The German government continued shifting portions of its massive Bitcoin trove to exchanges on Monday, transferring over $56 million worth across multiple transactions. According to blockchain data, addresses linked to the German government moved a total of 500 BTC to Bitstamp and Coinbase (250 BTC each), worth about $27.9 million, atContinue Reading
Metaplanet, a Japanese public company that started as a hotel operator, announced it purchased another ¥400 million ($2.5 million) in Bitcoin. This continues the firm’s strategy of adopting Bitcoin as a treasury reserve asset. JUST IN: 🇯🇵 Japanese public company Metaplanet buys another ¥400 million worth of #Bitcoin pic.twitter.com/mT4cPKEcSP —Continue Reading
PRESS RELEASE. The enigmatic artist Mr. Black, known for his cryptic street art and ambitious 21,000-piece ordinal collection on the Bitcoin blockchain, claims that the Messianic Age will be revealed once the collection is fully minted. However, recent developments suggest that Mr. Black might be facing censorship on the socialContinue Reading
Undemonstrated Effectiveness and Efficiency I’m not aware of any study establishing the effectiveness of KYC measures in combating money laundering. And it’s not for lack of searching. Conversely, there are numerous studies tending to conclude the opposite. Ronald Pol, a researcher at La Trobe University in Melbourne, synthesized in aContinue Reading
When they descended into coal mines, miners would take a caged canary with them. The toxic gasses, notably carbon monoxide, that accumulate in these places and pose a deadly risk to miners, would kill the canaries before the miners. This information made them aware of the danger, enabling them toContinue Reading
Courtesy of Bitcoin magazine, Trump (left) with Bitcoin Magazine CEO David Bailey (right) Ever since Donald Trump became more vocal in support of Bitcoin heading into this year’s Presidential campaign, I’ve been sitting with a wide range of emotions and concerns. Outside of Bitcoin, as a left-leaning voter and vocalContinue Reading
In 2018, one of the largest donors to Rep. Brad Sherman’s campaign was a bank director who had spent large sums of money to build political influence among American politicians — and who led a US-registered non-for-profit that “signed a MOU of friendly cooperation” with a Chinese state entity allegedContinue Reading
Company Name: Mi Primer Bitcoin Founder: John Dennehy Date Founded: August 2021 Location of Headquarters: El Salvador Amount of Bitcoin Held in Treasury: Approximately 0.5 BTC Number of Employees: 21 Website: https://miprimerbitcoin.io/ Public or Private? Private (Non-profit) John Dennehy wants to change the world — and he believes that BitcoinContinue Reading
Gen-Z is, without a doubt, the most tech-savvy generation. Growing up with technology from day one, they possess an innate understanding of digital platforms and navigate the online world with ease. This generation’s familiarity with technology makes them naturally inclined towards innovations like Bitcoin, often dubbed the “Internet of money“.Continue Reading
Samourai Wallet From the start, Samourai Wallet have been transparent about their services. They provided their code fully open sourced and explained every public service they ran. All of this was done in public for everyone to see as they, ironically enough, had nothing to hide. As will be detailedContinue Reading
