Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
The president of the European Central Bank Christine Lagarde and fellow European Union leaders recently hailed the euro for its role in giving the bloc “greater sovereignty in a turbulent world.” The EU leaders added, however, that more s...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
On Jan. 1 Turkey ended its two-year-old foreign exchange (FX)—protected deposit program in what is seen as another step towards a return to orthodoxy. Treasury and Finance Minister, Mehmet Simsek also signaled the start of what he called a “per...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
A new research study has partly attributed the growth in the use of bitcoin “as a transactional layer” to the increased number of crypto platforms that have joined the Lightning Network ecosystem. The study however found that ju...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
Casey Rodarmor, the developer of the Ordinals protocol, has called out ideological Bitcoin maxis for their views on inscriptions and censoring transactions on the Bitcoin blockchain. Rodarmor stated that the “whining” around the protocol...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
Jim Cramer, the host of CNBC’s Mad Money show, has made some bullish statements regarding Bitcoin. Noting that the crypto cannot be killed, he emphasized: “It’s a technological marvel, and people have to start recognizing tha...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
A new tax reporting law has entered into force in the U.S. Starting on Jan. 1, all Americans receiving $10,000 or more in crypto in the course of their trade or business must file a report with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) within 15 days. &...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
Anticipation of spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) approvals by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) remains high, but the securities regulator reportedly still has a lot of paperwork to go through. While some speculate on a late-we...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
Crypto asset management firm Grayscale Investments has updated its spot bitcoin ETF filing in hope of being included in the initial round of decisions by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). However, the firm has omitted some key inform...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
The expected approval of spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) applications by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission will see the top crypto asset’s price jumping to $50,000 in January, the latest market preview by Matrixport has pre...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
One of the first depictions of the Mickey Mouse character has finally entered the public domain, and it is now immortalized in a non-fungible token collection. A limited edition of 2,000 NFTs featuring the famous mouse in one of its first animated sh...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
The economic forecast for 2024 has undergone significant shifts, with lawmakers and the U.S. Federal Reserve anticipating a “soft landing” for the year. The prevailing belief is that while the economy will decelerate in 2024, th...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
The sector of crypto economy dedicated to artificial intelligence (AI) has been expanding steadily, and in the past 34 days, since Nov. 29, 2023, the market capitalization of AI-focused crypto assets has surged by $1.75 billion. A majority of the lea...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
The leading stablecoins, in terms of market capitalization, concluded 2023 with a combined value of around $131.69 billion, yet only two of the top ten experienced increases in 30-day supply. Data reveals that tether, the leading U.S. dollar-pegged c...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
The digital currency market has surged to a valuation of $1.74 trillion in the past 24 hours, with bitcoin climbing above the $45K threshold. Over the recent day, the market experienced a 4.65% increase in comparison to the U.S. dollar, and global tr...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
Stelian Balta, the billionaire and co-founder of the digital asset management firm Hyperchain Capital, has said that while bitcoin is indeed a volatile asset it nonetheless helps to diversify and align an investment portfolio with digital trends. The...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
Orbit Bridge, an inter-blockchain bridging protocol, has confirmed that it was recently exploited, losing over $81.5 million in several assets, including USDT, DAI, USDC, WBTC, and ETH. Orbit Chain is trying to communicate with the group responsible...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
Presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy has outlined his plan to shut down the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) if he is elected President of the United States. “56% of the bureau that are professional bureaucrats should be fired immediately,” he...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
Congressman Tom Emmer’s CBDC Anti-Surveillance State Act now has 75 cosponsors. “A central bank digital currency is government-controlled programmable money that, if not designed to emulate cash, could give the federal government the ability to surve...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
Vaneck’s director of digital assets strategy has explained why people tend to underestimate the long-term impact of spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs). He believes that upon the approval of a U.S. spot bitcoin ETF by the Securities and Exchang...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
Former U.S. President Donald Trump has warned that the U.S. could face a stock market crash worse than that of 1929 and a Great Depression if he doesn’t win the upcoming presidential election. He stressed that the U.S. economy is “t...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
Throughout the past year, enthusiasm and speculation around bitcoin and other crypto assets have surged, particularly as the year drew to a conclusion. The Motley Fool’s forecasts for 2024 strike a pessimistic tone, anticipating a “...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
According to recent statistics on non-fungible tokens (NFTs) for the past year, sales hit $8.70 billion in 2023. This figure represents a $15.04 billion or 63.35% decrease in NFT sales compared to the previous year.
2023’s NFT Sales Volum...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
As 2023 drew to a close on New Year’s Eve, the Bitcoin network eclipsed yet another record by verifying a significant 731,351 transactions in a single day. This achievement outstripped the previous high set on Dec. 24, 2023, or Christmas Eve, w...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
As the clock turned to 2024, bitcoin’s price danced between $42,094 and $42,781 per unit. On Jan. 1, amid the holiday’s quiet, bitcoin’s current technical indicators offer a mixed bag of signals, setting a contemplative stage for...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
In Izhevsk, Russia, a 23-year-old bitcoin miner was forcefully abducted from his residence as kidnappers demanded a ransom of 15 million rubles ($166,000).
23-Year-Old Russian Bitcoin Miner Kidnapped for Ransom
On Dec. 25, in a rapid sequence of eve...