Dez202020

The most important crypto news of the week

Bitcoin

Bitcoin hits all-time high; Skepticism towards Bitcoin in Germany; Federal Cabinet Adopts Blockchain Securities Act; IOTA 2.0 update is getting closer and Trump is allegedly considering pardoning the Silk Road founder.

Bitcoin reaches new all-time high

Bitcoin has hit a new record . The digital store of value broke through the wall almost overnight on Wednesday at US $ 20,000 and reached an interim high of US $ 23,600. A huge leap, considering that a week ago the price was sometimes below 17,600 US dollars. Specifically, the Bitcoin courseTurn up over 18 percent on a 24-hour view and even over 37 percent on a monthly basis. The price increase is no accident. Large investors such as MicroStrategy, Square or MassMutual are gradually advancing into the crypto sector and making previous private investors look old. So it is mainly large stock exchange groups or asset management companies that want to participate in the market. But hedge funds like that of the Ruffer Investment Company (USD 700 million in Bitcoin) are jumping on the Bitcoin bandwagon. Billions are added every day, which have increased the Bitcoin market capitalization to over 420 billion US dollars.

Skepticism towards Bitcoin in Germany

Despite the all-time highs, many people are in Germany and Bitcoin Co. skeptical over. Like the latest representative surveyof the German digital association Bitkom shows, only two percent of those over 16 years of age said they had invested in cryptocurrencies. In principle, 18 percent could imagine an investment in this area. The remaining participants expressed skepticism about the digital investments. Specifically, 66 percent of those surveyed found digital means of payment to be too complicated. 55 percent said that cryptocurrencies were more suitable for speculators. 47 percent of 16 to 29 year olds see Bitcoin and Co. as safe alternatives to the traditional monetary system. The survey shows that the younger generation in particular can get excited about the topic of cryptocurrencies. Should Bitcoin’s upswing continue, however, it is quite conceivable that

Federal cabinet adopts law on blockchain securities

However, skepticism towards Bitcoin and Co. in Germany could decrease after the Federal Cabinet passed a law on the issue of electronic securities on December 16has decided. This marks an important milestone in the federal government’s blockchain strategy that can give Germany an important locational advantage. As a result, digitally securitized securities could have the same status as their analogue, documented counterpart. The chances that the law for electronic securities will also be passed by the Bundestag at the beginning of next year are generally to be regarded as high. The law relates to the issuance of electronic bonds. Accordingly, there will be two different types of registers. In addition to the well-known central securities depositories, the crypto securities register is now also being added. According to the law, the register should be „kept on a forgery-proof recording system, in which data is logged in the time sequence and saved in a way that is protected against unauthorized deletion and subsequent changes „. A claim that is tailor-made for blockchain technology.

IOTA 2.0 update is getting closer

The next milestone for cryptocurrencies is approaching. The IOTA Foundation on December 14 announcedthat the Chrysalis 1.5 Public Testnet is live. The update is an intermediate stage of IOTA 2.0, which should be released in 2021. The full implementation of IOTA 2.0 is the biggest upgrade that the MIOTA network has ever experienced. It is even a completely new version of the protocol. The current plan is to put Chrysalis 1.5 through its paces with a series of alpha tests. If everything goes smoothly, Chrysalis‘ mainnet will start in the first two quarters of 2021. After that, it will be possible to use smart contracts on the Tangle network. This results in various application scenarios that could also make Decentalized Finance (DeFi) possible on the Tangle network. In addition, the IOTA Foundation recently separated from David Sønstebø, one of the founding members.

Dez142020

Bitcoin starter Thanksgiving og taber $ 1000 på tre timer

Krypto • oversolgt

Efter en større bullish tendens, der udløste debatter om en mulig ny ATH, korrigerede Bitcoin og tabte $ 1000 på bare tre timer.

Så du købte noget Bitcoin i denne uge? Hvad med et stort rødt lys for at fejre Thanksgiving?

Efter at have vist årets hurtigste vækst korrigerede Bitcoin endelig og tabte over $ 1000 på cirka 3 timer.
Kl. 0:00 UTC handlede Bitcoin til $ 18869 på Coinbase. Prisen repræsenterede et frisk pust for handlende og Bitcoin-entusiaster, der forventede en ny ATH, men blev overrasket over en korrektion nedad om eftermiddagen den 25. november.

