Bitcoin (BTC)

The head of a $230 billion Singaporean investment fund is the latest high-profile public figure to have their likeness used to promote Bitcoin Pro – an investment scam making the rounds on Facebook.Ho Ching, who has served as Temasek’s CEO since 2004, warned her more than 57,000 followers on Monday:“Just to alert everyone that there have been some more fat frogs jumping in the streets! […] The scams masquerading as breathless news from Straits Times, Channel News Asia, etc, have resurfaced...

Nouvel ajout à la liste des bars qui acceptent les paiements en bitcoin on-chain et Lightning : le Seven Bar, situé au n°20 de la rue Souverain-Pont dans le centre historique de Liège en Belgique. Le noeud Lightning du Seven Bar : 038cb1f9d4eb94d7aee59cae45bd00727e69e83f45b63c2e4dad71112af789a862 En savoir plus : facebook.com/sevenbarliege ...

A privacy-based technology known as Mimble Wimble has been integrated into various privacy tokens since last January. The trouble is, it may not be as private as people originally thought.Mimble Wimble Isn’t Doing Enough to Keep Your Identity a SecretA new study shows that the first privacy coins to implement the technology are ones referred to as Grin and Beam, both of which are very new and are hardly being used at all at press time. This could be why the technology is so easily...

NYU Economist Nouriel Roubini is hyped over the massive bitcoin price drop since October. Altcoin prices are down too. Theories abound as to the causes of what could be the next crypto winter. The crypto industry’s leaders see opportunity in the bitcoin bear market. Nouriel Roubini piled on the FUD Tuesday morning. As bitcoin’s price continues its plunge into what could be another crypto winter, the NYU economist suggested it’s the end of crypto entirely: Source: TwitterThe...

Initially, the design of the cryptocurrency does not imply the identity disclosure of the owners cryptocurrency wallets, but scammers are constantly looking for ways to steal or otherwise take hold of your money. The growing popularity of crypto is causing increased interest not only among ordinary users, but it also attracts like a magnet hackers, thieves and other criminals who want to steal your digital currency or control you through your finances.The peculiarity of cryptocurrencies is...

SummaryEthereum witnessed disastrous two weeks of trading after dropping by a steep 22% and falling towards the $146 level.The cryptocurrency is trapped within a symmetrical triangle against Bitcoin.Ethereum looks to be shaping up for a rebound as the Stochastic RSI is primed for a bullish crossover on both USD and BTC charts.Key Support & Resistance LevelsETH/USDSupport: $130, $120, $105.Resistance: $160, $170, $180ETH/BTC:Support: 0.020BTC, 0.0195BTC, 0.0190BTC.Resistance: 0.021BTC,...

Die US Finanzbehörde IRS (Internal Revenue Service) hat angekündigt, sich wieder intensiver um den Cryptomarkt zu kümmern. Und schon sind drei Vorschläge online aufgetaucht, die zeigen, wie es zukünftig in den USA, und darauf weltweit, mit Steuern auf Bitcoin und Co. aussehen könnte.Bitcoin News: Welche Bitcoin Steuern in den USA geplant sein könntenBitcoin wird von der IRS nicht als Währung, sondern als „Property“ deklariert. Vor allem Mikrotransaktionen kreieren dem Finanzamt damit großes...

Binance Research: Mehr als 90% der "Heavy User" speichern den Private Key ihrer Bitcoins nicht selbst. Mehr als 90 % der institutionellen und gewerblichen Investoren verwalten ihre Guthaben in Bitcoin und anderen Kryptowährungen ausschliesslich über ihre Wallets bei den Kryptobörsen. Das ergab eine Umfrage der Bitcoin-Börse Binance im November 2019. Auch unter Berücksichtigung...

On Monday, the stock market reached new highs: the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 190.85 points (or 0.68%) and achieved 28,066.47 by the end of the day, the Nasdaq Composite increased by 1.32% up to 8,632.49, while S&P 500 gained 0.8%. The biggest gains have been made by technology and health care companies. Such companies as Amazon, Apple, Netflix, Intel, Alibaba, Tesla, Disney, and more have enjoyed growth in stocks. For example, Intel rose 2%, Amazon gained 1.61%, Gilead Sciences...

Normally, this ongoing drop in prices, which comes only a month after a 42% expansion in a day, pushed the bulls to their limit. An eminent Twitter trader, Bitlord, said he had left the Bitcoin business due to the ongoing tumult in the market, denoting an indication of capitulation.Over the past day, the Bitcoin bulls have finally been granted a reprieve, with the BTC going from a weekly minimum of $6,526 to $7,378.13, which represents a massive increase of more than 10%. With this reprieve...