Bitcoin (BTC)

Leading cryptocurrency exchange Kraken announced on Thursday the results of a proof-of-reserve audit, showing that it holds over $19 billion worth of Ether (ETH) and Bitcoin (BTC). Almost $20 billion Stored on Kraken As per a blog post, the audit was conducted by Armanino LLP, a consulting and technology firm in the US. The results didn’t include other assets – just BTC and ETH, including the $3.5 billion worth of ETH held in Kraken’s staking service, which is an ETH 2.0...

The past 24 hours have been particularly turbulent throughout the cryptocurrency market, but this time it seems it’s all in favor of the bulls. Bitcoin’s price surged above $41K for the first time since January 21st, and the whole market is in the green. Therefore, we’re taking a look at four possible reasons for which the positive move was triggered. Reporting Season is Through It’s worth noting that Bitcoin and the traditional stock market have been tightly correlated for...

By partnering with the bitcoin-centered company New York Digital Investment Group (NYDIG), UNIFY will become the first credit union to offer BTC services to its members. The collaboration was also joined by pro football player Safety John Johnson III. The announcement from earlier this week informed that UNIFY customers will now be able to buy, sell, and hodl bitcoin alongside their traditional accounts within the online banking platforms. The organization has more than...

After more than two weeks of trading below $40,000, bitcoin finally made a decisive move to reclaim that coveted level. The entire crypto market followed suit with massive daily price increases from Ethereum, Binance Coin, Cardano, Sollana, Polkadot, and many others. Bitcoin Surged $4K It was on January 20th and 21st when the primary cryptocurrency slumped below $40,000 for the first time in months. In the following few weeks, the asset failed to recover most of the losses...

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A hot dog restaurant called Willy – Yums in Bradenton, Florida has become the latest company to accept cryptocurrency as a method of payment. Willy – Yums Opens Its Heart to Crypto Willy – Yums opened about five years ago. It serves hot dogs, burgers, Cuban sandwiches, and many other things to tantalize one’s taste buds. The man who owns it – Rob Williams – says he was introduced to crypto through a friend and he immediately began investing through the Robinhood app. He...

Is Linus Torvalds the man who invented bitcoin? Torvalds Has Become the Object of the Satoshi Obsession For the past several years, many crypto traders have sought to find out the identity of Satoshi Nakamoto, the man behind bitcoin (the world’s largest and most popular cryptocurrency by market cap). For some, the mystery is something that needs to be figured out soon. It’s become an obsession, but the questions behind Nakamoto’s identity usually leads to a dead end, and...

According to recent figures, the U.S. added 467,000 new jobs in January alone, despite worries about Omicron leaving various businesses short-staffed. Bitcoin traded slightly lower following the reveal. A Surprisingly Strong Labor Market The recent employment figures were published in a report by the US Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics earlier today. While total nonfarm employment rose by over 400k jobs, the unemployment rate only slightly increased from 3.9% to...

Bitcoin is a limited currency. It is finite and all set to run out someday. While the asset will likely always remain in circulation to some degree, there are only 21 million units of BTC, and about 90 percent of that has already been mined and added to the blockchain. Nayib Bukele – the president of El Salvador – sees this as a good thing. Nayib Bukele Things Bitcoin Is Going to Shoot Up in Price While bitcoin may be limited and thus very concentrated in the future,...

The total cryptocurrency market has managed to recover a considerable chunk of its capitalization, with Bitcoin currently pushing above $40K. However, excluding today, we saw a serious correlation between Wall Street and crypto, but may this be coming to a halt? Bitcoin’s price recovered over 8% in the past seven days, but let’s break it down. This time last week, things were looking quite depressing, and BTC was failing to break out and dipped on Monday. It spiked towards...