More than a decade after its inception, bitcoin and the broader cryptocurency industry are still widely referred to as being in the “Wild West” phase of their development.As recently as last month, US Senator Elizabeth Warren used this cliché to describe crypto trading, following a meeting of the Senate Banking Committee to discuss digital currencies.While…
Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are enjoying a stable July, after a summer that has seen them fluctuate wildly.In the first couple of days of the month, the price of most crypto has stayed fairly flat, even amid wildly divergent predictions of where they will trade in the future.It follows a rally at the end of…
Elon Musk has tweeted a provactive meme referencing dogecoin, as the cryptocurrency’s price continues to slide.His post made use of an old image, once often used as a meme on social media, that showed a man ignoring a host of women to instead focus on his computer. In Mr Musk’s post, that computer showed the…
The price of dogecoin has once again spiked following a tweet from meme-loving billionaire Elon Musk.The cryptocurrency shot up by nearly 10 per cent on Thursday morning after Mr Musk tweeted an image from The Godfather, captioning the meme: “Release the Doge!”Less than an hour later, Mr Musk tweeted lyrics to a parody of the…
Bitcoin has rallied at the end of June, rising in price from close to $30,000 on the weekend to above $35,000 on Wednesday.Other leading cryptocurrencies have seen a similar bounce in recent days, with Ethereum (ether) and dogecoin breaking above the crucial markers of $2,000 and $0.25 respectively.Beyond brief peaks above $40,000 and dips below…
The unexpected death of a controversial investor has left behind a bitcoin fortune estimated to be worth more than $2 billion.Mircea Popescu drowned off the coast of Costa Rica at the age of 41, according to local reports. Online speculation has centred around what will happen to his cryptocurrency fortune.
The price of bitcoin is once again on the ascendency, jumping by nearly 10 per cent over the weekend to take it back above $35,000 at the start of the week.Other leading cryptocurrencies have benefitted from a resurgent crypto market, with all of the top 10 most valuable cryptocurrencies seeing gains on Monday and Tuesday.Ethereum…
The price of dogecoin is on the rise once again after a proposed update to the way transactions take place on the cryptocurrency’s network received the approval of Elon Musk.The Tesla boss said on Monday it was “important to support” the change, having previously called for dogecoin to become the currency of the internet.