Kategorie: Bitcoin

Der Bitcoin-Preis befindet sich weiterhin in einem starken Aufwärtstrend oberhalb von $28.000 und $30.000 gegenüber dem US Dollar.

Der Preis handelt nun deutlich über $34.000 und dem 55 einfachen gleitenden Durchschnitt (4-Stunden).
Auf dem 4-Stunden-Chart des BTC/USD-Paares (Daten-Feed von Coinbase) bildet sich eine entscheidende Aufwärtstrendlinie mit Unterstützung bei $31.300.
Das Paar wird wahrscheinlich weiter steigen, wenn es die Widerstandsmarken bei $35.500 und $38.800 überwindet.

Der Bitcoin-Preis gewinnt derzeit über $34.000 gegenüber dem US-Dollar an Dynamik. BTC könnte sich weiter über $35.500 erholen, solange er über $30.000 liegt.

Bitcoin-Preis-Analyse

Nach einer Abwärtskorrektur bildete der Bitcoin Bank eine Unterstützungsbasis oberhalb von $28.000 und $30.000 gegenüber dem US Dollar. BTC begann einen erneuten Anstieg über die $32.000-Marke und erholte sich über die $33.500-Marke.

Infolgedessen gab es einen starken Schub über die 34.000 $-Marke. Der Preis durchbrach sogar die 35.000 $-Widerstandsmarke und ließ sich deutlich über dem 55 einfachen gleitenden Durchschnitt (4-Stunden) nieder. Es wurde ein neues Allzeithoch bei $35.913 gebildet und der Kurs konsolidiert derzeit seine Gewinne.

Eine erste Unterstützung auf der Abwärtsseite befindet sich in der Nähe der 34.500 $-Marke. Sie liegt in der Nähe des 23,6% Fib-Retracement-Levels der jüngsten Aufwärtsbewegung vom Tiefstkurs bei 29.909 $ bis zum Hoch bei 35.909 $.

Weitere Verluste könnten den Preis in Richtung des Unterstützungsniveaus von 33.000 $ führen. Dieser liegt in der Nähe des 50% Fib-Retracement-Levels der jüngsten Aufwärtsbewegung vom Schwungtief bei 29.909 $ bis zum Hoch bei 35.909 $. Auf dem 4-Stunden-Chart des BTC/USD-Paares bildet sich außerdem eine entscheidende zinsbullische Trendlinie mit einer Unterstützung bei $31.300.

Sollte es zu einem Abwärtsbruch in Richtung der Trendlinienunterstützung und $31.000 kommen, werden die Bullen wahrscheinlich aktiv bleiben. Auf der Oberseite steht der Preis vor Hürden in der Nähe der 35.500 $ und 35.800 $ Marke.

Ein erfolgreicher Ausbruch über die 35.500 $-Marke und eine anschließende Bewegung über das jüngste Hoch könnte den Preis zu einem weiteren Allzeithoch über der 36.000 $-Marke treiben.

Ein Blick auf den Chart zeigt, dass der Bitcoin-Preis deutlich über $34.000 und dem 55 einfachen gleitenden Durchschnitt (4-Stunden) notiert. Insgesamt ist es wahrscheinlich, dass der Preis weiter steigt, wenn er die Widerstandsniveaus von $35.500 und $38.800 überwindet.
Technische Indikatoren

• MACD auf dem 4-Stunden-Chart – Der MACD zeigt positive Signale in der zinsbullischen Zone.
• 4-Stunden-RSI (Relative Strength Index) – Der RSI liegt weiterhin deutlich über der 50-Marke.
• Wichtige Unterstützungsniveaus – 34.500 $ und 32.000 $.
• Wichtige Widerstandsniveaus – 35.500 $, 35.800 $ und 37.200 $.

WikiLeaks otrzymała wczoraj darowiznę BTC w wysokości 280 tys. dolarów, ponieważ Julianowi Assange’owi odmówiono ekstradycji do USA.

Portfel darowizny WikiLeaks Bitcoin otrzymał BTC od wielu osób nawet wtedy, gdy sąd w Londynie odmówił ekstradycji Juliana Assange’a do Stanów Zjednoczonych z powodu obaw o zdrowie. W przeszłości WikiLeaks przyciągała darczyńców BTC, a trudna sytuacja Assange’a odbijała się szerokim echem na osobach, które podzielały libertariańskie ideały.

