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Gestapelte Goldbarren auf dunkler Steinplatte, daneben eine Hardware-Wallet in einer Hand mit dem Bitcoin-Zeichen auf dem Display

Swapping Bitcoin for gold: what it means for your holding period and tax

Swapping Bitcoin directly for gold bars is a sale in tax terms. Whether tax is due depends solely on how long you held the coins, and a fresh period starts for the gold on the swap date.

6 days ago

Durchtrenntes Glasfaserbündel in einem dunklen Technikschacht, die freiliegenden Faserenden glühen auf

Bitcoin Wallet Bug: Why Speeding Up a Payment Could Drain Your Wallet

A Bitcoin wallet bug let rogue servers swap a real payment for a fake one and trick users into signing it. How the fee bump trap works and how to stay safe.

6 days ago

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Bitcoin Price Crash: Top 3 Reasons Why BTC Price Dropped Below $80,000

Bitcoin price crashed below $80,000 over the weekend. Oil, ETF outflows and a wave of liquidations explain the move, and the Fed decides this week.

6 days ago

Bronzene Baerenfigur auf dunklem Schiefer, davor eine schwere Muenze mit dem Bitcoin-Zeichen

Bitcoin at $79,978: what to watch at the lowest level since September

Analysis: Bitcoin slipped to $79,332 overnight into Monday, its lowest level since September 18. Wednesday's Fed decision, Thursday's mining adjustment and the German one-year holding period will decide what the setback means for you.

6 days ago

Gusseiserner Schraubstock schließt sich um einen Messingbarren mit dem Bitcoin-Zeichen, Metallspäne auf dunkler Werkbank

Bitcoin price prediction: difficulty climbs 5 percent on Thursday

Computing power in the Bitcoin network sits 16 percent above its level of 30 days ago, the price 4.9 percent below it. On Thursday mining difficulty follows, and that shifts the economics for mining operations.

7 days ago

Nächtlicher Handelssaal mit leeren Pulten und kalt leuchtenden Monitorflächen, in der Glastrennwand davor spiegelt sich das Bitcoin-Zeichen

Bitcoin Price $80,853: The Fed Statement Comes at 7 p.m. German Time This Week

Germany moved its clocks to winter time last night, the United States does not follow until November 1. For one week every US date shifts forward by an hour, and this is the week that carries the rate decision on Wednesday and the options expiry on Friday.

7 days ago

Stahlschütz eines Betonwehrs bei Nacht, Wasser drückt unter dem halb geschlossenen Tor hindurch, an der Mauer eine Messingplakette mit dem Bitcoin-Zeichen

Bitcoin Price Prediction: Fed on Wednesday, $11.1 Billion Expiry on Friday, Which Date Moves the Price?

Analysis: the Fed decides on October 28, and two days later more than $11.1 billion in bitcoin options expire. The market has moved the rate rise to December, and that shifts the levels for this week.

8 days ago

Stahlgittermast einer Hochspannungsleitung bei Nacht, am Mastfuss eine Messingplakette mit dem Bitcoin-Zeichen im Streiflicht

Why bitcoin at $80,806 slipped below its 50-day line after 66 days: what matters now

Analysis: the bitcoin price stands at $80,806 on Saturday morning, 1.23 percent below its 50-day moving average of $81,807, which it had held for 66 days. What the four moving averages, the ETF outflows and the mining difficulty adjustment on October 29 mean for the coming trading days.

8 days ago

Nächtliches Säulenportal, im Granitboden davor das Bitcoin-Zeichen als Messing-Intarsie im Lichtstrahl

635 million dollars flowed out of the Bitcoin ETFs in a day: the level that decides

US spot bitcoin ETFs released a net $635 million on October 22, the largest daily outflow since June 25. Bitcoin trades below the funds' estimated cost basis of $81,500 to $82,000, and for a German portfolio a deadline is running at the same time.

8 days ago

Bahnhofsuhr ohne Ziffern in einer nächtlichen Rechenzentrumshalle, darunter eine Metallplatte mit dem Bitcoin-Zeichen

Bitcoin Core drops the embargo: “the wrong tradeoff” on easy-to-find flaws

Bitcoin Core now discloses security flaws that can be found with a simple prompt without an embargo and ships the fix for every maintained major version. What the new policy means for your node and your wallet.

9 days ago