В газете The New York Times появилась интересная статья «Bitcoin’s Price Was Artificially Inflated, Fueling Skyrocketing Value, Researchers Say», в которой проливается свет на бурный рост котировок криптовалют в конце прошлого года. Основой данной публикации стало исследование, Джона Гриффина,

Статья написана для начинающих инвесторов, которые оценивают риски инвестиций в криптовалюты, а не для опытных участников крипторынка — прим. пер. Часть 1. Почему «цена» биткоина во многом фикция В публичных дискуссиях и статьях в СМИ о биткоинах делаются некоторые предположения: У биткоина есть

The February 2014 collapse of Tokyo-based bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox was, for more than 24,000 investors around the world, a traumatic event. It also ushered in a two-year crypto bear market that saw the price of a single bitcoin plunge from a peak of $1,200 to a low of around $200 before the torrid

As we pointed out yesterday, bitcoin and other tokens across the crypto space sold off following reports that South-Korea based exchange YouBit had been hacked, forcing its owner into bankruptcy. The exchange reported that hackers had stolen 17% of assets held in the exchange’s digital wallet.

On Thursday, as the Bitcoin price made record high after record high, spiking to somewhere between $16,000-19,500, it was one of the top stories across mainstream media outlets, never mind Reuters, Bloomberg and the FT. However, what exactly was the all-time high for Bitcoin? Because of