Bitcoin (BTC)

« Nous savons tous qu’il ne faut pas sous-estimer l’importance de notre confidentialité et de notre sécurité en ce qui concerne nos données bitcoins et transactionnelles, mais combien d’entre nous doutent réellement de la sécurité et de la confidentialité de nos portefeuilles ? On estime qu’environ 4 millions de bitcoins ont été volés depuis son existence. La plupart des piratages se produisent...

At press time, bitcoin has jumped beyond $8,600, meaning the currency has incurred a $500 spike in the last 24 hours. Naturally, everything is looking good for the currency right about now, but would it be possible for bitcoin to still wind up in the gutter, and if so, when?Could Bitcoin Fall Into a Dismal State?According to MIT’s Cory Fields and former Block Stream CTO Greg Maxwell, bitcoin is still something of an “experiment.” They acknowledge that it’s been around for roughly ten years...

At press time, bitcoin – the world’s number one cryptocurrency – is trading for over $8,500. This marks a massive rise from yesterday, when the currency was trading for just under $8,200, and a $300+ spike is being welcomed by enthusiasts everywhere.Bitcoin Jump Is the First in Some TimeRoughly two weeks ago, bitcoin and its altcoin cousins suffered from what was arguably one of the worst bloodbaths in some time. The negativity doesn’t stem from how much bitcoin lost necessarily, but rather...

In a surprise move that will spur further adoption of cryptocurrencies in Asia and globally, the Japanese can now donate unlimited amounts of cryptocurrencies to politicians and need not disclose this to the authorities. This was made known by Sanae Takaichi in a press conference two days ago. Sources indicate that she said that cryptocurrency donations don’t fall under the purview of the Political Funds Control Law and as such don’t need to be disclosed and can be donated without limit to...

Praxxis: Programmierer und Krypto-Legende David Chaum meldet sich mit einem neuen Projekt zurück. Foto: David Chaum an der Korea Blockchain Week, Foto zur Verfügung gestellt von D.FINE Bitcoin and most of its clones are based on elliptic curve cryptography. At the moment, this is considered secure, and it is unlikely that any computer can compute the matching private key from a wallet address. But according to current university theory,...

Le Fonds des Nations unies pour l’enfance a annoncé hier la création d’un fonds en cryptomonnaies. L’UNICEF devient ainsi la première agence de l’ONU en mesure de recevoir, de détenir et de verser des dons en cryptomonnaie. Le premier don (100 ethers sur un total annoncé de 8000) a été effectué par fondation Ethereum via le Comité national français pour l’UNICEF qui accepte les cryptomonnaies (bitcoin, ether, litecoin, ripple, DAI,...

Photo: Binance BlogCrypto exchange Binance is on an aggressive development spree this year. On Wednesday, October 9, Binance has launched its new P2P trading facility for trading cryptocurrencies against the Chinese Yuan. Currently, this facility is only available for Android users. However, it has promised to roll-out this facility on iOS and web interface as well. In its announcement, the crypto exchange said:“Binance has launched P2P trading functionality with BTC, ETH and USDT available...

UNICEF, the United Nations Children’s Fund, announced they are launching a crypto fund to, as per the announcement “receive, hold and distribute donations of Bitcoin and Ethereum in its aim to back open-source technology for children around the world.”On Wednesday, UNICEF said that the Cryptocurrency Fund will be among the first of United Nations organizations that will be given benefactions as are cryptocurrencies and it will allocate in the same digital currency form.The United Nations...

Krypto-Schwergewicht Mike Novogratz offenbart Investmentstrategie für Altcoins. Der CEO der Krypto-Investmentfirma Galaxy Digital und einst erfolgreicher Hedge-Fonds-Manager Mike Novogratz erläuterte in der TV-Show „Crypto Trader“, weshalb er der Auffassung ist, dass sich Bitcoin als so genanntes Wertaufbewahrungsmittel in der Welt gefestigt hat. Zudem glaubt Novogratz, dass der Markt eine...

Bitcoin price is consolidating above the $8,000 and $7,800 support levels against the US Dollar.The price is facing a strong resistance on the upside near the $8,350 and $8,400 levels.There are two key bearish trend lines in place with resistance near $8,350 on the 4-hours chart of the BTC/USD pair (data feed from Coinbase).The pair could either rally above the $8,350 resistance or it might decline further below $7,800.Bitcoin price is facing a strong resistance near $8,350 and $8,400 against...