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Bitcoin, market cryptocurrencies and mining caught the attention of the readers.Venezuela, Colombia and the crash of a donation to the fire in the Amazon among the most seen.The 2019 is approaching its end and it is time to make a review of what were the preferences of our readers a year filled with news related to bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, clashes of opinions and analysis about what happened in that ecosystem.The hearing Breaking News demonstrated throughout this cycle that his interest in bitcoin and the cryptocurrencies, before diminishing, continues to increase with the elapse of time. The 10 most visited content shows that readers looking for a greater education on the new form of money, of how the market moves of cryptocurrencies, and even how you can generate income with mining.The news about Venezuela, Colombia and Latin america in general were also of the most watched content, demonstrating that there is a permanent need to know what happens in the region with regard to the cryptocurrencies, what are the new regulations and how they impact on the societies from Spain to Argentina. Then our count of the most read during this year.
Fire in the Amazon: so you slowed down a donation of us $ 100,000 in bitcoin
Featured image by JAH / stock.adobe.comEl lock of a grant for us $ 100,000 in bitcoins, to try to counteract the forest fires of the amazon jungle, was the news event that most impact made on our audience in 2019. The payments platform BitPay has rejected the donation saying it was a payment to “very high”.The organization that would receive the funds, Amazon Watch, based in California, united States, asked for help to arrange the money. The support team of BitPay subsequently informed that it had resolved the problem of the limits to receive donations.The startup, he noted: “Our daily limit for donations BitPay is currently us $ 100,000. Therefore, divide the larger donations in several days.”
Honeyminer, a simple way to begin to minar cryptocurrencies
The mining cryptocurrencies is one of the branches of this ecosystem that most captures the attention of the users. This tutorial on Honeyminer himself as one of the most visited content in Breaking News during 2019. It is an application that checks the computers that are installed and determines which one is the criptomoneda more profitable to mine, this according to the processing capacity of the computer.One of its features is that, regardless of the criptomoneda who choose to undermine, the reward in Honeyminer is awarded in bitcoins. A detail to take into account is that the calculation performed by the program does not include the cost for electricity consumption, one of the variables that have the most impact on the mining cryptocurrencies.
You know these 11 predictions of the price of bitcoin for the next decade
Featured image by Banu / stock.adobe.comLas predictions on the price of bitcoin for the next few months or years are the most visited by our readers. In this article published last November 16, he passed the magnifying glass-by-11-predictions disseminated by personalities of the criptoecosistema, among which are @ArminVanBitcoin, Murad Mahmudov and Tim Draper, among others.Analysts agreed that after 2020 the price of bitcoin will not lose $ 10,000, while others predicted personal your price will be us $ 1,000,000 for the next year, according to John McAfee.
Learn how to use Bitcoin in 6 simple steps
Featured image by maicasaa / stock.adobe.comLa first criptomoneda market attracts millions of users on a global scale. In this tutorial posted 16 November there are 6 steps to start using Bitcoin as a payment system and as criptomoneda. The main aspect to consider for those who are started as bitcoiners is to be informed about everything that revolves around bitcoin.In the tutorial also provides an overview of the types of purses that exist in the market, how to set up a portfolio, learn how to receive bitcoins, how to buy BTC and sites that you can use the criptomoneda. This is the ABC to begin in the world of Bitcoin.
The criptomoneda more used is not bitcoin
Featured image by Wit / stock.adobe.comContrario to what many may think, the criptomoneda used most in the world is not bitcoin. This place is occupied by the tether a stablecoin whose market cap is 30 times lower than that of bitcoin. According to CoinMarketCap, the volume of tether surpassed for the first time the bitcoin in April, something that is maintained at the rate of an average of 21 billion dollars per day.”If there is no tether, we would lose a massive amount of volume daily, about USD 1 billion or more, depending on the source of data,” said Lex Sokolin, co-head of financial technology global ConsenSys, that offers technological solutions related to the blockchains. “Some of the potential employers trading in the market may begin to disappear,” he said.Tether currency is anchored most heavily used in the world and is issued by Tether Ltd. with headquarters in Hong Kong whose owners are also the owners of the home exchange Bitfinex.
Central bank of Colombia has published an analysis on the cryptocurrencies
Featured image by Daniel Alejandro / flickr.comEl issuing bank colombia published a study of 37 pages in which he ponders on the cryptocurrencies and its use in the world, not as a way of fixing position, as an institution, but as an exercise to improve their understanding of the new form of money. However, the central bank noted in the report that these systems are moving away from the initial purpose of being distributed networks and independent.From the literature that examines the possible impact of the use of criptoactivos on financial stability, the report concludes that the current size of the market is very small and that, for the time being and in the near future, does not represent a significant risk to global financial stability.An aspect that calls the attention is that the central bank highlights that it remains a debate about whether the cryptocurrencies should be regulated or not, and nor is there a consensus on this aspect as discussed on a global scale.
Central bank of Venezuela withdrew from its portal at the Petro as a unit of accounting
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/ stock.adobe.comLa decision of the BCV to not display the Petro as a unit of accounting in its official web page generated expectations about a potential increase of salary. In this article, published on the 5th of September, the economists Luis Oliveros and Víctor Álvarez fixed position on the testing of the venezuelan government to standardise the use of this so-called criptomoneda.For the first the Petro as a unit of accounting does not exist, while for the second there is no match with the official price of Petro and the minimum wage for venezuelan workers.To other economists, the problem has been mainly based on trust. In fact, the analyst Asdrubal Oliveros, asked: “how do I anchor a thing that has no confidence, as the bolívar, to something that does not exist, as the Petro?”.
Venezuela will be the gateway Pundi X to Latin america, according to its CEO
Featured image by harvepino / stock.adobe.comEl CEO and founder of Pundi X, Zac Cheah, visited Caracas to seal an alliance with the chain of stores is Traki and process payments with cryptocurrencies. The executive stated that it is aware of the reality of the exchanges of bitcoins on platforms such as Localbitcoins in the country, so that looks to capture potential customers to buy products or food with BTC in the network of Traki.Cheah reported that sees potential in the use of cryptocurrencies in Venezuela and that the alliance with the aforementioned department store represents the first step for further expansion in the nation’s oil.
11 the courses for free to learn about Bitcoin, blockchains, and cryptocurrencies
Featured image by Lumistudio / stock.adobe.commune compilation of 11 courses to learn about bitcoin was one of the contents with more visits in Breaking News. It is a listing that includes training, free of charge, via the internet, from major american universities such as Princeton or UC Berkeley, but also includes books about cryptocurrencies and tutorial videos.To participate, enthusiasts must only enter the platform of each course, to register and to begin to learn about cryptocurrencies and networks blockhains.
These are some of the predictions on the price of bitcoin to 2019
Featured image by Slavko Zeredah / stock.adobe.comLos predictions of Michael Novogratz, Anthony Pompliano, Naeem Aslam, and Alex Kruger, on the price of bitcoin to 2019, were condensed in this article was circulated on 30 June. For Novogratz, this year BTC would exhibit a stability between 10,000 and 14,000 us dollars. For Pompliano in 2021 the price of bitcoin would be about $ 100,000, while for Aslam the price will move in the future somewhere between 60,000 and 100,000 dollars.Although Kruger did not provide a figure on the possible price of bitcoin itself has made clear that “the traders should not follow the investment strategy of others.”