Mining company NiceHash, victim of a hack in December 2017, has just announced the refund of 4.640 BTC to users affected during the hack. This and more news in this handy daily summary so that you are always informed with the most recent events that occur within the crypto world.
📍 Bitcoin has just set new milestones after 3 years, with a new all-time high of $23.603 USD This December 17th, and the market just sees the arrival of 4.640 BTC from NiceHash, which has just reimbursed users affected by the hack, which also occurred 3 years ago, in 2017.
The CEO of mining company NiceHash, Martin Skorjanc, published a letter to inform NiceHash users, mining enthusiasts and the entire community of cryptocurrencies, , that the company has fully refunded the BTC to all users affected by the security breach that the mining platform suffered in December 2017. According to Skorjanc, NiceHash was committed to returning every last cent to users, despite many advisors recommending taking advantage of “the collapse” to close the company. The refunded bitcoins are worth more than $109 million at the time of this writing.
📍 At the time of this writing, the Bitcoin market is still on the rise, and in the last 24 hours it shows a meteoric rise of more than 21%, going from a value of $19.400 USD on December 15 to $23.500 USD to date. Given the rise, several analysts and traders, such as Willy Wood, resume their estimates, indicating that the next levels for cryptocurrencies could be $55.000 USD.
On the other hand, there are those who estimate much more ambitious predictions for BTC, such as the executive investment manager of Guggenheim Partners, Scott Minerd, who pointed out during a interview that the price of Bitcoin should be around $400.000 USD; and that its scarcity as an asset, the growing interest of institutional investors, and its valuation, justify this price for Bitcoin.
📍 Likewise, skew, the cryptocurrency data analytics service provider, reveals that Bitcoin options volume is growing exponentially, surpassing 1.000 billion for the first time in history. In recent days, Bitcoin options volume tripled, growing by more than 200% and surpassing $1.000 billion in options traded.
Skew data reveals that BTC options volume hit $1.165 billion on December 17, mostly from deribit, one of the most widely used digital platforms for trading cryptocurrency futures and options.
📍 CB Insights, a global business analysis firm, has just published its annual list of the most innovative companies blockchain and most innovative cryptocurrencies of this year. Call Blockchain 50The list highlights this year’s most innovative and promising projects that implement new technologies and include consumer and business use cases in payments, remittances, asset provenance, compliance, and more.
📍 The institutional-grade cryptocurrency trading platform, FalconX, announced Financial services company American Express Ventures will offer new services related to cryptocurrencies and digital assets thanks to the alliance between both companies. According to the announcement, the integration of the innovative services offered by FalconX with American Express will continue to guarantee an innovative and value-added solution for institutions that want to invest in cryptocurrencies and digital assets.
📍 In Colombia, university students will now be able to take an advanced course on cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology, taught by the country's university network UxTIC, Together with the Binance Foundation and the Distance Academic Unit Univida.
According to releaseThe course will allow students to learn about the potential of new technologies, which are developing rapidly in the country, and to train as industry professionals, capable of developing advanced research to promote the development of these technologies in the Latin American nation.
📍 One of the largest blockchain and artificial intelligence infrastructure providers in the United States, Core Scientific, has just announced an order of purchase of no less than 59.000 latest generation ASIC devices, to expand its mining capacity in the region.
With this new order, Core Scientific will host a total of 76.000 Bitmain Antminer S19 ASIC units outside of China. In addition, it will increase its hash rate on the Bitcoin network at a total of 7.26 EH/s, according to the company's vice president of blockchain development.
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