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• La semana pasada las autoridades chinas confiscaron 4.200 millones de dólares en criptodólares de las carteras de PlusToken.
• Las autoridades chinas han dicho que liquidarán las fichas pero no han dicho cuándo ni cómo.
• ¿Se ha acabado el fantasma de un masivo vertido del mercado criptográfico, o la amenaza permanece?

La amenaza de un dumping de PlusToken ha rondado los mercados criptográficos desde que la escala del esquema chino Ponzi se reveló por primera vez en agosto del año pasado. La estafa se las arregló para conseguir un increíble botín de más de 300.000 BTC y 9 millones de ETH en poco más de un año, además de una colección de otras fichas, pero con la noticia la semana pasada de que la policía china había incautado 4.200 millones de dólares de sus ganancias, ¿se ha acabado el temor de un dumping en todo el mercado?

Los estafadores de fichas han estado vendiendo desde marzo

PlusToken fue una de las mayores estafas criptográficas de la historia, con las autoridades chinas afirmando que 310.000 BTC y 9,17 millones de ETH fueron robados entre un tramo de otras fichas en el esquema Ponzi que se extendió desde mayo de 2018 hasta agosto de 2019.

Sintiendo potencialmente que la red se estaba cerrando, los estafadores de PlusToken comenzaron a mover y vender enormes cantidades de cripto moneda, causando vertederos de mercado a pequeña escala a lo largo del camino. Sin embargo, siempre se ha temido que todo el botín, por un valor asombroso de 10.000 millones de dólares, se liquidara, lo que precipitaría un desplome masivo del mercado.

La policía china incauta 4.200 millones de dólares

Cuando se reveló el viernes que la policía china había incautado 4.200 millones de dólares en fondos de PlusToken, el mercado colectivamente contuvo la respiración, preguntándose cómo actuarían las autoridades chinas, que tienen poco respeto por la salud del mercado de la criptodivisa. Las respuestas fueron rápidas y no del todo tranquilizadoras:

…las monedas digitales incautadas se procesarán de acuerdo con las leyes y el producto y las ganancias se perderán para el tesoro nacional.

El documento, de fecha 19 de noviembre, no indicaba cuánto, si es que había, ya se había vendido, ni de qué manera. Si el gobierno quiere realizar el valor total del botín, lo que seguramente debe hacer, entonces buscará la manera de hacer el trato Bitcoin Storm. Sin embargo, el fantasma de una caída del mercado, o de varios más pequeños, todavía se cierne sobre nosotros. Esta perspectiva no se ve favorecida por el hecho de que podría haber todavía unos 6.000 millones de dólares de valor criptográfico en las carteras de PlusToken, según el reportero chino de criptografía Wu Blockchain:

Así que aunque los fondos están más seguros bajo custodia policial que con los estafadores de PlusToken, no podemos estar completamente seguros de que el mercado esté a salvo del fantasma de PlusToken, especialmente con miles de millones que todavía están en el éter en alguna parte.

Shitforks lurk in the wild – Despite its closure by the authorities in 2013, the black market Silk Road is still the talk of the town.

It turned out today that many corners from Bitcoin (BTC) forks have not (yet?) been recovered by law enforcement on the wallets seized since then.
More than $1 billion worth of BTCs from 2013

The offline shutdown of Silk Road and the arrest of its founder, Ross Ulbricht, in 2013 were also an opportunity to freeze the Bitcoin Supersplit wallets belonging to this darknet black market.

These addresses thus remained frozen long before the king of cryptos knew the slightest direct fork – Litecoin and Dogecoin, which date from that time, are indeed separate blockchains, not BTC forks.

The blockchain transaction analysis company Coinfirm noticed that some of the (too) many Bitcoin forks had not been recovered by the American authorities.

The latter announced that they had seized 69,370 Bitcoins, or about $1.3 billion, from an anonymous person who allegedly hacked into the famous black market wallets.

