Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
While sales of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) have declined by over 38% in the past 30 days compared to the previous month, NFTs minted on the Bitcoin blockchain have dominated, accounting for more than 44% of sales. Statistics from the last 30 days reve...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
In the wake of a turbulent period for U.S. banks, the Pennsylvania Department of Banking and Securities has shut down Philadelphia-based Republic First Bank, also known as Republic Bank. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) has stepped in...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
Over the past week, bitcoin has exhibited a downward trend, with its price stabilizing at around $62,950 to $63,125 per unit as of April 27. Despite this dip, the Crypto Fear and Greed Index remains firmly in the “greed” sector....
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
According to Nikita Ovchinnik, founder of Barter Defi, decentralized finance (defi) protocols are increasingly becoming the primary target of most hacking attacks because defi “lays bare its inner workings for all to see.” He said the ope...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
PRESS RELEASE. Dubai, UAE — April 27, 2024 — TOKEN2049, the premier crypto event, saw record-breaking success for its inaugural Dubai conference, which took place from April 18-19, during TOKEN2049 Week. Throughout the event, attendees...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
The balance between privacy and regulatory compliance in the crypto world is increasingly threatened as high-profile cases, such as the sanctions against Tornado Cash and the legal troubles of Samourai Wallet, come to the fore, prompting a robust res...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
According to a recent survey, half of Canadian institutional investors and financial services organizations have actively offered at least one type of cryptocurrency asset product or service to clients in the past year. The study revealed that half o...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
Eddy Lazzarin, CTO of A16z Crypto, one of the largest cryptocurrency-focused venture capital funds, has criticized the meme coins’ effect on the broad appreciation of the cryptocurrency market. Lazzarin stated that meme coins undermined the ...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
The United States witnessed its first banking failure of 2024 with the closure of Philadelphia-based Republic First Bank, creating ripples within the cryptocurrency community as Bitcoin, Ether, and various altcoins experienced slight price drops foll...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
A new law enabling the National Crime Agency and police to seize, freeze, and destroy crypto assets is now in effect in the UK. Under this law, police can seize crypto from suspects without needing to make an arrest first. Additionally, victims have...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
According to Chainalysis’ “Crypto Spring Report,” stablecoin adoption and market importance are seeing a rapid increase in 2024, with a significant rise in the number of addresses holding them and their use in on-chain transactions, making them a glo...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
The chairman of the Swiss National Bank has expressed reservations about incorporating bitcoin into the central bank’s currency reserves. He stated that no decision has been made yet to invest in bitcoin, underscoring the necessity for currenc...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
PRESS RELEASE. Excitement is brewing in the heart of Asia as Hong Kong regulators pave the way for a new era of innovation with the recent approval of spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs). This groundbreaking development underscores Hong Kong...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
The Bank of Russia and Rosfinmonitoring revealed the existence of a ‘know your crypto customer’ system pilot, that aims to link the fiat operations of crypto users with their blockchain actions. The pilot, which has been ongoing since 202...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
On Friday, April 26, Acinq announced that its Lightning Network bitcoin wallet, Phoenix, will cease services for U.S. residents from May 3, 2024. This announcement followed closely on the heels of the Samourai Wallet indictment and what is perceived...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
Over the past 90 days, while bitcoin has shown steady performance, 19 other cryptocurrencies have outpaced the leading digital asset in terms of price growth. However, the Altcoin Season Index, which measures the performance of these cryptocurrencies...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
Joachim Nagel, President of the Deutsche Bundesbank, praised the privacy traits a hypothetical upcoming digital euro would possess. During a speech, Nagel specified that the Eurosystem would have “no interest” in monitoring the payments a...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
PRESS RELEASE. Solama, one of the most captivating Solana meme coin 2024 craze, is partnering up with two essential platforms for a crypto project, such as BingX and AssetDash, as BingX mentioned on their X (Twitter) account. As a result of this team...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
On Friday, the cryptocurrency trading platform crypto.com unveiled a new advertisement set to debut at the forthcoming Lakers NBA playoff game in Los Angeles. Additionally, the ad was highlighted on the social media site X by the hip-hop icon Marshal...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
In the last 24 hours, bitcoin miners have faced significantly reduced earnings, with the current hashprice lingering at a significant low. Just five days ago, miners were harvesting an average of 5.105 BTC per block, between a blend of new BTC and tr...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
Over the past two days, there has been a notable uptick in concern within the crypto community regarding the U.S. government’s actions toward non-custodial wallets, which facilitate the sovereign storage of crypto assets. Recent events have fu...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
As of April 26, 2024, bitcoin continues to exhibit fluctuating fortunes, with the latest trading session closing at $64,095. Amid a wider range between $62,923 and $65,069 over the last 24 hours, traders are grappling with mixed signals across variou...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
As the prospect of quantum computers breaking today’s cybersecurity standards edges ever closer, Johann Polecsak, co-founder of the QAN blockchain platform, argues that public blockchains such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana are still ill-equipped t...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
The Kenyan government recently established a multi-agency technical working group tasked with developing a framework for regulating and monitoring the cryptocurrency industry. The group, which includes financial regulators such as the Central Bank of...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
Stripe, the fintech giant, has decided to re-enter the cryptocurrency payment space after a six-year hiatus, starting with USDC stablecoins on the Solana, Ethereum, and Polygon blockchains. This move, introduced by co-founder John Collison at the Con...
