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After Big Rally Past $21K, Bitcoin’s Price Momentum May Not Last
9.9.2022
Bitcoin’s price gain was the biggest in six months, leading a broad-market rally in cryptocurrencies that pushed the industry’s market capitalization back over $1 trillion
Bitcoin's Correlation With Stocks Comes Back as Economic Factors Roil Markets
9.9.2022
Bitcoin and stocks are almost trading in tandem again – as risky asset markets move in response to fresh developments in the economy and international affairs
Pinning the Tail on Satoshi Nakamoto — How Journalists Erroneously Used Circumstantial Evidence Over the Years to Identify Bitcoin’s Creator
8.9.2022
The search for Satoshi Nakamoto, Bitcoin’s mysterious inventor, has been an ongoing hunt for the last 13 years. Since 2014, dozens of so-called candidates have appeared, but none of them have convinced the greater community that they are Bitcoin’s creator. Furthermore, journalists...
Bernstein: Bitcoin’s Correlation With Other Tokens Will Weaken as Its Dominance Declines
7.9.2022
The bitcoin-to-ether market cap ratio has fallen to around 1.9 from as high as 20 in 2016, the report said
First Mover Asia: Binance’s USDC Swap-Out Isn’t What You Think it Is; What's Behind Bitcoin's Late Dive?
7.9.2022
The exchange is hoping to generate one big pool for USD stablecoins to be used for trading and powered by Binance’s USD stablecoin; bitcoin drops below $19K
Marathon Digital Energized 25,000 Miners in August, Produced 184 Bitcoins
6.9.2022
The company had previously faced issues of mining rigs installed, but with no energy service
Another 5,000 Bitcoin Sourced From Mt Gox Wake up After Close to 9 Years of Dormancy
5.9.2022
Last week Bitcoin.com News reported on two old bitcoin addresses created in 2013 sending 10,001 bitcoin to a myriad of wallets. Heuristics and clustering techniques indicate that the bitcoins were associated with Mt Gox, roughly around the same time the exchange was hacked in June 2011. Five days...
Ethereum Co-Founder Vitalik Buterin Discusses Bitcoin’s Long-Term Security
4.9.2022
On September 1, Vitalik Buterin conducted an interview with the economics author Noah Smith and the co-founder of Ethereum spoke an awful lot about Bitcoin and the network’s long-term security. Buterin also discussed the crypto economy’s crash and he insisted he was “surprised...
‘No Middle Class Left,’ ‘Millions Will Be Wiped Out’ — Two Market Crash Predictions, Gas Cartels, and Whales Moving Mt Gox Coins: Bitcoin.com News Week in Review
4.9.2022
In this week’s Bitcoin.com News Week in Review, one market strategist issues a dire warning about the U.S. economy and a large market crash that could cause a “50 to 60 percent haircut” in stocks. Further, the Russian government is reportedly making moves to create a global...
Bitcoin's Price May Crash After Ethereum's 'Merge,' Researcher Says
2.9.2022
Artist and independent Kyle McDonald said on CoinDesk TV’s “First Mover,” the possibility Ethereum’s Merge will reduce energy costs by 99.95% is “highly realistic.”
As 10,000 Long-Dormant Bitcoins Finally Trade, Observers Wonder What's Up
2.9.2022
Blockchain data shows some 5,000 BTC moving despite prices well off the all-time high. One analyst said the wallet might be related to the crypto exchange Kraken, but it’s not clear how
Market Wrap: Bitcoin's Price Rises Amid Uncertainty
31.8.2022
Prices appear undervalued, but range-bound as well. Market Wrap is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter diving into what happened in today's crypto markets
Bitcoin’s Mining Difficulty Change Prints 2022’s Second Largest Increase — Metric Nears All-Time High
31.8.2022
On Wednesday, Bitcoin’s mining difficulty jumped 9.26% higher, recording the second highest difficulty rise in 2022. The latest rise is Bitcoin’s third difficulty increase since August 4, 2022, and it’s now 11.63% harder to find bitcoin block reward. Bitcoin Difficulty Jumps...
Market Wrap: Bitcoin's Price Retreats Along With Stocks
30.8.2022
Risk assets trade down as global economic fears persist. Market Wrap is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter diving into what happened in today's crypto markets
Whale Spends 10,000 BTC Worth $203M, Bitcoins Stem From the Infamous 2011 Mt Gox Hack
30.8.2022
In two days’ time, bitcoin’s price dropped to fresh August lows as it dipped below the $20K per unit region for the first time since mid-July. During that time, two addresses created on December 19, 2013 sent 10,000 bitcoin worth $203 million to unknown wallets after sitting idle...
Bitcoin’s Hashrate Skyrockets, Block Intervals Suggest a ‘Notable’ Difficulty Increase Is in the Cards
26.8.2022
While bitcoin prices hover just below the $22K mark, the leading crypto asset has still shed more than 9% against the U.S. dollar during the last two weeks. Despite the lower prices, Bitcoin’s hashrate has jumped significantly in recent times and block intervals have sped up a great deal....
Crypto Derivatives Industry 'Expects' Severe Regulation, Bitcoin’s Price to Return to USD 65K - Report
25.8.2022
More than half of global crypto derivatives industry representatives say they expect to see a more severe approach by the world’s regulatory agencies as a result of the recent decreases in the prices of cryptoassets – but a decisive majority of the surveyed experts argue that bitcoin (BTC) will...
Bitcoin's Pre-Jackson Hole Decline Leaves Room for 'Buy The Fact' Bounce
25.8.2022
"No matter what Powell says or the Fed does, the market insists on reading/hearing him dovish," one observer said
Accused Bitfinex Bitcoin Money Launderer Heather ‘Razzlekhan’ Morgan Speaks for the First Time Since Her Arrest
24.8.2022
Following the federal judge’s decision to give the accused Bitfinex money launderer Heather Morgan permission to “engage in legitimate employment,” Morgan has broken her silence on social media. Morgan’s Twitter account dubbed “Heather ‘Razzlekhan’...
Trust Machines: Changing Bitcoin’s Narrative by Adding More Utility to the Legacy Chain
24.8.2022
Bitcoin (BTC) is speedily moving away from its age-old narrative of being a “store of value” as emerging solutions accelerate the network’s expansion into previously uncharted territories. While dozens of second and third-generation blockchains have aggressively expanded their use-cases, especially...