Although the authorities obviously thought of recovering the most famous forks, such as Bitcoin Cash (BCH) and even BSV, others were left out.
400,000 dollars of forgotten shitforks

According to Coinfirm, the hacker – who would not have been bothered in exchange for his collaboration – would still have at least $400,000 worth of cryptomoney from forks on his address. This would be :

• 693,701 Bitcoin Diamond (BCD), valued at 310,000 dollars;
• 69,370 Super Bitcoin (SBT), valued at approximately $66,000;
• 69,370 Bitcoin Private (BTCP), valued at approximately $11,000.

Thus, anyone with access to the private keys of the hacker’s wallet can still dispose of these untapped funds.

This discovery was made possible by Coinfirm’s new Reclaim Crypto service. This service makes it possible to find all the cryptos from forks that may have been „forgotten“ (if they were ever known) by the owners of BTC wallets.

„(…) the police authorities could, without knowing it, leave important funds accessible to the suspects instead of taking them into account and seizing them correctly“.
Coinfirm Report

The old Bitcoin wallets are real forks to the point where it is difficult to find your way around. In this case, a real shitcoin nest that we’d rather forget!

Crystal Blockchain has published a report on all major security incidents in the blockchain space since 2011.

Since 2011, malicious actors have managed to steal the equivalent of approximately $ 7.6 billion in funds.

The report noted that US-based exchanges are the most targeted, while Japanese exchange CoinCheck holds the record for the biggest hack

Crypto analysis firm Crystal Blockchain has released a report detailing all the major security breaches, fraudulent activity, cyber terrorism and scams in the cryptocurrency arena since 2011.

According to the report , since the emergence of the Bitcoin Circuit markets, 113 security attacks and 23 fraudulent schemes have resulted in the theft of crypto assets worth around $ 7.6 billion. As a press release announcing the report points out, this figure is equivalent to Monaco’s GDP.

The report highlighted some key findings, including on the most common places of exchange security breaches.

Unsurprisingly, these are the countries with the most developed crypto markets, namely the United States, United Kingdom, South Korea, Japan and China

The United States, in particular, appears to be a major target. Since the inception of the blockchain ecosystem, U.S.-based crypto services have been targeted by malicious actors a total of 13 times. In terms of stolen value, however, China remains the leader.

Coincheck in Japan takes the title of the biggest hack to date, with a loss of $ 535 million. Crystal also cited hackers‘ preferred methods, “the most popular method of crypto theft is infiltration of exchange security systems”.

The report ends with a section of predictions from Crystal’s security experts. These predictions are hardly optimistic: “Over the next two years, as the number of blockchains continues to grow, and the methods and technologies used by illegal hackers continue to improve and develop, we can assume that the number of hackers will also continue to increase ”.

Crystal says that with an adequate mode of corrective action, the damage caused by scams and hacks, especially in the case of “hot wallets”, could be mitigated. Overall, the report leaves little reason to believe that the latest Harvest Finance infiltration will be anything but the next installment in a long list of warnings.

L’analyste populaire de Bitcoin Carl Martin a partagé un graphique BTC qui suit un schéma inversé de la tête et des épaules. Selon cette configuration, la meilleure crypto-monnaie pourrait bientôt atteindre son précédent record de 20000 $.

Après un rallye assez volatile à 13000 $, l’action des prix du bitcoin s’est un peu tempérée. Mais les arguments en faveur de gains futurs restent solides, selon une configuration technique que le célèbre analyste de BTC basé sur Youtube et Twitter, Carl Martin, a partagée aujourd’hui. Cela fera sûrement monter en flèche les niveaux de houblon des taureaux. Selon lui, la meilleure crypto-monnaie atteindra bientôt le précédent record de 20000 $. Mais il y a un hic.

La route de Bitcoin à 20000 $ en 2020 a une tête et des épaules inversées

Selon une configuration inversée de la tête et des épaules (IH&S) partagée par Carl, qui, soit dit en passant, s’appelle „ TheMoon “, le prix du Bitcoin Revolution a déjà effacé les deux premières étapes du modèle IH&S. Sur cette base, Carl a fait remarquer que l’objectif de prix de 20 000 $ est plus proche qu’il n’y paraît.

