019. The last attempt of the line took...

Pour Ueli Maurer, président de la Confédération suisse qui s’exprimait devant les caméras de la chaîne de télévision SRF, le projet Libra lancé par Facebook a échoué dans sa forme actuelle et doit être retravaillé s’il veut être approuvé : « Je ne pense pas [que Libra ait une chance dans sa forme actuelle], car les banques centrales n’accepteront pas le panier de devises qui le sous-tend »....

No doubt Ethereum (ETH) is a hardcore crypto asset that’s not to be messed with. It’s the second-largest cryptocurrency by market cap, and it holds its ground over the likes of Ripple (XRP), bitcoin cash (BCH), EOS (EOS) and Litecoin (LTC).Ethereum Still Has Some IssuesBut even top products and companies appear to suffer from time to time, and Ethereum is no exception. The company recently announced that it was having to cancel out several jobs in both the Philippines and India. While it’s...

Roger Ver used to be a full-time bitcoin fanatic. He was one of the currency’s early investors, which earned him the nickname “Bitcoin Jesus.”Roger Ver: I’m a BCH Man, Not BitcoinHowever, in recent years, Ver has shifted his focus and love over to bitcoin’s baby brother bitcoin cash (BCH). BCH came about in 2017 following a hard fork of the head honcho of crypto. The currency rose to prominence just months later when the entire industry was experiencing bull behavior like we had never...