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Stripe To Start Taking Crypto Payments, Starting With USDC Stablecoin

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Par : BeauHD
25 avril 2024 à 20:32
Fintech giant Stripe announced on Thursday that it would let customers accept cryptocurrency payments, starting with USDC stablecoins, initially only on Solana, Ethereum and Polygon. TechCrunch reports: This will be the first time that Stripe has taken crypto payments since 2018, when it dropped support for Bitcoin due to it being too unstable. Stripe in 2022 tried its first reentry into the crypto market when it announced payouts (but not payments) in USDC, with Twitter as its marquee customer for the service. Thursday's news has no customer names attached to it. On Wednesday the company unveiled a long list of other launches, the most significant update being that Stripe, for the very first time, would let customers integrate competing payment providers with Stripe's other financial services tooling. Thursday's nod to expanding crypto support is also part of that bigger strategy to open up its walled garden. A brief timeline of Stripe's dance with crypto underscores the tricky line that Stripe has walked over the years when it comes to cryptocurrency. True to its disruptive roots as a fintech, the company has wanted to be in the middle of the conversation around how blockchain-based technologies will affect financial services. But it runs the risk of subverting its bigger business and positioning as a stable and sensible financial powerhouse if it dabbles too deeply or for too long in periods of instability. The company processed $1 trillion in transactions last year, and it's still growing; it is currently worth $65 billion on paper.

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Comment font les mineurs de bitcoins pour être rentables, malgré le halving ?

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Par : Martin Lapouille
22 avril 2024 à 08:01

Avec le halving, les mineurs reçoivent deux fois moins de bitcoins. Tous les quatre ans, leur récompense est automatiquement réduite et remet en jeu la viabilité de leur modèle économique. Comment font les mineurs pour être rentables, malgré cette baisse de revenu ?

Le halving du bitcoin est passé : et maintenant ?

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Par : Aurore Gayte
20 avril 2024 à 05:59

Le halving du bitcoin a eu lieu dans la nuit du 20 avril 2024, et ses premiers effets se font d'ores et déjà ressentir sur le cours de la crypto-monnaie. Il va cependant falloir attendre avant de voir son impact sur le long terme.

De plus en plus d’experts pensent que le halving ne va pas aider le bitcoin

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Par : Aurore Gayte
19 avril 2024 à 10:21

Alors que le halving du bitcoin approche, de nouvelles études se montrent pessimiste quant à son influence sur le prix de la crypto-monnaie. Certains estiment que le halving ne créera pas d'augmentation, d'autres pensent qu'il va les faire chuter.

3 scénarios pour le futur du bitcoin après le halving

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Par : Aurore Gayte
18 avril 2024 à 12:59

Le halving approche à grands pas. Les experts sont divisés sur ce qu'il va advenir du bitcoin après cet évènement. Le prix de la crypto-monnaie va-t-il exploser, stagner ou bien chuter ?

Le Bitcoin Cash a déjà fait son halving : qu’en a-t-on appris ?

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Par : Martin Lapouille
18 avril 2024 à 10:12

Le 3 avril 2024, le Bitcoin Cash, une copie dérivée du bitcoin, a fait son halving en avant-première. Deux semaines avant le BTC, cette cryptomonnaie a divisé son émission de jetons numériques par deux. Elle nous donne un aperçu de ce qui attend le véritable bitcoin le 20 avril.

Tout le monde veut miner le premier bloc post-halving du bitcoin

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Par : Aurore Gayte
16 avril 2024 à 15:39

Le halving est un phénomène très attendu par l'industrie des crypto-monnaies, car il est normalement suivi par une forte période d'augmentation des prix. Cette fois-ci, les mineurs sont également à l'affût de bitcoins très particuliers.

Alleged Cryptojacking Scheme Consumed $3.5 Million of Stolen Computing To Make Just $1 Million

