A notable transfer of 1,000 Bitcoin, valued at approximately $77 million, was reported to have moved from an unknown wallet to Robinhood. This significant event, highlighted by the commentator @whale_alert, raises questions about the potential implications for institutional interest in the cryptocurrency sector. As trading platforms like Robinhood continue to expand their services, this transfer
Luke Dashjr proposes temporarily eliminating the Bitcoin block subsidy for about 30 days, leaving miners dependent on transaction fees. An alternative would extend coinbase maturity from 100 to 4,375 blocks, delaying miners’ access to newly mined $BTC. The proposals remain preliminary and would require broad consensus, technical implementation, and a clear activation process before affecting
Bitcoin Staking arrived on Stacks with the Genesis Bond, where four institutions bonded 250 $BTC and expect rewards by September 17. 21Shares, HashKey Cloud, UTXO Management and Sypher Capital participated in the first institutional bonding period with self or liquid custody. The yield comes from the Proof of Transfer mechanism, which since January 2021 has
Rootstock co-founder Sergio Lerner has called for Bitcoin bridges to adopt mandatory withdrawal delays after about 4,000 $BTC left Liquid Network’s federation wallet through an unauthorized peg-out. Sergio Lerner, chief scientist and co-founder of RootstockLabs, told crypto.news that immediate settlement can turn a single validation error into a loss before bridge operators have time to
Bitcoin’s price slid on Thursday after the price of oil shot over $105 a barrel thanks to renewed tensions in the Middle East. The biggest and oldest cryptocurrency was recently trading for $77,208 after sliding as low as $76,748 — down more than 2% over the past day. Its dip came after Iran signaled that
Summary Bitcoin has lost a support level that held through late August and is now testing major confluence support. Three unrelated on-chain readings place the real overhead ceiling in the $83K to $86K band. Sell-side pressure is the lightest of the year, and long-term holders are sitting the rally out. Short-term holders are selling into
Bitcoin price fell below $78,000 on Sept. 10 as hotter U.S. producer inflation, ETF outflows and weakening technical indicators weighed on demand ahead of the Federal Reserve’s September meeting. Bitcoin price falls toward its lower Bollinger Band According to data from crypto.news, Bitcoin (BTC) price was trading near $77,278 at the time of writing, down
In brief Bitcoin fell 1.22% today to $77,323, unable to extend last week’s push above $80,000 as broader markets sold off on inflation fears. Bitcoin’s 50-day EMA is inches from crossing above its 200-day EMA—a golden cross projected to confirm around September 11. If it happen, it would be the first golden cross since the
What is quantum computing? How is a quantum computer different from a regular computer? What relevance does this have to Bitcoin? New Bitcoiners have been inevitably bumping into these questions and having to confront the issues they dredge up regarding Bitcoin’s exposure to what is very much an existential threat to its existence if a
Cryptocurrency prices moved lower on Thursday as Bitcoin ($BTC) retreated to test support near $78,000. Major altcoins followed the market leader, with Ethereum (ETH) slipping toward $2,470 and XRP declining to approximately $1.37. Despite the broad pullback, investor appetite for risk remains relatively strong. The Crypto Fear & Greed Index rose to 70 from 66,