Michael Saylor, CEO of MicroStrategy, applies his training in thermodynamics to Bitcoin in an exclusive interview with Bitcoin pioneer and futurist Austin Davis The financial and economic narratives surrounding Bitcoin (BTC) barely scratch the surface of what makes the digital…
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Jack Dorsey commits $1M to Coin Center on top of Grayscale’s $2M donation
The D.C.-based advocacy group just raised millions for its ongoing research and lobbying efforts. Here’s how the numbers broke down. 2021 is shaping up to be a generous year for cryptocurrency donations. On Wednesday, Coin Center, the leading cryptocurrency nonprofit…
Balancing Calls For Bitcoin Regulation While Preserving Satoshi’s Dream
A lot of people automatically dismiss e-currency as a lost cost because of all the companies that failed since the 1990s. I hope it’s obvious it was only the centrally controlled nature of those systems that doomed them. I think…
Following V2 plans, Balancer raises $5 million from Three Arrows & DeFiance
Two of the largest crypto funds join Pantera Capital and Alameda Research in contributing to Balancer’s $12 million series A funding round Balancer Labs announced today a $5 million investment round led by DeFi (decentralized finance) mainstays Three Arrows Capital…
Bitcoin ignores Lindsay Lohan’s ‘To the moon’ tweet as BTC price dips 7.6%
Words of encouragement from the star fail to get Bitcoin closer to $50,000, with BTC/USD erasing this week’s gains instead. Bitcoin (BTC) lost almost 8% on Feb. 10 as the first significant correction after Monday’s price pump set in. BTC…
Bitcoin core non-profit gets approved for tax exemption, perks for donors
501(3)(c) status boosts the project’s legitimacy as well as its efficiency in using donations. A new non-profit aiming to fund Bitcoin development education and research has been approved for special tax status, conferring benefits on donors. Brink, which launched in…
Coincidence? Company stocks rise after they buy Bitcoin as a reserve
The market caps of most companies that bought Bitcoin have increased recently, but is that solely thanks to BTC? It seems to be the season of giving, and Bitcoin is doing just that, at least for its institutional backers, such…
Baidu reportedly aims to address chip shortage plaguing gaming, crypto and cars
Baidu is reportedly planning to commercialize its chip technology by setting up a dedicated subsidiary backed by crypto-friendly venture capital firms. A global chip shortage is affecting various sectors of industry from gaming to automotive and cryptocurrency mining. Amid Bitcoin’s…
Grayscale CEO: Firms race to buy Bitcoin as mood shifts from ‘why’ to ‘why not?’
Grayscale CEO Michael Sonnenshein told CNBC that more tech leaders and institutional investors could follow Elon Musk into Bitcoin after Tesla’s $1.5 billion purchase. Grayscale CEO Michael Sonnnenshein says institutional demand for Bitcoin (BTC) has only increased, moving into 2021,…
Bitcoin’s ‘Elon Musk pump’ rally to $48K was exclusively driven by whales
Bitcoin whales drove the rally to $48,000 and are aggressively buying, Binance exchange data shows. The price of Bitcoin (BTC) rallied to above $48,000 on Feb. 9, and has been consolidating since. Analysts from Material Indicators found that whales were…