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) September 18, 2024 The former President showed up to PubKey, a Bitcoin-themed bar located in theContinue Reading
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, where multiple levels of “sidechains” can be stacked on top ofContinue Reading
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 tournament is slated to be held on October 18 in Santa Monica, California during theContinue Reading
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 the U.S. economy, despite continued reported economic expansion. BREAKING:Continue Reading
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 exchanges like FTX shook consumer trust. River CEO Alex Leishman stated, “RiverContinue Reading
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: 🇺🇸 $10 TRILLION financial Giant BlackRock released a full report onContinue Reading
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. This was the first time the two made a public appearance together since the US Department of Justice (DoJ) charged the two developers with conspiracyContinue Reading
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, split evenly between men andContinue Reading
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, this conflict is as tangled as dense jungle foliage, whereContinue Reading
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 different projects around the world focusing on technical education for peopleContinue Reading
