History of Bitcoin 2020

3 January 2020 1 BTC=7247 USD.Ubisoft and Ultra began development of blockchain gaming.

8 January 2020 Blockchain advisor kidnapped in Bangkok and ransomed for 60k in btc.

12 January 2020 Adam Back predicted that Hal Finneys price target of 10 mio USD would happen if BTC became a global dominant financial transfer system.

20 January 2020 Cryptopia: Bitcoin, Blockchains and the Future of the Internet film released.

6  February 2020 1 BTC=10000 USD

10  February 2020 Home invaders forced Carlisle victims to create crypto exchange accounts

24 February 2020 Caitling Long began plans for a future Bitcoin bank Avanti.

25 February 2020 1 BTC=9563 USD

3 March 2020 Trident Crypto Fund suffered a major data leak,120k passwords pawned.

4 March 2020 Bitcoin 19.1 released

13 March 2020 Bitcoin priced dropped 50% to 3915 USD

13 March 2020 A bitcoin trader named I am Nomad lost 1220 BTC on BitMex

16 March 16 2020 Solana launched

27 March 2020 Scammers created fake QR-code generators and looted over 45000 USD

7 April 2020 Bisq was hacked 3 BTC+ 4,000 XMR stolen=250000 USD

16 April 2020 49 Chrome extensions disguised as crypto wallets were removed.

17 April 2020 ReversingLabs discovered 725 Ruby libraries on RubyGems repository that contained malware to replace Bitcoin addresses copied to the clipboard with one controlled by the attacker.

19 April 2020 Purse.io closed,huge problem with stolen credit card purchase of giftcards

28 April 2020 CardCoins+Payvant began funding bitcoin developer Hennadii "Hebasto"Stepanov.

11 May 2020 Bitcoin 3rd halving, Hedge fund manager Paul Tudor Jones said he had allocated 1%-2% of his portfolio in BTC

16 May 2020 Several European supercomputers hacked to install crypto-mining malware

17 May 2020 Corrupt Vietnamese policemen charged with 1.6 mio USD bitcoin robbery

19 May 2020 BlockFi was simswapped, no customer funds were lost, but personal info stolen.

21 May 2020 1 BTC=9100 USD

23 May 2020 2 robbers made a home invasion of hacker E.Pinsky.

26 May 2020 Polkadot launched 

2 June 2020 Coinsquare worker stole user data and resold it to cybercriminals.

3 June 2020 Bitcoin Core 0.20. released

12 June 2020 1 BTC=9482 USD

12 June 2020 Coinsquare workers ordered to make fake trades,wash trading, according to leaked emails.

23 June 2020 Bitcoin ATM operator LibertyX offered bitcoin purchase at convenience and drug stores. 7-Eleven, CVS Pharmacy, and Rite Aid.

2 July 2020 Indian company 69 Shares started to quote a set of btc products (ETP) on Xetra.

14 July 2020 Ledger website hacked

15 July 2020 Grayscale released "Digital Asset Investment Report (Q2 2020)". According to this report, Grayscale received $905.8 mio in 2020

21 July 2020 Coinbase prevented users from sending 300000 USD of BTC to Twitter Hackers

21 July 2020 Wirecard CFO Jan Marsalek fled to Belorussia after the fraud that made Wirecard insolvent and revealed 2 billion usd in stolen funds. He was rumoured to have a large sum of Btc.

29 July 2020 1 BTC=11261 USD

August 2020 Shiba Inu launched.

1 August 2020 Bitcoin Core 0.20.1 released

12 August 2020 MicroStrategy bought 0.1 % of  Bitcoin Supply

September 2020 Avalanche launched

1 September 2020 Wiener Börse listed 21 titles denominated in cryptocurrencies, includied service of real-time quotation.

3 September 2020 Frankfurt Stock Exchange admitted bitcoin ETN.

19 September 2020 Kraken became first exchange to receive a us bank license

24 September 2020 1 BTC=10421 USD

26 September 2020 Kucoin hacked.       

19 October 2020 Room 77 closed.

21October 2020 Valkyrie launched BTC Strategy etf

30 October 2020 John Newberry left chaincode labs to begin a new Bitcoin project

8 November 2020 Bitcoin ATMs located in USA increased from 4213 in 2019 to 9242 ATMs in 2020.

10 November 2020 1 BTC=15264 USD

24 November 2020 John Newbery created Brink to educate & provide support to Bitcoin developers

25 November 2020 Coinbase dropped margin trading.

1 December 2020 8 year-old boy kidnapped in Karnataka while walking with his grandfather. Villains insisted that his father, a wealthy investor, pay 100 Btc for his son’s safe return.

3 December 2020 HAIC Digital Asset Fund to begin in January 2021. Min.amount : €200000

5 December 2020 1 BTC=19165 USD

8 December 2020 Programmer Laurent Bachelier, sent 285 BTC to extremists and commited suicide.

9 December 2020 Celsius Network hired Chainalysis to audit its assets.

19 December 2020 1 BTC=240000 USD - New all time high. Bitcoin.org ddos attack

21 December 2020 MicroStrategy bought 29646 BTC,MicroStrategy now held: 70470 BTC. Crypto exchange EXMO hacked, funds sent to Poloniex.ARK Invest increased holdings of the Grayscale Bitcoin Investment Trust by 2.14 million shares in the fourth quarter of 2020

31 December 2020 1 BTC=29300 USD All time new high!