Strategy's holdings now total more than 2.8% of the total 21 million bitcoin supply — worth over $64 billion.
At the BTC Prague conference this week, Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) co-founder Michael Saylor stated that Bitcoin treasury companies can grow as quickly as they can issue equity and credit to purchase Bitcoin. Delving into the business model of Bitcoin treasury companies like Strategy, Saylor explained how corporate investment in BTC can far outpace individual investments. […]
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Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin believes that one-per-person digital ID systems, despite using zero-knowledge proofs (ZK proofs), carry risks to privacy. ZK proof wrapped IDs offered by World ID (formerly Worldcoin) using biometric data and ZK proofs have been gaining traction, recently crossing 10 million users. Therefore, in his blog on Saturday, Buterin suggested ‘pluralistic identity’ […]
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There has been a spike in IRS warning letters sent to crypto investors over the past few weeks, according to CoinLedger CEO David Kemmerer.
Alex Atallah previously co-founded OpenSea with CEO Devin Finzer in 2018 but stepped down from the NFT marketplace in 2022.
ACX plunged over 10% amid allegations of DAO manipulation and insider trading involving a Binance listing and the Across Protocol team.
A senior figure in India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has called for the country to consider integrating Bitcoin into its official reserve strategy. On July 26, Pradeep Bhandari, a spokesperson for the BJP, encouraged Indian policymakers to adopt a measured approach to Bitcoin, suggesting that even a small-scale pilot program could strengthen India’s economic […]
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The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
The ramp-up in daily inflows comes as bitcoin's price rebounds amid a dollar index weakness tailwind, according to an analyst.
The Trump-backed crypto project also plans to release the first audit of its USD1 stablecoin in the coming days.
Speaking on The Block's Big Brain podcast, Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino said USDT and Bitcoin will power transactions among AI agents.
Tether's multi-billion dollar war chest has been deployed into several projects in recent years, including a Neuralink-style brainchip firm.
With over 100,000 BTC in total holdings, Ardoino said its bitcoin mining operations are an important part of securing its investment.
Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino delves into Tether's success, strategic investments, and his vision for a "stable" society.
The Truth Social Bitcoin and Ethereum ETF is designed to track the performance of bitcoin and ether prices.
A group of US lawmakers, led by Senator Adam Schiff, introduced a new bill on June 23 to stop public officials, including the president, from using digital assets for personal gain. The Curbing Officials’ Income and Nondisclosure bill, also known as the COIN Act, aims to tighten ethical standards amid growing concern over crypto-linked financial […]
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The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
Bitcoin Core developer Antoine Poinsot’s merged pull request removing the long-standing 80-byte OP_RETURN relay cap has triggered one of the most divisive mempool policy debates since the block size wars. In a rapid escalation, a separate contributor posted a public bash script to auto-ban every known node running Bitcoin Knots, a policy-opposed implementation now representing […]
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"Do you understand this space as well as I do?" is the question wealthy investors are now asking, CoinShares CEO Jean-Marie Mognetti said.
BREAKING: The BBC is now reporting new missile launches from Iran at 08.30 BST, potentially breaking the ceasefire just moments after Israel’s acceptance. Bitcoin returned above $105,000 early Monday after Israel formally accepted a ceasefire proposal brokered by the United States, capping a volatile 48-hour period that saw rapid escalations in the Iran-Israel conflict and […]
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Sen. Adam Schiff introduced a bill seeking to bar top public officials and their family members from promoting or issuing crypto assets.
Kronos Research CIO Vincent Liu said traders are now watching macro signals to see whether this rally would last long-term.
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
Strategy's holdings now total more than 2.8% of the total 21 million bitcoin supply — worth over $60 billion.
Ravindra Kumar was fired as CEO of Binance-listed Self Chain after reports linked him to a $50 million Telegram OTC scam, which he has denied involvement in.
Global Bitcoin and Ethereum-based funds led with net inflows of $1.1 billion and $124 million respectively.
The framework includes a "maturity tier" and self-assessment aiming to garner trust and set industry-wide operational standards.
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
Bitwise CEO Hunter Horsley believes the actual competition for Bitcoin isn’t gold, but government-backed bonds like US Treasuries and UK gilts. In a June 20 post on X, Horsley argued that gold and Bitcoin are apolitical stores of value that operate outside direct government control. However, he said Bitcoin’s actual competition lies with instruments tightly […]
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Sherman had accused TikTok's owners of effectively bribing President Trump in reference to its looming U.S. ban.