Portfel WikiLeaks Bitcoin Donation Wallet przechowuje ponad 600 tys. dolarów w BTC

Tweetting 4 grudnia, kryptograficzny tracker transakcyjny Whale Alert ujawnił, że portfel WikiLeaks otrzymał wpływy około 8,48 BTC o wartości około 281 000 dolarów przy obecnej cenie rynkowej. Łącznie, portfel posiada obecnie blisko 20 BTC w obecnym saldzie (~615.000 USD).

W dniu, w którym Assange’owi, założycielowi WikiLeaks, odmówiono ekstradycji do Stanów Zjednoczonych Wydając wyrok, londyński sąd oświadczył, że wysyłanie Assange’a do Stanów Zjednoczonych, gdzie jest oskarżony o wielokrotne oskarżenia o szpiegostwo, będzie uciążliwe, gdyż grozi mu do 175 lat więzienia za rzekome przestępstwa.

Jeszcze w grudniu 2020 r. Assange znalazł się na liście nazwisk, które znalazły się na liście kryptoreklamistów, domagających się prezydenckiego ułaskawienia przez ustępującego prezydenta USA Donalda Trumpa. Rzeczywiście, fałszywe doniesienia o ułaskawieniu założyciela WikiLeaks wywołały spore poruszenie w mediach społecznościowych przed wycofaniem się ze źródła odpowiedzialnego za wiadomości.

Assange i WikiLeaks nadal otrzymują wsparcie od społeczności kryptońskiej. Platforma zaczęła przyjmować darowizny w postaci kryptofunduszu już w 2017 roku, po tym jak Fundacja Wolności Prasy podjęła decyzję o odcięciu dostępu do funduszy dla WikiLeaks.

Jednak nie każdy kryptoalerzysta pozostał w rogu WikiLeaks. Jak wcześniej informowała CryptoPotato, Coinbase zablokowała sklep WikiLeaks bez uprzedniego powiadomienia w kwietniu 2018 roku.

Mały fragment historii BTC

Według Reddit postu z 2014 roku, WikiLeaks była wczesnym użytkownikiem Bitcoinów. Platforma podobno stworzyła swój pierwszy portfel BTC w czerwcu 2011 roku.

Być może, gdyby nie zarzut nieznanego twórcy Bitcoina, Satoshi Nakamoto, WikiLeaks mogłaby zacząć korzystać z BTC już w 2010 roku. Według forum Bitcointalk zamieszczonego przez Satoshi w 2010 r., twórca Bitcoinów namawiał WikiLeaks, by nie wnosić „gorąca“ do BTC jeszcze w powijakach.

Być może jeszcze bardziej głęboki jest fakt, że powyższy post jest jednym z ostatnich kawałków korespondencji Satoshi’ego w dowolnym miejscu w Internecie przed zniknięciem do dziś.

Ethereum exceeds $ 700 for the first time since 2018
Ethereum broke through the $ 700 level for the first time since May 2018.

Ethereum locked in DeFi has increased by 1,500%.

The transition to Ethereum 2.0 has probably played a positive role.

As Bitcoin continues its spectacular rally towards the $ 30,000 level, Ethereum has quietly kept pace in terms of annual percentage growth.

Although Bitcoin Future has already surpassed its previous record, Ethereum still has a bit more to do. In 2020, Ethereum rose 585 % from Bitcoin’s 370% growth.

Ethereum may not be gaining as much attention as Bitcoin lately, but the recovery from the $ 700 level and a market cap of $ 80 billion has generated a lot of excitement.

Ethereum Price Catalysts

There are many fundamental factors and events that have made Ethereum a more solid and more usable platform.

The two main drivers are the growth of decentralized financial applications on Ethereum and the transition to ETH 2.0.

At the start of 2020, the Total Locked-In Value (TVL) in ETH-based DeFi apps was less than $ 1 billion. Less than a year later, that figure is approaching $ 15 billion, which represents a monumental increase in its use.

