Bitcoin (BTC)

Almost a year since American businessman William Sean Creighton was kidnapped in Costa Rica, and a $1 million ransom subsequently paid in Bitcoin, he has been confirmed dead. Creighton’s body was found in a cemetery on Costa Rica’s central pacific coast last week, nearly 12 months after the Bitcoin ransom was paid. According to ESPN, the death of the American entrepreneur who founded the 5Dimes sportsbook was confirmed by the officials of Costa Rica’s Judicial Investigation Department on...

Im Interview mit BlockTV erklärte Draper, dass seine berühmte 250.000 $ Bitcoin-Preisprognose konservativ ist. Der Risikokapitalgeber Tim Draper ist bezüglich des Bitcoin-Preises immer optimistisch. Anfang dieses Jahres prognostizierte Draper für die kommenden drei Jahre einen Bitcoin-Preis von 250’000 US-Dollar. Gegenwärtig hält er diese Vorhersage für zu konservativ:...

Tim Draper has made a real name for himself in the world of crypto given his consistent bitcoin price predictions and his purchase of Ross Ulbricht’s bitcoin stash during an auction following the Silk Road creator’s arrest. Draper Thinks His Prediction Falls Short of BTC’s PotentialHis most recent price prediction says that bitcoin will reach $250,000 per unit by the time 2023 rolls along. However, in Draper’s own words, this prediction is relatively “conservative.” He comments that several...

It seems Facebook’s woes are starting to mount as the European Central Bank (ECB) revives plans to create its own digital currency in direct competition to Libra and bitcoin. Yet another Libra challenger steps up to the plate. This time, it isn’t China’s incipient central bank digital currency (CBDC) but instead a newly proposed CBDC from the ECB. According to Reuters, speaking at a news conference after a meeting of EU finance ministers in Helsinki, ECB board member Benoit Coeure noted that...

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has announced that a 21-year-old mother has been arrested following an investigation into an online syndicate accused of stealing and laundering millions of dollars worth of funds from superannuation and share-trading accounts through the use of cryptocurrency. ASIC alleges that the suspect, Jasmine Vella-Arpaci, comprised a key member of a criminal syndicate self-identified as ‘Team Awesome’. The group is accused of purchasing...

Ethereum has seen a notable 2.85% increase over the past 24 hours which brought its price up to $199. The cryptocurrency now marks a 9.5% surge over the past week which makes it the strongest one from the large-cap top 20 coins. This latest hike is largely a result of ETH recovering against Bitcoin as we continue to head to 0.002 BTC. Ethereum remains the second-largest cryptocurrency with a market cap of $21.41 billion.Looking at the ETH/USD 1-day chart:Since our previous ETH/USD analysis,...

According to a recent survey conducted in the UK, about 20% of rich young people (born between 1981 and 1996 with at least £25,000 in investable assets) hold BTC or other digital currency. The proportion of British holding digital assets, which accounts for about 3% total population, shows that the proportion of young people holding digital assets is much higher than the whole national average. If invest-able assets were raised from 25,000 to 75,000, the proportion of eligible young people...

Russia’s second most popular sport, ice hockey, has been stained by one of its former stars in a fraudulent cryptocurrency deal. According to Russian information agency TASS, ice hockey player Igor Musatov was arrested on Sunday over his alleged involvement in a Bitcoin fraud scheme in which the victim lost approximately $700,000. He has been detained for 30 days. How an IT pro fell for a Bitcoin fraud Per court documents, the victim of the $700,000 cryptocurrency fraud was identified as...

One of the world’s most popular cryptocurrency exchanges Binance has made its first strategic investment in China. The company has invested in Mars Finance, a news platform that focuses on the blockchain and cryptocurrency sector.As has been reported by Bloomberg, the investment is a part of Mars Finance’s funding round that valued the platform at about $200 million. According to the co-founder of Mars Finance Wu Jihan, investors in the round included Ceyuan Ventures and Matrixport, the...

Binance has announced the completion of the Band Protocol Lottery Draw which was first announced a week ago. The initial announcement revealed that the Band Protocol token sale will be hosted by Binance’s IEO platform, Binance Launchpad, as a way to support the startup. Binance also announced that the lottery will quickly follow the token sale and with an airdrop as well.Now, the announcement states that the Band Protocol lottery draw was completed with a 9.43% ratio of winning tickets and...