Bitcoin News / Bitcoin Magazine - 2 months ago
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has just granted approval for the listing and trading of options on BlackRock's spot Bitcoin ETF, the iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT)....
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin Magazine - 2 months ago
As the U.S. presidential election approaches, it’s worth examining how past elections have influenced Bitcoin’s price. Historically, the U.S. stock market has shown notable trends around election periods. Given Bitcoin’s correlation with equities and...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin Magazine - 2 months ago
MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor announced on September 20 that it has purchased an additional 7,420 bitcoins for approximately $489 million. The company now holds over 252,000 Bitcoin, acquired for $9.9 billion.BREAKING: MicroStrategy buys another 7...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin Magazine - 2 months ago
Proof of Workforce, joined by Santa Monica Vice Mayor Lana Negrete, will showcase the Santa Monica Bitcoin Office at the upcoming California Municipal Revenue and Tax Association (CMRTA) Annual Conference on October 9-10. They will present a case stu...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin Magazine - 2 months ago
Around 250 BTC from the early days of Bitcoin, known as the "Satoshi era," were transferred on Friday in five separate transactions, each moving around 50 BTC to new wallets. The total value of the transfers was close to $16 million.JUST IN: Satoshi...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin Magazine - 2 months ago
The final event of the America Loves Crypto tour took place yesterday in Washington, D.C. as the country counts down to the 2024 election. Speakers including Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong, ConSensys CEO Joseph Lubin, and Congressman Wiley Nickel (D-NC...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin Magazine - 2 months ago
Hut 8 Corp. (Nasdaq | TSX: HUT), a leading Bitcoin mining company, has expanded its partnership with BITMAIN Technologies Ltd., the world’s largest producer of Bitcoin mining servers, to launch the U3S21EXPH, a next-generation ASIC miner. This model...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin Magazine - 2 months ago
As we celebrate the 10th anniversary of the first hardware wallet, it's remarkable to see how far Bitcoin security has come. From the early days of precarious self-custody methods to the game-changing creation of the Trezor Model One, this revolution...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin Magazine - 2 months ago
Germany's two of the largest five banks, Commerzbank and DZ Bank, are launching Bitcoin and crypto trading services amid growing institutional demand.JUST IN: ???????? $500 billion Commerzbank to offer #Bitcoin and crypto trading. pic.twitter.com/KrO...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin Magazine - 2 months ago
Today, history was made as President Donald Trump became the first US president to make a Bitcoin payment.WATCH: ???????? DONALD TRUMP MAKES FIRST #BITCOIN TRANSACTION AT NYC BAR pic.twitter.com/rAjae6agH1— Bitcoin Magazine (@BitcoinMagazine) S...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin Magazine - 2 months ago
Louisiana State Treasurer, John Fleming, M.D. has announced that the state government will now accept Bitcoin, Bitcoin Lightning Network, and USD Coin, as a valid form of payment for state services. The first cryptocurrency payment was made to the Lo...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin Magazine - 2 months ago
Fractal Bitcoin is a recently launched project that bills itself as “the only native scaling solution completely and instantly compatible with Bitcoin. In essence it is a merge mined system portraying itself as a second layer sidechain for Bitcoin, w...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin Magazine - 2 months ago
The Federal Reserve made a significant decision today by cutting interest rates by 50 basis points, lowering the federal funds rate target range to 4.75%-5%. The move, the first substantial cut in over four years, reflects concerns over the state of...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin Magazine - 2 months ago
The Santa Monica-based non-profit Proof of Workforce Foundation has partnered with Bitcoin financial services company Fold and Pickle Pop to organize a Bitcoin-themed Pickleball tournament, offering a $5,000 prize pool for entrants and winners.The to...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin Magazine - 2 months ago
River, a leading U.S. Bitcoin exchange, has launched River Proof of Reserves to provide clients with verifiable proof that their Bitcoin holdings are fully reserved. This sets a new transparency standard for the industry after recent failures of exch...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin Magazine - 2 months ago
Asset management giant BlackRock, with over $10 trillion in assets under management, has published a new report touting Bitcoin as a unique portfolio diversifier. This marks the latest embrace of Bitcoin from the world's largest asset manager.JUST IN...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin Magazine - 2 months ago
Today, Samourai Wallet developers Keonne Rodriguez and William Lonergan Hill appeared together in court in the Southern District of New York for a status conference.I attended the status conference for the #Samourai case today on behalf of @BitcoinMa...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin Magazine - 2 months ago
On a cool autumn evening in Philadelphia, PA, more than just crypto bros showed up in The City of Brotherly Love to show their support for Bitcoin and crypto on the fifth stop on the America Loves Crypto tour. A diverse crowd of approximately 200, sp...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin Magazine - 2 months ago
The ascent of Bitcoin and digital assets has sparked a classic battle, with governments acting as vigilant hawks, trying to control a technology that is as nimble and elusive as a gazelle darting across the savanna of decentralization. In Nigeria, th...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin Magazine - 2 months ago
Today, the Human Rights Foundation (HRF) announced its most recent round of Bitcoin Development Fund grants, according to a press release sent to Bitcoin Magazine. 10 BTC, currently worth $590,000 at the time of writing, is being granted across 20 di...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin Magazine - 2 months ago
Stablecoins have so far dominated the crypto payment market, but some Bitcoin developers believe there's a proposal out there that could offer a legitimate alternative. Seven years ago, Dorier, a long-time developer, set out to democratize bitcoin pa...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin Magazine - 2 months ago
DBS, Singapore's largest bank, announced it would begin offering over-the-counter (OTC) options trading and structured notes linked to Bitcoin and crypto for institutional clients.JUST IN: ???????? Singapore's largest bank, DBS to launch #Bitcoin...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin Magazine - 2 months ago
Maelstrom, the family office of Arthur Hayes, has awarded the first grant from its Bitcoin developer program to contributor Rkrux. The funding will support Rkrux working full-time on Bitcoin Core.Bitcoin relies on voluntary developers to maintain its...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin Magazine - 2 months ago
MicroStrategy, a leading business intelligence and Bitcoin development company, has announced a proposed private offering of $700 million in convertible senior notes, due 2028. The offering will be made to institutional buyers under Rule 144A of the...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin Magazine - 2 months ago
This article is featured in Bitcoin Magazine's "The Privacy Issue". Subscribe to receive your copy."Anarchy is order; government is civil war." - BellegarrigueThe advent of decentralized money gave rise to an intriguing cognitive bias among early ado...
