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On pourrait retenir de l’année qui vient de s’achever les trois mises à jour – dont deux majeures – de Bitcoin Core et toutes les avancées sur les protocoles de seconde couche, notamment Lightning (voir la synthèse de Bitcoin Optech). On pourrait également se réjouir du nombre exceptionnel de rencontres consacrées à Bitcoin en France cette année ou encore du retour en grâce des « unhosted wallets » après l’implosion de quelques...

Publicly-traded business intelligence company MicroStrategy revealed that it sold part of its bitcoin stash on December 22 for tax purposes. Although the firm later purchased more bitcoins, the sale defied its promise of never selling any portions of its BTC stash. MicroStrategy Sold BTC for Tax Benefits As reported earlier, MicroStrategy purchased 2,395 bitcoins worth about $42.8 million between November 1, 2022, and December 21, 2022. The company then sold 704 BTC for about...

The price of bitcoin took a massive hit in 2022, dropping by more than 50% in 12 months. However, the crypto analytics platform Santiment believes there’s more bad news incoming in the new year. The company based its rather bearish prediction on the BTC whales’ activity. BTC Whales Are Net Sellers Santiment began its 2023 prediction analysis by highlighting the significance of BTC whales’ behavior for the asset’s price movements. This is somewhat expected since these types of...

Bitcoin had a very harsh year in 2022. Can we expect 2023 to be any better now that it’s about to enter the fray? The Bitcoin Price Had It Really Hard This Year We are literally hours away from greeting 2023, and we can’t help but reflect on what a year 2022 has been for the world’s number one digital currency by market cap. The crypto space has had extreme difficulty staying at the top of its game these last 12 months, and many of us are surprised that bitcoin and its...

2022 is on the verge of disappearing forever, and Live Bitcoin News is looking back one last time on the biggest digital currency stories of the year. The Bitcoin Price The biggest story of 2022 revolved around how poorly bitcoin did. What was once one of the largest and most worthwhile assets around sank to the bottom of a deep financial pit, and the currency has refused to get up. In November of last year, for example, the world’s number one digital currency by market...

Bulletin d’information hebdomadaire Bitcoin Optech du 14 décembre 2022 traduit par @copinmalin. La newsletter de cette semaine résume une proposition de version modifiée de LN qui pourrait améliorer la compatibilité avec les usines à canaux, décrit un logiciel permettant d’atténuer certains effets des attaques de brouillage de canaux sans modifier le protocole LN, et propose des liens vers un site Web permettant de suivre les...

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For better or worse, 2022 is about to end, and the bitcoin bulls are in a hurry to send this rather violent year packing. The asset’s price tumbled amid macroeconomic hurdles, industry collapses and scams, and everything in between. The micro scale doesn’t give much hope either, as BTC slipped to a new 10-day low of way below $16,500 yesterday. Bitcoin’s Nightmare Year Comes to an End After the massive bull market of 2021, in which bitcoin skyrocketed to an all-time high of...

Emiliano Grodzki has stepped down as CEO of leading Bitcoin mining firm Bitfarms, joining a long list of crypto executives who resigned from their positions amid the bear market this year. The mining company named Geoffrey Morphy as its new CEO, promoting him from his role as president and chief operating officer (COO). “Our foundational work over the last years built the strength and depth of skills we needed to navigate external factors. I’m even more optimistic today...

Edward Snowden – the U.S. intelligence leaker now living in Moscow – hinted he has quite a few bitcoins to his name, and that he’s got enough to live on “until the f*cking sun dies.” How Much BTC Does Edward Snowden Own? Since he left the country, many entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley have been sending him bitcoin and crypto units so he could stay afloat. This has turned into a vast and considerable sum over the years, and Snowden appears to be living well thanks to the...