Bitcoin

Block data from Blockchain.com reveals that a colossal Bitcoin (BTC) transaction worth $2 billion was processed on Monday night. Despite the enormous financial value, the unknown wallet holder only paid 0.00001713 BTC fees equivalent to $0.78.  Although it is unknown what the purpose of this transfer was, or indeed which individual or entity enacted it, what has clearly been showcased is the enormous potential of financial transactions utilizing cryptocurrency and blockchain technologies…. Source link

Check out what’s clicking on FoxBusiness.com. Bitcoin was trading 3.33% higher on Tuesday morning nearing $46,000 per coin. The price was around $45,903 per coin, while rivals Ethereum and Dogecoin were trading around $3,344 (+3.69%) and 23.7 cents (+1.45%) per coin, respectively, according to Coindesk. It was just one week ago, Bitcoin was trading above $52,000 per coin. BITCOIN IN EL SALVADOR SPARKS CRYPTO CURRENCY DEBATE In other cryptocurrency news, approximately $2.6 billion worth… Source link

Bitcoin (BTC) preserved a higher low overnight on Tuesday in what one analyst believes may lead to sustained recovery. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView Analyst: Time for “inevitable” Bitcoin supply shock Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD rising to rechallenge $46,000 Tuesday. The pair had been drifting south before a sudden bout of volatility produced lows of $43,380 on Bitstamp. At the time of writing, these remained untested, with… Source link

Nasdaq-listed Microstrategy has purchased 5,050 more bitcoins for $243 million, raising its total bitcoin holdings to 114,042 coins. Microstrategy Continues to Grow Its Bitcoin Stash The pro-bitcoin software company Microstrategy announced Monday that it has purchased more bitcoins. CEO Michael Saylor tweeted: Microstrategy has purchased an additional 5,050 bitcoins for ~$242.9 million in cash at an average price of ~$48,099 per bitcoin. As of 9/12/21 we hodl ~114,042 bitcoins… Source link

Though Bitcoin was first created in 2008, most of us had never heard of it until 2017 when it had its first meteoric rise to nearly $20k per coin. More people were then made aware of this revolutionary technology when Bitcoin made its historic bull run from $10k to over $60k in the span of six months from 2020 to 2021. With the advent of Bitcoin, its creator Satoshi Nakamoto also gave us the gift of blockchain. This distributed ledger technology essentially lets millions of people contribute… Source link

The price of Bitcoin (BTC) is facing an intense period of volatility since moving from a $52,950 top on Sept. 7 to a $42,800 low just two hours later. More recently, the $45,000 support was held for a couple of days despite being heavily tested, and this triggered a $3,400 up- and down-swing on Sept. 13. There’s little doubt that shorts — traders betting on a price decrease — have taken the upper hand since the liquidation of $3.54 billion worth of long (buyers) futures contracts on… Source link

Two decades later, surveillance has become the norm. Our bodies are scanned with facial recognition, gait detection and a network of an untold number of security cameras. The same is true, and possibly worse, for our online activity. Emails can be monitored, our bank and credit records collected and normal web-surfing watched. Source link

Enterprise software company MicroStrategy Inc. keeps swapping out its shares for more bitcoin. The company, which has previously said it uses bitcoin as a primary Treasury reserve asset, disclosed Monday that it bought 8,957 bitcoins for $419.9 million in cash, including fees and expenses, between July 1 and Sept. 12. The average price paid for the bitcoin was $46,875, the company said. Last month, the company had disclosed that between July 1 and Aug…. Source link

Several Fed members have already turned hawkish, signaling a willingness to begin scaling back asset purchases, or tapering, this year. Some observers are concerned that a possible taper would lead to a substantial drop in the dollar liquidity in the fourth quarter, and could coincide with the U.S. Treasury issuing more bonds to rebuild its coffers (the Treasury General Account, or TGA) after the debt ceiling is lifted. Source link

Bitcoin (BTC) starts a new week in a precarious place — below $45,000 and below some key moving averages. What’s next? Almost a week after a cascade of leveraged position unwinding forced the market to $42,800, Bitcoin has erased most of its subsequent recovery. The weekend produced little by way of a paradigm shift, and now, downside volatility is firmly in place. With BTC/USD down 13% in a week, Cointelegraph takes a look at five things that may help traders to anticipate what the next… Source link