Search
Ethereum Surpasses USD 1,000, Bitcoin Stable While Altcoins Rally
4.1.2021
After a strong upward move, bitcoin price struggled to test the USD 35,000 resistance. BTC topped near USD 34,750 and recently started a downside correction. It corrected lower to USD 32,500 and it is currently (05:00 UTC) consolidating in a range.
Also, there were strong bullish moves in most...
1,000 Decade-Old Dormant Bitcoins Moved Today on Bitcoin’s 12th Anniversary
3.1.2021
12 years ago, Bitcoin’s inventor Satoshi Nakamoto launched the network after revealing the cryptocurrency concept via the white paper a few months prior. At approximately 18:15:05 UTC, the network launched its first block and since then, over 664,000 bitcoin blocks have been mined. Moreover...
Finance Redefined: The $20,000 Bitcoin special, Dec. 9–16
16.12.2020
Bitcoin DeFi, Bitcoin on Ethereum: We explore the ways DeFi and Bitcoin intersect
Mt. Gox Trustee Submits Rehabilitation Plan — Creditors May Soon Be Repaid 150,000 Bitcoins
16.12.2020
Mt. Gox trustee Nobuaki Kobayashi has finally submitted a draft rehabilitation plan to a Japanese court — meaning former users of the long-defunct crypto exchange may now look forward to getting paid someday. Kobayashi, the Japanese bankruptcy lawyer appointed to oversee the repayment...
Wallets With Over 1,000 Bitcoin Have Hit Record Number: Chainalysis
11.12.2020
The data backs the popular narrative that institutional bitcoin investors have been leading the 2020 price rally
Marathon Purchases 10,000 Bitcoin Miners, Machines Will Max Out 100 Megawatt Montana Facility
10.12.2020
On December 9, the Nasdaq-listed cryptocurrency mining company, Marathon Patent Group, announced the firm is purchasing 10,000 Antminer S-19j Pro units from the Chinese mining manufacturer Bitmain. According to Marathon, after the acquisition of next-generation bitcoin miners, the company will have...
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...
What USD 17,000? Bitcoin Just Smashed USD 18,000
18.11.2020
Bitcoin (BTC) rally keeps accelerating as the price jumped from USD 17,000 to USD 18,000 in less than a day.
The most popular cryptocurrency briefly touched USD 18,020 on 04:00 UTC before correcting lower and then rallying again. At the time of writing (04:24 UTC), BTC trades at USD 18,184 and...
8,000 Bitcoin Scam Victims Get Refunds From US Regulator
7.11.2020
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is refunding about 8,000 victims who lost money from investing in two bitcoin scams. The fraudulent schemes promised that investors could turn their cryptocurrency payments of about $100 into $80,000 in monthly income. Bitcoin Pyramid Schemes’ Victims...
Hash Watch: Bitcoin Cash Services Reveal Contingency Plans for Upcoming Fork
5.11.2020
The Bitcoin Cash blockchain is set to upgrade on Sunday, November 15 and it’s still expected that the network will bifurcate. So far, a number of crypto services have revealed contingency plans for the fork, and today’s data shows that 754 out of 1,000 bitcoin cash blocks were mined...
5,000 Bitcoin ATMs Add Cash-Out Option: Libertyx Sees Strong Adoption
28.10.2020
Libertyx has added a cash-out option to its 5,000 bitcoin ATMs. The CEO says this addition triples the number of bitcoin ATMs that allow users to cash out their bitcoin. He shares his business model with news.Bitcoin.com, providing insight into the bitcoin ATM usage trends he is seeing. 5,000...
MicroStrategy Says it Is Eager to Add to its 38,000+ Bitcoin Stash
28.10.2020
MicroStrategy, the American software firm that famously used its balance sheet to buy bitcoin (BTC), has stated that more token purchases are in the pipelines, and reitareted that BTC is its “primary treasury reserve asset.”
In a Q3 2020 earnings call, the firm stated that its “go-forward capital...
US Financial Watchdog Fines Bitcoin Mixer Service for $60 Million
20.10.2020
Larry Dean Harmon, founder and operator of early bitcoin mixing services Helix and Coin Ninja, is being fined $60 million by the U.S. Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (Fincen) for allegedly violating anti-money laundering rules. According to documents published Oct. 19...
The Silk Road Balance Sheet Discrepancy: Bitcoin Worth $4.8 Billion Still Missing
12.10.2020
The original Silk Road marketplace has been shut down for well over seven years now and to this day, 444,000 bitcoin worth $4.8 billion is still missing. Just recently, a report focused on those funds discusses one of the market’s biggest mysteries and how people have seemingly forgotten...
Turbulent Crypto Markets Expected – 87K Worth of Bitcoin Options Set to Expire on Friday
21.9.2020
Markets are expected to be volatile this week, as a great number of bitcoin and ethereum options are set to expire this Friday. Data shows more than 87,000 bitcoin options will expire and 77% of the action is held on the Deribit exchange. U.S. stocks dropped hard on Monday, as the Dow Jones...
The Case for $500,000 Bitcoin
30.8.2020
The Winklevoss brothers make an argument that, in the long run, bitcoin is the only good safe haven
REN Price Surges With 10,000 Bitcoin Tokenized on RenBTC
19.8.2020
DeFi token Ren surges as tokenized BTC grows in popularity
Bitcoin ATM Locations Reaching 9,000 Worldwide
4.8.2020
The number of bitcoin ATM locations has been rising steadily. Almost 9,000 bitcoin ATMs have been installed worldwide. The U.S. leads as the country with the largest number of bitcoin ATMs, followed by Canada and the United Kingdom. Nearly 9,000 Bitcoin ATMs There are currently 8,947 cryptocurrency...
Market Wrap: With Low Volatility, Traders Seem to Like $9,000 Bitcoin
7.7.2020
Bitcoin traders love hitting buy on their terminals when the price is around $9,000
Over $1B in Bitcoin Options Set to Expire Today – Crypto Speculators Expect Massive Shakeup
26.6.2020
Cryptocurrency markets and bitcoin price stability might be coming to an end soon, as a number of skeptics and speculators expect a big move after today’s options derivatives contracts expire. Bitcoin prices have been less volatile during the last three weeks, but over 114,000 bitcoin options...