Showing posts with label bitcoins. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bitcoins. Show all posts

Saturday, 1 February 2025

When it comes to buying Bitcoin - Japan's "MicroStrategy" has its own 21 million plan.



A publicly traded Japanese company known as "Asia's MicroStrategy," Metaplanet, is seeking over 116 billion yen ($745 million) in order to increase its Bitcoin holdings.


The business declared on January 28 that it had issued 21 million shares via moving strike warrants, which provide investors the ability to purchase stock at variable exercise prices. The share price of Metaplanet's offering is fixed at the full closing value on the pricing day, in contrast to the usual practice of issuing such warrants at a discount.
 

Tuesday, 2 November 2021

Nigeria’s 24.2% Bitcoin Adoption Rate: The Highest Rate of Crypto Ownership Globally

 

Bitcoin Is the Most Popular Coin in Nigeria

In addition to finding the West African nation as the country with the highest proportion of citizens that hold cryptocurrencies globally, the survey also discovered that “of the 1 in 4 online adults in Nigeria who own some form of cryptocurrency, bitcoin is the most popular coin in Nigeria at 66.5% of crypto owners.” Alternatively, this means more than half of the 24.2% of Nigerian respondents that own cryptocurrencies are in fact bitcoin holders.

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On the other hand, the survey findings suggest ethereum (ETH) is the second most popular coin with Nigerian cryptocurrency holders, at 23.8%. Despite this seemingly high rate of interest in ETH, the ratio of Nigerians holding this cryptocurrency relative to other countries is still lower, the survey data suggests.

In fact, according to the survey, the 23.8% ETH ownership ratio is only enough to see Nigeria being ranked the 15th country out of a total of 22 countries.

Dogecoin in Third Place

Meanwhile, the survey findings show the meme coin, dogecoin, in third place at 21.8%. This ratio in turn is enough to see Nigeria feature in the top ten. The survey report explains:

Dogecoin is the third most popular choice with crypto adopters in Nigeria, with 21.8% of adults who own crypto holding the coin. This makes it the 8th ranked country in our list of 22 countries in terms of dogecoin ownership among those that own crypto.

In terms of the makeup of cryptocurrency owners in Nigeria, the survey found 62.9% of Nigerian crypto owners to be men while women account for the remainder.

In other words, this disparity between the number of males and females that own crypto means men are 1.7 times more likely to own crypto. With the average figure globally at 1.5, this means Nigeria has the 11th highest male dominance of the 22 countries.

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Friday, 29 October 2021

Nigerian Judge Rules in Favour of Accused Crypto Startup, Accounts to Be Reopened

 

A Nigerian Federal Court judge recently ruled that the two frozen bank accounts belonging to Rise Vest Technologies, which is accused of trading cryptocurrencies, must be reopened.

CBN’s Bank Account Freeze Order Dismissed

In a ruling that overturns the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)’s August 17 decision to freeze the bank accounts, Judge Taiwo Taiwo is quoted by The Nation insisting that the central bank could not simply rely on a mere circular when deciding to close an account.

Thursday, 21 October 2021

Bitcoin briefly crashed 87% to about $8,000 on Binance's US crypto trading platform

 



  • Bitcoin plummeted to $8,200 on Binance's US platform, Coin Telegraph first reported.
  • The brief decline in the cryptocurrency was an 87% fall from $65,815.
  • Binance's CEO tweeted "expect very high volatility in #crypto over the next few months."

Tuesday, 12 October 2021

Crypto trading thrives in Nigeria despite official disapproval

 


LAGOS, Oct 12 (Reuters) - Nigerian art dealer Ebuka Joseph started using cryptocurrencies last year when business ground to a halt due to COVID-19. Now he is hooked even though the financial authorities disapprove.

“Crypto just allows me to transact freely and within minutes we are done with our transactions,” the 28-year-old told Reuters from a friend’s studio in Lagos where he displays his works.

Crypto Funds Doubled Inflows Last Week, Bitcoin Leads the Pack

 


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Digital asset management firm CoinShares has released its weekly report on fund flows for the crypto market. The highlight of the report, published on Oct 11, is that the amount of new capital flowing in has doubled in the past week.

Friday, 15 January 2021

Tor-enabled Bitcoin nodes are back after bug on network

 Anonymous Tor-enabled Bitcoin nodes normally make up as much as 25% of totally reachable Bitcoin nodes.

