Cryptocurrency News

Jonathan Meléndez, part of the Mexican rock band Camilo Séptimo, his pregnant wife, their three-year-old daughter, and their housemaid were killed by an associate who knew of Meléndez’s bitcoin holdings in one of the worst wrench attacks in Mexican history. Four Dead in Mexico in Wrench Attack Involving $1.5 Million in BTC Jonathan Meléndez, part…Read More

At 9:30 a.m., bitcoin’s price was clocking roughly $79,750 to $80,100 per unit on Sept. 6, stuck in a tight weekend range after its early-September run above $82,000 lost steam. There’s a great deal happening under the surface, though: BTC’s price remains above every listed major daily simple moving average (SMA) and exponential moving average…Read More

This editorial is from this week’s edition of the newsletter Week in Review, sent to subscribers on Friday. Subscribe to the newsletter to get this weekly editorial the second it’s finished. The newsletter also includes the biggest stories of the week, with a comment on each story. Stocks are up, oil is up, gold is…Read More

Bitcoin’s second-quarter unplug looked like capitulation. It wasn’t. This article first appeared in Miner Weekly, a weekly newsletter by Blocksbridge Consulting curating the latest news in energy, compute, infrastructure, and data analysis from The Energy Mag. The original article can be viewed here. Public miners analyzed by TheEnergyMag shed an estimated 56 EH/s of realized…Read More

President Nayib Bukele denied claims that El Salvador was ceding control of its strategic bitcoin reserve to a private operator, calling these allegations “totally false.” Bukele stressed that only Chivo Wallet shares were transferred to a private operator, not the BTC the nation owns.   Bukele Denies El Salvador Transferred Its Bitcoin Reserve to a…Read More

Bitcoin Magazine Hargreaves Lansdown Reverses Course, Rolls Out Bitcoin Trading  British investment firm Hargreaves Lansdown last year said bitcoin was too volatile. This post Hargreaves Lansdown Reverses Course, Rolls Out Bitcoin Trading  first appeared on Bitcoin Magazine and is written by Mathew Di Salvo.Read More

Bitcoin Magazine Trezor Breach Worse Than Reported: Another 67,000 US Customers Exposed Trezor said that its third party shipping partner, ShipMonk, had not erased customer data. This post Trezor Breach Worse Than Reported: Another 67,000 US Customers Exposed first appeared on Bitcoin Magazine and is written by Mathew Di Salvo.Read More

Bitcoin Magazine El Salvador Isn’t Buying Bitcoin With Public Money, Says IMF  El Salvador apparently received bitcoin from private donors rather than using government funds, according to the International Monetary Fund. This post El Salvador Isn’t Buying Bitcoin With Public Money, Says IMF  first appeared on Bitcoin Magazine and is written by Mathew Di Salvo.Read More

Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin Dips Below $80,000 on Strong US Jobs Report Bitcoin dipped on news that the Federal Reserve may hike interest rates this month. This post Bitcoin Dips Below $80,000 on Strong US Jobs Report first appeared on Bitcoin Magazine and is written by Mathew Di Salvo.Read More

Bitcoin Magazine National Sheriffs’ Association Drops Opposition to Clarity Act The law enforcement organization previously opposed the bill. This post National Sheriffs’ Association Drops Opposition to Clarity Act first appeared on Bitcoin Magazine and is written by Mathew Di Salvo.Read More