De manière générale, les acteurs du marché considèrent IH&S comme l’un des indicateurs haussiers à l’exception de la croix d’or et de certaines formations en coin. Les courses de prix explosifs suivent la réussite d’un modèle IH&S. Parfois, les cibles à l’envers ressemblent à la hauteur du creux du milieu.

Comment cette configuration se déroule-t-elle?

Selon l’analyste, le graphique des prix du bitcoin a imprimé le premier creux IH&S vers le début de cette année, lorsque BTC s’est rallié en réponse aux conditions géopolitiques en cours. La formation suivante était après le crash du jeudi noir en mars. C’est à ce moment que le prix du bitcoin est tombé à 3858 $. Et puis, après un bref accès de trading latéral, a commencé à se rassembler vers le début avril fin mai.

La BTC a formé le troisième creux d’IH&S après avoir repris après le crash de septembre (après une phase commerciale stable, bien sûr). Il s’agit du rallye actuel au cours duquel le bitcoin a dépassé le sommet de cette année et atteint 13200 $. Carl a déclaré que le prochain arrêt était de 19700 $, mais pour cela, BTC doit publier une clôture hebdomadaire au-dessus du „ décolleté “ délimité. Mais cela arrivera-t-il?

Tout comme Paul Tudor Jones a mis son argent sur le cheval Bitcoin, le gros pari Bitcoin de MicroStrategy et l’achat de 50 millions de dollars de BTC par Square ont choqué le marché. Cependant, devrions-nous être choqués en premier lieu?

Contrairement aux deux premiers, la tendance haussière du Bitcoin de Square est depuis longtemps publique. CashApp autorise déjà Bitcoin et uniquement les achats Bitcoin et le PDG Jack Dorsey est probablement le plus grand taureau Bitcoin de la Silicon Valley en ce moment.

Je veux dire, il maximise ses achats de Bitcoin chaque semaine. Pour le contexte, cela représente 10000 dollars de Bitcoin chaque semaine

Pour plus de contexte, le prix de négociation quotidien moyen de Bitcoin est de 9196 $ et 40 semaines se sont déjà écoulées dans l’année, ce qui signifie que Dorsey a acheté en 2020 seulement 44,1 Bitcoins. Si cela ne souligne pas son optimisme pour Bitcoin, rien ne le fait.

Donc, revenons à la tendance Bitcoin, à la suite du pivot de Square, MicroStrategy et PTJ – Leurs mouvements respectifs pour favoriser la crypto-monnaie sont intervenus immédiatement après le crash de mars et la renaissance ultérieure de la crypto. Alors que d’autres actifs tels que les actions technologiques et, dans une certaine mesure, l’or, ont également connu des résurgences fortes, sinon plus fortes et plus stables, Bitcoin reste toujours favorisé.

Ces investisseurs aux poches profondes voient-ils quelque chose que nous ne sommes pas? En termes simples, non, ils ne le sont pas

Le renouveau du Bitcoin après mars a été une tendance sur laquelle tout le marché s’est rallié, au détriment de ce à quoi il est mesuré – la monnaie fiduciaire. En fait, selon un récent rapport de Chainalysis Markets Intel , depuis la baisse de mars, le changement de direction de Bitcoin en fiat a pris un virage serré. Plus comme un virage en V, en fait.

Le rapport indique qu’après mars, les investisseurs fiat ont «continué à exiger Bitcoin» et ici, «exigeant» fait référence à la demande de Bitcoin pour la monnaie fiduciaire. Avant la baisse de mars , le rapport affirmait que Bitcoin était sur le point de sortir, pour fiat. C’est intéressant car au premier trimestre de cette année civile, Bitcoin a transféré plus de 10000 dollars deux fois après avoir commencé à 7000 dollars. Ergo, même à ce niveau, la crypto était en train d’être expulsée.

The San Francisco-based Coinbase cryptomorphine exchange announced today that it has added support for instant withdrawals in nearly 40 countries, including the US, UK and many in Europe.

