Bitcoin

Bitcoin is a new electronic payment system that removes the need for third party financial institutions. It speeds up transactions while reducing costs and minimizing the potential for fraud. The name “cryptocurrency” points to how it uses “cryptographic proof” to work, AKA a blockchain.

Bitcoin’s concept was first introduced in 2008 when a person going by the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto shared a white paper titled “Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System.” In January 2009, the Bitcoin blockchain was launched. 

A new electronic payment system called Bitcoin removes the need for third-party financial institutions. It speeds up transactions while reducing costs and fraud-risk. The name “cryptocurrency” points to how it uses “cryptographic proof” to work, AKA a blockchain.   

Bitcoin has a finite supply of 21 million, which is expected to be reached by the year 2140. Currently, 18.8 million are circulating in the market. Note that Bitcoin represents the concept of the network, while bitcoin (lower-case ‘b’) represents the currency.

Bitcoin is one of the most well-known cryptos as it was the first decentralized currency. 

Currently, BTC’s dominance is above 40%. Bitcoin Dominance is a measure of how much of the total market cap of crypto is made up of Bitcoin. Bitcoin’s influence in the crypto ecosystem could be vulnerable to competition as alternative coins grow in popularity and utility.

Independent committees are assessing a potential tie-up, while strong SpaceX earnings lift shares ahead of Tesla's results.

SpaceX and Tesla explore merger that would unite more than 30,000 bitcoin

Three brand-new wallets received 1,090 BTC worth about $90.38 million from market maker Wintermute, the second near-identical haul in a week. The Blockchain Trail, Examined Onchain sleuths spotted the move early today morning, reporting that whales had been “continuing to accumulate” after three newly created wallets received 1,090 BTC from Wintermute.

Bitcoin Worth $90 Million Pulled From Wintermute by a Mystery Whale

Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (NASDAQ:SPCX) held onto all of its Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) during the third quarter, according to the financials released on Tuesday. SpaceX Becoming a BTC HODLer?

SpaceX Becoming a Bitcoin Hodler? Elon Musk-Led Rocket Company Keeps All BTC, Now Worth $1.57 Billion

With the rupiah pinned near 18,000 per dollar, 0.7 BTC now converts to more than 1 billion rupiah. The Math Crypto commentator Ash Crypto took to X and revealed that just 0.7 BTC is worth more than a billion IDR, with the dollar-rupiah rate currently sitting around 17,995. This puts 0.

Just 0.7 Bitcoin Now Makes You a Billionaire in Indonesia

J.P. Morgan Asset Management is including Bitcoin in its 2027 Long-Term Capital Market Assumptions report for the first time with a forecasted return range positioning it as potentially the top performer over the next decade. The post JPMorgan Asset Management Predicts Bitcoin (BTC) Surging 10% a Year in Next 10 Years – But There's a Catch appeared first on The Daily Hodl.

JPMorgan Asset Management Predicts Bitcoin (BTC) Surging 10% a Year in Next 10 Years – But There's a Catch

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Strong results from SpaceX and Super Micro sent Asian chip stocks surging, and ZEC led crypto higher after developers set a date for its next network upgrade.

Bitcoin hovers around $83,000 as AI earnings revive tech, ZEC jumps 11%

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Leading cryptocurrencies rose on Tuesday as falling crude oil prices and lower Treasury yields boosted risk appetite.

Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, Dogecoin Gain as Oil Prices and Treasury Yields Cool: Analyst Says BTC 'Building Bottom,' but Spot Demand 'Still Weak'

SpaceX delivered a blockbuster third quarter, generating $14.6 billion in revenue, $4.4 billion in net income, and $8.8 billion in adjusted EBITDA. Behind those extraordinary earnings, Elon Musk's company reported $1.573 billion in digital assets, consistent with its previously disclosed bitcoin holdings of 18,712 BTC.

Musk's SpaceX Earnings Rocket Higher as Bitcoin Stash Holds Firm

J.P. Morgan Asset Management's 2027 Long-Term Capital Market Assumptions project a 10% annual return for Bitcoin over 10 to 15 years, though the firm isn't adding it to its main portfolio models.

