Is Michael Saylor becoming a risk to bitcoin?
I can't be the only one feeling a little uneasy. Here are the facts: Microstrategy (MSTR) has 331,000 bitcoins. At the current price of $94,380 at the time of writing, this is…
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Which governments are mining bitcoin?
We've known about El Salvador 🇸🇻 mining and buying bitcoin for some years. They've been very open about it, and made Bitcoin legal tender to encourage citizens to use it.…
Litecoin is now 13 years old
Litecoin was created on 13th October 2011 and it's the longest running ever blockchain, as it has had 100% uptime. (By contrast, bitcoin has had two downtimes in 2010 and 2013.…
The IMF is openly trying to get El Salvador to give up bitcoin
Here is a video of the IMF press conference: From about 42 seconds in, she says bitcoin is a "key risk", she wants El Salvador's law on bitcoin to be "narrowed" and "public…
Is a Crypto Black Monday coming?
Bitcoin ETFs were the worst thing to happen to crypto. Because the people who invest in them don't believe in crypto as a payment system. They don't believe in bitcoin as a…
Trading volume drops on South Korean crypto exchanges
Trading volume on Upbit is down sharply as the new Virtual Asset Law came into effect on 19th July 2024. Here is the chart:…
Trump is now attacking Bukele
President Bukele of El Salvador is a bit of a hero to the Bitcoin community for making bitcoin legal tender, passing bitcoin friendly laws and putting some of El Salvador's…
The total number of crypto tokens is growing
... but can the market absorb them? Ever since Bitcoin recovered it's price at the start of the year, a shedload of new shitcoins have launched, hoping to replicate the altcoin…
This is why Hive crashed
South Korea introduced new strict regulations for their exchanges: South Korea’s government plans to release a set of rules for how companies that trade virtual assets should…
Bitcoiners should keep an eye on France
Back in 2013, the event that pushed Bitcoin into the mainstream was the Cyprus debt crisis. A "bail-in" was imposed where people's savings were seized to recapitalise the banks.…