Bitcoin påbegyndte en skarp korrektion og mistede omkring 12% af sin værdi på 48 timer lige efter at have ramt nøjagtigt $ 19500 på Coinbase.

Bitcoin respekterer stadig den Bullish Trend

Selvom de asiatiske bjørne ser ud til at være i kontrol, er sandheden, at diagrammer viser flere indikatorer, der projicerer en vis ro i sindet. Bitcoin hoppede lige ud af EMA 20-linjen, hvilket indikerer, at den bullish tendens sandsynligvis stadig vil fortsætte.

RSI ser ud til at være tilbage til det normale. Det er ganske vist stadig højt på 61,14, men faldet fra 83,88 blot et par timer før styrtet kan være et frisk pust for handlende, der var nervøse for en massiv udsalg.

De næste timer vil være afgørende for at vide, om bitcoin endelig forlader sin bullish kanal og kommer tilbage til jorden, eller om faldet kun er en kort pause, før den fortsætter den bullish trend, der har været siden cirka midten af oktober 2020.

Hvad skalperne angår, ser tingene relativt stabile ud efter blodbadet. Bitcoin har holdt sig stabilt over $ 17.700, og de asiatiske markeder har rapporteret store handelsvoluminer, mens de respekterer trendparametrene i mere udvidede tidsrammer.

RSI viste en drastisk variation på et oversolgt niveau, der ikke blev set i næsten to måneder. Stokastisk RSI viste også et lignende fald til meget lave niveauer, som kunne tages som et købsignal for dem, der opererer i lidt længere tidsrammer.

Imidlertid kunne Bitcoin fortsætte med at falde i et baisse scenarie og teste den første support på omkring $ 17300. Fra dette tidspunkt vil de næste stop være på $ 16063 og $ 15005, før de vender tilbage til den bullish kanalzone, den har haft siden marts 2020.

De fleste af Altcoins er også i smerte

Ting ser heller ikke godt ud for resten af altcoins. Ifølge data fra Coinmarketcap registrerer mindst 95% af de 100 bedste tokens – bortset fra stablecoins – tab i de sidste 24 timer; mange poletter er dog stadig op siden sidste uge.

Ved skrivning af denne artikel mistede Ether (ETH) 9,5%, XRP styrtede over 12%, Bitcoin Cash (BCH) faldt 13,69% og Cardano (ADA) 14,5%. De hotteste DeFi er også i den røde zone: Chainlink (LINK) rapporterede tab på 16,42%, Uniswap (UNI) -14,16%, AAVE -12,38% og Yearn.finance (YFI) -10,11%. Av!

Men selvom korrektionen forbliver, er der stadig meget plads til at manøvrere, før man begynder at tale om et nyt bearish marked.

Nov302020

What do Bitcoin whales do to close the month of November?

Bitcoin • Krypto

Find out how Bitcoin whales are closing in November, and what trend they’re maintaining with BTC in early December 2020.

The Bitcoin whales have modified a little bit the action pattern they had maintained since the beginning of November with BTC. In this opportunity we bring you a summary of their activity from November 23rd to 29th. For this, we use the Whale Alert reports on Twitter as a reference.

These two are clear indications that the whales are looking to sell their BTCs by taking advantage of the boom that cryptology has had. However, it may also indicate that they smell a possible price decline, and perhaps seek to influence it.

During this week, Crypto Trader whales have mobilized a total of 76,802 BTCs through 58 operations. Unlike previous weeks, the prevailing trend was not one of accumulation but rather of introducing liquidity into the market. That is, the Bitcoin whales took their BTCs from unknown wallets to exchanges, and there was even quite a bit of movement from one exchange to another.

TOP Bitcoin News: Price sees corrections, concerns and investments

Summary of Bitcoin whale activity in the last week of November

We recognize that 2020 has not been an easy year, and that the crypto market knows it. In the case of Bitcoin, we can say that it has been positive, because in spite of a big fall in March, today, one month before the end of the year, it is closer to its historical maximum than before.

For this same reason, it’s not surprising that we see this trend in Bitcoin whales where they stop accumulating and start selling. Up until the level of US$ 15,000 we were still watching the stockpiling, but now the roles have changed.