The problem it claims to solve is that so far today’s announcement, withdrawals at Coinbase can take several days. Now they are, at least in theory, instantaneous.

According to the Coinbase help page, in „most cases“ withdrawals to users in these jurisdictions will be completed in 30 minutes, „however, processing can take up to 24 hours.

A caveat, however, is that in the UK and Europe you will have to use Crypto Bank a Visa debit card that accepts instant withdrawals. For the US, you can use a Visa or Mastercard.

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In the US, it will cost 1.5% of the total withdrawal and a minimum of US$ 0.55. In the UK and Europe it will cost up to 2% and a minimum of £0.45 or £0.52. The standard withdrawal, which takes longer, continues without fees.

„By allowing real-time card withdrawals through the Visa Direct feature, Coinbase is offering a faster, simpler and more connected experience for its users,“ said Terry Angelos, who heads Visa’s fintech department.

With XRP, Ripple has been trying to appeal to various banks and payment service providers for years. But so far, interest in the USD startup’s payment solutions has been modest. Although Ripple already has many large banks under contract, the interest is almost exclusively directed towards the RippleNet, which works without XRP.

There is currently a lot of discussion in the Ripple community about digital currencies of the central bank (CBDC) and how could it be otherwise, Ripple will play a central role with XRP . The fans usually refer to the World Economic Forum (WEF), which mentioned XRP in connection with CBDCs in a report earlier this year.

World Economic Forum mentions XRP

In a report released earlier this year, the WEF found that central banks and government agencies are examining the potential of CBDCs to solve persistent global financial problems such as financial integration and payment system stability. The Geneva-based international organization also made a clear distinction between CBDCs and cryptocurrencies.

The CBDC is a digitized version of a sovereign currency that is created and issued by the country’s monetary authority and is a liability of the country’s monetary authority. The CBDC is different from other forms of digital or virtual currency, including cryptocurrencies like bitcoin and ’stablecoins‘, which are not issued by central banks or are typically legal tender.

Although the WEF draws a clear line between the two forms of digital assets, it names XRP as the most relevant cryptocurrency in the CBDC wholesale room for payments and settlement within or between banks.

Ripple with ODL and XRP for international payments

In a recent blog post, Ripple notes that central banks around the world are in an arms race to develop their own CBDCs. Ripple also explains how central banks can use XRP to facilitate and support the use of CBDCs.

RippleNet’s On-Demand Liquidity (ODL) solution enables financial institutions to trade across multiple global markets in real time using the digital asset XRP, and such a solution can also support the direct exchange of CBDCs. XRP is faster, cheaper and more scalable than any other digital asset, which makes it the ideal tool for bridging two different currencies quickly and efficiently.

All of this certainly doesn’t sound too bad for one or the other. Ripple already has large partnerships with banks, XRP has been in the top 5 cryptocurrencies by market capitalization for a long time, other organizations keep mentioning Ripple and XRP and lots more good news. That is reason enough to believe in a bright future for Ripple and XRP.

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Don’t forget the bad fundamentals

But in the end it is always only small glimmers of hope that are regularly thrown at investors. The WEF report is from January 2020 and since then, at least in terms of course technology, not much has changed at XRP. In addition, it must be mentioned that XRP does not stand alone in the field “Payments and settlements within or between banks”. Before that, namely the JP Morgan Coin, which also wants to make a similar solution available to the banks.

What Ripple writes in his blog post is also pure theory. Currently, XRP would not be able to map the volumes that banks send to one another on a daily basis. The trading volume is nowhere near enough and has to be artificially kept alive with market makers. In addition, XRP is dependent on the Bitcoin price and is therefore more volatile than BTC itself.

In addition, Ripple still holds over 55% of all XRP that they sell or invest each month. There is no reason to use a fictitious cryptocurrency that is not linked to any other currency or the like. Unless you want to support the company behind the token in solidarity. Because Ripple’s main source of income is still the sale of the XRP.