In 2019, Swiss billionaire Marc Faber acquired bitcoins at a modest price of $3800. So far, no information suggests that he has sold his position. Does he still hold his precious Bitcoins (BTC)?
Last Friday, Curve set a deadline for hacker DeFi to return all the stolen money: Sunday August 6 at 8 a.m. UTC. Once this deadline has passed, the team will take drastic measures to hand him over to the appropriate authorities. If the latest news is to be believed, the pirate has returned part of the jackpot. And in the process, he has dared to mock the crypto community by saying that he is "smarter" to evade possible hunts.
Volatility, an emblematic feature of Bitcoin, seems to be experiencing unusual days. The cryptoasset so well known for its erratic movements is currently displaying lower volatility than even the S&P 500, technology stocks and even gold. A surprising phenomenon, but what is it really hiding? Could it be the calm before the storm?
The Cardano blockchain is known as one of the most innovative and promising in the crypto sector. Many investors and analysts appreciate its security and scalability. These assets have enabled Cardano to record remarkable performances, the most recent of which is the considerable increase in its transactions.
It's here: a PayPal stablecoin! If the rumor had already been circulating, the payment company is embarking on a new course and taking the turn towards digital assets. It's time to find out more about this new project.
In the crypto sector, Ethereum presents itself not as an idyllic asylum, but rather as an unsuspected empire of cybercrime. On this digital stage, an alarming manifestation of crime thrives, the titanic scale of which was recently unveiled by insightful researchers.
Australia's leaders have begun to reduce the number of banknotes in circulation in the country. This brings to an end more than 60 years of reign by greenbacks and pennies, which will gradually have to give way to digital money. What substitute for cash: bitcoin, other cryptocurrencies or CBDC? Let's find out!
In South Korea, gold bars can now be purchased as easily as energy drinks. Since September 2022, gold vending machines have been installed in shopping malls by GS Retail. They are accessible on a self-service basis and are very popular with the public! Interestingly, most shoppers are in their twenties and thirties. This brings the debate about access to physical precious metals back onto the table.
In the digital whirlwind of our age, instantaneity is king. X, in its quest to redefine payments, turns to the glittering promise of cryptocurrency. Together, they could forge the future of online transactions.
Cryptocurrency, the symbol of a modern financial revolution, is regularly rocked by events that raise questions about its stability. Today, it's Huobi and Tron, two giants of this industry, who find themselves in the spotlight for troubling reasons.
To thrive in the financial markets, investors need to make good analyses, keep abreast of price movements and monitor their portfolios. To achieve this, they can turn to applications, but these are not always reliable and may not be tailored to the specific needs of each investor. One of the best solutions is to create your own wallet-tracking tool, and Microsoft Excel makes this task easy.
What's new at Shiba Inu? For now, the ShibArmy is eagerly awaiting the advent of Shibarium, the SHIB-friendly Ethereum layer 2. And why not the elimination of a few zeros from the current DogeKiller price? If the latest news is to be believed, the team behind this memecoin claims to have taken steps to hoist the Shiba Inu ecosystem to the forefront of the DeFi scene. Here's the lowdown!
Elon Musk, the owner of Twitter, recently renamed X, is deeply involved in the crypto industry. His infatuation with Dogecoin is an open secret. But the billionaire's ambitions for crypto appear to be much bigger.
The drama surrounding the supposed liquidation of Binance's US branch thickens, with CEO Changpeng Zhao (aka CZ) personally stepping in to refute the rumors. So where does the truth lie behind this whole saga?
Avec plus de 40 % de la population mondiale et près de 26 % de l’économie mondiale, les BRICS s’affirment de plus en plus comme une puissance émergente au point de concurrencer les grands groupes comme le G7. Ce regroupement de pays émergents a le vent en poupe et enregistre de nombreuses demandes d’adhésion. Ces demandes risquent de ne pas être acceptées de sitôt, car le Brésil serait contre l’expansion du groupe, selon certaines sources.
After Standard & Poor's in 2011, it's now Fitch's turn to downgrade the US sovereign debt rating.
The powerful current of technological evolution, financial confidence and the eternal crypto cycle intertwine in a whirlwind of opportunity. Dan Morehead, at the helm of Pantera Capital, contemplates the radiant horizon, ready to decipher the signs of this elusive future. Next port of call? A $150k bitcoin.
Crypto Ripple (XRP) has just undergone a most notable judicial jolt. While it had been sailing on calmer waters since mid-July, the recent verdict by New York federal judge Jed Rakoff has propelled XRP into a whirlwind of uncertainty. Indeed, at the heart of the Terraform Labs-SEC trial, he ruled that crypto Ripple (XRP) was a security. This decision has disrupted and blurred the bearings of many players on the crypto market.
At the heart of the technological fray, cryptocurrency giants weave their web. Binance, one of these titans, faces a major challenge: the burning issue of liquidating its US operations.
Scams, hacks, crackdowns, aggressive regularization… so many stories marring the crypto-sphere. When will these terrible nightmares end? No one has the answer yet. We might as well redouble our vigilance to avoid being fleeced by ill-intentioned project promoters like the scammers behind BALD.
In the midst of the U.S. presidential campaign, discussions are heating up around a variety of topics, including Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies, which are attracting a great deal of interest. Ron DeSantis, Governor of Florida and Republican candidate for 2024, is firmly in favor of cryptos. During his campaign tour of New Hampshire, DeSantis firmly promised to end Biden's “war on Bitcoin” and cryptos if he became president.
Donald Trump has declared in a speech that he will build the greatest economy in the history of the world. The former US president has in fact announced his candidacy for the 2024 presidential election. One might wonder whether his approach will be in favor of the crypto sector. Having always shown a certain reticence towards bitcoin (BTC), the crypto market was nonetheless doing well during his term of office. His re-election could breathe new life into this heavily repressed market.
The crypto sector is a tumultuous sea, sometimes capricious, sometimes farsighted. According to renowned analyst Dan Gambardello, Cardano ($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.