Bitcoin (BTC)

Federal officials have recovered close to $3 million in stolen crypto funds. The money was taken through a fraud scheme that resulted in more than 150 bitcoin units traveling into criminal hands. Federal Officials Have Gotten Stolen BTC Back The scheme is alleged to have begun three years ago in 2020. Individuals overseeing the scam had set up a call center that they inherently used to target U.S. traders and investors. These individuals would call them up and pretend to...

Vidéo d’explication sur le sujet d’Ordinals. Réalisation : Guillaume Goualard pour Grand Angle Crypto

Republicans currently serving on the House Financial Services Committee recently stated that they are going to be starting a new subcommittee devoted to crypto following the debacle that was 2022. Republicans Are Looking to Fix Crypto During that time, not only were prices of various assets (bitcoin in particular) reaching new lows, but there were bankruptcies, fraud cases, and other problems spreading like a disease. It appears republicans of Congress are now working to...

NFTs have come to Bitcoin – and they’re quickly taking the network by storm. On Wednesday, BitMEX blog provided reviewed the adoption of Ordinals, the NFT-enabling protocol that’s been a subject of heated debate in the Bitcoin community over the past week. Just how much steam is the new feature generating on-chain? Ordinals: The Data Going by BitMEX’s numbers, the number of Ordinals transactions per block skyrocketed in February 2023, surpassing an average of 225 on February...

Bitcoin’s recent freefall seems to have stopped for now, as the asset has calmed at just under $22,000. Most altcoins have even registered minor daily increases. Some, such as HBAR and Lido Dao, have even soared by double-digits. Bitcoin Calms Below $22K The situation around bitcoin was significantly more positive last week when it jumped above $24,000 for the first time since August 2022. However, it failed to remain there and retraced by over a grand to $23,000 in the...

« L’association Annecy 3.0 en partenariat avec Annecy Bitcoin Meetup vous propose de venir les rencontrer tous les lundis midi pour découvrir leurs projets. Entre l’organisation d’un évènement dédié à l’univers blockchain, la découverte de la proposition de valeur de Bitcoin, de la préparation de présentations explicatives des concepts comme DAO, NFT, Layer lors de soirée d’échanges… Vous serez...

The Canadian University of Dubai (CUD) partnered with Binance to enable students to pay their fees in digital currencies. With the recent collaboration, the exchange dived deeper into the local ecosystem. It received a cryptocurrency license from Dubai’s regulators in September last year.  Settling the Semesters in Crypto The world’s leading crypto platform disclosed the partnership on its Twitter account, saying current and future students of the CUD are allowed to settle...

A study by BanklessTimes revealed that 67% of respondents aged 27-42 consider bitcoin a safe haven. Previous polls have shown that millennials are among the most active demographic groups in the cryptocurrency space and have a friendlier outlook than older generations. BTC Emerges as an Important Asset for Millennials According to Jonathan Merry – CEO of BanklessTimes – the primary cryptocurrency is a vital investment instrument for millennials as it offers financial freedom...

Just yesterday, Live Bitcoin News put out an article talking about a Russian crypto executive running an unlicensed money transmitting business. Known as Bitzlato, the crypto exchange was an unregistered trading platform for those who sought to use digital assets to obtain illicit products. The exchange also did very little to obtain necessary information about its clients and customers. Now, it looks like Binance – the world’s largest and most popular digital currency...

By the end of 2022, PayPal held over $600 million in digital assets in crypto on behalf of its users. That included $291 million in Bitcoin (BTC) and $250 million in ETH.  According to PayPal’s annual report to the Securities and Exchange Commission, the remainder of its $63 million in crypto was spread between Bitcoin Cash (BCH) and Litecoin (LTC). In total, the firm held $604 million in digital assets. In dollar terms, that’s less than what the firm held in Q3 – when...