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Table ronde animée par Yorick de Mombynes dans le cadres de la conférence Surfin’Bitcoin 2022. Avec :– Gilles Cadignan, cofondateur et CEO de Woleet – Abdelhamid Bakhta, core développeur sur Ethereum, Lead de l’écosystème StarkNet et coauteur de l’EIP 1559– Fanis Michalakis, développeur chez LN Market – Kevin Klich alias Monsieur TK, Youtubeur et journaliste expert en cryptomonnaie

American billionaire venture capitalist Tim Draper has reiterated his bullish support for Bitcoin despite the crypto winter intensified by the sudden crash of the FTX exchange.  Draper predicted last June, during the bull market, that the leading crypto asset would reach $250,000 by the end of 2022. However, his prediction is less likely to happen this year since the largest cryptocurrency is now trading below $17,000 following the FTX fiasco.  Women and Retailers Can Push...

A recent report suggests that the volatility of the crypto market is now far less than the volatility exhibited by stock exchanges such as the Nasdaq and the S&P 500. Crypto Volatility Is Now Less Than That of Stocks While it may not seem like it, bitcoin and its many altcoin cousins have been much more stable and are steadier as of late when compared to their stock counterparts. Shares in companies continue to take heavy dips in recent weeks, while many main staples...

Bitcoin has not made any decisive moves in days as the asset remains stuck below $17,000. This is expected to an extent today, given the unusually low trading volumes. As such, the alternative coins have stalled, too, with ETH struggling to sustain above $1,200. Bitcoin Flat Below $17K The past two weeks were highly different from one another. The previous one saw massive turbulence propelled by the collapse of once the third-largest cryptocurrency exchange FTX. Bitcoin...

The cryptocurrency industry saw the spectacular collapse of one of its giants earlier this month, which ultimately resulted in FTX filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Shortly after, though, there were suspicious movements from one of its accounts, many related it to a hack or even an inside job. However, the Securities Commission of the Bahamas took it to Twitter to shed some more light on the events, informing that it was actually the watchdog that siphoned the funds. The...

Dogecoin’s Shibetoshi Nakamoto believes a potential crash of the crypto exchange Binance or the stablecoin-issuer Tether could severely destabilize the entire industry. He also advised people to do appropriate research and understand the digital asset’s sector specifics before entering it. Binance/Tether Collapse Could be Devastating The Co-Creator of the memecoin Dogecoin – Billy Markus (better known as Shibetoshi Nakamoto) – thinks if either Binance or Tether goes down,...

The past year or so has not been kind to the primary cryptocurrency, following many industry and macroeconomic adversities. Even though the asset has lost roughly 80% of its value since the all-time high last November, some estimations show that it could drop further, perhaps to the four-digit territory. It was approximately a year ago when the industry was booming, led by the massive gains charted by the largest cryptocurrency. Perhaps fueled by the futures ETF launched in...

Despite all the economic and financial turmoil in the United Kingdom, bitcoin has not taken advantage of the situation and dropped even further in October, even though that period has historically been bullish for the world’s number one digital currency by market cap. Bitcoin Should Have Risen, but the Opposite Happened October saw the resignation of UK prime minister Liz Truss, who set a record after serving only 44 days in her post. The news brought an onslaught of new...

After Hacktober, which saw countless DeFi projects being exploited for hundreds of millions of dollars in total, November was expected to be a calmer month for crypto. However, that was not the case as the industry saw one of the fastest, loudest, and most shocking deterioration of a giant – FTX. An analysis by the risk-modeling firm Gauntlet outlined a tweet from Alameda’s CEO that changed the whole situation for the worse. This Tweet Is to Blame? Let’s rewind the clocks by...

Bitcoin continues to be unable to conquer $17,000 and struggles beneath that line on low Saturday trading volumes. Most alts are quite stagnant today, with little-to-no substantial moves. Algorand is among the few exceptions. Bitcoin Boring Below $17K The past week was significantly different that the previous one, in which bitcoin experienced some of its most violent price declines following the rapid collapse of FTX. In a matter of days, the asset went from over $21,000 to...