Bitcoin is a technological earthquake that is reshaping finance, energy, politics and morality with the aim of regenerating humanity.
Bitcoin is a technological earthquake that is reshaping finance, energy, politics and morality with the aim of regenerating humanity.
Late yesterday evening, Curve Finance suffered a re-entry attack. Provisional reports of the hack indicated a loss of some $26 million. Except that it was a long night for the Curve team, and so was the list of break-ins. According to the latest news, the total amount of money stolen is in the region of $52 million.
While Litecoin's Halving is generating interest this week, the flagship cryptocurrency, BTC, is showing a bullish configuration. One renowned trader claims that a rise towards $52k is inevitable for bitcoin (BTC), based on the SSA (Senko Span A), a component of the Ichimoku indicator.
The crypto sector is a tumultuous sea, sometimes capricious, sometimes farsighted. According to renowned analyst Dan Gambardello, Cardano ($ADA) could soon be making meaningful waves.
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong said the SEC asked the platform to remove any assets other than Bitcoin from its list. All crypto assets except Bitcoin were, in fact, securities and had to be removed from the list, the regulator said. According to Armstrong, accepting this request would lead to the end of the crypto industry.
Cryptos are useful for those who invest funds in them. For some, it's a way of diversifying their asset portfolio. Others, on the other hand, see them as an effective way of disguising the provenance of illicitly earned funds.
According to a recent report by Ripple in partnership with United States Faster Payments Council (FPC), blockchain technology offers the prospect of saving financial institutions nearly $10 billion by 2030, by reducing the costs associated with cross-border payments.
The use of a virtual private network (VPN) has become essential to protect our online privacy and secure our activities on the Internet. More and more people are choosing to buy a VPN in cryptocurrencies. What are the advantages of buying a VPN with cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, Ethereum or Monero?
Fabian Vogelsteller, lead developer of Ethereum and inventor of the ERC-20 standard, left the Ethereum Foundation in 2018 to focus on his own blockchain, Lukso. Since the launch of its main network in May, Lukso has been gaining in popularity thanks to its focus on more everyday use cases, such as fashion and lifestyle. Discover in this article the vision and motivations that have guided Vogelsteller on this exciting adventure.
The wait is over! August 8 marks the official launch of Ultra Arena, a revolutionary Esports tournament platform created by cryptographic gaming startup Ultra. Relying on its own blockchain, Ultra aims to offer an unprecedented route for amateur gamers, providing blockchain-based digital identities and NFT pricing.
Tim Draper is a well-known tech billionaire within the cryptosphere. According to this crypto investor, Bitcoin will soon outperform traditional fiat currencies. He explains why.
It's a done deal. China now uses the yuan more than the dollar in its international trade. A requiem for the imperial currency.
Today, bitcoin seems to be treading on a slippery slope, its trajectory resembling a slow, inevitable descent into a financial abyss. According to deep analyses of historical data, bitcoin could face dark days in the months ahead, like a ship preparing to sail into a raging storm.
For a long time, BlackRock had opposed bitcoin (BTC) as an investment alternative. The financial behemoth has finally turned around and set itself up as an apostle of the flagship crypto.
On Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin ratified the law introducing the digital ruble (CBDC).
PacWest Bancorp's last resort: to beg its youngest son? Yes, because the company never recovered from its crisis. After a massive outflow of depositors, things got so bad that it agreed to a merger with a smaller lender, Banc of California.
Wright, the man who has long claimed to be the inventor of Bitcoin, has just lost a crucial legal battle. The verdict sheds light on the grey areas of his alleged invention. Elevated to the status of a myth, Wright suffered defeat at the hands of Peter McCormack. In 2019, McCormack had challenged his legitimacy as Bitcoin's inventor in a series of fiery tweets.
The creator of ChatGPT launches Worldcoin, a shitcoin that wants the apple of your eye.
Has Elon Musk's rebranding of Twitter really set the blue bird free? Or has he simply killed it? Since the takeover of the social network in October 2022, things have been going badly. But the new boss has just demonstrated that he has more than one trick up his sleeve. In addition to replacing Twitter with X.com, Musk also intends to take over half the world's financial system.
Recently, artificial intelligence (AI) and blockchain seem to be competing with each other. This is despite the fact that some see them as complementary. However, recent work in the emerging field of neuromorphic computing could bridge the gap between these two areas of computing.
The parent cryptocurrency dropped by over 3% in one day. It dropped below the psychological $30,000 mark on Sunday night. This drop in price has caused the crypto market to plunge, particularly that of Ether and XRP. What could explain this trend? Is the market currently in the red? BFM Crypto explains.
Inflation has been galloping for almost two years, mainly due to the profligacy of central banks. Since then, central banks have turned around and become a little more vigilant. Nevertheless, they face a colossal dilemma: the peril of debt or the peril of inflation. It's reasonable to assume that central banks will react this time, as they have every other time: by rearming their monetary bazooka. If so, it could well be the return of happy days for bitcoiners. Let's talk bull run.
The leading cryptocurrency continues to establish a consolidation phase around the $30,000 mark. The expected announcement of the FED's interest rate decision on Wednesday should bring further movement to the market. Although investors anticipate an imminent bullish rally, a slight correction in bitcoin (BTC) could emerge.
Offering new economic opportunities, creating a “reliable solution to distinguish humans from AI”, etc… Looking at these ambitious objectives, we can say that Sam Altman has one foot in the present, and the other in the future. He and his team must have been hard at work, for three years, to get to the stage of officially launching a crypto-asset like this. Now that Worldcoin is here, investors had better keep a close eye on it.
The tokenization of the economy is the future. Stocks, bonds, real estate, wine, works of art… everything can integrate this new classification of digital units programmable from a smart contract. To take full advantage of these opportunities, leading players such as Chainlink are deploying major resources to permanently protect investors' assets. Gold tokenization is one of its spearheads.
The BRICS nations have great ambitions for the global financial system. They have already announced plans to create a common currency for the organization's members. But their project goes beyond monetary issues. They want to counterbalance global geopolitics, and the initiative is of interest to many countries around the globe.
Over the past few days, Bitcoin's (BTC) value has been declining. This trend, however, doesn't dampen analysts' optimism about the flagship crypto's short-term prospects.
Innovation is the key to staying competitive. A perfect example of this innovation is Ethereum's new ERC-4337 standard, which is completely rethinking our understanding of transactions. Let's take a closer look at this new phenomenon and see how it's reshaping the blockchain landscape.
A group of hackers backed by the North Korean government managed to get into the system of JumpCloud, an American IT management company. They used the latter to target crypto companies with the aim of stealing digital assets. This latest case of hacking, which joins the long list of misdeeds orchestrated by North Korean hackers, has a rather different modus operandi. Should we be concerned? Find out in this article.
Recently, the twittersphere was ablaze with rumours of a possible return of bitcoin to Tesla's payment system. Supported by a photo of the source code, some observers speculated that the electric car manufacturer might be revising its stance on cryptocurrencies. Would Elon Musk's company once again accept BTC? Let's find out.