Specifically, 21,076 BTCs have been introduced in different exchanges from unknown wallets. Likewise, 22,076 BTCs have been moved from one Exchange to another. This represents 56.19% of the total mobilized.
Summary table of Bitcoin whale activity from November 23-29, 2020 Summary table of Bitcoin whale activity from November 23-29, 2020

What are the key supports for the Bitcoin price?

Flow of activity

Over the past seven days, Bitcoin whales have varied their flow of activity quite a bit. As the graph below shows, the busiest days were Tuesday 11/24 and Friday 11/27.
Flow of Bitcoin Whale Activity This Week Flow of Bitcoin Whale Activity This Week

These days were precisely the ones where BTC rebounded after brief setbacks. Over the weekend, BTC managed to consolidate over US$ 18,000. That’s why, according to CoinDesk, at the time of writing BTC has a value of US$ 18,084.19, which translates into an increase of 1.92% with respect to yesterday.

During this upturn, the activity of Bitcoin whales was almost zero.

Nov282020

Raoul Pal: „Institutional investors will push Bitcoin to $ 250,000 in 2021“

Bitcoin

In an interview with Cointelegraph, investment expert Raoul Pal says that institutional investors will take Bitcoin to astronomical heights.

Raoul Pal, co-founder and managing director of Global Macro Investor and Real Vision, predicts that Bitcoin Superstar will climb to $ 150,000 by November 2021, even calling this a „conservative“ estimate. Rather, he assumes that the market-leading cryptocurrency will even rise to 250,000 US dollars by then, as more and more institutional investors enter the market.

And it is precisely in this circumstance that Pal sees the big difference to the crypto hype of 2017, which was mainly fueled by private investors

As Pal explains, large companies such as Square, PayPal and Grayscale are currently buying up all newly created units of Bitcoin immediately, which creates a shortage that in turn leads to a price increase.

„I’ve never seen a market in which supply and demand are so unbalanced,“ said Pal, referring to the macroeconomic factors that are favorable for Bitcoin, since the demand is significantly greater than the existing supply.

Although a vaccine for the coronavirus could soon normalize the economy, it will probably need further financial aid packages beforehand

These financial injections, however, devalue local currencies, which in combination with negative interest rates could lead to more and more investors fleeing Bitcoin and driving the cryptocurrency up, Pal concludes.

“It can change lives. No other financial product has the potential to increase 5-fold, 10-fold or 20-fold in a short period of time, ”said the investment expert about the market-leading cryptocurrency.

You can see the full interview with Raoul Pal on Cointelegraph’s Youtube channel .

Nov192020

Mexikanischer Milliardär Ricardo Pliego investiert 10 % seines liquiden Portfolios in Bitcoin- Sagt der Krypto-Schutzschild gegen Reichenteignung

Identität

Ricardo Salinas Pliego, Mexikos zweitreichste Person, bestätigt, dass 10% seines liquiden Portfolios in Bitcoin investiert sind. Der Milliardär sagt, die oberste Krypto schützt das Vermögen der Privatleute davor, enteignet zu werden. Pliego rät seinen Anhängern, Crypto Bank die vielleicht in seine Fußstapfen treten wollen, Bitcoin zu studieren und zu verstehen. Er empfiehlt auch ein Buch, „The Bitcoin Standard“, als ein ideales Lernwerkzeug für Lernende.

Ein Fall für Bitcoin in einem Portfolio
Mit einem geschätzten Nettovermögen von 11,9 Milliarden Dollar reiht sich Pliego in die wachsende Liste der Millionäre, Milliardäre und Unternehmen ein, die nun Bitcoin in ihre Anlageportfolios aufnehmen. Währenddessen gibt der Milliardär in einem seiner Tweets seine Sichtweise darüber wieder, was Bitcoin in ein Investitionsportfolio einbringen kann. Er sagt:

Um mit Bitcoin zu beginnen, zeige ich ein Video, das in einem lateinischen Land aufgenommen wurde, in dem Banken Geld wegwerfen (wenn die Banknoten wertlos werden). Er sagt, dass es deshalb immer gut ist, unser Investitionsportfolio zu diversifizieren. Das ist eine inflationäre Enteignung.

Pliego hat den Namen des lateinischen Landes, dessen wertlose Währung in dem Video gezeigt wird, nicht preisgegeben. Viele sind sich jedoch sicher, dass er von einer Hyperinflation spricht, die Venezuela getroffen hat. Die Währung des südamerikanischen Landes, der Bolivar, ist in diesem Jahr eine der am schlechtesten abschneidenden Währungen. Bereits jetzt verwenden einige Bürger Venezuelas Bitcoin, um ihre Investitionen und Ersparnisse vor der Inflation zu schützen.

