Category: Cryptocurrency news

1,291 BTC Moves from FalconX to Unknown Wallet, Whale Alert

A significant transfer of 1,291 $BTC, valued at approximately $98.7 million, has been reported by Whale Alert moving from FalconX to an unknown wallet. This major transaction has sparked interest across the cryptocurrency community, as large-scale movements often indicate shifts in market sentiment. Investors are closely monitoring these developments for potential price implications. What Happened […]

Lightning Lands on BitBox — And It Doesn’t Ask for a New Seed Phrase

Bitcoin wallet manufacturer BitBox is putting Lightning in users’ pockets. Owners of any BitBox hardware wallet can create a Lightning hot wallet inside the mobile BitBoxApp, fund it directly from their on-chain balance and pay invoices without bouncing between apps, wallets or third-party services, the company announced Tuesday. And users don’t need a new recovery […]

Wall Street Bets on Fed Rate Hike: Here’s What It Means for Bitcoin, Bonds and Trump

Bitcoin price data. Image: Tradingview Not everyone reads a hike as purely bearish. Some analysts argue a quarter-point move aimed mainly at anchoring long-term Treasury yields, rather than genuinely tightening financial conditions, could leave crypto’s medium-term picture largely intact. What matters most, in that view, is whether the decision and Warsh’s tone in the press […]

BIS paper finds major gap in Bitcoin onchain transfer estimates

Researchers at the Bank for International Settlements found that estimates of Bitcoin onchain transfer values can vary by as much as sixfold depending on how transactions are measured. The finding concerns onchain Bitcoin transfer values, rather than trading volume on crypto exchanges. The sixfold gap reflects differences between measurement methods, including how change outputs and […]

Major Bitcoin Core update changes default wallet protocols, risking temporary disruption across popular apps

Bitcoin Core v32.0rc1 has turned the Sept. 14–Oct. 10 window into a concentrated compatibility test for node operators, wallet providers and services that depend on Bitcoin Core’s RPC interfaces. The candidate was tagged with a verified signature on Sept. 14. The live release schedule lists Oct. 10 as the aim for the final v32.0 tag, […]