According to the latest data from node monitoring resource Bitnodes, Tor-enabled Bitcoin (BTC) nodes are back to normal following almost a full-swing crash in early January 2021. As of Jan. 13, the number of reachable Tor-based BTC nodes amounted to 2,581, up from as few as 122 nodes on Jan. 9.

Tuesday, 27 August 2019

Half Of All Bitcoins Are Spread Across 1,800 Wallets


The Bitcoin Whales Are Slowly Increasing Their Dominance, As Opposed To Retail Holders And Investors

The conducted research by PARISQ (a blockchain monitoring and compliance organization), stated that half of the entire BTCs in circulation is being held by only 1,800 wallets. The concentration of Bitcoins is 50 times higher than the concentration of global wealth, shows the report. Ethereum is even more concentrated – the ratio between Ethereum and global wealth concentration is 300:1.

Sunday, 16 June 2019

Will Bitcoin ever hit ₦355m ($100k), why or why not?



In my opinion, yes, absolutely, Bitcoin will eventually hit $100,000 US dollars per coin.

But my prediction isn’t really about Bitcoin.

My prediction is about the dollar.

In some sense, your question can be restated like this: “Will the Federal Reserve keep printing dollars?” And the answer is “yes, absolutely.”

If Bitcoin is meant to replace centralized Fiat currency, what should its value be described in other than US dollars?


My answer is Time.
I think everyone should measure everything - including cryptocurrencies, fiat currencies, and anything they own - in the most important asset there is: time.
And my answer applies regardless of whether or not Bitcoin replaces fiat currencies.
My answer comes from two simple ideas:

Monday, 28 January 2019

Price of BTC drop and forcast !



*What really influenced the drop in the price of Bitcoin from its all-time high to where it is at now, and do you think it will get back to $20,000 or even higher?*

The drop in Bitcoin was due to those 4 reason:

Sunday, 25 November 2018

Bitcoin Fundamentals ‘Still Intact’ Despite Price Lows, Says Blockchain Intelligence Group


The 2018 cryptocurrency price decline is a result of investors’ “lack of education,” the CEO of Canadian firm Blockchain Intelligence Group (BIG) said in an interview published in German economics news outlet Finanzen.de Nov. 23.

Speaking with a representative of German investment bank GBC AG, BIG’s CEO Lance Morginn suggested the combination of entry-level investors piling in during 2017, regulatory uncertainty and standard principles of supply and demand resulted in the 2018 bear market.

Thursday, 1 November 2018

Bitcoins Clock 10 -Ten Years Since Satoshi’s Vision Was Brought to Life


The evolution of key industries have been historically driven by groundbreaking technological innovations that leave an indelible mark on society.

The printing press led to the scientific revolution, the discovery of electricity brought light to the world, radio waves changed the way information was delivered to the masses, and the internet completely overhauled the way we communicate and interact with information.

Tuesday, 25 September 2018

Twitter CEO Says Bitcoin Will Become World’s ‘Single Currency’ Within A Decade


Jack Dorsey, the CEO of both Twitter and payment service Square, has said that he sees Bitcoin(BTC) as the world’s – and Internet’s – single future currency, The Times reports today, March 21.
Dorsey believes that Bitcoin’s leading emergence will take “probably over ten years, but it could go faster”:

Sunday, 24 June 2018

Cryptos Rock 6 Month Low as Bears Pummel the Markets


Markets are crashing, altcoins getting hit hardest are EOS, Iota, Ethereum Classic, and Ontology. The selling pressure has gained momentum in the last 24 hours and markets have slid for their lowest levels this year. Total market capitalization has dropped to just over $250 billion which marks the 3rd big dip of 2018. Bitcoin has been hammered losing 7.8% on the afternoon falling back again to $6,150 marking its lowest level in 2010 and a cost range not seen since October 2017.

Friday, 15 June 2018

Crypto Markets Rebound After News the US SEC Will not Consider Ethereum a Security


June 14th: all but two of the top 100 cryptocurrencies by market capitalization are making gains, according to Coinmarketcap data. Gains in of over 10 percent in some coins are a welcome respite for investors after crypto markets took a battering over the course of last month. Today’s gains are likely due to positive news that Ethereum (ETH) will not be regulated as a security under U.S. law.

Wednesday, 30 May 2018

Bank Shutout Forces Major Polish Crypto Exchange to Move to Malta


Bitbay, the largest cryptocurrency exchange in Poland, has decided to suspend its activities in the country as banks will no longer cooperate with the company, the exchange announced May 29. The exchange will instead be conducted by a new supplier in the jurisdiction of the Republic of Malta, where local laws are more crypto-friendly.

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