Der mexikanische Milliardär Ricardo Pliego investiert 10% seines liquiden Portfolios in Bitcoin – so der Krypto-Schutzschild gegen Reichenteignung

Gemischte Reaktion auf Pliegos Tweets

Unterdessen scheint die Reaktion auf Pliegos Bemerkungen über Bitcoin gemischt zu sein mit hauptsächlich Bitcoinern, die den Tweets applaudieren. Nicht-Bitcoiner stehen digitalen Währungen im Allgemeinen skeptisch gegenüber, während andere von Pliegos Bitcoin-Applaus überrascht sind. Einer von denen, die positiv auf den Tweet von Pliego reagieren, ist der Benutzer Bryan GF. In seiner Antwort auf Pliego fragt er:

Onkel Ricardo, würdest du neben Bitcoin noch andere Kryptosysteme empfehlen, zum Beispiel Ethereum?

Ein anderer Benutzer Carlos Dayan sagt: „Es ist wichtig, zu studieren, wie es funktioniert, die Marktzyklen zu verstehen, warum es steigt oder fällt, um keine Angst vor der Preiskorrektur zu haben und von Preisnachlässen zu profitieren, wenn es fällt.

Der mexikanische Milliardär Ricardo Pliego investiert 10% seines liquiden Portfolios in Bitcoin – so der Krypto-Schutzschild gegen Vermögensenteignung

Benutzer wie Carlos Salinas haben Pliego jedoch wegen des „unverantwortlichen Kommentars“ angegriffen. Laut diesem Twitter-Nutzer „ist die Investition in Kryptowährungen aufgrund der Volatilität mit einem hohen Risiko verbunden, man muss nur das Geld investieren, das man bereit ist zu verlieren, ohne die persönlichen Finanzen zu beeinträchtigen“.

Nov52020

Bitcoin SV långsiktig prisanalys: 2 november

Bitcoin • Krypto

Bitcoin SV stod i skrivande stund inför ett stort dilemma inom prisintervallet $ 165- $ 180. Med BSVs pris som svängde mellan $ 160 och $ 180, visade sig kryptotillgången inte ha utnyttjat Bitcoins nordgående rally.

Men medan Cryptosoft kan vara högt just nu, förväntar sig många att kungsmyntet kommer att genomgå korrigeringar snart på sjökorten.

För sin del kan Bitcoin SV följa BTC: s ledning, särskilt eftersom dess egna baisseartade konsekvenser kan dras av följande analys.
Bitcoin SV 1-dagars diagram

Det långsiktiga baisseartade mönstret var tydligt för BSV eftersom dess 1-dagars diagram noterade ett stigande kilmönster. Medan utbrottet verkade överhängande, kanske det inte är dags ännu. På bildkonsolidering nära den nedre stigande trendlinjen kan BSV notera en annan rally över intervallet $ 170 – $ 180. Även om priset kommer att genomgå en baisseartad korrigering förr eller senare, var dess rörelse vid skrivandet lite osäker.

En blixtkorrigering för Bitcoin kan leda till en direkt nedgång för BSV och en omprövning av supporten till $ 160 och $ 150 kommer att vara en möjlighet. Tvärtom skulle en normal marknadsstruktur möjliggöra nordlig rörelse i sjökorten.

Resonemang

En majoritet av marknadsindikatorerna pekade på ett baisseartat rally härifrån, men Stokastisk RSI avsåg att slutföra en hausseartad crossover nära den översålda regionen. Denna specifika indikator stöddes inte av MACD eftersom en tydlig baiss trend var uppenbar med MACD och Signal-linjen.

På samma sätt misslyckades den fantastiska oscillatorn med att ange något bryggande momentum för BSV eftersom marknaden starkt litade på Bitcoin för ett svar. Men det kanske inte är så.

Bitcoin SV och Bitcoin har noterat en dramatisk nedgång i korrelationen sedan början av september och det kan också ta med under den baisseartade korrigeringen. Även om Bitcoin kan sjunka på diagrammen vid korrigeringar, kan BSV kanske inte sjunka under sitt starka stöd till $ 150.

