Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), Japan’s largest electricity provider, has begun mining Bitcoin through its subsidiary Agile Energy X using excess renewable energy that would otherwise be wasted, as per reports from Asahi. JUST IN: 🇯🇵 Japan’s largest power company TEPCO is mining #Bitcoin using surplus energy. pic.twitter.com/ZrsmbV7mv6 — BitcoinContinue Reading
The speakers and performers at the second night of the America Loves Crypto tour were just as impassioned and driven to get out the crypto vote as those from the first night of the tour. The political figures and crypto industry leaders present at this event, which took place atContinue Reading
Bitcoin and the U.S. dollar have a long-standing inverse correlation, notably when observing the Dollar Strength Index (DXY). When the dollar weakens, Bitcoin often gains strength, and this dynamic might now be setting the stage for restarting the BTC bull cycle. DXY The Dollar Strength Index (DXY) measures the valueContinue Reading
On a 100°F evening in Phoenix, crypto enthusiasts from Arizona came out with gusto for the first night of the America Loves Crypto tour. The tour, organized by the Stand With Crypto Alliance, a non-profit on a mission to get America’s 52 million crypto owners out to the polls inContinue Reading
Security strategies within the Bitcoin network are in a constant state of progression, and in this exploration, we will assess how these strategies have evolved from simple digital wallets to complex multi-signature mechanisms. This includes an overview of the latest advancements in cryptographic technologies, such as Schnorr signatures. In simpleContinue Reading
In an exclusive interview with Alex Gladstein, Chief Strategy Officer of the Human Rights Foundation (HRF), Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado discussed Bitcoin’s vital role in combating Venezuela’s economic collapse and authoritarianism. The interview, first published on Bitcoin Magazine, highlights the catastrophic impact of hyperinflation caused by the Chávez and Maduro regimes,Continue Reading
Mastercard has partnered with Bitcoin and crypto payments provider Mercuryo to launch a euro-denominated debit card allowing users to spend Bitcoin and crypto directly from non-custodial wallets, as per Cointelegraph. The card enables European Bitcoin holders to spend from their self-hosted wallets at any of Mastercard’s over 100 million merchantsContinue Reading
Today, Blockstream opens the series 3 round for its second Mining Note — the BMN2. The note will be available to eligible non-US investors and has been repriced from the series 1 and 2 rounds, which occurred on July 18. This round of the BMN2 is priced at $31,000 petahashContinue Reading
According to Fortune, Coinbase’s Chief Financial Officer, Alesia Haas, said that U.S. Vice President and Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris is using the company’s Commerce platform to accept cryptocurrency donations for her campaign. The statement was made during a conversation with Citigroup’s Director of Payments, Peter Christiansen, at the CitiContinue Reading
This article is featured in Bitcoin Magazine’s “The Privacy Issue”. Subscribe to receive your copy. Privacy is a fundamental issue in using a public blockchain system like Bitcoin. Numerous projects and proposals have been made over the years to either build privacy preserving tools on top of Bitcoin, or fundamentallyContinue Reading
