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Following our Thursday price analysis, Bitcoin had lost almost $1000 in one and a half days. This came straight after 3-4 failed attempts to break the $10,000 mark over the past two weeks.When you’re not breaking, and the attempts are losing strength, you will dump hard. This was the bad news; however, the good news is that a long-term ascending trendline saved Bitcoin, as of now.The ascending trendline, marked blue on the following daily chart, was started forming on March 12, 2020, when...

Bitcoin kissed the $10K mark goodbye this week as the cryptocurrency dropped to as low as $8,800 on Thursday, reaching the trend-line that was forming since the massive drop in March. As expected, BTC received strong support in that area, and its price quickly recovered to around $9,200, where it’s currently trading.The dump started suddenly as Bitcoin’s price flash crashed on Bitstamp and reached $9,100 in less than a minute. Even though it recovered after that, it turned out to be an...

Maker DAO just received an influx of almost 2,500 Bitcoin in the past 48 hours, as the number of Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC) locked in the decentralized finance app increased by 1,921%.Maker DAO is a decentralized lending protocol on Ethereum, which issues the stablecoin Dai (DAI) in return for ETH-based collateral. Since BTC can be represented on Ethereum in the form of Wrapped Bitcoin, that means Bitcoin, too, can be used as ETH-based collateral on Maker DAO.On May 20, just over 130 Bitcoin were...

May 22, 2020, marks the tenth anniversary of the famous Bitcoin Pizza Day, in which a Florida man made the first recorded physical purchase using Bitcoin. On this day in 2010, Laszlo Hanyecz, made a mark in history after he paid 10,000 Bitcoin, which is worth millions of dollars today, for two large Papa John’s Pizzas. Hanyecz is a programmer and a Bitcoin miner who contributed to Bitcoin’s source code during the early days of the network when 1 BTC was less than a penny. 10,000 BTC Was Worth...

The veteran Bitcoin margin trading exchange BitMEX went down for over an hour a few days ago. While the community speculated on several plausible reasons, BitMEX published a post today explaining what happened, how they can prevent similar occurrences in the future, and assuring that all customer funds are safe.Why BitMEX Went DownThe platform “experienced unscheduled downtime” on May 19th between 12:00 UTC and 13:40 UTC. In the blog post from earlier today, BitMEX explained that it was “a...

Alleged ISIS funding via Bitcoin is rather difficult because of the high transparency of blockchain assets, according to a recent report by Chainalysis. The paper outlines that crypto assets are quite undesirable for terrorist organizations and rebuts recent statements that ISIS might have a $300 million Bitcoin in a war chest.A “Fact-Checking” Report Says Media Might Have Kind-Of Pad Out The StoryAccording to the report, media have given too much additional attention to the recent...

After the restrictions of quarantine are over, the leading U.S. based crypto exchange, Coinbase, will embrace a ‘remote-first’ culture. The remote-first shift has been accelerated with the duty to comply with the six feet apart social distancing measures currently in place due to Coronavirus.Implications for Coinbase EmployeesCoinbase estimates that between 20 – 60% of the company employees will work remotely despite the restrictions of COVID-19 are lifted.Once the proper procedures have been...

The recently moved 50 bitcoins, which were mined in February 2009, rattled the cryptocurrency community as many members are arguing if Satoshi Nakamoto himself transferred the coins.While these rumors are speculative at best, the address that sent the bitcoins can actually be located in a court document from the notorious Kleiman vs. Craig Wright legal case.Not Satoshi’s 50 BitcoinsAs CryptoPotato reported earlier today, 50 bitcoins mined in 2009 were transferred to an unknown address. The...

Bitcoin’s price saw a sudden vicious flash crash on one of the most popular cryptocurrency exchanges – Bitstamp. The price lost upwards of $600 in a single candle that lasted less than a minute.Bitcoin Price Flash Crashes To $9,100 On BitstampThere are no boring days with Bitcoin. Just a few minutes ago, the price of the world’s leading cryptocurrency flash crashed on the popular exchange Bitstamp.The move was sudden and brutal, as seen in the chart below.BTC/USDT. 1 minute. Bitstamp. Source:...

An interesting Bitcoin transaction surfaced today, bringing back memories from 11 years ago in the distant 2009. 50 BTC mined back then were just transferred to another address.Bitcoin Mined in 2009 Just TransferredData from Blockchair reveals that 50 bitcoins mined in 2009 were just transferred to an unknown address.The transaction took place today, and it was included in block 631058. This is where things get interesting. The sending address only has two transactions carried out through it...