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Hey Krypto Fans, willkommen zur Bitcoin-Informant Show Nr. 709. Heute geht’s um folgende Themen: Bitcoin-Volatilität erreicht Vier-Monats-Tief, Bitcoin Suchvolumen gering & Binance setzt auf Monero, Zcash und Dash. 1.) Bitcoin-Volatilität erreicht Vier-Monats-Tiefhttps://blockchain-hero.com/bitcoin-volatilitaet-erreicht-vier-monats-tief/ 2.) Suchbegriff  Bitcoin erreicht auf Google viermonatiges...

Blackstone head honcho Stephen Schwarzman is rich. Really rich. Almost twice the market cap of bitcoin-level rich, in fact. The man who was, once upon a time, lauded as the “Master of the Alternative Universe” built his empire by taking risks. Over the years, the billionaire CEO has traded in a wide variety of businesses including a casino, a marine theme park, and even a German camping outfit. Schwarzman is the world’s 100th richest man, according to Forbes, with a “real-time net worth” of...

« Comme on peut le voir sur le site de statistiques transactionfee.info, le pourcentage de transactions SegWit sur le réseau Bitcoin a atteint les 50,05% précisément, ce 14 septembre. Depuis, le taux se maintient au-dessus des 50%. Si toutes les transactions sur la blockchain BTC passaient par SegWit, le nombre de transactions par seconde verrait théoriquement sa capacité passée de 4 à 16 tx/s....

At press time, you may not think bitcoin is doing much… And you’d be right. In fact, the currency has barely swung at all over the past 1-2 weeks and has largely remained between $10,100 and $10,300. Volatility Has Dropped for BitcoinThis is because the currency has reached its lowest level of volatility since May of this year. This is a bit of a downer given that the currency isn’t spiking the way it was last April through July, but it’s also somewhat of a blessing. Those of us truly...

The daughter of a Nigerian politician has been released after her father paid the kidnappers a $15,000 bitcoin ransom. On Saturday, Ai’sha Ardo, the daughter of Umar Ardo, a chieftain of the major Nigerian political party the People’s Democratic Party, endured a harrowing kidnapping in the country’s capital city of Abuja. The chieftain was contacted by one of the kidnappers the next day. The assailant told the politician that his daughter would be returned safely, but only if he paid the...

As the CEO of investing firm Blackstone, CEO Steve Schwarzman says that he’s used to a world where currencies are controlled by a central body, and thus he’s not a huge fan of how crypto is structured. Schwarzman: I Don’t Understand CryptoThis is to be expected from someone who’s been involved in traditional finance for most of his professional life. Having started the company in the mid-1980s, Blackstone has become one of the most successful trading platforms in the western hemisphere,...

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...