Bitcoin (BTC)

Après une forte augmentation du « hashrate » de Bitcoin entre mai et septembre 2019, nous sommes entrés depuis deux mois dans une phase de relative stabilisation. Pour comprendre les enjeux en cours à l’approche du halving qui aura très probablement lieu dans moins de six mois, nous nous sommes tournés vers Sébastien Gouspillou, président de BigBlock Datacenter, société nantaise qui conçoit et gère à travers le monde des unités dédiées au...

Nouvel ajout à la liste des établissements français qui acceptent les paiements en bitcoins : Geek3d, vente en ligne d’objets réalisés à l’imprimante 3D (cache-cams, rangement, emporte pièces, porte-clés, stockage…). « Nous vous proposons divers objets modélisés et imprimés dans des conditions respectueuses de l’environnement. Nous utilisons exclusivement du PLA, un plastique biodégradable à base de maïs. De plus, nous imprimons nos...

Two men have been charged with carrying out a nationwide cyber scheme. The U.S. DOJ alleges the men stole, or tried to steal, more than $550,000 in cryptocurrencies. The case comes in the wake of an uptick in cybercrime. Two Massachusetts men were arrested on Thursday and charged with carrying out a nationwide scheme to steal people’s social media accounts and their cryptocurrency. According to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Eric Meiggs, 21, and Declan Harrington, 20, targeted at...

Blockchain took it on the chin this week as several big names in the industry speculated that the technology that underpins Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies has been over-hyped. Meltem Demirors, CIO of CoinShares Group, even went so far as to declare blockchain “dead.”Don’t Start Eulogizing Blockchain Quite YetDemirors, along with more than a thousand enthusiasts, investors, financial managers, regulators, and other movers and shakers in the crypto space, were on hand at this year’s Invest:...

SEBA, a cryptocurrency bank based in Switzerland, has announced that it is now authorized to handle both traditional fiat currency as well as digital money like bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH).SEBA Offers Both Traditional Money and CryptoCustomers can open accounts with the bank as a means of storing both their traditional funds and their cryptocurrencies. Clients of SEBA typically rank as asset managers, private investors and corporate businesses.Switzerland is one of the most prominent...

In one sudden and swift move payments giant PayPal has cut off the thousands of performers on adult behemoth Pornhub that depended on the payment service to receive their payments. The pornographic platform indicated this in a blog post in the help section on the website. They wrote:“We are all devastated by PayPal’s decision to stop payouts to over a hundred thousand performers who rely on them for their livelihoods.”This, of course, has fundamentally changed the way and manner in which the...

Mining giant Canaan Creative is set to launch its IPO later this month. The Avalon miner maker proceeds with its IPO despite massive devaluations. The company appears to be betting on a strong bull market, which would dramatically increase demand for mining equipment. Bitcoin mining is a delicate balance of these three factors: equipment efficiency, electricity costs, and bitcoin price. Miners often have control over the first two factors but they are at the mercy of the dominant...

Brave Software, a company co-founded by Mozilla CEO Brendan Eich, has announced the launch of its free open-source browser Brave 1.0. Brave is based on the Chromium web browser and blocks malware ads and website trackers, keeping users’ data safe and secure.It offers the so-called Brave Rewards program that monitors users’ attention on sites they visit and rewards them with the corresponding amount of Basic Attention Token (BAT), based on the total support for each site. Initially, Brave was...

Bis 2022 soll sich der Bitcoin als Zahlungsmittel etabliert haben. Tim Draper, ein Grossinvestor, prognostiziert auf dieser Basis einen starken Anstieg der marktführenden Kryptowährung. Diese Annahme verriet er in der vergangenen Woche auf der Malta K.I. & Blockchain Konferenz innerhalb einer Fragerunde. Das Bitcoin-Lightning-Netzwerk soll eine grosse Rolle dabei spielen, Bitcoin als Zahlungsmittel zu etablieren. Draper: Bitcoin wird bis spätestens 2023 einen Kurs von...

PayPal suspends services for Pornhub. Over a hundred thousand pornographic actors are now cut off. Cryptocurrencies could thrive as a censorship-resistant payment method. In a drastic move, PayPal suspended its services to the world’s largest free pornographic site, Pornhub. Although the reasoning behind it is unknown, this could be an opportunity to show the intrinsic value that cryptocurrencies have. Traditional Services Without Censorship Resistance PayPal’s decision to stop payouts to...