Lightning Labs on Wednesday released the first version of the Taro open-souce software to enable minting, sending and receiving assets on the Bitcoin blockchain. Taro daemon’s alpha release enables developers to issue tokens on testnet, an alternative Bitcoin blockchain made Read More
The Federal Open Markets Committee (FOMC) raised U.S. interest rates by 75 basis points on Wednesday, the third hike in a row of such a size as it wrestles with stubborn inflation levels. The market was pricing 82% probability of Read More
A French banking behemoth is making it easier for asset managers to offer funds tied to bitcoin. The services are geared to institutions seeking to capitalize on increased demand for BTC and cryptocurrency. The bank promises a “simple and adapted” Read More
Colorado has become the first U.S. state to accept bitcoin for tax payments. Gov. Jared Polis announced the implementation of the new payment method on Monday, at Denver Startup Week, according to a report by Axios Denver. Citizens can use Read More
MicroStrategy has acquired a fresh batch of bitcoin despite the ongoing market rout. The software company led by Bitcoin bull Michael Saylor added 301 BTC to its holdings in a purchase that cost about $6 million, according to a U.S. Read More
Bitcoin’s total hash rate has hit a new all-time high, according to Coin Metrics data, only weeks after the end of a two-month capitulation period for the industry. Against a more challenging environment, miners are put to the test as Read More
Russia is close to pushing legislation for the use of cryptocurrency in international trade. In current conditions “it is impossible to do without cross-border settlements in cryptocurrency,” the Bank of Russia and Ministry of Finance have reportedly agreed. The necessary Read More
Hash ribbons, an indicator with a proven track record of spotting opportunistic entry points for bitcoin, has flashed a buy signal suggesting now is a prime period to purchase the peer-to-peer currency. Knowing when is the best time to make Read More
Despite being an automated, decentralized version of a typical cryptocurrency mixer, Tornado Cash was sanctioned by the U.S. government last week as the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) added Ethereum addresses associated with the tool to its Read More
Bitcoin company Coinkite has launched its newest hardware wallet, Tapsigner, in an attempt to facilitate cold-storage bitcoin self-custody. The product, which resembles a credit card more than traditional hardware wallets, comes at $40 and aims to serve as a more Read More
Galoy Inc., the team behind the wallet of El Salvador’s Bitcoin circular economy Bitcoin Beach, is adding a new feature to that infrastructure: bitcoin-backed synthetic U.S. dollars. Often seen as a need among citizens of developing countries, a representation of Read More
Fedi Inc. on Tuesday announced that it had raised $4.2 million in a seed round as the company seeks to onboard more users onto Bitcoin with the Fedi app, per a statement sent to Bitcoin Magazine. The application, which the Read More
The question of whether the bitcoin price bottom is behind us is on the minds of many investors who are poised with the challenge: buy the dip or wait for a bigger one? Financial predictions are seldom accurate, and that Read More
Developer Gloria Zhao has become the first known woman to join the select cohort of Bitcoin Core maintainers. Bitcoin Core maintainers have commit permissions to the repository and are responsible for merging contributions from other developers onto the codebase. In Read More
Retail trading app Robinhood has enabled bitcoin transfers in and out of its app for all users, the company’s Twitter account announced Thursday. “Crypto transfers are here,” the tweet read. “You can now send and receive all listed crypto assets Read More