JPMorgan Puts a Number on Bitcoin for the First Time: 10% a Year, With a Big Caveat

The Liquid Network on Tuesday said that things were up and running again, over one month after hackers stole 4,000 bitcoin, worth about $320 million at the time, from the network's federation wallet before returning most of it in a “white hat” operation.

Liquid Network Announces Final Stages of Recovery Following Massive Hack

Bitcoin exchange-traded funds were only available to institutional investors — until now.

Swiss Financial Regulator Gives Green Light to Country's First Bitcoin ETF

JPMorgan Asset Management projects Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) could return 10% annually over the next decade in its base case, edging out U.S. large-cap stocks and gold. Why Hougan Calls This a Turning Point for Bitcoin Bitwise Chief Investment Officer Matt Hougan posted on X a riff on the old activist quote: “First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight at you, then they add you to their Long-Term Capital Markets Assumptions paper and predict you'll be the best-performing asset of the next decade.

Jamie Dimon Once Called Bitcoin a 'Fraud'—Now JP Morgan Projects 10% Annualized Returns

Binance founder Changpeng Zhao said Peter Schiff will eventually be right about Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC), but only after Schiff changes his own prediction first.

Peter Schiff Will Be Right About Bitcoin ‘One Day,' Binance Founder Says

Strive's second preferred stock offering, SATS, debuted Tuesday on the Nasdaq.

Bitcoin Treasury Strive Debuts New Preferred Stock With 15% Dividend

NIP Group, the publicly traded parent company of esports powerhouse Ninjas in Pyjamas, is expanding its bitcoin mining operation through another major hardware acquisition, bringing its planned computing capacity to nearly 14 exahash per second (EH/s) as it accelerates its transformation into a digital infrastructure company.

Esports Firm Ninjas in Pyjamas Boosts Bitcoin Mining Operation With Added Rigs

Bitcoin briefly tapped $83,000 early Tuesday amid rumors of a potential U.S.-Iran peace deal.

Bitcoin at $82,000, ETH, XRP, Dogecoin Jump 3% on Growing ETF Flows

FINMA approved Switzerland's first retail Bitcoin ETF, citing BTC's trading history as its reason for granting a risk diversification exemption under Swiss law.

FINMA Approves Switzerland's First Direct Bitcoin ETF

FINMA waived the diversification rules for the fund but leaned hard on custody and investor-protection safeguards.

Swiss Regulator Approves First Retail Fund That Holds Bitcoin Directly

Strategy executive chairman Michael Saylor says Bitcoin will retake $100,000 within 12 months, and that the bull run now beginning will run for four years.

When Will Bitcoin Hit $100K? Michael Saylor Says Within 12 Months

On Tuesday, as bitcoin's price cruised comfortably above $82,000, a long-dormant wallet established on Jan. 1, 2016, stirred from its decade-long slumber, transferring 500 BTC for the first time in more than 10 years. The haul joins other recently moved coins that had long sat untouched, bringing the month's tally to 1,745.

Sleeping Bitcoin Giant Moves 500 BTC Worth $41M After 10 Years of Silence

U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs took in $526.7 million on Monday, their biggest day since Sept. 22. BlackRock's IBIT supplied all of it while Fidelity and Grayscale funds bled.

Bitcoin ETFs Post Their Best Day in Nearly a Month as BlackRock Does All the Buying

MtGox's rehabilitation trustee extended the creditor repayment deadline to Oct. 31, 2027, the fourth straight one-year postponement since 2023.

MtGox Pushes Bitcoin Repayment Deadline to October 2027

J.P. Morgan Asset Management's first long-term bitcoin forecast projects a 10% annual return but flags 55% volatility as a barrier to portfolio adoption.

JPMorgan issues first long-term bitcoin return forecast, projecting 10% annually

Bitcoin trades just below $83,000, above both the short-term and long-term moving averages. Here are the levels traders are watching.

Bitcoin's Next Move: Here's What to Watch

The bank has said bitcoin could do better than stocks and bonds over the next 10 years but says it is still too volatile.

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