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Par : BeauHD
16 avril 2024 à 13:00
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Federal prosecutors indicted a Nebraska man on charges he perpetrated a cryptojacking scheme that defrauded two cloud providers -- one based in Seattle and the other in Redmond, Washington -- out of $3.5 million. The indictment, filed in US District Court for the Eastern District of New York and unsealed on Monday, charges Charles O. Parks III -- 45 of Omaha, Nebraska -- with wire fraud, money laundering, and engaging in unlawful monetary transactions in connection with the scheme. Parks has yet to enter a plea and is scheduled to make an initial appearance in federal court in Omaha on Tuesday. Parks was arrested last Friday. Prosecutors allege that Parks defrauded "two well-known providers of cloud computing services" of more than $3.5 million in computing resources to mine cryptocurrency. The indictment says the activity was in furtherance of a cryptojacking scheme, a term for crimes that generate digital coin through the acquisition of computing resources and electricity of others through fraud, hacking, or other illegal means. Details laid out in the indictment underscore the failed economics involved in the mining of most cryptocurrencies. The $3.5 million of computing resources yielded roughly $1 million worth of cryptocurrency. In the process, massive amounts of energy were consumed. [...] Prosecutors didn't say precisely how Parks was able to trick the providers into giving him elevated services, deferring unpaid payments, or failing to discover the allegedly fraudulent behavior. They also didn't identify either of the cloud providers by name. Based on the details, however, they are almost certainly Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure. If convicted on all charges, Parks faces as much as 30 years in prison.

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Derrière le combat pour un émoji bitcoin, une bataille éminemment politique

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Par : Martin Lapouille
14 avril 2024 à 16:05

Une conversation sur une messagerie instantanée.

Dollar, euro ou yen : toutes ces monnaies ont leur émoji. Alors pourquoi pas le bitcoin ? À quelques jours du halving, des activistes ont lancé une pétition en ligne pour donner à la cryptomonnaie emblématique son émoji. Pourrons-nous bientôt inonder nos messages d'émoticônes BTC ? La question est moins anodine qu'on ne le pense.

Terraform Labs and Founder Do Kwon Found Liable In US Civil Fraud Trial

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Par : BeauHD
5 avril 2024 à 20:40
Terraform Labs and its founder Do Kwon have been found liable on civil fraud charges on Friday by a jury in Manhattan. The jury agreed with the SEC that the two misled investors before their stablecoin's 2022 collapse shocked crypto markets around the world. Reuters reports: The SEC accused the company and Kwon of misleading investors in 2021 about the stability of TerraUSD, a stablecoin designed to maintain a value of $1. The regulator also accused them of falsely claiming Terraform's blockchain was used in a popular Korean mobile payment app. SEC attorney Laura Meehan said during closing arguments that the platform's success story was "built on lies." "If you swing big and you miss, and you don't tell people that you came up short, that is fraud," Meehan said. Louis Pellegrino, an attorney for Terraform, told the jury on Friday the SEC's case relied on statements taken out of context and that Terraform and Kwon had been truthful about their products and how they worked, even when they failed. "Terraform is still out there, trying to rebuild and make purchasers whole," he said. The regulator is seeking civil financial penalties and orders barring Kwon and Terraform from the securities industry. Kwon, who was arrested in Montenegro in March 2023, did not attend the trial, which began March 25. Both the U.S. and South Korea, where Kwon is a citizen, have sought his extradition on criminal charges.

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Bitcoin Tumbles $5,000 In 24 Hours As Interest Rates Jump

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Par : BeauHD
3 avril 2024 à 00:10
Bitcoin fell more than 4.76% on Tuesday to $66,134 amid rising Treasury yields and strength in the U.S. dollar. CNBC reports: On Monday morning, it was trading at about $70,000 before data came out showing growth in the manufacturing sector for the first time since September 2022 and investor bets on June rate cuts began to cool. Bitcoin is now off its all-time high, reached on March 14, by about 11%. Ether went down with it, losing 5.6% to trade at $3,240.27. Meanwhile, the 10-year U.S. Treasury yield hit its highest level of the year and the dollar, which has an inverse relationship with bitcoin, hit a five-month high. Bitcoin's move may have been exacerbated by a large bitcoin holder, or "whale," who transferred more than 4,000 bitcoin to the Bitfinex exchange late Monday night. Data from CryptoQuant shows a spike in that exchange's reserves -- which typically signals a boost in selling activity -- that coincides with the sudden drop in bitcoin price late Monday night. Stocks tied to the performance of bitcoin were dragged down but traded off their lows to end the day.

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Les jours du bitcoin sont comptés

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Par : François Remy
29 mars 2024 à 10:21

Les modèles prédictifs d’une nouvelle étude scientifique sont parvenus à dater ce qui serait la « fin du bitcoin », déjà tant de fois annoncée par erreur. Plongée dans ces statistiques diseuses de mauvaise aventure.

