After rising 5% in the last day, Bitcoin (BTC) is now rapidly nearing the coveted $60,000 mark. This is because investor interest in the largest cryptocurrency in the world has reached levels last seen during a 2021 boom, bringing it very close to its all-time high. Pre-Halving Rally? Bitcoin Nears $60K The increase in price coincided with a surge in demand as spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) achieved trading volumes of over $3 billion cumulatively on Tuesday. Additionally, other traders cited the anticipated April bitcoin halving as the source of…
Month: February 2024
First Bitcoin Blockchain ICO Rockets Past $5M Milestone – Blockchain News, Opinion, TV and Jobs
London, United Kingdom, February 28th, 2024, Chainwire The Bitcoin Dogs presale has already raised over $5.1 million in under 14 days. With only 5 stages remaining, the ICO is now at its halfway point and only has 16 days left before it ends. The ICO is covering fresh territory: no BRC-20 token on the BTC blockchain has been available for public presale until now. This has piqued the crypto community’s interest, and Bitcoin Dogs has generated a strong social following as a result. Top crypto influencers, including @MrX_Crypto, @BscSuperAltcoin, and @BscGemsX1000,…
Bitcoin Miner Riot Acquires 31,500 ‘Next Generation’ M60S Mining Machines Worth $97.4 Million
Bitcoin miner Riot Platforms Inc. said it expects to take delivery as well as deploy 31,500 Whatsminer M60S miners worth $97.4 million by the end of July 2024. The addition of the new bitcoin mining machines is projected to increase the “self-mining” hashrate capacity of Riot’s Rockdale Facility to 15.1 EH/s. Replacement of Underperforming Miners […] Original
Spot Bitcoin ETFs record new trading volume ATHs in 2 straight days
Spot Bitcoin (BTC) ETFs have continued to attract interest from market participants, having recorded two new all-time highs in trading volumes over the past two days amid the latest Bitcoin uptrend. According to Santiment, the combined trading volume for the seven largest spot Bitcoin ETFs stood at $7.64 billion as of Feb. 26. This figure represents the current record high, having surpassed the previous record of $6.15 billion by $1.49 billion. Interestingly, the market witnessed the $6.15 billion high on Feb. 25, suggesting that the latest ATHs were attained in…
Ethereum Wallet Abruptly Wakes Up After Nearly 10 Years, Sends ETH Stack to Crypto Exchange
A long-dormant Ethereum (ETH) whale abruptly woke up on Monday and sent more than $773,000 worth of the second-largest digital asset to the top US crypto exchange Coinbase. The crypto-tracking platform Whale Alert notes the wallet is a pre-mine address that wasn’t active for more than 8.5 years. Pre-mining refers to the creation of a crypto asset before it is launched publicly. The pre-mine whale first sent a single Ethereum to Coinbase, followed by 237.748 ETH in a subsequent transaction, according to the blockchain tracking platform Arkham Intelligence. The crypto…
Binance and KangaMoon soaring, Chainlink is under pressure
Disclosure: This content is provided by a third party. crypto.news does not endorse any product mentioned on this page. Users must do their own research before taking any actions related to the company. Binance Coin (BNB) and KangaMoon (KANG) are firm. KangaMoon recently hit an all-time high, and BNB is up by 30%. However, projects like Chainlink have seen significant declines. These declines have caused Chainlink investors to diversify, and as a result, tokens like BNB and KangaMoon are seeing an uptick in new investors. Chainlink under pressure Although it…
Yr ICO yn galw ar bobl i rannu profiadau wrth gael mynediad at gofnodion gofal, gan addo gwella’r cymorth
Mae Swyddfa’r Comisiynydd Gwybodaeth (ICO) yn galw ar bobl sydd â phrofiad o’r system ofal yn y Deyrnas Unedig i rannu’r heriau maen nhw wedi’u hwynebu wrth gael mynediad at eu cofnodion gofal gan sefydliadau. Gydag arolwg wedi’i lansio heddiw, mae rheoleiddiwr diogelu data’r Deyrnas Unedig yn ymrwymo i wella’r cymorth y mae’n ei roi i bobl a fagwyd yn y system ofal yn y Deyrnas Unedig a’r sefydliadau sy’n cadw eu gwybodaeth. Mae’r ICO yn cydnabod bod cofnodion gwybodaeth bersonol yn arbennig o bwysig i bobl sydd â phrofiad…
Supporting the right of access for people with experience of the care system in Scotland
Dominique Mitchell is Senior Policy Officer at the ICO Records of personal information are so important to people who have experience of the care system, as they are often key to understanding their personal history and identity. From reports written by social workers to photographs capturing memories, family and friends, records from someone’s time growing up in care can contain a large amount of personal information. Under data protection law, everyone has rights over their own personal information. This includes the right to ask for their personal information…
ICO calls for people to share experiences accessing care records as it vows to improve support
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is calling on people with experience of the care system in the UK to share the challenges they have faced when accessing their care records from organisations. With a survey launched today, the UK data protection regulator is committing to improving the support it provides to both people who grew up in the care system in the UK and the organisations that hold their information. The ICO recognises that records of personal information are especially important to people who have care experience, often revealing elements…
Crypto Traders Hedge BTC Rally After 40% Rise in 4 Weeks, Options Data Show
While the consensus is that that event, coupled with the strong inflows into the U.S.-based exchange-traded funds (ETFs), implies a supply-demand imbalance and potential for a continued move higher, some traders have started to position for a sharp decline. They have begun snapping up bitcoin puts, or options to sell, at strike prices well below the going market rate because perpetual funding rates point to a market that’s overheated and may witness a correction, a drop of more than 10%. Source