Bitcoin (BTC)

This season appears to be one for cryptocurrency exchange-traded funds (ETFs) as multiple traditional finance companies seek regulatory approval to introduce more to the market. First Trust is the latest asset management firm that wants to create another Bitcoin ETF. However, the company is not looking to launch a spot product like others but a buffer fund. First Trust to Launch Buffer Bitcoin ETF According to a December 14 Form N1-A filing with the United States Securities...

Tether, the company behind the largest stablecoin, has released the two letters it had sent to the US Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs and House Financial Services Committee. The letters are specifically addressed to pro-Bitcoin Senator Cynthia Lummis and Rep. French Hill. The main goal of Tether’s letters is to address issues raised by both Lummis and Hill regarding the alleged use of stablecoins in illicit activities, such as funding terrorism and...

The price of bitcoin (BTC) has entered a correction phase following the asset’s rally to and beyond the $44,000 mark. A weekly report from the on-chain analytics platform CryptoQuant revealed that several valuation metrics show the leading digital asset is due for a correction as its price has increased too fast. BTC in the Correction Phase One of the metrics is CryptoQuant’s Bull-Bear Market Cycle Indicator, which has entered the red area for the third time this year....

Critics argue that El Salvador’s Bitcoin experiment was premature, highlighting the country’s struggles in achieving the ‘Bitcoinization’ of its economy. El Salvador’s foray into the crypto market has been nothing short of controversial, marked by a $117.5 million Bitcoin (BTC) investment that recently pitched on the edge of profitability. President Nayib Bukele’s persistence in the face of international criticism, including opposition from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), raises...

Bitcoin’s price has lost some momentum over the past 24 hours and has retraced back down to around $42,000. Most altcoins are also in the red, with SOL and ADA dumping by over 5%. ICP, though, has exploded by a massive 40% surge. BTC Down to $42K It was precisely a week ago when BTC’s late 2023 run culminated in a price surge to $44,700. This became the asset’s highest price tag in over a year and a half. However, the landscape started to worsen at that point. Monday was...

Der jüngste Anstieg des Bitcoin-Preises kann auf mehrere Schlüsselfaktoren zurückgeführt werden. In diesem Artikel werden wir diese Faktoren näher untersuchen und analysieren, wie sie zusammenspielen, um den Wert von Bitcoin zu beeinflussen. 1. Zunehmende institutionelle Akzeptanz Einer der Hauptgründe für den jüngsten Preisanstieg von Bitcoin ist die zunehmende Akzeptanz durch institutionelle Investoren. Grosse Unternehmen und Finanzinstitutionen,...

XRP ist die Kryptowährung des Zahlungsnetzwerks RippleNet, welches vom Unternehmen Ripple entwickelt wurde. Die Zukunft von Ripple im Bereich der Finanztechnologie ist ein faszinierendes Thema, das von verschiedenen dynamischen Faktoren beeinflusst wird. Ripple, ein Unternehmen, das auf der Blockchain-Technologie basiert, zielt darauf ab, das globale Finanzsystem zu revolutionieren. Es nutzt das XRP-Ledger, eine fortschrittliche...

Bitcoin is signaling the start of a new bullish trend, rebounding to $42.6k following a recent sell-off primarily driven by short-term holders (STHs), who constitute the more speculative segment of the Bitcoin investor base. Ether also experienced an upswing, crossing the $2,270 mark alongside the world’s largest crypto. On the backdrop, substantial capital inflows into Bitcoin and Ether have been observed, which could further influence the price trajectories of these top...

Cheng Wang, fondateur d’Alephium, présente BitVM au meetup de Lausanne du 6 décembre 2023. Conçu par Robin Linus, BitVM exploite les possibilités ouvertes par Taproot, pour exprimer des contrats turing-complete sur Bitcoin sans avoir à modifier les règles de consensus. Exécutés off-chain, tous les calculs sont vérifiés à la manière des optimistic rollups *. Dans cette présentation Cheng Wang entre dans les rouages du protocole BitVM. * Les optimistic rollups sont des...

Bitcoin’s (BTC) price has surged impressively in the past three months thanks to optimism that a spot Bitcoin ETF could finally be approved in the US after years of rejection by the SEC. The popular AI system ChatGPT has issued a bold prediction for Bitcoin once this event occurs, which has surprised many investors. Additionally, the AI model has also highlighted new presale crypto Bitcoin ETF Token (BTCETF) as an altcoin that could capitalize on the hype around a spot crypto...