The financial space was rocked by the news that German fintech group Wirecard filed for insolvency owing €3.5bn. Not only a financial failure but also a seemingly “elaborate and sophisticated fraud,” according to EY, the company’s auditor for more than a decade.

The pseudonymous owner of Bitcoin’s oldest website—created by Satoshi Nakamoto himself—has fired its maintainer after a verbal dispute.

Samsung is diving deeper into cryptocurrencies, the South Korean technology giant and creator of the Galaxy smartphone range, could soon become one of the biggest drivers of bitcoin, crypto and blockchain adoption.While bitcoin traders and investors are focused on the upcoming bitcoin halving, a looming U.S. bitcoin crackdown, and rocky crypto trading volume, Samsung is putting the power of bitcoin, crypto and blockchain in people's hands.

The largest Bitcoin wallet that belongs to an unknown entity or individual recently moved 101,857 BTC, worth just over $933 million. The transfer was first noticed by automated crypto tracking service Bitcoin Block Bot on June 27. And for this whopping transaction, the mysterious owner of the wallet paid just $0.48 in fees.

A fake Bitcoin scam, with Elon Musk’s likeness at the helm, has reportedly raked in over $2 million.

Bitcoin Core 0.20.0 cleans up the Bitcoin Core codebase, advances hardware wallet integration and strengthens network reliability, among other improvements.

Many people know the benefits of Bitcoin but few users know that they are not as anonymous as they think. Certainly, it’s a fact that Bitcoin works on the blockchain, which means every other investor, bitcoin user, miner, or other person connected to the network can track your transactions and moves.

Plan₿'s Stock-to-Flow model was warmly received by many in Bitcoin. The chart gave context to price action around halvings, validating the importance of scarcity. The S2F model does have critics, and with the third halving approaching, some had questioned whether the reducing subsidy drive price.

Bitcoin mining power appears to be surging. In a significant deviation from the norm, bitcoin miners just produced 16 blocks in 63 minutes.

Every four years, sports enthusiasts are passionately waiting for the Olympics Games or the FIFA World Cup. The Bitcoin community has its own much-awaited event that occurs every four years or so – it’s the Bitcoin halving, also referred to as halvening. If you’re watching crypto news, you may notice the fuss about the upcoming halving. Indeed, Google searches for the term “Bitcoin Halving” surged to an all-time high.

Bitcoin's third halving, a once-every-four-years occurrence and the most anticipated event this year in the cryptocurrency industry, has finally happened.

The SEC has cracked down.

A privacy strategy known as CoinJoin has been used to make roughly 70,000 Bitcoin private this month alone. Here's why that's a big deal.

Bitcoin (BTC) transactions are not entirely anonymous. In fact, the records of transactions can be viewed by any one of us. However, there are several ways to improve your privacy on the bitcoin network.

In general it is seen that the stock markets, especially the major indices like the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones, are representative of the state of the economy in the US. When there are poor factors impacting the economy, the markets closely mirror this. This was clearly seen as the case when the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic was realized across the US and the markets took a tumble in the middle of March, and has been the case in most major troubled times for the country.

You can buy ethereum in Kenya on platforms like LocalCryptos, Binance and Remitano, using MPESA, bank transfer and airtel money as payment options.

Bitcoin continues to be the dominant payment method for BitPay, according to new payment statistics released by the firm. Since November 2019, bitcoin has maintained a 90% market share of all payments processed, by payment count, through BitPay's platform. The closest competing asset is bitcoin cash, which maintained a market share of between 3-5%.

President Donald Trump ordered Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin to focus on a clampdown on bitcoin over negotiating a trade with China, former national security adviser John Bolton reportedly claims. In a terse exchange about imposing sanctions and tariffs with China, Trump reportedly told Mnuchin: “Don’t be a trade negotiator,” ordering him instead to: “Go after bitcoin [for fraud].”

One of the questions that the crypto community asks experts is whether Bitcoin will be as easy to use as the U.S. dollar. If so, the next question is when it may happen and how soon the public will be able to feel the change. The leading developers claim that the cryptocurrency will inevitably surpass gold and become a more valuable asset.

The general knowledge about bitcoin (BTC) grows over the years, especially millennials are positive about BTC. This is shown by a survey from The Tokenist. They interviewed almost 5000 participants from 17 countries. It is a small study, but it does reflect a sentiment: more people seem to choose bitcoin over traditional financial institutions.