Bitcoin to the moon

  Bitcoin vs. Litecoin: An Overview Over the past several years, public interest in  cryptocurrencies  has fluctuated dramatically. But with the advent of the 2020s, investor interest in cryptos has surged. The main focus of this interest has been  Bitcoin , which has long been the dominant name in cryptocurrency—not surprising since it was the first digital money to really catch on. Since the founding of Bitcoin in 2009, however, hundreds of other cryptocurrencies have entered the market. 1  Although it has proven increasingly difficult for digital coins to stand out given the crowded field,  Litecoin  (LTC) is one non-Bitcoin crypto that has managed to stand up to the competition. LTC currently trails behind Bitcoin as the  6th-largest digital currency by market cap . KEY TAKEAWAYS Both Bitcoin and Litecoin are cryptocurrencies. Bitcoin, which originated in 2009, is the dominant brand; Litecoin, founded two years later, is one of its leading competi...

“(Insert coin name here) is going to the moon” is said so often by people trying to get the prices of their favorite cryptocurrencies into figurative outer space it’s become hackneyed. Lately, however, the phrase has taken on a more literal meaning. In early May it was  announced  SpaceX will launch the “DOGE-1 Mission to the Moon” early next year with the Elon Musk-helmed company accepting the meme-inspired cryptocurrency as payment. Then, this past Thursday, SpaceX  launched  an Ethereum node to the International Space Station, the first time such a node has been put into space. Docking  occurred  Saturday. BitMEX, however, is taking it even further, targeting one large step for  bitcoin  (BTC, -1.51%) . The crypto exchange  recently announced plans  to deposit a physical wallet containing a single bitcoin on the surface of the moon. The wallet will be in the form of a commemorative coin. To do this, BitMEX is helping to fund space rob...

Cryptocurrency exchange Bitmex is sending bitcoin to the moon. A one-of-a-kind physical bitcoin will be minted and delivered to the moon by a leading space robotics company that Bitmex supports. The coin will hold one bitcoin at an address to be publicly released. Bitcoin Will Be on the Moon in Q4 Bitmex announced Friday that “Bitcoin is going to the moon.” While many say that bitcoin’s price has “gone to the moon” several times before, Bitmex means this time a physical bitcoin will be literally launched to the moon. Helping Bitmex land the coin on the lunar surface is the Pennsylvania-based commercial space company Astrobotic Technology Inc., a leading space robotics company that Bitmex supports. The exchange explains that the space robotics company will send “its first commercial lander to the moon in the fourth quarter of this year.” Astrobotic Technology “has been selected by NASA to deliver science, exploration and technology demonstration payloads to the lunar surface with its Pe...