Bitcoin (BTC)

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) revealed that Americans parted with over $10 billion last year due to online fraud. Wrongdoers drained $2.57 billion of that amount via cryptocurrency investment schemes.  Crypto Scams on the Rise Despite the predominantly bearish year for the cryptocurrency industry, 2022 was fruitful for criminals. They stole nearly $2.6 billion from American consumers using investment schemes related to bitcoin and other digital assets. In...

The “Vietnam Crypto Market Report 2022” revealed that 16.6 million Vietnamese own digital currencies, with bitcoin being the most popular asset. Another research conducted by Chainalysis placed the Asian country as the world’s cryptocurrency adoption leader, with a score of 1.000. Close to the Top The study, reported by a local media outlet, estimated that 16.6 million Vietnamese had purchased cryptocurrencies (approximately 17% of the country’s population). 31% of those have...

Charlie Munger – the righthand man of Warren Buffett (CEO of real estate giant Berkshire Hathaway) – has never been a bitcoin fan, and after his latest interview, it’s likely he never will be. Charlie Munger Makes His Hate of Crypto Clear During a recent discussion, Munger said of bitcoin and crypto: Sometimes I call it crypto-crappo and sometimes I call it, well, crypto sh*t. At 99 years of age, Munger has been around for some time. He’s probably gotten used to the way...

El Salvador’s government has launched another initiative repping its support for Bitcoin adoption and development of the broader network.This time, it’s a Bitcoin/ lightning developer training program funded by VC firm Fulgur and stablecoin issuer Tether.  As announced by El Salvador’s Bitcoin Office on Wednesday, the “CUBO+” program is an advanced Bitcoin engineering program that is several months long and offers credit and potential placement for those qualifying for the...

Bitcoin initiated yet another leg up in the past 24 hours, resulting in nearing $28,000 for the first time since June 2022. The altcoins are also well in the green, with ETH reclaiming $1,800, while SOL, UNI, AVAX, and ETC have skyrocketed by up to 14%. BTC Taps Yet Another 9-Month High The US banking crisis, which later expanded to Europe as well, harmed bitcoin’s price performance at the end of last week as the asset tumbled below $20,000 for the first time in two months....

Larry Fink, chief executive officer of the world’s largest asset management company BlackRock, believes tokenizing asset classes such as stocks and bonds could foster efficiency in capital markets and improve investor access. The CEO noted in his latest annual letter to investors that BlackRock is currently exploring the digital asset industry and would continue to do so, especially in areas related to permissioned blockchains and tokenization of stocks and bonds. BlackRock...

Fidelity Investments, multinationale spécialisée dans la gestion d’actifs pour compte de tiers, permet désormais à tous ses clients américains d »acheter du bitcoin ou de l’ether à partir de 1$ via sa plateforme Fidelity Crypto. L’offre, qui existe depuis plusieurs mois, était jusqu’à hier réservée à quelques clients privilégiés. Notons qu’il ne s’agit pour l’instant que de s’exposer au Bitcoin,...

Markets are starting to price in an incoming Fed pivot as bank instability forces central banks to protect the financial system.Analysis from CryptoQuant analyst Cristian Palusi suggests that the liquidity crises now plaguing commercial banks may be a “long-awaited buy signal” for Bitcoin.  Banks Down, Bitcoin Up In a post published on Thursday, Palusci noted that the implied federal funds’ policy rates have severely shortened their time frame for when they think the central...

BitMEX co-founder and crypto-essayist Arthur Hayes published a lengthy blog post on Thursday breaking down the Federal Reserve’s new program to protect the banking system – and what it means for Bitcoin.  The initiative titled the “Bank Term Funding Program” is regarded by Hayes as a “repackaged” form of Yield Curve Control (YCC) that will trigger another bull market for Bitcoin.  QE Infinity Hayes began by reviewing the macroeconomic backdrop since 2020, from the period of...

La seconde édition du rassemblement BTCAzores 2023 se déroulera les 23 et 24 septembre 2023 à Angra do Heroísmo, ville située sur la côte sud de l’île de Terceira, dans l’archipel des Açores. Il ne s’agit pas d’une conférence, mais d’une série d’ateliers et de discussions horizontales autour de thématiques techniques. L’évènement s’adresse à tous les experts de Bitcoin et en particulier à tous...