US, UK Investigate $20 Billion of Crypto Transfers To Garantex Russian Exchange

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Par : BeauHD
28 mars 2024 à 22:20
According to Bloomberg, the U.S. and U.K. are investigating more than $20 billion worth of USDT transactions that have passed through Garantex, a Russia-based crypto exchange. Milk Road reports: If confirmed, the $20 billion in transactions would represent one of the most significant breaches of the sanctions imposed on Russia since the conflict began. However, the sources cautioned that the inquiries are ongoing and that it is too early to draw conclusions given the complexity of crypto transactions. They also noted that there was no immediate suggestion of wrongdoing by Tether. Key points: - The transactions under scrutiny were conducted using Tether (USDT). - The US and UK sanctioned Garantex on suspicion of facilitating financial crimes and illicit transactions in Russia. - The $20 billion USDT transactions would represent one of the biggest breaches of sanctions imposed on Russia since the start of the war. - Tether froze assets of entities on the U.S. sanctions list.

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Texan Bitcoiners Start Mining In Argentina Using Flared Excess Gas

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Par : BeauHD
27 mars 2024 à 21:20
Two Texas-based bitcoin miners have turned to the foothills of the Andes mountains in Argentina to mine bitcoin using flared natural gas. CNBC reports: Brent Whitehead and Matt Lohstroh, both graduates of Texas A&M University, have been mining bitcoin on the oil fields of East Texas since 2019. That's when they founded Giga Energy with the goal of taking flared natural gas and turning it into electricity to run bitcoin mines, which are notoriously power-thirsty. On Tuesday, Giga announced its first foray into Argentina, following expansion across the U.S. and into Shanghai. The company is partnering with Phoenix Global Resources, an oil and gas company with operations in Mendoza, and with IT services company Exa Tech to launch a two megawatt bitcoin mine on top of Vaca Muerta. Giga's system involves placing a shipping container full of thousands of bitcoin miners on an oil well, then diverting the natural gas into generators, which convert the gas into electricity that's used to power the miners. The process reduces CO2-equivalent emissions by about 63% compared to continued flaring -- or burning -- of unused gas, according to research from Denver-based Crusoe Energy Systems. It also turns wasted energy into a valuable asset for oil producers. On the small pilot site in Argentina, Exa Tech is handling operations on the ground, Phoenix Global is providing the gas and Giga is supplying the equipment. [...] Lohstroh told CNBC that Giga has generated over $10 million in revenue so far this quarter. It's not the only miner that sees opportunity in Argentina, which ranks 12th on the list of the top global emitters of methane, according to World Bank data. Giga's mine is intentionally small to start and isn't intended to be profitable yet. The company first wants to make sure it can successfully import all the necessary equipment before scaling the operation. The mine has been running a test since December, and Lohstroh estimates the site has mined in the range of $200,000 to $250,000 worth of bitcoin. Giga projects the mine is set to reduce CO2 emissions by approximately 30,000 tons per year at the upstream facility. The site is also designed to sell any excess power to the Argentina grid as a way to both generate revenue and curb operational redundancies.

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Crypto Miner, Pennsylvania Hit With Lawsuit Over Pollution From Bitcoin Mine

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Par : BeauHD
27 mars 2024 à 03:30
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: An environmental community group on Tuesday sued Stronghold Digital Mining claiming the company's bitcoin mine in northeastern Pennsylvania that burns waste coal and old tires for energy is polluting nearby communities with dangerous chemicals. The lawsuit by Save Carbon County filed in state court in Philadelphia, also names Pennsylvania as a defendant. The group, a nonprofit whose members live near the bitcoin mine, is seeking compensatory and punitive damages from the company, and an order directing the state to stop allowing the pollution to continue. The group said Stronghold has created a public and private nuisance by releasing mercury into waterways and spewing harmful chemicals like sulfur dioxide into the air from an aging power plant it bought to power its energy-thirsty operations. The state has issued permits allowing the pollution and subsidized the crypto-mine through tax incentives despite having an affirmative duty in the state constitution to protect the environment for its citizens, according to the lawsuit. A Stronghold spokesperson said in a statement that its operations actually clean up land and water in the area by using waste coal left behind by historic coal production in the region. "Stronghold's facilities have cleaned up millions of tons of waste coal and reclaimed over 1,050 acres of once-blighted land, now sports fields, parks, and fishing spots for local communities," the spokesperson said.