This addition of value to the network, as well as the users transacting between applications, shows the real feasibility of Ethereum as a network capable of running decentralized financial applications.

Ethereum Miners Value

Another major positive factor in the Ethereum ecosystem has been the shift from validation of Proof of Work (PoW) to Proof of Stake (PoS) transactions.

This transition took place when the network changed from ETH 1.0 to ETH 2.0. With this newly implemented verification mechanism, transaction speeds on the network will theoretically be faster and overall transaction fees are expected to decrease.

Instead of using expensive and highly technical equipment to participate in network validation and earn rewards, users can now wager their ETH directly into the staking contract to start earning. To date, there is over 2 million ETH in the staking contract, which is almost 2% of the total supply and 30% of the TVL in DeFi applications.

Growth of institutional investors

Along with Ethereum’s fundamental growth, the network and its assets are also starting to gain more mainstream attention.

Grayscale Investments , one of the leading digital asset management companies, said it has institutional investors who are only interested in Ethereum, not Bitcoin. Grayscale continued to grow its underlying ETH holdings for its clients, approaching $ 2 billion in ETH.

In 43 days the CME $ ETH futures will go live.

There’s also the launch of Ethereum futures by the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, the world’s largest financial derivatives exchange. The CME has already launched Bitcoin futures, which appear to have worked well enough to warrant the creation of futures for the second largest cryptocurrency.

Overall, given the growth of Bitcoin and the cryptocurrency asset class, fundamental improvements in the Ethereum network, and the adoption of ETH by consumer and institutional businesses, Ethereum may continue to see its course reaching new heights with Bitcoin.

BTC / USD ha superado niveles de resistencia cruciales cuando la moneda alcanzó un máximo de $ 19,400. Los toros rompieron los $ 18,600 y $ 18,800.

Este movimiento actual es borrar las próximas zonas de resistencia de $ 19,400 a $ 19,600

El impulso alcista actual fue posible porque los niveles de soporte de $ 18,500 y $ 18,600 fueron bien defendidos por los alcistas. Los niveles de soporte fueron la base del impulso alcista actual. Los compradores han vuelto a empujar el precio para alcanzar la zona de resistencia superior de $ 19,500 a $ 20,000. Por el lado positivo, si los alcistas pueden despejar esta próxima resistencia, se vislumbra una tendencia alcista mayor. En otras palabras, Bitcoin será testigo de otra ronda de rally. Por el contrario, si los alcistas no logran mantener el impulso alcista actual, los vendedores intentarán empujar el precio a la baja y romper el nivel de soporte crítico en $ 18,500. Tal movimiento empujará el precio aún más al nivel de precio de $ 16,000.

Jim Cramer compra Bitcoin mientras está fuera de la cima en $ 17,000

El anfitrión abierto de Mad Money de CNBC afirma que hizo una inversión en Bitcoin oportuna el viernes. Durante una entrevista con „The Street“, Jim Cramer dice que compró Bitcoin el viernes por la mañana cuando el precio estaba por debajo de los 18.000 dólares. El anfitrión de Mad Money agregó que estaba tratando el activo criptográfico como cualquier otra cartera de inversiones.

Además, declaró de la manera: „Compraré, como suelo hacer, cuando algo baje“, dijo Cramer. “Me haré más y más grande y más grande. Simplemente creo que desea diversificarse en todo tipo de clases de activos. Yo tengo oro. Voy a diversificarme en Bitcoin, no es una gran posición para mí, pero ciertamente es importante diversificarme, y Bitcoin es un activo y quiero tener un equilibrio de activos „.

Tether assumed the position of largest daily volume in October, while Bitcoin consolidates itself as a value reserve.

Bitcoin is the first cryptomeda the world has seen, although the digital currency is the most famous and also the most valuable in terms of market capitalization ($ 340 billion), when it comes to volume the leadership was taken in October by a stablecoin. [Via Decrypt].

The new leader, Tether, is a dollar-based crypto currency, that is, each Tether (USDC) is worth $1. The currency is used in transactions between brokerage houses and also as a form of „hold“. Since currency has a fixed price, some traders prefer to leave their funds in USDC until the next day when they trade again.

These two basic utilities alone already account for much of the currency volume, but by 2020 the adoption of the asset has achieved a considerable increase.

