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$424 Million and Numismatic Value: There’s Only 20,000 Casascius Physical Bitcoins Left Unspent
12.7.2020
For many years now physical bitcoins have been a very popular trend, but one specific type called the Casascius physical bitcoin collection has intrigued people for years. Last December, someone redeemed a 100 BTC Casascius bar and since then 560 Casascius coins worth $5.1 million have been...
Bitcoin’s Correlation With Gold Is Weakening, Says New Kraken Report
10.7.2020
A drop in Bitcoin trading resulted in a six-month low of Bitcoin’s annualized volatility
Bitcoin’s Lightning Network Is Vulnerable to ‘Looting’: New Research Explains
6.7.2020
Computer scientists Jona Harris and Aviv Zohar have examined the Lightning Network's "flood and loot" attack which preys on Bitcoin congestion
World’s Largest Pension Fund Lost the Equivalent of Bitcoin’s Entire Market Cap in Just Three Months
6.7.2020
The world’s largest pension fund posted a first-quarter loss of $165 billion, which is equivalent to the Bitcoin’s entire market capitalization
Bitcoin’s Price Correlation With S&P 500 Hits Record Highs
3.7.2020
Bitcoin's correlation with the S&P 500 is somewhat erratic, but the relationship has just got stronger. That may not be bad news
Bitcoin's Current Price Impacted By Miners? It's Possible, Analytics Company Says
2.7.2020
Bitcoin’s recent price action could relate to miner selling
Amazon CEO Bezos Now Has More Money Than Bitcoin’s Market Cap
2.7.2020
Jeff Bezos is worth more than all Bitcoin in circulation, but he likely couldn’t buy it all himself
Localbitcoins 2019 Revenue Rises 10% to $29.6 Million Amid Increased Paxful Competition
2.7.2020
Peer-to-peer (P2P) crypto exchange Localbitcoins has reported that 2019 revenue rose 10% to $29.6 million from $27 million a year ago. For the year, operating income fell 6% to $19.9 million from $21.2 million the year before. Localbitcoins did not provide detail about net profit. The Finnish...
This Researcher Says Bitcoin’s Elliptic Curve Could Have a Secret Backdoor
1.7.2020
According to one of the world’s leading cryptographers, Bitcoin’s elliptic curve could have a secret backdoor, invalidating all underlying security
Bitcoin’s Mining Difficulty Has Rarely Been This Static in a Decade
1.7.2020
Bitcoin's mining difficulty just posted the smallest percentage change in 10 years
Bitcoin’s 5% Drop in Value Puts Pressure on BTC Mining Operations and Older ASIC Rigs
1.7.2020
During the last seven days, the price of bitcoin has dropped 4.8% from a high of $9,700 on June 24, to a low of $8,965 on June 27. Since then the price has increased and the price per bitcoin is back above the $9k zone but much lower than before. The lower price has affected […]
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Bitcoin’s ROI Since 2015 Outperforms Five Major Indices by 70X
30.6.2020
Analyst Justinas Baltrusaitis says Bitcoin’s return on investment from 2015 to 2020 puts the digital asset ahead of many traditional markets
Ethereum Volatility Drops Below Bitcoin’s but ETH Options Are Bearish
29.6.2020
Ethereum’s implied volatility dropped below Bitcoin's for the first time ever, but is this a bullish or bearish development?
Blockchain Bites: EY’s Auditing Slip and Bitcoin’s Long Line of Pseudonymous Developers
29.6.2020
Balancer fell victim to a "flash loan" exploit while a shareholders association said EY should have caught Wirecard's multi-billion blackhole earlier
Federated Sidechains: $8M in BTC Stuck in Limbo, Analyst Says Action ‘Violates Liquid’s Security Model’
28.6.2020
Liquid, the sidechain network developed by the company Blockstream, saw 870 bitcoins ($8 million) frozen in moderation queue due to a seizure from a number of the network’s functionaries. The founder of the Summa project, James Prestwich, explained on Twitter that the emergency 2-of-3...
Forget Bitcoin’s Volatility, BoA Says Unstable UK Pound Like an Emerging Market Currency
24.6.2020
Bitcoin is often criticized for its volatility – now analysts are saying that, and more, about the pound sterling
First Mover: Bitcoin’s Recent Stability May Come from a Fleeting Correlation With Equities
24.6.2020
Bitcoin is often likened to digital gold, but some analysts say the more compelling correlation is with the stock market
Miners Are Sending Bitcoins to Exchanges Again – and That May Be Bearish
24.6.2020
A sudden spike in miner outflows of bitcoin to exchanges makes the cryptocurrency vulnerable to a price drop, according one analyst
Average Price of Bitcoin More Than Quadrupled Between Reward Halvings
23.6.2020
Investing in bitcoin has been somewhat of a phenomenon, as millions of individuals have invested funds into the crypto-economy since at least 2010. One specific and lucrative method of investment is dollar-cost averaging. If an individual was to invest $10 a week into purchasing bitcoins since July...
Bitcoin’s Battle, Robinhood Tragedy, $2.1B Black Hole: Hodler’s Digest, June 15–21
21.6.2020
Why Bitcoin hitting $9,600 could be a big deal, Robinhood vows to make improvements after customer’s suicide, and Wirecard’s missing billions