Bitcoin (BTC)

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...

Elon Musk has not always been the kindest person to bitcoin. He has made unfair judgements about it in the past, and when it comes down to it, it seems he’s a much bigger fan of some of its altcoin cousins, i.e., Dogecoin, than he is of the currency that started it all, and yet despite all this, there still seems to be some love in the mix. Elon Musk Hasn’t Gotten Rid of All His BTC It has come out that Tesla – the electric vehicle company owned and run by Musk – is...

Bulletin d’information hebdomadaire Bitcoin Optech du 23 novembre 2022 traduit sous la direction de @copinmalin. La lettre d’information de cette semaine contient une sélection de questions et réponses du Bitcoin Stack Exchange, sont également inclus les résumés des modifications apportées aux services et aux logiciels clients, des annonces de nouvelles versions et de versions candidates, et des descriptions d’ajout sur les projets...

According to a new survey, many residents of El Salvador consider the bitcoin experiment implemented by their country’s leaders a failure. El Salvador and Bitcoin… Will They Break Up? The poll was conducted by the University of Central America. Roughly 75 percent of the survey participants said they have not used any cryptocurrency throughout 2022. A total of 77 percent of the participants flat out said that they don’t feel implementing bitcoin as legal tender was a...

Rogzy (Découvre Bitcoin) était au Salvador à l’occasion de la conférence Adopting Bitcoin. L’occasion pour lui de faire un bilan sur l’adoption de Bitcoin dans le pays.

Not long ago, an article emerged claiming Biden is using the crypto space to spy on people. Biden Is Using Crypto to See What People Are Doing The article said the government was “chipping away” at people’s financial freedoms and doing little to let them know what was going on. Financial privacy is clearly suffering under this administration, and it’s plausible to assume few people realize what’s happening. There are several things one can say to this, the first one...

Stellar lumen price is showing bearish signs below the $0.1000 resistance zone against the US Dollar. XLM price is now trading below $0.0920 and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There was a break below a key bullish trend line with support near $0.0885 on the 4-hours chart (data feed via Kraken). The pair could continue to move down if it breaks the $0.0860 and $0.0835 support levels. Stellar lumen price is trading below $0.1000 against the US Dollar, similar to...

Ripple price started a fresh decline from the $0.4180 resistance against the US dollar. The price is now trading near $0.3880 and near the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There is a key bullish trend line forming with support near $0.3720 on the 4-hours chart of the XRP/USD pair (data source from Bittrex). The pair could continue to move down towards the $0.332 support if it fails to stay above $0.3720. Ripple price is struggling below $0.400 against the US Dollar,...

Fundstrat’s head of research – Tom Lee – remains a bitcoin bull and believes the asset could serve as a proper investment tool for certain investors. He added in a recent interview that the entire crypto industry had a horrific year, but he expects the upcoming 2023 will not be the same. 2022 has indeed been a bad year for crypto, with ‘bad’ being quite the understatement. From the declines at the start of the year due to macroeconomic events to the implosion of Terra, which,...