37% increase for Bitcoin in the first month of the year

37% increase for Bitcoin in January

We start the year 2020 with a growth of 37% for Bitcoin in January. In addition, the support threshold was set at $ 8,200 earlier this week.

Since then, cryptocurrency has continued its upward trend, reaching up to $ 9,500. This is an important level of resistance, which has been reached several times during the summer of 2019.

If the BTC manages to stay above this threshold, chances are likely to exceed the psychological threshold of 10,000 in the next period.

The total market valuation exceeded $ 260 billion, a positive signal for others. Many top cryptocurrencies also recorded an upward trend in January.

However, if Bitcoin stays above $ 9,500, a sale to altcoins would not be a surprise. Such compensation frequently occurs when Bitcoin volatility increases.

The new Microsoft Edge browser blocks crypto mining scripts

Microsoft has released the new version of its Microsoft Edge browser, with several design improvements. For example, it brings new security features to protect users from automatically downloading unwanted applications. Edge blocks adware and other harmful programs that harm the user’s PC.

Aware of the “growing threat of cryptocurrency miners”, the new Microsoft browser was designed to block this kind of malicious scripts.

According to product manager statements, the new Microsoft Edge will be superior to the cloud-based SmartScreen and SafeBrowsing anti-phishing and anti-malware programs.

The Bison application of Boerse Stuttgart already has 80,000 users and is expanding its functions

Bison, the cryptocurrency trading app offered by Boerse Stuttgart, has seen a remarkable increase in users. Launched a year ago, it already has 81,000 users and the company plans to expand its functions.

Boerse Stuttgart has announced that it will add the Bitcoin Cash trading option and release a desktop version. Bison is currently available for Android and iOS phones and supports Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Litecoin (LTC) and Ripple (XRP).

The software is developed by Sowa Labs, a subsidiary of Boerse Stuttgart Digital Ventures GmbH. The company claims that the success of the application so far is due to the fact that it offers the option of “simple and secure” cryptocurrency trading on the smartphone.

Bison users trade cryptocurrencies through Euwax AG, a subsidiary of Boerse Stuttgart. Euwax is a financial services provider operating in accordance with German regulations. As of October 2019, Bison offers the option to trade 24/24. The application does not charge taxes, but offers differences between the purchase price and the sale price.

Happy Birthday, Vitalik Buterin!

On January 31, Vitalik Buterin, the creator of Ethereum, turned 26 years old. He is one of the best known personalities in the crypto industry and has had an interesting history.

Vitalik was born in Russia in 1994 in Kolomna, where he lived until he was 6 years old. Later, he moved to Canada, Toronto, where he attended a private school for talented children.

He discovered Bitcoin at the age of 17, thanks to his father, who is a computer scientist. Vitalik started writing paid blog articles with 5 Bitcoin. Later, in September 2011, he became the co-founder and chief copywriter for Bitcoin Magazine.

In 2012 he won a bronze medal at the International Olympics in computer science, and in 2013 he wrote and published the first whitepaper proposal for Ethereum.

In 2014, Vitalk dropped out of university to devote himself completely to the Ethereum project. He also gave up writing for Bitcoin Magazine in mid-2014.

His work earned him the Thiel Fellowship and $ 100,000, as well as the World Technology Award in 2016.

In 2016 and 2018 he entered the Fortune list in the section 40 under 40 and in 2018 in the Forbes ranking 30 under 30. Also in 2018, Buterin received an honorary doctorate from the University of Basel.

Vitalik is still one of the most prolific and active developers in the Ethereum community and a highly influential personality in the crypto community.