Bitcoin

On November 25, 2023, the Bitcoin network marked its sixth consecutive difficulty rise, reaching a new peak at block 818,496. The difficulty soared by 5.07%, setting a record high of 67.96 trillion, a level that will persist until the next…

Bitcoin.com News reported this week that leading crypto exchange Binance will settle with the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) for $4.3 billion, related to breaching anti-money laundering and sanctions regulations. The well-known…

Nigerian law enforcement recently arrested a politician who is accused of laundering digital funds that were stolen from Patricia Technologies in May. CEO Hanu Fejiro praised the politician’s arrest and said the recovered funds will…

Willy Woo, an onchain analyst, recently predicted that bitcoin’s value might consistently stay above the $30K mark. Earlier this week, the statement was complemented by Plan B, the developer of the stock-to-flow (S2F) price model,…

Former Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ) is seeking to dismiss the U.S. government’s motion to prevent him from going home to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) before sentencing. Despite the judge determining that the ex-Binance boss poses no…

Global investment bank JPMorgan has cautioned that the approval of spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) could “put severe downward pressure on bitcoin prices.” The…

In the aftermath of September’s HTX breach, along with the subsequent attacks on Poloniex and Heco Bridge in November, HTX faced yet another security breach on November 23, resulting in a loss of $30 million. HTX announced its…

Transaction fees for Bitcoin have eased, following their surge to more than $18 per transaction on two separate occasions last week. As of November 24, 2023, the average fee per transaction stood at roughly $5.89, with the median fee per…

On Friday, data revealed a notable shift in Grayscale’s Bitcoin Trust, commonly referred to as GBTC, as its discount to net asset value (NAV) contracted to single digits for the first time in 2023. The figures indicate that GBTC’s…

Over the last few weeks, the market value of leading stablecoins has experienced a notable increase. The economy of these fiat-pegged tokens expanded from $123.66 billion to the present $129.14 billion. This substantial growth of almost $6…