Crypto news

When the Crypto Twitter community reacts, it does so in a big way. And when the guys from the Bitcoin neighborhood unite, there’s nothing to stop them, especially when it comes to criticizing traditional financial institutions —whether they’re crypto-friendly or not. If this seems hard to believe, ask PayPal, who had to deal with significant criticism after publishing something about Bitcoin that was not swallowed easily by the Crypto Twitter community. What PayPal Did In...

Plan B appears to be rather confident in his stock to flow (S2F) model. He’s predicting that bitcoin is going to reach a six-figure price of $100,000 by the time 2021 is over, and he’s ready to stick by this prediction no matter what.Plan B Believes His Own PredictionsThe price of bitcoin is presently $15,600. The currency has been in a steady bull run for the past month and a half, and it looks like nothing has been setting the currency back. Bitcoin is likely to continue adding to its price...

Bitcoin is up by a total of around 5% this week. However, the most interesting part is that it finally broke above the coveted $16,000 mark for the first time since January 2018. This time, however, things are looking a lot more stable. BTC had a few attempts at $16,000 and managed to convincingly break through today. Ironically, it’s Friday the 13th so there goes the myth of bad things happening on this date. At the time of this writing, the price is trading at above $16,200...

The European Central Bank (ECB) says that it’s potentially looking to release a digital version of the euro fiat currency. The firm is about to hold a two-day annual forum, where plans and structural ideas revolving around the currency will be introduced to the world.The ECB Is Moving Forward with a Digital EuroWe are consistently hearing about the world’s banks looking to digitize fiat currencies. China has already done so and is now preparing to release a digital version of the yuan, while...

Michael Saylor – the CEO of MicroStrategy – says that bitcoin is a thousand times better than gold in a recent interview.Michael Saylor: BTC Beats the Pants Off GoldFor those who may be unfamiliar, MicroStrategy made headlines earlier this year when as a major institutional enterprise, it decided to purchase more than $400 million in bitcoin, making it one of the first institutions to come out and do so. It put all its money into the world’s number one digital currency by market cap, and it...

Bitcoin Bitcoin saw another 4% price hike this week, which had it breaking above the $16,000 level to reach as high as $16,491 today. The coin has since dropped slightly to trade at $16,135 at the time of writing. Last week, the coin had surged into the $16,000 level, which caused it to roll over and drop into the $14,850 support last Saturday. Bitcoin managed to rebound higher from there as it started to climb on Sunday. The coin did not return to $16,000 until Wednesday,...

Bitcoin Dossier im Magazin Schweizer des Monats Im Juni 2018 widmete der «Schweizer Monat», das älteste Monatsmagazin der Schweiz, ein Dossier der neuen Sprache des Geldes: Bitcoin. In der November-Ausgabe dieses Jahres kommen erneut namhafte Experten zu Wort. Unter anderem beleuchten Andreas M. Antonopoulos, Didi Taihuttu, Saifedean Ammous, Lucas Betschart und Vinay Gupta unterschiedliche Aspekte der Bitcoin-Revolution. Auch für erfahrene...

A group of researchers has located a new type of ransomware attack called Pay2Key executed against several Israeli and European companies. The perpetrators have requested the ransom to be paid with bitcoins, which the researchers have followed the funds to an Iranian cryptocurrency exchange. A New Ransomware Attack On Israeli And European Firms The updated research from the cybersecurity company CheckPoint reveals several that firms based in Israel have complained about being...

Bitcoin payments for passport services? You read that, right! In a first, a nearly 50-year-old U.S based passport and visa processing firm, Peninsula Visa, will now be accepting BTC for select passport services. Coinbase’s crypto payments arm, Coinbase Commerce, will be assisting the company in the same. Peninsula Visa Is Now Accepting Bitcoin For Passport Services In an official press release, Peninsula Visa announced its plan to integrate bitcoin payments for selected...

Bitcoin marches confidently towards new yearly highs while most alternative coins have failed in pursuit. Consequently, BTC’s dominance over the market has climbed above 65%. Red Dominates The Altcoins On a 24-hour scale, most alternative coins have either decreased in value or remained stagnant. Ethereum initiated a leg up towards $470, but the bears didn’t allow any further increases. In fact, they drove ETH’s price south, and the second-largest cryptocurrency struggles at...