Bitcoin mining firm HIVE Blockchain Technologies has announced that it has received approval from Nasdaq to list its common stock shares on Nasdaq’s Capital Markets Exchange. HIVE, which first went public in 2017 on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX), said Read More
According to Axios, the Republican Party’s U.S. House of Representatives campaign division will start accepting contributions in bitcoin, making the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) the first U.S. party committee to accept BTC donations. “We are focused on pursuing every Read More
A recent filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) indicates that a new institutional bitcoin fund will be jointly created by NYDIG, an institutional bitcoin solutions provider, and FS Investments, a fund management company. The fund, called FS Read More
Billionaire investor and hedge fund manager Paul Tudor Jones told CNBC that he looks at bitcoin as a store of wealth and a portfolio diversifier, citing the Federal Reserve’s uncertain future policies. “I like bitcoin … Bitcoin is math, and Read More
Foundation Devices, a bitcoin hardware wallet manufacturer, has announced it has raised $2 million in a seed round led by early-stage venture fund Bolt. Along with the round, Tyler Mincey, a partner at Bolt who previously worked at Apple, will Read More
According to data from Taproot.watch, the Bitcoin protocol upgrade Taproot is underway to activate and will lock in soon, with the current signaling ratio of 98.23% at the time of writing. Currently, 317 additional signaling blocks out of the remaining Read More
Top antitrust expert at the White House, Tim Wu, owns between $1 million and $5 million worth of bitcoin, the largest holding in his financial portfolio, according to a report from Politico. “Wu, a tough critic of tech companies’ power, Read More
Former U.S. President Donald Trump told Fox Business that he doesn’t like Bitcoin because he sees it as a competitor to the dollar. “Bitcoin just seems like a scam,” said Trump in the interview. “I don’t like it because it’s Read More
Hungary will erect a life-sized bronze bust honoring Bitcoin’s creator, Satoshi Nakamoto, in Budapest. The initial design plans depict a hooded figure that is meant to depict the pseudonymous creator as well as the “people of the internet,” per a Read More
Bitcoin miners in Argentina are taking advantage of the country’s shrinking economy and its debased currency to harvest oversized returns, powered by cheap, government-subsidized energy, Bloomberg reported. “Even after Bitcoin’s price correction, the cost of electricity for anyone mining from Read More
China has banned financial institutions and payments companies from offering Bitcoin services to clients, including registration, trading, clearing and settlement, Reuters reported. The ban, which also applies to other cryptocurrencies, was announced in a joint statement from the National Internet Read More
A recently released research report from Galaxy Digital has calculated the energy consumed by the Bitcoin network and then compared it to other industries, including the banking industry. It found that Bitcoin consumes 113.89 terawatt hours (TWh) per year, while Read More
After bitcoin mining pool BTC.TOP recently mined a “green” block, the top-10 bitcoin mining pools by hash rate have now all signaled at least one block for Taproot activation, according to data from Taproot.watch. BTC.TOP is the tenth-largest bitcoin mining Read More
There has been a lot of hype over a bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) arriving in the U.S. since at least 2017, with many firms filing for regulatory approval to offer one this year. Although many filings have been made with Read More
In a recent interview, Miami Mayor Francis Suarez said that he bought bitcoin right after Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion stimulus bill passed the U.S. Senate in March, claiming that he doesn’t think people will want to stay in dollar-denominated currencies. Read More
Gary Gensler, the new head of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), told CNBC that he recognizes bitcoin as a “scarce store of value,” distinct from other “crypto tokens” which “are indeed securities.” But he also alluded to a Read More
Marathon Digital Holdings, one of the largest enterprise Bitcoin self-mining companies in North America, has successfully mined its first “clean” block. In late March, the company announced that it would be launching the first North American Bitcoin mining pool fully Read More
Sean Culkin, a tight end for the NFL’s Kansas City Chiefs, has joined the wave of athletes demanding to be paid in bitcoin. “I fully believe Bitcoin is the future of finance and I wanted to prove that I have Read More