Slutsats

Den långsiktiga trenden för Bitcoin SV tycktes föreslå sidorörelser mellan $ 165 – $ 180, vid presstid, eftersom den kollektiva marknaden väntade på ytterligare en hausseartad eller baisseartad rally.

Okt242020

Prédiction du prix Bitcoin Cash: BCH augmentera à 340 $, analyste

Bitcoin

La prévision de prix Bitcoin Cash par Zil suggère que la crypto-monnaie augmentera bientôt vers la barre des 341 $, après avoir dépassé un modèle de triangle descendant. La ligne de prix BCH a observé des mouvements irréguliers au cours de la journée.

La crypto-monnaie s’est échangée dans la fourchette de 264 $ à 276 $ le 23 octobre. Le prix a approché le sommet d’une journée de 276,21 $ et est tombé au plus bas d’une journée de 264,17 $ au cours de l’échange de 24 heures.

Prédiction du prix Bitcoin Cash: où va BCH?

Crypto Code a formé un énorme motif de triangle sur le graphique hebdomadaire. L’analyste de Trading View, Hossein Mansouri, estime que la crypto-monnaie est sur le point de connaître une cassure à la hausse, ce qui pourrait conduire la crypto-monnaie à des niveaux plus élevés.

L’indice de force relative (RSI) a été enregistré près de 55,00. L’indicateur technique semble se diriger vers le haut, et le volume des échanges et la volatilité des prix de la crypto-monnaie ont considérablement diminué. Cela indique généralement une évasion à venir. Une pause sur la ligne de tendance baissière sera suivie d’un nouveau test de la tendance cassée, selon l’idée de l’analyste.

Si nous regardons le graphique ci-dessus, le prix a été soutenu par une ligne de tendance ascendante continue à partir de la fin de 2018. Ce grand modèle a commencé à se former vers la fin de 2017 lorsque la crypto-monnaie a commencé sa longue descente.

L’analyste de Trading View Zil a dessiné un autre triangle décroissant sur la période quotidienne de la paire de négociation BCHUSD. Le prix semble tester la résistance à la baisse près de 270 $.

Selon l’analyste, la crypto va bientôt sortir du triangle et se diriger vers la vente de 341,48 $ pour prendre une marque de profit. L’ordre stop-loss a été placé à 241,55 $. Cela signifie que si le prix reteste la ligne de tendance alors cassée et tombe vers le stop-loss, alors cet ordre sera invalidé et les traders sont suggérés de vendre l’actif à ce stade.

Bitcoin Cash va dépasser la ligne de tendance baissière

L’analyste de Trading View Yoma a esquissé une longue ligne de tendance descendante pour BCHUSD sur le graphique hebdomadaire. Le prix semble tester la résistance à la baisse maintenant.

La ligne de tendance à la baisse a commencé en janvier 2020. Si BCH prend suffisamment d’élan pour franchir la ligne de tendance descendante, le prix devrait augmenter vers la barre des 375 $, puis le profit de 452 $.

La ligne MACD (Moving Average Convergence Divergence) s’est déplacée sous la ligne de signal; la taille de l’histogramme semble diminuer dans la région négative. L’indice de force relative (RSI) a clôturé à 60,04, la région neutre pour la devise. Vers 5h15 GMT, le RSI est passé à un sommet d’une journée au-dessus de 87,00. Pendant ce temps, la pièce a été surachetée. La bande de Bollinger inférieure a soutenu le prix près de l’écriture, tandis que la ligne médiane sert de support.

Okt142020

Uniswap: First community proposal to reduce governance thresholds

Bitcoin

Uniswap holds a vote on governance thresholds. The community decides.

The Uniswap community is currently voting for the first time. She has until October 19 for this.

To debate lower thresholds are here for submission of governance proposals and quorums

In recent weeks there has been a lot of discussion and criticism related to the governance framework of the Protocol. In a contribution from the market research platform Bitcoin Evolution, it was stated that with its current structure, only the centralized competitor of Uniswap Binance would be able to successfully submit a governance proposal. Although the latest proposal refutes this claim, the effectiveness of the framework remains questionable.

Uniswap governance currently requires parties wishing to submit proposals to hold 1 percent of the total UNI delegated offer. A quorum requires 4 percent to be able to agree. Since there is a supply of 1 billion UNI, these thresholds are 10 and 40 million tokens. At the current UNI exchange rate of around $ 3.30, that means you have to hold $ 33 million or $ 132 million.

