Tag: Bitcoin

December 16, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Bitcoin broke the $20K threshold for the first time in history

Other popular cryptocurrencies, including ethereum (ETH, +6.02%), litecoin (LTC, +7.3%) and XRP (+7.04%) are still down 58% to 88% from their respective lifetime highs reached three years ago. Bitcoin has double its price in the past three months. Unlike its previous rally in 2017, when the demand came from the retail market, this time it’s…

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Forex Weekly Look Back
November 27, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Forex Weekly Look Back: IS Prime turnover rises 30% in 2020, Benjamin Boulter appointed global head of partnerships with BlackBull Markets

Boerse Stuttgart announced today that Alexander Höptner, Chairman of the management board of Boerse Stuttgart GmbH and EUWAX AG, is leaving the Group at the end of the year at his own request to pursue new professional challenges. The Boerse Stuttgart group has not yet made a decision about his succession in the two companies. Alexander…

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CFTC
September 15, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

CFTC charges 4 men with Bitcoin fraud

The defendants also mislead customers that their earnings would increase based on the amount of their deposits. The clients were also falsely promised a bonus for referring others, in the form of a multi-level marketing scheme. The defendants caused misleading trading statements to be posted online to conceal their fraud. The CFTC stated that the…

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Major Twitter hack hits US politicians, celebrities and companies as part of a bitcoin scam
July 17, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Major Twitter attack hits US politicians, celebrities and companies as part of a bitcoin scam

CEO Jack Dorsey tweeted on Wednesday: Tough day for us at Twitter. We all feel terrible this happened. We're diagnosing and will share everything we can when we have a more complete understanding of exactly what happened. Twitter took steps to verify accounts and blocked users from tweeting bitcoin wallet addresses temporarily. CryptoForHealth.com website was…

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Small cryptocurrency Tezos gains traction, is Bitcoin in trouble?
May 20, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Small cryptocurrency Tezos gains traction, is Bitcoin in trouble?

Tezos was designed as a “self-amending cryptographic ledger”, it does not rely on mining (Proof-of-Work), but instead utilizes a Proof-of-Stake based consensus model. Recently it has emerged as a favorite for tokenized real-estate and security tokens. Since the recent Bitcoin halving, mining for BTC has become more difficult. Many have suggested that bitcoin minors may…

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April 21, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

A bevy of conventional reports fail to pin down the nature of Bitcoin

Crypto enthusiasts generally object to these findings, preferring to discuss Bitcoin’s “store of value” concept as an evolving characteristic. Cryptoglobe noted that Charles Hayter, Co-Founder and CEO of CryptoCompare, a leading crypto market data provider, had said: “Its risk-off across the markets -- Bitcoin is still novel, and is great as a means of transferring…

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