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Last Month Casascius Owners Redeemed the Highest Number of Physical Bitcoins in 3 Years
3.12.2020
On November 30, 2020, bitcoin crossed an all-time price high on a few global exchanges and between spot and derivatives markets there’s been a lot of action. One metric people didn’t notice was the fact that November 2020 saw the most number of redeemed Casascius physical bitcoins...
Bitcoin’s Price Is a Poor Proxy for Its Utility
3.12.2020
Bitcoin has found adoption this year as digital gold. The other promises of cryptocurrency have yet to find fruition, says our columnist
Josh Brown on Bitcoin’s ‘Respectability Rally’ and Why We’ll See Dow 100,000 in Our Lifetime
2.12.2020
One of finance’s most colorful personalities joins NLW to discuss how advisers spend their money, Robinhood traders, bitcoin and more
No… Bitcoin’s Price Did Not Set an All-Time High. Here’s Why
1.12.2020
It might be a little too early to crack open the champagne — for several reasons.
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Over 5,000 Bitcoin Worth $97 Million from the 2016 Bitfinex Hack Spring Into Action
1.12.2020
As bitcoin surpassed its 2017 all-time high on Monday morning, a few hours later 5,045 BTC or $97 million worth of bitcoin from the 2016 Bitfinex hack was transferred. The hackers that stole the funds four years ago have moved the bitcoins numerous times this year. The hackers that stole 119,756...
First Mover: You Call That a Record? Bitcoin’s November Gains Are 3x Stock Market’s
30.11.2020
It's no longer really news when bitcoin outperforms traditional markets, but November could prove a crucial month for the largest cryptocurrency.
First Mover: Why Is Bitcoin’s Price Rising? Here Are a Few Possible Answers
24.11.2020
Bitcoin's price is approaching a new all-time high and there are a few reasons why it has been performing so well
XRP Rises More Than 30% as Altcoins Piggyback on Bitcoin’s Wave
21.11.2020
The native asset of the XRP ledger has surged to 16-month highs
Bitcoin’s Rally Could Be Caused by a Supply Crunch in China
18.11.2020
Chinese miners are struggling to sell their crypto in ways that would quickly get them much-needed cash in the face of a government crackdown on local exchanges
Grayscale Surpasses $10 Billion in Crypto Under Management With Over 500,000 BTC in Bitcoin Trust
18.11.2020
Grayscale Investments has surpassed $10 billion in cryptocurrency assets under management. About $8.85 billion are held in the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust, which now holds more than 500,000 bitcoins. Over $10 Billion Under Management Grayscale Investments announced Tuesday that it has surpassed a major...
Bitcoin’s All-Time Highs & the End to Uniswap’s UNI Mining: A Data Perspective by IntoTheBlock
18.11.2020
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Blockchain Bites: Bitcoin’s Path to $20K, Ethereum’s ‘Unannounced’ Fork and Biden’s Crypto-Friendly Picks
11.11.2020
ALSO: ShapeShift delists three privacy coins citing regulatory uncertainty and $3 billion in blockchain bonds come to market on Friday
DeFi’s Resurgence & Bitcoin’s Most Recent Stamp of Approval: A Data Perspective by IntoTheBlock
11.11.2020
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Erratic Processing Power: Bitcoin’s Hashrate Gains 45% in a Day, Then Loses 41 Exahash
11.11.2020
Seven days ago Bitcoin’s network difficulty saw the largest drop in nine years as it slid over 16% last week. Similar to the crypto asset’s price, the hashrate has been extremely volatile according to statistics. After dropping to 111 exahash per second (EH/s), the network hashrate...
Riot Blockchain Mined 224 Bitcoins in Q3
10.11.2020
Riot reported a current mining capacity of 556 peta hash per second
Bitcoin’s Weekly Close Above 2019 High Leaves Runway Clear to $20K
9.11.2020
Bitcoin has closed above last year's high, toppling a final technical barrier on the road to a potential new all-time high
A Look at ‘Individual X’ and the Seized Stash of Silk Road Bitcoins Worth $1 Billion
9.11.2020
On November 3, 2020, the cryptocurrency community noticed that one of the largest addresses holding 69,369 bitcoins from the Silk Road were transferred. Following the onchain movement, the U.S. government revealed it had seized the coins from a person they dubbed “Individual X.”...
20 More Block Rewards from 2010 Spent Today— Why Are Decade-Old Bitcoins Waking Up?
8.11.2020
Following the 21 coinbase rewards from 2010 spent on November 7, another long string of so-called ‘sleeping bitcoins’ mined a decade ago were transferred on Sunday morning. According to onchain data, the 20 block rewards from 2010 with 1,000 BTC were transferred at 4:02 a.m. EST. A...
Another Mysterious String of 1,000 ‘Satoshi Era’ Bitcoins Mined in 2010 Moved Today
7.11.2020
On November 7 at around 12:37 a.m. (EST), another string of so-called ‘sleeping bitcoins’ were moved for the first time since 2010. The peculiar movement stemmed from 20 blocks from 2010 with approximately 1,000 BTC spent ($15.5 million) in a single block. 2020 has been a wild year...
Bitcoin’s Market Cap Is More Valuable Than the IMF’s Special Drawing Rights Reserves
6.11.2020
At its current price per unit, the decentralized cryptocurrency Bitcoin’s market valuation has surpassed the overall value of the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) Special Drawing Rights market (SDR $281 billion). Since the massive global market rout on March 12, bitcoin has risen...