A bitcoin wallet containing a little over 69,000 BTC is doing the rounds in hacking communities all over the internet. The reason? It’s obvious.Everyone (read seasoned hackers and self-professed bitcoin wallet crackers) wants to break it open and take it all. Or at least, a slice of the almost $750 million pie. For the last two years, however, no one has been able to ‘strike it lucky.’Hackers Tried Cracking The 7th Largest Bitcoin Wallet In The WorldAccording to cybersecurity expert Alon Gal,...
Read More »SATs Market Watch: Bitcoin Price Unable to Break $11,000 as Uniswap (UNI) Token Surges
Bitcoin took another swing at $11,000 but got rejected, and trades just shy of the coveted level. Most alts are retracing slightly, while UNI continues to attract attention, and its price has increased to $7.Bitcoin Stopped At $11KAfter yesterday’s relatively calm price performance, the primary cryptocurrency initiated another leg up towards $11,000. The move began from about $10,900, and in just a few hours, BTC topped at $11,020 (on Binance).However, the bears intercepted it and drove the...
Read More »Bitcoin Taps $11K As Altcoins See A Nightmare Week: The Crypto Weekly Market Update
This week was nothing short of exciting. Bitcoin started trading at around $10,300 but was on a positive note throughout the entire time. It increased gradually, without any sharp and somewhat surprising movements, and managed to add about 6.5% to its value.The cryptocurrency tapped the important psychological and technical resistance at $11,000 but failed to conclusively close above it. Still, Bitcoin regained a serious portion of the total market capitalization as its dominance increased by...
Read More »1000x Better Than Gold: MicroStrategy CEO Says He Will HODL Bitcoin for 100 Years
MicroStrategy’s CEO Michael Saylor continues to dig deeper into Bitcoin after his company purchased $425 million worth of the cryptocurrency. In a recent podcast episode with long-time BTC proponent Anthony ‘Pomp’ Pompliano, Saylor claimed he’s ready to HODL Bitcoin for a century and said it’s 1,000 times better than gold.Saylor On His Change Of Heart Regarding BitcoinMicroStrategy’s CEO has a compelling history of Bitcoin. He completed his one-eighty transformation from predicting its death...
Read More »Worth Over $1 Billion: Tokenized Bitcoins on Ethereum Tops 100,000
Bitcoins are being tokenized at a rapid rate for use on the Ethereum blockchain. Just ten days back, BTC supply’s on the world’s largest smart contract development platform was 73,000. Now that number has hit 100,000. Consequentially, the valuation of Bitcoin’s supply on Ethereum has topped $1 billion.Bitcoin Supply On Ethereum Tops 100,000As per data from Dune Analytics, a free Ethereum analytics provider, the tokenized bitcoin number on the second-largest blockchain network has hit the...
Read More »Market Watch: Bitcoin Around $11K As ETH Eyes $400
Most of the cryptocurrency market has been relatively calm in the past 24 hours. Bitcoin trades around $11,000, and Ethereum jumps by 2% to $385.Most of the attention went to Uniswap’s governance token (UNI) that launched yesterday. After listings on the most prominent digital asset exchanges, UNI trades at $5.3.Bitcoin Remains Below $11KAs reported yesterday, the primary cryptocurrency attempted to overcome the $11,000 mark. It seemed successful initially, but the move rapidly reversed,...
Read More »In 2013 MicroStrategy CEO Said Bitcoin’s Days are Numbered: Today His Company Owns $425 Million of BTC
In the past month, the NASDAQ-listed company MicroStrategy bought $425 million worth of Bitcoin. CEO Michael Saylor brought out BTC’s unique qualities to serve as a hedge as the primary reason.However, not too long ago, Saylor’s opinion differentiated substantially as he claimed that Bitcoin’s “days are numbered.”MicroStrategy’s CEO expressed his rather adverse verdict regarding BTC on Twitter in December 2013. When forecasting the asset’s upcoming demise, he argued that Bitcoin’s fate would...
Read More »The First Crypto US Bank: Kraken Received Licensing From The Wyoming Banking Board
The Wyoming Banking Board has voted to approve an application for a special purpose depository institution (SPDI) charter of Kraken.In essence, Kraken has officially become the very first cryptocurrency exchange to become a newly chartered bank in the US since 2006, according to a NASDAQ report.This means that the exchange will get access to the existing federal payments infrastructure.It will also allow Kraken to further integrate funding and banking options to its clients, said the managing...
Read More »Paxful Shuts Down Operations in Venezuela, Cites OFAC Sanctions
Another day, another bad news for the people of Venezuela. Paxful has decided to stop supporting the country, giving users 30 days to withdraw their funds and preventing any new sign-ins.Throughout the day, users of the platform received an email, in which Paxful warned it had to “close its operations” in Venezuela after months of hard work:“Although we made our best efforts during several months, we are sad to announce that, in view of the concern for the regulatory scenario, Paxful will...
Read More »Nigeria SEC Releases Proposed Cryptocurrency Regulations
The Nigeria Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has released a proposed cryptocurrency regulation guideline while classifying crypto assets as securities.Crypto Regulations UnderwayAccording to an official release on Monday (September 14, 2020), the Nigeria SEC announced that the commission is looking at a three-pronged approach towards regulating the crypto industry. The SEC also stated that the aim of the proposed regulation was to promote market efficiency and transparency and not...
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