Cryptocurrency exchange FTX’s founder has said that bitcoin has no future as a payments network and criticized the digital currency for its inefficiency and high environmental costs, the Financial Times reported on Monday. Bitcoin, the world’s largest cryptocurrency, is created by a process called “proof of work” that requires computers to “mine” the currency by […]
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Cryptocurrencies nursed large losses on Friday, with bitcoin just above $30,000 and set for a record losing streak after the collapse of TerraUSD, a so-called stablecoin, rippled through cryptocurrency markets. Crypto assets have also been swept up in broad selling of risky investments on worries about high inflation and rising interest rates. Sentiment is particularly […]
El Salvador, the first country to declare bitcoin (BTC) as legal currency last year, has resumed its bitcoin buying frenzy by purchasing another 500 tokens for $15.3 million, according to a Tweet by Nayib Bukele. El Salvador paid an average of $30,744 for each bitcoin, Bukele said, seizing the opportunity to buy the bitcoin price dip. El […]
The Swiss National Bank is against buying and holding bitcoin as a reserve currency, Chairman Thomas Jordan said at the central bank’s annual general meeting on Friday. “Buying bitcoin is not a problem for us, we can do that either directly or can buy investment products which are based on bitcoin,” Jordan said. “We can […]
There is no one alive today with an internet connection that has not heard of Bitcoin. It is the most valued crypto currency in the world today, yet, the creator of Bitcoin itself is unknown. Doxxing the man behind the biggest digital currency in the world has been the mission for many with a keen […]
Bitcoin’s been known to freak out when Elon Musk tweets a broken-heart emoji. So why isn’t it flying off the handle as we seem to stand on the precipice of World War 3? That could be down to the new HODLers, in part. Young retail investors betting on bitcoin as a long-term proposition rather than […]
South African firm, Sun Exchange, uncovered plans to expand its focus to reach various African countries in an ambitious project of crowd-sourced funding of solar panels and leasing them to customers. Supported by African Rainbow Capital Investments Ltd. – a group part-owned by billionaire Patrice Motsepe – Sun Exchange managed to raise $1.4 million funding […]
The godfather of all cryptocurrencies is starting the new year with a significant tumble potentially hitting a death cross, as Bitcoin fell by almost six percent, hitting below $40,000 for the first time since 2012, according to Bloomberg. Bitcoin hit its all-time low on New York trading, delivering a loss of approximately 14 percent. The asset’s value plunged […]
Craig Wright, a computer scientist who claims to be the inventor of Bitcoin, prevailed in a civil trial verdict Monday against the family of a deceased business partner that claimed it was owed half of a cryptocurrency fortune worth tens of billions. A Florida jury found that Wright did not owe half of 1.1 million […]
Love cryptocurrencies or hate the very idea of them, they’re becoming more mainstream by the day. Cryptocurrencies have surged so much that their total value has reached nearly $2.5 trillion, rivaling the world’s most valuable company, Apple, and have amassed more than 200 million users. At that size, it’s simply too big for the financial […]