Bitcoin

Bitcoin is the pioneer of blockchains and cryptocurrencies, introduced in a white paper released in 2008 by an apparently pseudonymous person or group of people known as Satoshi Nakamoto. The document described a peer-to-peer method of transferring money without the use of financial institutions. The cryptocurrency known as bitcoin or BTC debuted in 2009. Transactions are recorded on a public ledger (a blockchain) by entities known as miners who engage in process called proof-of-work. Miners are rewarded for doing that by getting newly minted bitcoin. Some proponents view BTC as an alternative to fiat currencies and a hedge against inflation. Bitcoin has inspired the creation of numerous other cryptocurrencies and blockchain projects.

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Mercados

Rompimento do Bitcoin em direção a US$ 45 mil é 'iminente', afirma Matrixport

MATIC da Polygon e LINK da Chainlink lideraram os ganhos das altcoins na tarde de quarta-feira.

CoinDesk Bitcoin Price Index (CoinDesk)

Finanças

Preço do BTC avança para US$ 36 mil antes do último período de aprovação de ETFs de Bitcoin em 2023

Analistas da Bloomberg prevêem que se um ETF de Bitcoin à vista não for aprovado neste período, ainda há 90% de chance de aprovação até 10 de janeiro.

Chair Gary Gensler's U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is weighing Hashdex's ETF application, which analysts suggest could have a leg up because of its novel approach.  (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Tecnologia

Novas criptomoedas estão sendo criadas no ritmo mais lento em 3 anos, mostram dados da CertiK

Excluindo memecoins, cerca de 293 novos tokens foram adicionados ao site CoinMarketCap, menos de um quarto do que foi adicionado durante o mercado em alta do final de 2021, de acordo com novos dados compilados pelo auditor de contratos inteligentes CertiK.

The number of new tokens (excluding memecoins) added each quarter to CoinMarketCap fell in the most-recent period to its lowest since at least the first quarter of 2021. (Certik/CoinMarketCap)