Bitcoin (BTC)

On-chain sleuth ZackXBT has tracked down some of the mixed Bitcoin funds stolen by the mysterious FTX hacker this month.  The analyst found that $4.1 million worth of Bitcoin (255 BTC) has ended up on OKX, a cryptocurrency exchange.  As explained on Twitter, the hacker initially deposited the stolen funds to CoinMixer – an anonymous Bitcoin mixing service designed to make on-chain Bitcoin transfers harder to track.  The first CoinMixer deposit was made on November 20th after...

« Qu’est-ce que l’Initial Block Download de Bitcoin ? Quelles sont les optimisations possibles ? Quel est le rapport avec les soft et hard forks ? Cela sera justement le sujet du Space Kek de cette semaine ! » – Lounès Ksouri. Où ? – Sur Twitter Quand ? – Mercredi 30 novembre à 21h30 Liens utiles : – https://github.com/bitcoinbook– https://bitcoinops.org/en/topics/utreexo/–...

Earlier in the year, the Justice Department announced it had seized billions in crypto funds from a heist that occurred in 2016. Many customers of Bitfinex had their money stolen during that heist, and they learned that approximately $70 million of the recovered funds were likely theirs. Funds Stolen from Bitfinex Have Not Yet Been Returned One such victim – Frankie Cavazos – said he lost about 15 BTC units from the 2016 attack. Upon hearing that his money had been...

A company called Stockpile – which is billed as the “simplest way” to invest in stocks – is looking to introduce kids and young people to crypto investing. The company’s executives feel it’s never too early to start learning about proper investing methods, and they think getting kids on the right track early will not only assist them, but ensure the world is in a stronger place from a financial perspective. Stockpile Wants to Bring Kids and Crypto Together The thinking...

Le deuxième meetup « Ambassadeur Bitcoin Liège » aura lieu le mercredi 30 novembre à 19h00. Il se tiendra au Seven Bar (20 rue Souverain Pont – 4000 Liège), le quartier général des bitcoineurs liégeois. Soyons solidaire pendant ces moments maussades… Il est important de rappeler l’importance des notions de base comme : « Not Your Keys, Not Your Coins. » Le but est rencontrer des bitcoiners afin...

ADA price is signaling a bearish bias below the $0.35 support zone against the US Dollar. The price is now trading below $0.320 and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There is a major bearish trend line forming with resistance near $0.314 on the 4-hours chart (data feed via Bitfinex). The price could continue to move down if it fails to surpass the $0.320 resistance zone. Cardano price is struggling below $0.32 against the US Dollar, similar to bitcoin. ADA price...

A significant outflow of funds belonging to Binance set off alarms in the cryptocurrency community today. According to a Tweet from Whale Alerts, the exchange pulled out more than 127,000 BTC in a single transaction, depositing the coins in an anonymous wallet address. 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 127,351 #BTC (2,062,504,721 USD) transferred from #Binance to unknown wallethttps://t.co/zNYPuJuoRe — Whale Alert (@whale_alert) November 28, 2022 Of course, it was to be expected that,...

BlockFi, « prêteur d’actifs numériques », a annoncé se placer sous le chapitre 11 de la loi sur les faillites, prévu par le droit américain. Selon le communiqué de BlockFi, l’objectif est de « stabiliser son activité et de donner à la société la possibilité de conclure une transaction de restructuration complète qui maximise la valeur pour tous les clients et autres parties prenantes. »...

If there is one thing that the mainstream associates Bitcoin mining with, it’s the excessive usage of electricity. Many people (and regulators) believe that BTC mining is going to fry the world because it uses so much electrical energy. Some governments have outright banned it. For example, back in January this year, Kosovo introduced a blanket ban on cryptocurrency mining inside the country’s borders in a bid to curb electricity consumption. In the US, for example,...

La maison MAACHI lance l’édition spéciale d’un T-shirt Bitcoin au profit de la Fondation Toulouse Cancer Santé qui finance des projets de recherche. « A l’occasion du Crypto Giving Tuesday, mardi 29 novembre, la maison MAACHI lance une édition bleu jean de son modèle iconique #BTC avec le principe d’un reversement intégral de la marge au bénéfice de la Fondation Toulouse Cancer Santé. Cette...