That makes reaching consensus a difficult task

Dharma, a protocol that promises user-friendly access to DeFi for crypto beginners, has proposed lowering the threshold to 0.3 percent (or 3 million UNIs) and the quorum threshold to 3 percent (or 30 million UNIs). There are currently over 30 million yes-votes and 624,701 no-votes. The vote is still running for six days.

Uniswap continues to dominate the DeFi world in terms of both exchange volume and total value invested.

Okt52020

Eerie Bitcoin Fractal sugere que o preço do Ethereum está prestes a explodir mais alto

Identität • mercado

O Ethereum acabou de cair em 37% na última semana, após uma nova alta de 2020 e um recorde de mais de 300% de baixas de Black Thursday. Mas apesar de quão forte e violenta tem sido a venda, é possível que a ação de preços seja um reteste de alta que, após a confirmação, leva a mais novos máximos pela frente.

De acordo com um fractal encontrado em ETHUSD que imita de perto a fuga precoce do mercado de touro de Bitcoin Loophole poderia sugerir que a moeda criptográfica número dois vai seguir suas pegadas.

Etereo Eereo Após 2015 Bitcoin Fractal From Last Bull Run Breakout

Mesmo com um mergulho de quase 40%, o Ethereum ainda está bem acima de 150% até 2020. A recente queda do mercado enviou uma espiral de medo e pânico, mas as coisas podem estar muito mais otimistas do que parecem.

Depois de um comício tão forte este ano, o recente recuo poderia ser uma correção saudável devido à obtenção de lucros e reequilíbrio, afirmam alguns analistas. Se este for o caso, há pouco com o que se preocupar, e a recente ação de preços pode muito bem ser um reteste de resistência em alta transformado em apoio.

O altcoin de primeira linha lutou com resistência acima de $350 nos últimos anos, mas acabou de chegar acima do nível chave no mês passado. As máximas de 2020 marcaram o primeiro fechamento semanal acima da zona crítica em quase três anos.

E embora o Ethereum esteja mais uma vez negociando a esses preços, abaixo dele está agora atuando como suporte em vez de resistência. Se o Ethereum se mantiver aqui, um enorme comício poderá ser o próximo, de acordo com um fractal encontrado nos gráficos de preços do BTCUSD a partir de 2015.

Se o Altcoin de primeira linha segue o Fractal, o que virá em seguida?

O Ethereum é o maior altcoin por limite de mercado, mas Bitcoin é dono da coroa para a moeda criptográfica mais dominante como um todo. Mas o Ethereum está prestes a seguir os passos de seu irmão mais velho se um fractal se apresentar em todo o mercado de criptocracia.

Os gráficos de preços ETHUSD estão mostrando um apoio semanal e uma inversão de resistência em processo. Esta alta, se confirmada, pode ser a última queda antes que o Ethereum se dirija para as corridas e estabeleça um novo recorde histórico.

Olhando para a ação de preços da Bitcoin a partir de 2015, o mesmo apoio e resistência se inverteram. A Bitcoin confirmou a resistência anterior como apoio, e nunca olhou para trás. A moeda criptográfica de $300 a $20.000 dentro de dois anos depois disso. Agora é a vez do Ethereum.

O aumento do Ethereum em 2017 foi alimentado pelo boom da ICO e, desta vez, pode ser devido ao boom da DeFi. A tendência de desabrochar fez com que as taxas do Ethereum disparassem, mas também fez comparações com o „clube noturno mais quente da cidade“.

Em breve, todos vão querer entrar neste clube inclusivo, e os preços do Ethereum atingirão um novo recorde se o altcoin continuar a seguir este fractal.

Sep212020

L’azienda energetica quotata in borsa Equinor sfrutta il gas in bombardamento nel Nord Dakota per la miniera Bitcoin

Krypto

Proprio di recente, la società Arcane Research ha recentemente rivelato una serie di screenshot dell’azienda energetica quotata in borsa, Equinor. Le immagini mostrano la multinazionale che sfrutta la combustione del gas naturale per alimentare le operazioni di estrazione di bitcoin. Negli ultimi anni, l’utilizzo del non ortodosso schema di flaring a gas naturale per estrarre bitcoin è diventato sempre più importante in tutto il mondo.

