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$4.6 Billion Under Management: Grayscale Purchased Over $100M Worth of Bitcoins Last Week
12.8.2020
This week cryptocurrency proponents discussed the firm Grayscale Investments, as the firm purchased 9,702 bitcoins (over $110 million) in the past five days. The news follows Grayscale informing the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that the Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) grew over $1.6 billion...
Bitcoin’s Hash Rate Remains Flat Despite Major Price Rally
10.8.2020
Bitcoin’s hash rate seems to be feeling the consequences of the drama at Bitmain
Bitcoin’s Stolen Revolution
9.8.2020
We wanted a permissionless system where users set the rules. We got a new financial toy for a small handful of wealthy companies and individuals
German Authorities Confiscate $30 Million in Bitcoin From Pirate Movie Site
7.8.2020
German authorities, with the help of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), have confiscated about $30 million in bitcoin from an operator of a pirate movie website. An unspecified amount of bitcoin cash was also seized. Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash Seized The German state of Saxony’s...
Bitcoin’s Patronage System Is an Unheralded Strength
6.8.2020
Bitcoin development is better funded than ever, cementing a patronage model that protects against insider maneuvering
Bloomberg: Ethereum’s Rise is Speculative While Bitcoin’s Price Is Based on Fundamentals
5.8.2020
Bloomberg finds Ethreum’s bull run to be speculative while contending that Bitcoin’s appreciation is driven by fundamentals
Bitfinex Offers $400 Million in Rewards to Get Back 120,000 Stolen Bitcoins
5.8.2020
Cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex is offering rewards of up to $400 million to the hackers who stole almost 120,000 bitcoins from its platform in 2016 as well as anyone putting it in touch with the hackers. Up to $400 Million Reward for the Recovery of Stolen Bitcoins Bitfinex announced on Tuesday...
‘Rat Poison Squared on Steroids’: What’s New in Bitcoin’s Latest Lightning Release
4.8.2020
With a sly poke at Warren Buffet's comment that Bitcoin is "rat poison squared," c-lightning developers' latest release adds some key new Lightning features
Bitcoin’s 10% Drop Shrugged Off – Traders Expect More Big Dips On the Way Up
4.8.2020
Bitcoin investors are shrugging off the recent drop in value that saw a loss of over 10.9% on Sunday. A number of speculators believe the price is still very bullish but expect some more big dips along the way. Meanwhile, optimism has been cushioned as onchain statistics show that exchange...
Publicly Traded Firms Launch New Mining Rigs, Less Hashrate Than Competitors
3.8.2020
Two of the top mining manufacturers from China that recently had initial public offerings (IPO) released two new mining rigs. Canaan Inc. and Ebang Communications both have shares listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange, and the two firms just launched two ASIC mining devices with hashrates up to...
Federal Agents Arrest Suspected 17-Year-Old Twitter Hack ‘Mastermind’ in Florida
1.8.2020
On Friday a 17-year-old Tampa teenager was arrested in Florida for allegedly being the “mastermind” behind the July 15 Twitter hack that saw a great number of high profile accounts compromised. The hack also netted roughly $120,000 worth of bitcoins by leading unknowing individuals...
Bitcoin’s Option Market Is Now Skewed Bullish
31.7.2020
Bitcoin’s price jumped to fresh 11-month highs on Friday with options market betting on a sustained bull move
Bybit presents World Series of Trading (WSOT) – 200 BTC Prize Pool up for Grabs
30.7.2020
While movie theaters may be unusually empty this time of the year, a different kind of summer blockbuster is coming soon, one that promises to bring back the exhilaration of competitive crypto trading with up to 200 bitcoins (BTC) prize pool, up to 20% off trading fees and up to $9,400 in USDT...
Ethereum’s Adoption Rate After 5 Years Far Exceeds Bitcoin’s
29.7.2020
One metric suggests that heading into its fifth anniversary, Ethereum has had a much faster rate of growth and adoption than Bitcoin
93% of Bitcoin’s Supply Profitable at $11K, ‘Realized Price’ Recovers from Black Thursday
29.7.2020
Onchain data shows that bitcoin’s breakout above $11,000 puts 93% of the circulating supply in a state of profit. Additionally, seven-day metrics show that bitcoin’s “realized price” has recovered from the low that took place on March 12. The research and analysis firm...
Bitcoin’s Current Breakout Sets It up for $28,000, Headed for Six Figures – Max Keiser
29.7.2020
Max Keiser has predicted that bitcoin’s current bullish pattern will lead toward a price of $28,000. While the bitcoin bull does not give a timeframe when this is likely to happen, he believes that, thanks to relentless government money printing, the benchmark cryptocurrency will eventually...
Market Wrap: Bitcoin’s Price and Ether’s Dominance Sit at 2020 Highs
28.7.2020
The two biggest cryptocurrencies are hitting 2020 highs, though for different reasons
How Real Is Bitcoin’s Rally? 8 Interpretations of Bitcoin’s Massive Surge
28.7.2020
As bitcoin retraces slightly after reaching a new 2020 high about $11,000, NLW explores what’s driving the rally and how likely it is to continue
Bitcoin’s Latest Rally May Have Staying Power, Exchange Flows Suggest
28.7.2020
The flow of bitcoin and stablecoins in and out of cryptocurrency exchanges observed on Monday suggests the latest price breakout may persist
Bitcoin’s Realized Price Action Shows Full Recovery From Black Thursday Crash
28.7.2020
The realized price of Bitcoin that flipped around Black Thursday has fully recovered currently standing at almost double of the market price