Bitcoin (BTC)

In a podcast, the Coinbase Institutional team delved into bullish and bearish scenarios for Ethereum and Bitcoin as ‘Shapella’ approaches.  Ahead of the Ethereum Shapella Upgrade, Coinbase Institutional weighed in on the mainnet upgrade’s potential impact on Ether and Bitcoin (BTC). In a YouTube podcast, the team provided insight into whether April 12th’s much-anticipated upgrade would further spur the ongoing crypto rally. The Coinbase Institutional team also discussed the bear market...

InCore Bank will offer Ethereum (ETH) staking to their clients using SDX Web3 services. ETH staking will become an important yield opportunity when the upcoming Shapella Release is implemented as this will enable the withdrawal of ETH coins that are allocated to staking. InCore Bank can now offer Ethereum staking capabilities that are fully compliant with Know-Your-Client (KYC) and Anti-Money-Laundering (AML) regulations to their clients. In this collaboration, InCore Bank provides crypto...

ADA price is showing positive signs above the $0.3500 zone against the US Dollar. The price is now trading above $0.350 and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There is a key contracting triangle forming with resistance near $0.3980 on the 4-hours chart (data feed via Coinbase). The price could resume its increase if it stays above the $0.380 and $0.3720 support levels. Cardano price is rising above $0.3800 against the US Dollar, similar to bitcoin. ADA price could...

Un article d’Andy Baio publié le 5 avril a révélé que le fichier PDF du livre blanc de Bitcoin est caché dans le système d’exploitation MacOs depuis 2018. « En essayant de réparer mon imprimante aujourd’hui, j’ai découvert qu’une copie PDF du whitepaper de Bitcoin de Satoshi Nakamoto était apparemment livrée avec chaque copie de macOS depuis Mojave en 2018. J’ai demandé à plus d’une douzaine d’amis utilisateurs de Mac de confirmer, et c’était le...

Après avoir acquis 6 455 bitcoins pour 161 millions de dollars à la fin du moins de mars, MicroStrategy vient d’augmenter son trésor de 1045 bitcoins supplémentaires acquis au prix moyen de 28 016 $. Ce dernier achat porte les avoirs de la société à environ 140 000 bitcoins d’une valeur proche de 4 milliards de dollars au prix actuel. Le prix d’achat moyen global serait de 29 803 $. L’annonce...

The Mintlayer sidechain allows users to build a decentralized ecosystem on the Bitcoin blockchain, opening it up to DeFi, Smart Contracts, Atomic Swaps, NFTs, and dApps.  Bitcoin sidechain Mintlayer has announced the launch of a $4 million open-source development grants initiative and the start of accepting applications. The grants program launch is the “first major ecosystem initiative in Mintlayer’s long-term development” and is reserved for projects that will directly benefit the...

Earlier today, we published an article talking about a lawsuit between Alameda Research and Grayscale. The former is suing the latter and claims it’s holding roughly $9 billion in investment funds that can (and should) be going to its many customers. Grayscale Is Going After the SEC As it turns out, Grayscale is involved in a whole separate lawsuit against the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Not long ago, the agency turned down the company’s application for a...

MicroStrategy is unrelenting with its Bitcoin purchases as it recently spend more than $29 million on over 1,000 BTC. MicroStrategy (NASDAQ: MSTR) has continued amassing more Bitcoin and has purchased an additional 1,045 BTC. The business intelligence firm announced it spent $29.3 million on the recent purchase, at an average of $28,016 per Bitcoin. According to a tweet from co-founder and executive chairman Michael Saylor, MicroStrategy’s portfolio now has 140,000 Bitcoins. The company...

All eyes are on bitcoin yet again as Jerome Powell – the man in charge of the Federal Reserve – said in a recent interview that his office is not above faster, larger rate hikes in 2023, and that they could come sooner than most people anticipate. Bitcoin Could Suffer with More Rate Hikes There is great fear of more rate hikes given they swarmed 2022, a time that was extremely bearish for bitcoin. Inflation was soaring and the economy was in dire straits thanks to the...

MicroStrategy, the Michael Saylor-founded business intelligence giant, which is also the largest corporate holder of bitcoin, made another notable purchase ($29.3 million worth of the asset). It helped the company to round up its massive BTC stash to 140,000. After several months of keeping relatively quiet when the cryptocurrency’s price was struggling below $20,000, the NASDAQ-listed firm began accumulating bitcoin in March when it bought another batch of 6,500 BTC....