La multinazionale norvegese Equinor

La multinazionale norvegese Equinor (NYSE: EQNR), di proprietà dello stato, ha recentemente annunciato l’ingresso nella criptoeconomia, in quanto l’azienda ha collaborato con Crusoe Energy Solutions per estrarre Bitcoin Revolution. Equinor è una nota azienda quotata in borsa con sede a Stavanger, ma oggi opera in oltre 30 paesi.

Secondo le informazioni ottenute da Arcane Research, la collaborazione di Equinor con Crusoe nel Nord Dakota mira a ridurre il flaring delle operazioni petrolifere attraverso l’estrazione del bitcoin.

La combustione in torcia del gas naturale è stata oggi parte integrante dei sistemi energetici mondiali, in quanto contribuisce a rafforzare l’esplorazione e la lavorazione del petrolio proveniente dallo scisto. Per alcuni osservatori, la combustione in torcia è considerata uno spreco e indesiderabile per l’ambiente, ma aiuta a garantire la sicurezza quando si utilizza una torcia durante i test di produzione dopo la trivellazione di un pozzo di gas o se l’olio di scisto si rompe idraulicamente.

I sistemi a fiammella sono spesso un metodo per controllare i gas di scarico che non possono essere trattati o catturati in modo efficiente. Tuttavia, negli ultimi anni aziende come Upstream Data e Greenidge Generation stanno utilizzando il gas in eccesso per estrarre bitcoins invece di sprecare energia preziosa.

„L’estrazione della moneta criptata richiede molta elettricità per alimentare i computer, mentre una merce preziosa viene sprecata, e le emissioni di carbonio si creano quando si accende“, ha detto Lionel Ribeiro, leader del progetto, della partnership Equinor e Crusoe Energy Solutions. Ribeiro ha continuato aggiungendo:

Collegando questi dolori inversi, possiamo soddisfare entrambe le esigenze senza alcun costo per le spese di mercato. Si tratta di una soluzione dirompente e scalabile che riduce il divario tra la fonte di produzione di energia e il consumo finale di energia, riducendo al contempo la nostra impronta di carbonio.

Crusoe Energy Solutions ha sede a Denver Colorado

Crusoe Energy Solutions ha sede a Denver Colorado, e l’azienda offre un sistema chiamato „digital flare mitigation technology“ o DFM. Nel dicembre 2019, Crusoe ha visto incanalare 70 milioni di dollari nella società, mentre Bain Capital e KCK Group hanno guidato il round di finanziamento azionario. L’azienda afferma che la sua infrastruttura di mitigazione delle torce digitali è un servizio „scalabile e flessibile“.

„I sistemi modulari e portatili sono progettati per le esigenze di scala e di produttività del moderno settore dello scisto,“ spiega il sito web dell’azienda. „I sistemi DFM sono in grado di elaborare fino a milioni di piedi cubi di gas naturale al giorno o anche solo 50.000 piedi cubi di gas naturale al giorno. I sistemi operano efficacemente su un ampio spettro di composizioni di gas che vanno da 750-2500 mmbtu/mcf“.

Crusoe afferma inoltre che il sistema vanta una significativa riduzione delle emissioni grazie all’utilizzo della „tecnologia di controllo delle emissioni integrata e dei convertitori catalitici“. Il DFM può „ridurre significativamente le emissioni di NOx, CO, VOC e metano rispetto ai flussi di scarico in torcia“, sottolinea Crusoe.

Il recente annuncio specifica che il gas in torcia utilizzato per l’estrazione del bitcoin di Equinor è il sottoprodotto dell’estrazione di petrolio dal giacimento petrolifero di Bakken, situato negli Stati Uniti.

Dal 2000, la formazione o bacino di Bakken ha visto un enorme boom nella produzione di petrolio. La perforazione orizzontale e la fratturazione idraulica è un’attività comune nel bacino di 200.000 miglia quadrate (520.000 km2) del Nord Dakota.

Hans Jakob Hegge, il country manager statunitense di Equinor, afferma che l’azienda deve fare scelte coraggiose per rafforzare l’efficacia dei costi e l’efficienza energetica di questi tempi.

„L’innovazione rimane un pilastro strategico fondamentale per realizzare la nostra ambizione della tabella di marcia per il clima“, ha detto Hegge. „Equinor deve essere coraggioso nel nostro approccio all’impiego di nuove tecnologie per migliorare l’efficienza aziendale“.