Bitcoin (BTC)

BTG Pactual – one of Latin America’s largest investment banks – will reportedly launch its own stablecoin, whose value will be tied to the American dollar.  The corporation joined the industry years ago by issuing a security token called ReitBZ and introducing a cryptocurrency exchange in Brazil. The Latest Push According to Reuters, Banco BTG Pactual S.A. (better known as BTG Pactual) will strengthen its presence in the digital asset sector by designing a stablecoin called...

One of the leading crypto mining firms – Marathon Digital – mined a record 2,195 BTC during the year’s first quarter and increased its holdings to 11,466 bitcoin (equivalent to over $321 million at current prices). The positive result at the start of the year contrast with the performance from 2022. The company’s mining capacity was crippled due to a massive storm last summer, while its multi-million exposure to the troubled data center – Compute North – caused additional...

Le gouvernement espagnol a validé aujourd’hui une série de modifications réglementaires visant les actifs numériques. A compter du 1er janvier 2024, tous les contribuables et toutes les entreprises du pays devront déclarer chaque année leurs avoirs en cryptomonnaies ainsi que toutes les opérations (paiements, échanges, transferts) qu’ils auront effectuées. Hacienda y Función Pública OBLIGACIONES INFORMATIVAS PARA CRIPTOMONEDAS El...

Le gouvernement espagnol a validé aujourd’hui une série de modifications réglementaires qui imposent aux entités fournissant des services de garde d’actifs numériques de déclarer annuellement leurs avoirs et les opérations effectuées. Cette obligation d’information concerne également les contribuables possédant des cryptomonnaies sur des plateformes situées à l’étranger. Rectificatif : L’obligation de déclaration des avoirs et des...

L’équipe d’Acinq a annoncé aujourd’hui la sortie, sur l’App Store d’Apple, de la version 1.6.0 de Phoenix wallet (pour iOS). Phoenix est une application Lightning « simplifiée » destinée à tous ceux qui veulent envoyer et recevoir très simplement des bitcoins via le Lightning Network en gardant le contrôle de leurs fonds mais sans avoir à se soucier de la gestion des canaux de paiement. Ce « Bitcoin wallet » propose un compromis entre les solutions...

In an abrupt turn of events, peer-to-peer Bitcoin marketplace Paxful has closed its doors indefinitely after a number of internal conflicts and regulatory troubles were brought to light.  The company’s CEO Ray Youssef is now recommending that users of the marketplace migrate to other marketplaces like Noones. The End of Paxful Per a statement from Youssef on Tuesday, Paxful has suspended its marketplace, and he is “not sure if it will come back.” “This will probably come as a...

After a rocky end to 2022, Bitcoin finished the first quarter well in the green, recording an impressive 70% in gains. The core network activity depicted a bullish picture amidst the broader market recovery. According to data compiling the performance of the network and the asset in Q1, Bitcoin surpassed 800 million transactions for over $107 trillion cumulatively. This is a huge feat for a network in existence since 2008 only. Despite the bear market, active addresses on the...

Bulletin d’information hebdomadaire Bitcoin Optech du 29 mars 2023 traduit par @copinmalin. Le bulletin de cette semaine décrit une proposition visant à améliorer l’efficacité du capital sur LN en utilisant des pénalités ajustables. Vous y trouverez également nos sections habituelles avec des résumés des principales questions et réponses du Bitcoin Stack Exchange, des annonces de nouvelles versions et de versions candidates, et des...

Bitcoin’s recent uptrend has come to a standstill, with its value decreasing from a nine-month peak of $29,180 to $26,900 in the past week. Currently, the price is situated in a crucial zone, and to surpass this significant barrier posed by the $30K resistance level, greater demand and buying power must be generated. Technical Analysis By Shayan The Weekly Chart Bitcoin’s price has recently reached a critical price zone of $30,000. The chart shows that this range is a...

Cash flow from Bitcoin to the Ethereum market has significantly contributed to today’s price bump according to Lewis Harland, Decentral Park Capital’s portfolio manager. After consolidating for the past two weeks, the Ethereum (ETH) market has begun gaining traction over Bitcoin (BTC) during the early New York trading session on Tuesday. According to the latest crypto market data, Ethereum’s price rallied to a 24-hour high of around $1,886, up over 3 percent during the day. With over $30...