Bitcoin (BTC), the dominant cryptocurrency in the global crypto market, has been experiencing a positive price momentum since the beginning of 2023. The market leading coin has reached a two-month high of around $20k amid the market’s rapid surge. Despite this, short traders have witnessed a massive loss following the
The Consumer Price Index for December showed a gain that was in line with expectations, at 6.5%. The December CPI numbers were recently issued by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. Minutes before the report was released, the cryptocurrency market was modestly positive, with most assets trading in the green.
El Salvador’s Miss Universe delegate walks the ramp dressed up as Bitcoin (BTC). The 71st Miss Universe preliminary rounds started on Jan 11th, 2023 in New Orleans. The competition features almost 90 beautiful women from every part of the world. Following the opening night ceremony, the next round of competition
On January 11, 2009, one of the Bitcoin ecosystem’s early pioneers, Hal Finney, activated a node on his own computer. This day marks the beginning of the Bitcoin era. He made the announcement on Twitter, and the term “Running bitcoin” has subsequently entered popular culture. The genesis block was created
Despite the threat of Bitcoin hitting $18,000 for the first time since mid-December, Coinshares analysis says that there is only “minor negative sentiment” in the crypto markets. Bitcoin Price Chart (Source: CoinMarketCap) Notably, Bitcoin outflows were just $6.5 million, which indicates that sentiment is “remaining negative.”. According to Coinshares’ recent
On Monday, shares of the struggling Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) jumped, bringing the trust’s discount to Bitcoin closer to BTC’s original price. The over-the-counter security saw a price increase of 11.56%, to $9.65, yesterday. As a result, the trust’s discount relative to the NAV of its Bitcoin assets shrank to
On Wednesday, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said that it has filed charges against the eight people involved in the $45 million cryptocurrency Ponzi scam Coindeal. The securities commission described Coindeal as a blatant and far-reaching unregistered offering scam undertaken between at least 2018 and 2022. It was
From December forward, hackers blocked access to the digital medical records of the Saint Gheorghe Recovery Hospital in Botoşani, Northeastern Romania. And demanded payment in crypto for unlocking them. Local news source Monitorul de Botoşani claimed on Tuesday, citing the English-language website Romania Insider, that hackers had compromised the servers,
Cryptocurrency miners in Kazakhstan have been subject to a progressive scale. For the calculation of their monthly power fees as of January 1. The first universal fee, implemented in the summer of 2021, was 1 Kazakhstani tenge ($0.002) per kilowatt-hour (kWh). But it may currently exceed 25 tenge (above $0.05).
This first week of 2023 has been particularly intense for Bitcoin’s computing power, as it set a new milestone and ushered in the year by shattering its previous high point. On 7 January, Bitcoin’s hashrate was reported to be 290 EH/s, having already reached an ATH the day before. ATH