Tether is also used for international transfers by large institutions, an alternative to the Swift system. Even the U.S. government uses the asset to send funds to Venezuela.

According to data from CoinMarketCap, the average monthly volume of the digital asset has skyrocketed since January 2020, in the last 24 hours for example, Tether has almost doubled the volume of Bitcoin, which has $26 billion in volume against Tether’s $44 billion, the volume is greater than the three largest crypto currencies together, BTC, ETH and XRP.

The reason for the high volume, according to Decrypt, is that the digital asset is widely used in OTC transactions, 33% of the currency volume is moved in China, almost double the visa in North America (17%).

In moments of crypt market drop several investors convert their assets into Tether, a way to minimize losses.

The purpose of the currency as well as other stablecoins is very clear, the asset aims to provide liquidity to cryptomoins brokers by creating a more stable means for prices in relation to fiduciary currencies.

The rapid growth in the volume of USDT transactions is certainly a great achievement for Tether, but for the network, the growth has brought problems of slowness. One of the solutions to this scalability problem was to adopt 6 different Blockchains, the transactions at Tether are now processed by the Ethereum, EOS, Liquid, Algorand, Omni and Tron network.

Tether continues to grow at a rapid pace, and with an eye on this market, Facebook is preparing its own stablecoin, Diem. It remains to be seen whether the social networking giant will be able to take over Tether.

Another threat to digital assets is a new law that may be passed in the US, the STABLE Act, a bill that wants to require stablecoin issuers like Tether to acquire bank licenses and have Central Bank approval.

This is also a difference between Tether and Bitcoin. While the former lives on its knees for regulation and are subject to what regulators want, the latter is decentralized and censorship resistant.

That’s why a Bitcoin is worth R$ 100 thousand and a Tether is worth R$ 5.

As it stands now, PayPal’s crypto drive is more about keeping regulators happy than providing crypto services to users.

PayPal has confirmed that the company will offer crypto payments on its global platform in the coming months.

The launch will begin in the United States, where a conditional PayPal called Bitlicense of the New York Financial received has. The regulator has the program last summer launched .

The devil is in the details

For crypto, this news is something big. But Bitcoin Champion is being watched closely. The conditional bit license means that conditional licensees must partner with companies that have a full bit license (in this case that company is Paxos). This will then act as a kind of mentor. As the NYDFS explains, Conditional Licensees may also be subject to „enhanced review as to the scope and frequency of testing or otherwise.“

The conditional license is valid for two years. A renewal or upgrade to a full Bitlicense depends on the decision of Superintendent Linda Lacewell.

PayPal representatives did not want to comment on the form in which an intensified check would take place. Cointelegraph should speak to NYDFS about this. The representatives of the NYDFS did not want to specify exactly what an „intensified check“ would mean for PayPal.

The representatives of Paxos, however, did not want to comment on their role in the conditional Bitlicense from PayPal. This means that all three organizations made this news public, but did not want to go into the details regarding the regulatory agreement. It’s worrying when they don’t want to do this even when asked.

Crypto is what crypto does

Nobody knows which hurdles PayPal, with its more than 340 million users worldwide, still has to overcome in order to satisfy the regulatory authorities. But the company will clearly have to do everything in its power to prevent crypto from behaving like crypto on its platform. Customer data collection, which PayPal has always done, is a problem here.

The PayPal wallet is not only used for storage, but also as a silo. According to the company’s FAQs on cryptocurrencies, users will neither have private keys nor be able to transfer their holdings to other wallets:

„Currently, you can only hold the cryptocurrency that you buy from PayPal in your account. In addition, the cryptocurrency in your account cannot be transferred to other accounts with or outside of PayPal.“
What does that mean? The coins do not belong to the user on PayPal. Other large companies will probably have to comply with this standard in order to work in the crypto sector.

For some time now one has heard of regulatory „whitelists“. These are crypto exchanges and companies that want to adhere to strict regulations and that can only do business with approved wallet addresses. This practice is not yet enshrined in law.