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Binance Executive Detained In Nigeria Escapes Custody

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Par : BeauHD
26 mars 2024 à 01:25
A top executive from the crypto exchange Binance has escaped custody in Nigeria after being arrested for allegedly destabilizing the country's national currency. The Associated Press reports: Nadeem Anjarwalla, the regional manager for Binance in Africa, "fled Nigeria using a smuggled passport," the office of Nigeria's National Security Adviser said in a statement, calling for "whatever information that can assist law enforcement agencies to apprehend the suspect." Anjarwalla, who holds dual British and Kenyan citizenship, had been detained in Nigeria along with another colleague since Feb. 26 when they arrived in the country following a crackdown on the crypto platform. Tigran Gambaryan, the colleague who is an American citizen, remains in captivity. Nigeria is Africa's largest crypto economy in terms of trade volume with many citizens using crypto to hedge their finances against surging inflation and the declining local currency. Binance stopped all trading with the Nigerian naira currency on its platform in early March after authorities accused it of being used for money laundering and terrorism financing -- without providing evidence publicly. It was not clear how Anjarwalla fled custody. The Abuja-based Premium Times newspaper, which broke the news of his escape, reported that he fled from a guest house in the capital city after guards led him to a nearby mosque for prayers. "The personnel responsible for the custody of the suspect have been arrested, and a thorough investigation is ongoing to unravel the circumstances that led to his escape from lawful detention," Zakari Mijinyawa, spokesman for the office of Nigeria's National Security Adviser said in a statement.

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FTX To Sell $884 Million of Anthropic Shares To Two Dozen Institutional Investors

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Par : BeauHD
25 mars 2024 à 22:40
The FTX bankruptcy estate has raised $884 million by selling the majority of its Anthropic shares to two dozen institutional investors. "The sale of the Anthropic shares is a big win for the FTX estate, which pledged in January to pay back the defunct exchange's customers 100% of the value of their holdings at the time of the exchange's collapse," reports CoinDesk. "FTX's FTT token climbed 10% on the news." From the report: According to Friday court filings, the top buyer is ATIC Third International Investment Company, a tech investment company wholly owned by the government of Abu Dhabi's sovereign wealth fund, Mubadala. ATIC has agreed to purchase 16,664,167 shares of Anthropic from FTX for $500 million. Other buyers include Jane Street Global Trading -- an affiliate of the erstwhile employer of former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried -- "certain funds" tied to Fidelity Investments and The Ford Foundation.

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Bitcoin 'Halving' Spurs Exodus of Old US Mining Computers Abroad

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Par : msmash
25 mars 2024 à 18:41
An anonymous reader shares a report: About 6,000 older Bitcoin mining machines in the US will soon be idled and sent to a warehouse in Colorado Springs where they'll be refreshed and resold to buyers overseas looking to profit from mining in lower-cost environs. Wholesaler SunnySide Digital operates the 35,000 square-foot facility taking in the equipment from a mining client. The outdated machines are among several hundred-thousand it expects to receive and refurbish around a major quadrennial update in the Bitcoin blockchain. Known as the halving, the late April event will slash the reward that's the main revenue stream for miners, who will try to lessen the impact by upgrading to the latest and most efficient technology. With electricity the biggest expense, mining companies including publicly traded giants Marathon Digital Holdings and Riot Platforms need to lower usage costs to maintain a positive margin. Their older computers may still bring a profit, just not likely in the US. Some 600,000 S19 series computers, which account for a majority of machines currently in use, are moving out of the US mostly to Africa and South America, according to an estimate by Ethan Vera, chief operating officer at crypto-mining services and logistics provider Luxor Technology in Seattle. In Bitcoin mining, specialized machines are used to validate transactions on the blockchain and earn operators a fixed token reward. Anonymous Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto baked in the once-every-four-years halving to maintain the hard cap of 21 million tokens. Next month's event is the fourth since 2012 and the reward will drop to 3.125 Bitcoin from 6.25 now.

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Les prévisions pour le halving 2024 du bitcoin ont changé

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Par : Aurore Gayte
22 mars 2024 à 14:44

Le prochain halving du bitcoin doit avoir lieu en avril 2024. Mais, selon une étude de Coinbase, cette fois-ci le halving pourrait avoir des effets limités sur le prix du bitcoin. Il vient déjà de connaître une forte hausse et reste pénalisé par des taux directeurs très hauts.

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