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Este artículo también está disponible en español. In a recent blog post, serial crypto entrepreneur and commentator Arthur Hayes predicted that fresh liquidity injections into the US economy following President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration could spur a Bitcoin (BTC) rally in Q1 2025. Money Printing To Propel Bitcoin? Despite surging past $100,000 on January 6, BTC faced a sharp decline to as low as $94,543 earlier today, casting doubt on the so-called “Trump rally” that many expected to last until Trump’s inauguration on January 20. Related Reading Recent market action aligns with Hayes’ December forecast, in which he warned of a…

Este artículo también está disponible en español. Bitcoin has experienced notable price volatility since the start of the year, with its performance showing mixed signals. Institutional investors, however, appear to have maintained their confidence in the asset despite recent market corrections. According to a recent analysis shared by CryptoQuant contributor caueconomy on the QuickTake platform, institutional players have been strategically accumulating Bitcoin, suggesting long-term confidence in the asset’s value trajectory. Related Reading Bitcoin Institutional Accumulation Signals Market Confidence caueconomy revealed that on December 21, investors sold approximately 79,000 BTC within a week, triggering a significant market correction of around 15%.…

We are happy to announce our very first developer-preview of the Ethereum Wallet ÐApp. The point of this release is to gather feedback, squash bugs and, most importantly, get the code audited. Please note that this is a developer-preview and not the final release. We advise you to be extremely careful putting large amount of Ether in the wallet contracts. Using the wallet on the mainnet should only be done with small amounts!   As Steve Ballmer once said Developers! Developers! Developers! And note that this is exactly our target audience, don’t blindly trust us and we ask (and advise!)…

Coinbase is one of the most popular trading platforms for buying and selling cryptocurrencies. It offers a simple way to start your crypto journey while earning rewards through its referral program. Using the Coinbase invitation code allows you to earn sign-up bonuses when registering, trading, or even depositing. This is a guide to explain what a Coinbase referral code is, the benefits it gives, how it can be used, and how you can get the most from the referral rewards. What is Coinbase Referral Code? A Coinbase referral code is a promo code provided by Coinbase to encourage users to…

Homepage > News > Finance > India delays UPI market share cap deadline by 2 years The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), responsible for regulating retail payments and settlement systems in the country, has postponed the implementation of the market share cap for the widely used Unified Payments Interface (UPI), extending the deadline by another two years. Previously, NPCI had set a deadline of end-2024 to enforce a 30% market share cap for companies processing payments using UPI. Extending this deadline will likely benefit mobile payment platforms like Walmart-backed (NASDAQ: WMT) PhonePe and Google Pay (NASDAQ: GOOGL), which are currently the…

Spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds in the United States recorded their highest outflow day on Jan. 8 over the last three weeks as Bitcoin briefly dipped under $93k, resulting in market-wide panic among investors. According to data from SoSoValue, the 12 spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded $582.9 million in outflows on Tuesday, ending a three-day inflow streak that had brought nearly $2 billion into these funds. The outflows on Tuesday also marked the highest since Dec. 19, when these investment products experienced $680 million in outflows. Fidelity’s FBTC led the outflows on Jan. 8, with $258.69 million withdrawn from the fund, followed…

Oklahoma’s Republican Senator Dusty Deevers has introduced the Bitcoin Freedom Act (SB325), a bill that would allow state employees and residents to use Bitcoin as a payment method for salaries and transactions. The legislation also enables vendors to accept Bitcoin payments. “In a time when inflation is eroding the purchasing power of hard-working Oklahomans, Bitcoin provides a unique opportunity to protect earnings and investments,” said Deevers, announcing the bill on January 8. He further emphasized, “As Bitcoin continues to rise and the value of the dollar continues to be printed away in Washington D.C., Oklahoma must act to protect our…

One of the secondary benefits of how the Lightning Network works as a scaling solution is privacy. It’s by no means perfect or undefeatable privacy, but it is a better than naive use of the base layer blockchain itself. It’s also not perfectly balanced. The sender learns a good many details about the receiver, but the receiver learns nothing about the sender. For casual payments it is a big improvement for consumers over on-chain payments. It does have one big problem though, something not unique to Lightning, but a problem for all onion routed systems. Global Passive Adversaries. That means…

This is Trump’s first NFT project on Bitcoin. The full collection will feature 200 cards, with 40 more expected to drop soon. Earlier, Trump introduced NFT projects like “Trump Digital Trading Cards,” including the “America First” series in August 2024. That collection offered unique perks like gold sneakers and meals with Trump but has seen little trading activity since its release.The new Bitcoin-based collection, however, seems to be gaining traction. Reports suggest 29% of the cards have already been minted.The broader NFT market showed mixed results in 2024. Total sales reached $8.8 billion, up by $100 million from 2023. Ethereum…

The foundation is currently in the phase of restructuring its communications activities. Several members of our current communications team in London are soon leaving or reducing their involvement in the Foundation in order to pursue for-profit ventures on top of the Ethereum ecosystem; we wish them the best of luck. And so, we have both the necessity and a unique opportunity to “reboot” that side of the organization and take another look at how the Ethereum foundation interacts with the community. As some initial steps, we are going to do the following: We will make an effort to de-emphasize Skype,…