With PayPal it could come to the point that the regulatory authorities only allow crypto on the major platforms if these currencies cannot be transferred to other platforms. This is a more aggressive measure than a whitelist. This means that you are completely dependent on third parties, there is no risk of peer-to-peer transfers, and you cannot interact with people who cannot already open PayPal accounts. That doesn’t really correspond to the crypto idea. At least as it is now.

Det bullish rally i slutningen af ​​juli var ret vigtigt for Ethereum. Værdiansættelsen sprang over $ 250, $ 300, $ 350 og overgik til sidst $ 400 efter mere end 2 år. Ethereums rally var så dominerende, at optionshandler forventede, at Ethereum skulle tilskrive mere volatilitet end Bitcoin selv.

ETH-BTC 3 måneders realiserede volumspredning den 27. juli var en ringe 6,5%, som steg op til 36% den 25. september. Overraskende nok har volumspredningen bevaret det samme niveau i de sidste 3 uger.

Ved første øjekast kan den konsistente realiserede volumspredning mellem Ethereum og Bitcoin skyldes manglende skub og træk mellem Ethereum og Bitcoin-optionshandlere. Selvom diagrammet kan virke som en anomali, er det vigtigt at bemærke, at mellem 25. september og 15. oktober (dvs. når spredningen var 36%), resulterede både ETH og BTC i perioder med både pumpe og dump.

Men hvis det realiserede volatilitetsdiagram for ETH-BTC observeres i en 1-måneders, 6-måneders tidsramme, kan der ses et åbenlyst fald siden starten af ​​oktober.

Det er klart, at Ethereum langsomt forventes at være mindre ustabilt i forhold til Bitcoin Up, den kortsigtede volatilitetsstruktur og den halvårlige tendens var ret gennemsigtig. Derfor kan det udledes, at den konsistente voltspænding ved 36% skyldes tidsrammen for spredningen. Volatilitetsspændet beregnet mellem Ethereum-Bitcoin over en periode på 3 måneder syntes afbalanceret på grund af ensartede stigninger og fald, hvorfor 3M vol spændingen ikke ændrede sig i denne handelsperiode.

Nu i betragtning af, at tendensen bevæger sig mod højere Bitcoin-volatilitet, vil markedet muligvis snart opleve en nedgang i selve 3-måneders diagrammet, hvor vol-spændingen falder til under 36%.

Ser man på den implicitte volatilitetsspredning mellem ETH-BTC, viste diagrammet en stigning, der antydede, at Ethereums volatilitet adskiller sig yderligere fra enhver indvirkning på Bitcoins prisvariation. Mens aktivet muligvis stemmer overens med en divergens, var det kollektive optionsmarked stadig domineret af Bitcoin-optioner som bemærket i de realiserede spredetabeller over vol.

For Bitcoin Options er det en velkommen pause, da ETH-optioner har haft stor åben interesse i løbet af de sidste par måneder. Med faldet i Ethereums volatilitet kan Bitcoin Options muligvis være marquee-handel igen.

September was not a positive month for crypto fund investors. But it was also a bad month for other investments such as the Selic Treasury and Ibovespa.

Treasury Selic, cryptoactive funds approved by the Securities and Exchange Commission (CVM), and the stock market suffered a strong negative impact in September.

Although the reasons for this negative impact cannot yet be determined, the month was the worst for national cryptoactive funds.

In Brazil there are two types of funds with exposure to cryptoactives. One is intended for the general public and in which a maximum of 20% is allocated in cryptomorphs.

In this case, the fall observed in September was from 1.85% to 2.35%.

The fund for professional investors, on the other hand, which can have 100% exposure to cryptomorphs, had a negative variation of 2.35% to 13%.

Cryptomoedas and Ibovespa

But September was not only bad for funds with Bitcoin Optimizer allocation, the period was also marked as the third worst month for Ibovespa shares in 2020.

The drop was -5.23%, and there was also a negative impact on the Selic Treasury – considered the most traditional public security, according to iHUB Investimentos.

„As for the stock market: In the first quarter, they occupy the first two positions with negative figures: February with -8.50% and March with -30.18%,“ comments iHUB’s founding partner, Paulo Cunha.

Treasury Selic

In September, Selic treasury papers were being traded at a discount on the secondary market for lack of buyers interested in the paper.

