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Winner of Canadian Lottery Jackpot Says Impostors Using His Name to Steal Bitcoins
14.4.2023
The winner of the Canadian lottery, Scott Gurney, has confirmed that scammers impersonating him on Facebook have conned unsuspecting victims of their bitcoins. To counter the scammers, Gurney said he has stopped accepting or sending friend requests on the social networking platform. ‘Too Good...
Ordinal Inscriptions Surpass 1 Million Mark, Miners Collect $4.7M in Fees as Bitcoin NFT Trend Continues
9.4.2023
On April 8, 2023, the number of Ordinal inscriptions surpassed the million mark as the non-fungible token (NFT) trend has seemingly become a mainstay. Presently, on Sunday, April 9, the total number of Ordinal inscriptions is 1,049,263, and so far, 169.85 bitcoins worth $4.7 million have been...
Bitcoin's Tight Correlation With Tech Stocks Muddies Safe Haven Narrative
6.4.2023
Bitcoin continues to move in lockstep with the Nasdaq to S&P 500 ratio. The positive correlation suggests bitcoin is still a risk asset
Hidden Treasure: Every Modern Copy of macOS Contains a Copy of Bitcoin’s White Paper
6.4.2023
On April 5, 2023, the independent blogger Andy Baio published a post on his Waxy Blog that explained every version of macOS from Mojave 10.14.0 to the current version hosts a copy of Satoshi Nakamoto’s seminal Bitcoin white paper. Mac users can type a simple command in the terminal, and...
Microstrategy’s Bitcoin Holdings Reach 140,000 BTC After Acquiring 1,045 More Bitcoins
5.4.2023
Nine days after publicly listed company Microstrategy purchased 6,455 bitcoins, the firm’s CEO, Michael Saylor, announced the purchase of an additional 1,045 bitcoins. The business intelligence (BI) company now holds a total of 140,000 bitcoins, worth $3.97 billion. Microstrategy Buys...
Bitcoin's Spot-to-Derivatives Trading Volume Ratio Slides to Lowest in 11 Months
5.4.2023
The decline indicates renewed risk appetite in the crypto market
First Mover Americas: Bitcoin's Within Range of $30K
3.4.2023
The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for April 3, 2023. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets
US Government Plans to Sell Over 41,000 Bitcoins Confiscated from Silk Road Hacker
1.4.2023
According to a court document filed on March 31, 2023, regarding the sentencing of James Zhong, who stole over 50,000 bitcoin from the Silk Road marketplace, the U.S. government plans to liquidate 41,490 bitcoin “over the course of this calendar year.” U.S. Government Discloses...
March Bitcoin Mining Stats Show Climbing Revenue and Hashrate Highs
1.4.2023
According to statistics, 4,498 blocks have been mined in the last 30 days, creating 28,112 new bitcoins over the past month. Bitcoin’s network hashrate has been around 341 exahash per second (EH/s) during the last 2,016 blocks or the last two weeks. This month, the mining pools Foundry...
Bitcoin’s Average and Median-Sized Network Fees Rose 40% Higher in March
31.3.2023
In March 2023, Bitcoin’s average and median-sized fees jumped more than 40% higher after rising 122% in 10 days during the first week of February. The fees have followed the Ordinal inscription trend as more than 662,000 inscriptions reside on the Bitcoin blockchain, and 150 bitcoin worth...
Bitcoin Halving Approaches: Less Than 400 Days Until Block Reward Subsidy Is Cut in Half
29.3.2023
According to current statistics, the Bitcoin network is fewer than 56,000 blocks away and less than 400 days away from the next reward halving. After the next halving, the block reward will be reduced by 50%, and the current block subsidy of 6.25 bitcoins will drop to 3.125 bitcoins per block...
Zebedee Debuts Global Payment Service Powered by Bitcoin’s Lightning Network
28.3.2023
The service is currently available in the U.S., UK, EU, Brazil and the Philippines, but Zebedee plans on expanding the service to accommodate “all countries and currencies across the world.”
Bitcoin’s Non-Zero Balance Addresses Keep Surging, But These Key On-chain BTC Metrics Show Weakness
28.3.2023
The number of Bitcoin wallets holding a non-zero BTC balance continues to rocket higher, hitting a new all-time high of 45.388 million on Sunday, as per data presented by crypto analytics firm Glassnode.
That’s a rise of over 2 million since the start of 2022 and is the fastest rate at which...
Microstrategy Buys 6,455 More Bitcoin — Now Holds 138,955 BTC
27.3.2023
Microstrategy has purchased 6,455 bitcoins for approximately $150 million at an average price of $23,238 per coin. With its latest purchase, Microstrategy now holds 138,955 bitcoins acquired at an average of $29,817 per coin. Moreover, the company also paid off its loan from troubled Silvergate...
Number of Irretrievably Lost BTC Now 6 Million — Cane Island Manager
27.3.2023
The number of irretrievably lost bitcoins has now reached 6 million, which leaves 13.3 million as coins that remain in circulation, Timothy Peterson of Cane Island Alternative Advisors has said. Peterson added that out of the 1.7 million bitcoins that will be mined in the next 100 years or more...
Greenpeace Unveils ‘Skull of Satoshi’ to Spark Debate Over Bitcoin’s Environmental Impact; Creator Clarifies It ‘Wasn’t Meant to Be Anti-Bitcoin’
26.3.2023
Greenpeace, the well known environmental NGO, has unveiled the “Skull of Satoshi,” an art installation intended to spark debate about the impact of Bitcoin on the environment. The 11-foot skull was constructed with electronic waste materials and features smokestacks and Bitcoin logos....
US Government Remains a Top Bitcoin Holder With Seized Stash Valued at $5.6 Billion
26.3.2023
As of March 25, 2023, the U.S. government held 205,515 bitcoins worth $5.6 billion, which is approximately 1.06% of the circulating supply, according to current statistics. The cache of bitcoins is a result of three forfeitures that began in 2020. Glassnode’s on-chain data reveals that...
Crypto Exchange Bitzlato Restores User Access to Half of Bitcoin Balances, Report
22.3.2023
Bitzlato users can now partially withdraw their bitcoin funds from the dismantled cryptocurrency exchange, according to a media report. The Russia-linked trading platform was targeted by Western law enforcement and had its France-based server infrastructure seized in January. Bitzlato Customers...
Does Bitcoin’s Rally Vindicate the ‘Inflation Hedge’ Thesis – or Is Risk Back on the Menu?
21.3.2023
Bitcoin's Price Rally Driven by Americans' Safe Haven Bid: Matrixport
21.3.2023
The U.S. trading hours continue to be a major source of bullish pressure for bitcoin