566 | Latest Cryptocurrency News, Bitcoin & Crypto Updates 2025

Charlie Lee Urges Buy Bitcoin And It Jumps Above USD 7,000

Charlie Lee, the creator of the Litecoin cryptocurrency, may have raised some eyebrows on Twitter on Tuesday as he told his followers to try to own at least 1 Bitcoin before buying any altcoins, saying “there isn’t even enough BTC to go around for EVERY millionaire to own one,”...

, by Fredrik Vold

Bitcoin as a Bus Station

It’s been almost ten years since the inception of Bitcoin, and explaining it to a layman still falls hard. Many explanations have surfaced in these years, yet perhaps none as compelling and different than the one that visualizes Bitcoin transactions as bus passengers.TxStreet.com is a website...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Meet the Man Who Bought Bitcoin in 2009

Jeffrey Wernick is an independent investor whose portfolio includes early holdings in Uber and Airbnb. He also invested in Bitcoin in 2009 - the year when it came out. In an interview with Business Insider, the investor said he believes Bitcoin's value comes from its ability to solve the biggest...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Bitcoin Remains Best Cryptocurrency: Wall Street’s “Crypto King”

Bitcoin remains the best bet among cryptocurrencies because people are “functionally using it,” Bart Smith, head of digital assets at Susquehanna International Group, a global trading firm that are active in a wide range of markets, told CNBC.He compared bitcoin to ethereum and smaller...

, by Fredrik Vold

These 26 Merchants Already Accept Lightning Network Payments

CoinGate, the payment gateway for over 50 cryptocurrencies, has announced that their Lightning Network pilot launch is underway. More than 100 merchants are already accepting Lightning Network payments during this pilot phase, the company said.However, their blog post features a list of only 26...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Weather vs. Crypto: Conditions Dented the Global Hashrate

While heatwaves are making rounds throughout Europe, floods are wreaking havoc in parts of China. While cryptocurrency is not a physical commodity, it is still very much influenced by weather which reportedly managed to bring down the global Bitcoin hashrate, or computing power of the Bitcoin...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Tom Lee “May Have Misspoke a Little Bit” in Bitcoin Predictions

Tom Lee, co-founder and head of Fundstrat Global Advisors, explained his previous prediction regarding Bitcoin price, noting that “we still think Bitcoin can reach USD 25,000 by the end of the year or something like that.”As reported, when speaking at the Asia Blockchain Summit in...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

This Shop Claims Its Sales Boomed by 427% Due To Crypto Payments

A post in the immensely popular subreddit r/cryptocurrency garnered a lot of attention, as a user posted pictures of the crypto artwork that they sell, saying that their sales jumped after they started accepting crypto.It wasn’t until early 2018 that Lynx Art, an online art shop, started...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Tom Lee Blames Regulators for Bitcoin Decline, Cuts Forecast

A lack of regulatory clarity has put enormous pressure on the market this year, as the G20 countries, the EU, and financial regulators in the US have all sent mixed messages about future regulations to the market, according to Tom Lee, veteran bitcoin investor and head of research at Fundstrat...

, by Fredrik Vold

Malware Monitoring 2.3 Million Bitcoin Addresses

When sending cryptocurrency, one of the main features is the fact that addresses are long and virtually impossible to remember. Naturally, very few people are willing to type the address in by hand, instead relying on copying it from one application to another - and this is exactly where the danger...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

More Than 3m Bitcoin Holders in China Despite Ban, Says Researcher

There are still more than 3 million people holding bitcoin in China, despite the government’s ban on trading, a researcher at theInternational Monetary Institute at Renmin University in China has estimated.The researcher named Li Honghan made the statement during a summit held in Beijing on...

, by Fredrik Vold

If Satoshi Nakamoto Is Writing a Book, You Can Start Reading It Here

On this past Friday, someone claiming to be Satoshi Nakamoto published 21 pages of new material which they claim to an excerpt, straight out of a book about the origins of Bitcoin. The site where this was published details the “first excerpt to a literary work consisting of two parts”...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

20% of UK Millennials Prefer Bitcoin Over Real Estate – Survey

20% of the surveyed UK millennials, a group of the population aged between 21 and 35, would rather invest in Bitcoin than in real estate, the UK-based build-to-rent developer Get Living said in its report "Millenial Living in 2018"."The rollercoaster ride in value for Bitcoin has excited many...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Bitcoin Dominance Rate Rising: At the 2 Month Maximum

Seeing any cryptocurrency establish any kind of positive trend comes like a lifeline in this bearish times. Bitcoin dominance rate reached a high of 2 months yesterday, to 42.74%, and stands at 42.50% as of the time of writing, according to CoinMarketCap data.The Dominance Index is an indicator...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Booking Giant Disables Bitcoin Payments

Hotel and airline ticket booking giant Expedia has confirmed that they have removed the bitcoin payment option from their website, according to media reports.The service was deactivated on June 10, according to a spokesperson for the online booking platform. The spokesperson did not offer any...

, by Fredrik Vold

Bitcoin Price Manipulation Puts Trust in Cryptocurrencies at Risk

Cryptocurrencies like bitcoin have grown in popularity in large part because they can be bought and sold without a government or other third party overseeing everything. But there’s a flipside: Unlike in markets for other assets such as stocks or bonds, it makes it much harder to uncover...

, by Neil Gandal

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