Bitcoin (BTC)

Sitiveni Rabuka became Fiji’s 12th Prime Minister after winning the country’s elections earlier this month. The 74-year-old, commonly known by his nickname “Rambo,” is a proponent of bitcoin. Former member of Parliament of Tonga Lord Fusitu’a applauded the Rabuka for his success, supporting the idea of Fiji and Tonga embracing the primary cryptocurrency as legal tender in 2023. ‘Let’s Go 2 for 2’ The People’s Alliance Party (PAP) became the new ruling political group in the...

The Solana ecosystem that was once heavily tied to Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX has been badly wounded after the collapse. As debates accelerated over the prospects of Solana, its native token – SOL – has plummeted 96% from its all-time high of $260 in November last year. Adding to its woes, crypto asset management company Matrixport is reportedly gearing up to delist Solana and Solana-U dual currency investment products on December 30th. Interestingly, Matrixport is founded by...

Mike Novogratz – the CEO of Galaxy Digital – praised his company’s decision to purchase the bitcoin mining facility – Helios. The firm recently won the auction to acquire another cryptocurrency entity – the blockchain cybersecurity platform GK8.  ‘Long-Term Believers in BTC’ In a recent tweet, Novogratz justified the Helios’ acquisition with the fact that Galaxy Digital is a “long-term” believer in bitcoin. He also thinks lowest-cost BTC miners will prevail in the future,...

Two men in the eastern European nation of Estonia have been arrested after they defrauded crypto investors of more than $575 million in digital funds. Two Men in Estonia Charged with Crypto Crimes The arrests were issued by federal agents based in the United States. Both Sergei Potapenko and Ivan Turogin – each is 37 years of age – have been charged with crimes like wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering. It is also believed that there were four other...

Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman is confident bitcoin and Ethereum, the world’s two biggest digital currencies by market cap, aren’t going to last much longer and are headed for points of no return. Paul Krugman Thinks BTC Is Done A lot has happened in the crypto arena in just the last few months. For one thing, the fall of crypto exchange FTX has sent ripples throughout the space that have seemingly caused a lot of other exchanges and blockchain-based...

MicroStrategy’s Executive Chairman – Michael Saylor – said the company intends to roll out Bitcoin Lightning Network-powered solutions and applications next year. The business intelligence firm previously planned to launch an enterprise Lightning Wallet and Lightning servers and was looking to hire a software engineer to be in charge. Presenting the 2023 Plans Saylor revealed the firm’s intentions on Twitter Spaces, saying MicroStrategy is exploring ways to integrate...

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L’irruption de Bitcoin en 2009 a impacté la sphère financière. Une littérature grandissante s’intéresse à l’adoption et à l’usage de la cryptomonnaie la plus connue à travers le monde. Cet article propose non seulement un aperçu de l’usage et de l’adoption en France, mais explore aussi l’évolution des utilisateurs de Bitcoin en quatre ans. Je compare aussi ces derniers à la population française. En accord avec la littérature, je constate...

Bitcoin continued with minor price declines in the past 24 hours, resulting in a dip to a weekly low of under $16,500. Most altcoins are also in the red, including substantial losses from Solana and Terra Classic. Bitcoin Dropped to Weekly Lows The primary cryptocurrency had a calm weekend, in which it stood at around $16,800 without any movements in either direction. This resulted in closing the week at precisely the same spot it was seven days ago. The start of the new week...

EOS price is still facing selling pressure below the $0.90 support against the US Dollar. The price is now trading below $0.88 and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There is a key bearish trend line forming with resistance near $0.880 the 4-hours chart of the EOS/USD pair (data feed from Coinbase). The pair could continue to decline if it stays below the $0.88 and $0.900 resistance levels. EOS price is struggling below $0.90 against the US Dollar, similar to...