Bitcoin (BTC)

Bulletin d’information hebdomadaire Bitcoin Optech du 19 octobre 2022. Traducteur : @copinmalin. La newsletter de cette semaine décrit le bug d’analyse de blocs affectant BTCD et LND la semaine dernière, résume la discussion sur un changement de fonctionnalité prévu sur Bitcoin Core lié au replace-by-fee, décrit la recherche sur les validity rollups avec Bitcoin, partage une annonce sur une...

Bitcoin reached past $21,000 on Wednesday for the first time since mid-September, following a lower-than-expected rate hike at the Bank of Canada.  Economists say the move may signal a reversal from the central bank’s tight monetary policy stance. The Effect of Rate Hikes Canada’s central bank, which announced a 50 basis point increase to its policy rate on Wednesday, said its recent rate hikes are showing evident effects in “interest sensitive” economic areas. “Housing...

Zen Ledger – a leader in digital currency tax software – has announced it is partnering with crypto payment processor Bit Pay so it can accept crypto payments for goods and services. Zen Ledger and Bit Pay… A Perfect Match! The move is pushing the goals of bitcoin and its digital counterparts closer to being achieved. What many people likely forget is that while bitcoin and many of its crypto cousins have taken on either speculative or even hedge-like statuses in recent...

The U.S. Treasury has warned that unregulated cryptocurrencies could come back to haunt the United States and its financial workings. The Treasury Is Terrified of Crypto The Treasury has been engaged in digital currency research for some time given that back in March, Joe Biden issued a crypto executive order calling for all financial agencies within the United States to examine and explore the risks and alleged advantages associated with digital currency assets. The...

As per the data compiled from Morningstar Direct for FT, the Bitcoin Strategy fund (BITO) launched in October 2021 by ProShares lost money on an “unprecedented scale.” The ETF has attracted consistent inflows throughout the past year, with only two withdrawals. However, data suggested net inflows of $1.8 billion in its debut year, while its current assets were recorded at $624 million, meaning a 70% drop in the fund’s equity price. Down 70% Jeffrey Ptak, chief rating officer...

En février 2015 Joseph Poon et Thaddeus Dryja publient le livre blanc d’un réseau de transaction haute-fréquence reposant sur Bitcoin. Thaddeus Dryja lui donne un nom : le Lightning Network. Réalisation : Guillaume Goualard pour Grand Angle Crypto

Leading crypto donation platform Engiven is keeping up its current trend of being the ultimate church donation company by partnering with Secure Give, which manages church donation applications. The latter has selected Engiven to enable more people to give money to their favorite religious institutions. Engiven and Secure Give Work Together James Lawrence – co-founder and CEO of Engiven – stated in a recent interview: Secure Give has been a pioneer in church giving...

Conférence de Pierre Noizat, CEO de Paymium, lors du salon Virtuality (17 et 18 mars 2022).

TON may be the highest gainer for today, having surged by over 17%, but it is not the only coin surging at the moment.It appears that the Telegram-based Toncoin (TON) cryptocurrency is riding on the waves of rival WhatsApp’s recent misfortune. This follows after the cryptocurrency started seeing gains following the earlier crash of WhatsApp messenger.  As of publication, Toncoin (TON) is up by over 17% in the last 24 hours, per CoinMarketCap data.It is noteworthy, however, that the impact of...

Ethereum (ETH) has emerged as the top performer in the top ten crypto-list gaining over 14% and moving past $1,500 for the first time since the Merge event.On Tuesday, October 25, the broader crypto market made a sharp rally surging past more than 5% and above the $1 trillion market cap. As of the press time, the broader cryptocurrency market is up 7% with a combined market cap of $995 billion.The world’s largest cryptocurrency Bitcoin (BTC) has also gained 7% and is currently trading at...