„Funds investing 100% in these papers had a return of 0.04% in September, compared with 0.18% in the CDI, a considerable difference,“ comments Cunha.

Another point to note is that the market points out that this distortion should be momentary, since it is natural that the papers return to the SELIC and CDI rates.

„The background to this movement is the fear of the fiscal and reform agenda with the government. The market is beginning to put the price at such a level that interest rates may no longer remain at 2% per year with SELIC for a considerable time, as was predicted in August,“ Cunha adds.

Treasury Selic or Bitcoin

According to Cunha, despite the September results, the Selic Treasury is considered a natural emergency reserve.

Thus, for him, the title has a very low risk of default and also of showing a negative return on a monthly basis.

In addition, Cunha points out that he has high liquidity to be able to recover the values, within one day, if he needs the money.

„September was an unusual month, as it showed contradiction about the benefits of the Treasury Selic, due to the threat of the scenario of strong risk aversion and concerns about government accounts,“ he explains. For the portfolio, it is generally recommended between 5% and 30% of investment in this type of application, adds Cunha.

For the former vice-president of JPMorgan in Switzerland, Andrey Nousi, Bitcoin is this safe haven in times of market uncertainty.

„The advance of cryptomorphs is notorious. It went through a bubble in 2017 and 2018 and is now much better, once that irrational euphoria has passed. And now it is being much more accepted even by big players,“ notes Nousi.

The former vice-president of JPMorgam added that Bitcoin is one of the options to preserve the value of money, as well as gold and the dollar.

„When you no longer want to be exposed to Risco Brasil, you send your money out. Now, what will you do with that money? There are a lot of opportunities, like gold, dollar and bitcoin,“ he said.

En Europol-rapport har avslöjat att endast 1,1% av Bitcoin- användningen är kopplad till kriminell aktivitet, en minskning med 94,5% från 2013. Denna enorma förändring beror på framväxten av Bitcoin-handel under åren sedan dess, men det är inte alla goda nyheter – Rapporten säger också att sekretessmynt, plånböcker och annan relaterad teknik utgör ett ”största hot” mot brottsbekämpande myndigheter i Europa och att cyberbrottslingar blir smartare i hur de hanterar olagligt erhållen kryptovaluta .

Europol – Cyberbrottslingar blir smartare

I den nya rapporten om organiserad brottslighet på internet, kallad Internet Organised Crime Threat Assessment (IOCTA) 2020, säger Europol att kryptovalutor „fortsätter att underlätta betalningar för olika former av cyberbrott“, med ransomware som den primära metoden och att förövare av sådana brott har utvecklat sin praxis för att använda sekretessinriktade mynt och tjänster för att undvika myndigheter.

Dessa „integritetsförbättrade myntkombinationer“ som Wasabi och Samurai blir mer populära bland illegala kryptovalutanvändare, trots att Chainalysis påstår sig kunna spåra transaktioner in och ut ur några av dessa blandningstjänster. Europol konstaterar att kryptovalutor har blivit „standardbetalningsmetod för … ransomware och andra utpressningssystem“ på grund av deras „tillförlitlighet, irreversibilitet för transaktioner och en upplevd grad av anonymitet“.

Myndigheter över hela världen har försökt ta itu med detta fenomen de senaste månaderna genom att anställa blockchain-analysföretag för att försöka hjälpa dem att spåra medel som skickas med hjälp av sekretessförbättrande teknik.

Laglig Bitcoin-användning dvärgar olaglig användning

Europols rapport var dock inte helt dåliga nyheter för kryptovaluta, eftersom de avslöjade att legitim användning av kryptovalutor har vuxit mycket snabbare än olaglig användning:

År 2019 var den överväldigande majoriteten av bitcoin-transaktioner kopplade till investerings- och
handelsaktivitet, så trots betydande missbruk motsvarar kriminell aktivitet endast 1,1% av de totala transaktionerna.

Enligt Europols egna siffror motsvarar detta en nedgång på 94,5% från 2013, då webbplatser som Silk Road var det främsta användningsfallet för kryptovalutor. Bitcoin-handel är så populär att den dvärgar olaglig användning, något som förespråkar kommer att vara mycket nöjda med tanke på Bitcoins fortsatta negativa uppfattning i hela världen.