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Underscoring Bitcoin's recent rally are strong on-chain trends, according to a number of analysts. On-chain Bitcoin specialist Willy Woo noted that while BTC is still far from its $20,000 all-time high, his NVT Price metric recently set a new all-time high. The NVT (Network Value to Transactions
Lightning Network development startup Lightning Labs is rolling out a new product: dubbed Lightning Pool, the new tool seeks to bring together node operators to trade access inbound and outbound Lightning channel capacity with each other. With the launch, Lightning Labs tackles one of the Lightning Network's major
As European Central Bank (ECB) president Christine Lagarde confirmed the institution is considering the launch of a digital euro, the ECB has launched a public survey for consumers to express their preferences with regards to a central bank-issued digital euro. The revelation comes after U.S. Federal Reserve chair Jerome
News - Bitcoin - Nov 03, 2020As European Central Bank (ECB) president Christine Lagarde confirmed the institution is considering the launch of a digital euro, the ECB has launched a public survey for consumers to express their preferences with regards to a central bank-issued digital euro. The revelation comes after U.S. Federal Reserve chair Jerome
News - Bitcoin - Nov 03, 2020Underscoring Bitcoin's recent rally are strong on-chain trends, according to a number of analysts. On-chain Bitcoin specialist Willy Woo noted that while BTC is still far from its $20,000 all-time high, his NVT Price metric recently set a new all-time high. The NVT (Network Value to Transactions
News - Bitcoin - Nov 01, 2020Lightning Network development startup Lightning Labs is rolling out a new product: dubbed Lightning Pool, the new tool seeks to bring together node operators to trade access inbound and outbound Lightning channel capacity with each other. With the launch, Lightning Labs tackles one of the Lightning Network's major
News - Bitcoin - Oct 30, 2020Last week, the BTC Times reported that Bitcoin was strongly outperforming altcoins as it passed $12,000. On the day of our report, the leading cryptocurrency gained approximately 2% as the price of Ethereum fell by approximately 3%. One theory of Bitcoin's strong performance versus altcoins is based
News - Bitcoin - Oct 30, 2020Today marks the Bitcoin white paper's 12th birthday: on October 31st of 2008, Satoshi Nakamoto published to the Cryptography Mailing List the nine pages that made history. Since then, the world’s first peer-to-peer electronic cash system has come a long way. Since Satoshi sent the first 50
News - Bitcoin - Oct 29, 2020Non-custodial Bitcoin desktop wallet Wasabi Wallet has gained considerable traction since its launch as a preferred tool for bitcoiners seeking increased transactional privacy. Wasabi is possibly best known for its integrated CoinJoin solution, a privacy-enhancing technology that obfuscates the origin of UTXOs. On Thursday, the developers behind Wasabi Wallet announced
News - Bitcoin - Oct 29, 2020Iranian media outlet Iran Daily reports that the Iranian cabinet has amended regulations to allow Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies to be used to fund imports. Citing IRNA, Iran Daily notes that this new legislation will allow the central bank of Iran to acquire digital assets directly from miners within the
News - Bitcoin - Oct 29, 2020Avanti has received a bank charter from the Wyoming State Banking Board with a unanimous 8-0 vote. The approval allows the Bitcoin- and crypto-focused bank the same authority as national banks in the U.S. The First Digital Asset-Focused Bank in the U.S. Caitlin Long, CEO of Avanti who
News - Bitcoin - Oct 28, 2020