Bitcoin (BTC)

The decision over whether to ban the sale of crypto derivative products to retail customers in the UK will be determined solely by the financial regulator. This was the message delivered by Economic Secretary to the Treasury, John Glen, in an answer to a question posed by the Member of Parliament for Shipley, Philip Davies. Referring to a commitment by the Financial Conduct Authority to launch consultations to find out the implications of prohibiting the sale of cryptocurrency...

Is it possible that altcoins could potentially disappear forever?Altcoins Don’t Have the Same Appeal They Once DidWhile they may not vanish into thin air, Adam Back – the CEO of Block Stream and the co-author of a bitcoin sidechains whitepaper – claims that the presence and stamina of presence bitcoin sidechains could lower interest in altcoins altogether, thereby making their appeal virtually non-existent.As it stands, currencies like Ethereum (ETH), Ripple’s XRP, EOS (EOS), and Litecoin...

CEO Mark Zuckerberg will be the next Facebook executive to face a bipartisan grilling when he testifies before the US House Committee on Financial Services tomorrow. The committee published a transcript of Zuckerberg’s prepared testimony ahead of the hearing, and there was one thing noticeably absent from his statement: any reference to bitcoin, cryptocurrency, or even blockchain. House Releases Mark Zuckerberg’s Libra Testimony That’s somewhat remarkable, given that Zuckerberg has...

Who would have known Opera and bitcoin could go so well together? We’re not necessarily talking about classically trained singers that wear Viking horns and hit high notes, but rather the Norwegian financial platform that’s been touting the addition of bitcoin to its Android app since July of 2018.Opera and BTC: A Perfect Match?The app was launched privately and was later available to the public in December. Opera inherently became one of the first browsers to support bitcoin directly, and...

« Dans le langage courant, la rareté d’un bien désigne la difficulté à se le procurer et s’oppose à l’abondance. Dans la nature, il existe des choses plus rares que les autres, et cette rareté se retrouve dans la valeur qu’on leur accorde généralement : l’eau est disponible en abondance et a donc une valeur très faible correspondant surtout à son coût de déplacement ; à l’inverse le diamant est...

Bitcoin continues to lose ground, and the price has remained in the range into which it fell at the end of September when the last sharp correction occurred. It didn’t scare the market away, and money has continued to flow into altcoins which are starting to see a change in the trend. The altcoin market is showing positive signs, but we still don’t expect an “altcoin season” anytime soon.This week, the 18 millionth bitcoin was mined, and the halving is just around the corner. It will be...

BitcoinThe price was supported on critical levels as indicated in the chart. Meanwhile, it holds positively and produces higher lows that are technically healthy. However, it should be considered that a potential correction could set us back as far as $6,000. Support in the $8,000 range held this week. We saw a failed attempt to break above the 200MA and the upward trend stopped at $8,350.EthereumAgainst the USD, the price has been relatively stable since the last correction. Resistance is at...

Browser minnow Opera is ramping up cryptocurrency support for Android users in version 54, which has just been released on Tuesday. Among a host of other cosmetic improvements and a new UI, this latest release improves upon the current crypto wallet with support for both Bitcoin and Tron payments. Ethereum has been the staple payment option of the low-flying web browser for more than a year now; however, developers have heeded the calls in recent months for integration with other...

In Kürze ist die Kryptowährungsbörse Poloniex nicht mehr für amerikanische Kunden zugänglich. Derzeit gehört Poloniex noch zum amerikanischen Konzern Circle. Bald wird sie jedoch an Polo Digital Assets Inc. übertragen. Gerüchten zufolge wird dieses Unternehmen von chinesischen Investoren unterstützt. Justin Sun von TRON scheint ebenfalls involviert zu sein, obwohl er den Klatsch in den sozialen Medien...

Effectuer des paiements Lightning à partir de rien et sans utiliser les services d’un tiers de confiance n’est pour l’instant ni rapide ni véritablement facile. Dévoilée par Acinq la semaine dernière sur Twitter et présentée lors de la conférence Lightning de Berlin, Phoenix est une nouvelle application (en cours l’élaboration) conçue pour permettre au grand public d’effectuer facilement des...