Bitcoin (BTC)

Bitcoin price started a fresh decline below the $20,000 zone against the US Dollar. The price is now trading below $18,000 and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There was a break above a short-term bearish trend line with resistance near $16,920 on the 4-hours chart of the BTC/USD pair (data feed from Coinbase). The pair could recover, but upsides might be limited above the $17,500 resistance zone. Bitcoin price is struggling below $18,000 against the US Dollar....

The Executive Chairman of MicroStrategy and prominent bitcoin bull – Michael Saylor – likened the CEO of FTX – Sam Bankman-Fried – to the notorious Jordan Belfort, also known as “The Wolf of Wall Street.” In his view, SBF “was using stolen money” and cooperated with corrupt regulators to keep his business going. Make a Movie About Him Bitcoin evangelist Michael Saylor believes Bankman-Fried lobbied against “all of the virtues of the industry,” including bitcoin, by using...

One of the most successful NBA teams – Golden State Warriors – reportedly paused all marketing endeavors related to the distressed crypto exchange FTX. The latter filed for bankruptcy last week after failing to honor its clients’ withdrawal requests. According to recent coverage, the basketball club stopped advertising all FTX products and services. The last promotion was on Monday (November 14), and it was related to Golden State Warriors shooting guard Jordan Poole. Miami...

Ark Invest – the technology-focused investment firm founded by Cathie Wood – has aped into Grayscale’s Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) after the world-leading digital asset fund marked another record-low discount last week.  Ark Investment Management bought 315,000 GBTC shares worth roughly $2.8 million on Monday for its ARK Next Generation Internet exchange-traded fund (ARKW). Ark’s purchase marks its first investment in the trust since July 2021, when Bitcoin drifted around a local...

Dans un article scientifique publié hier sur arxiv.org, Cyril Grunspan [1] et Ricardo Perez-Marco [2] démontrent qu’une modification mineure du protocole Bitcoin permettrait de le rendre en phase avec les intérêts des mineurs. Les deux mathématiciens préconisent de prendre en compte la production de blocs orphelins dans la formule d’ajustement de difficulté pour faire en sorte que la stratégie...

In a surprise twist, Binance – the world’s largest and most popular digital currency trading firm – has agreed to purchase competitor FTX, which at this time is experiencing what it’s referring to as a “liquidity crunch” and is in need of some financial help. Binance Said It Would Buy FTX The irony is that FTX spent millions of dollars recently bailing other companies out of their messes. Who would have thought the enterprise that at one time appeared so popular and stable would now need...

Bulletin d’information hebdomadaire Bitcoin Optech du 9 novembre 2022. Traduction de @copinmalin. Le bulletin d’information de cette semaine résume la discussion en cours sur une option de configuration permettant d’activer la fonction full-RBF dans Bitcoin Core et décrit un bogue affectant BTCD, LND et d’autres logiciels. Vous trouverez également nos sections habituelles avec le résumé d’une réunion du Club Bitcoin Core PR Review, des...

The native token of FTX – a leading, yet new digital currency exchange – took a harsh dip in mid-November after news came about that Binance – one of the world’s biggest crypto trading platforms – was liquidating its holdings of the asset and ending its support for it as a means of preventing competition to its own native currency BNB Coin. FTX Is Having It Hard The FTX asset fell by as much as 15 percent following the news, and this leakage eventually made its way into...

ADA price failed to surpass the $0.400 resistance and declined against the US Dollar. The price is now trading below $0.400 and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There was a break above a key bearish trend line with resistance near $0.320 on the 4-hours chart (data feed via Bitfinex). The price could continue to move down if it fails to stay above the $0.315 support zone. Cardano price is struggling below $0.40 against the US Dollar, similar to bitcoin. ADA price...

Net exchange outflows have soared in the wake of FTX’s bankruptcy, inciting crypto holders everywhere to look after their own digital assets.  Data from on-chain analysis firm CryptoQuant shows that over $8 billion in crypto has flowed off of centralized exchanges since November 6th – when worries about FTX’s solvency began to propagate. Since Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao’s worrying statements about FTX last week, $3.7 billion worth of Bitcoin has been withdrawn from...