Bitcoin Magazine Swiss Bitcoin-Only App Relai Secures MiCA License in France Swiss Bitcoin app Relai has become one of the first Bitcoin-only companies to receive regulatory approval under Europe’s landmark Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) framework.  The Zurich-based firm announced today that it has been granted authorization as a Crypto-Asset Service Provider (CASP) by France’s Financial […]

Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin Price Jumps to $111,000 as Softer CPI Data Fuels Rate-Cut Bets Bitcoin price surged past $111,000 today after new U.S. inflation data showed a milder-than-expected rise in consumer prices, strengthening expectations that the Federal Reserve will move ahead with additional rate cuts this year. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 0.3% month-over-month

Bitcoin Magazine Spark and Ark: A Look At Our Newest Bitcoin Layer Twos In my quest to find the best solution for Cake Wallet to offer user-friendly, non-custodial Lightning to our users, I’ve gone deep down the rabbit hole of both Spark and Ark. Both are quite novel approaches to Bitcoin layer two networks, and

Bitcoin Magazine Crypto Market Structure Bill Gains Bipartisan Momentum as Coinbase’s Armstrong Says “We’re 90% There” Even as Washington remains hobbled by a partial government shutdown, momentum for U.S. crypto market structure legislation is quietly reaching new heights. Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong says the industry is “90%” of the way there, describing unprecedented bipartisan cooperation

Bitcoin Magazine Tesla Made $80M in Profit on Bitcoin Holdings in Q3, Didn’t Sell Any Crypto Elon Musk’s Tesla reported an $80 million gain on its Bitcoin holdings in the third quarter of 2025, benefiting from the crypto market’s rebound without making any new trades. According to Tesla’s Q3 filing released on Wednesday, the electric

Bitcoin Magazine Trump Pardons Binance Founder Changpeng Zhao: WSJ President Donald Trump has granted a full pardon to Changpeng Zhao, the convicted founder of crypto exchange Binance. The move follows months of lobbying by Zhao and allies who argued his prosecution was politically motivated. Sources said Zhao had also explored partnerships to bolster the Trump

Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin on a Prepaid Card? Moon Inc. Raises $8.8M to Make It Happen in Asia Moon Inc. (HKEX: 1723) has raised about US$8.8 million to launch a Bitcoin prepaid card in Thailand and South Korea, with plans to expand across Asia. The company, a leader in prepaid connectivity and digital asset solutions, confirmed

Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin Price Slips Below $107,000, Analysts See a Buy-the-Dip Moment Bitcoin price is hovering in the mid $107,000’s range as analysts from both VanEck and Standard Chartered see more upside. Geoffrey Kendrick, Standard Chartered’s global head of digital assets research, sees a near-term dip in bitcoin price below $100,000 as “inevitable” due to

Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin Transcends the Left-Right Political Divide — It’s a Tool for Human Rights One month ago, Harshvardhan (“Hash”), an alumni of the MIT Bitcoin Club and an organizer for the MIT Freedom Tech Expo, told me in an interview about how a friend of his who is a social worker in Nepal and

Bitcoin Magazine T. Rowe Price Joins Crypto ETF Race With SEC Filing for Active Fund T. Rowe Price, one of the largest U.S. asset management firms, has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to launch a cryptocurrency-focused exchange-traded fund (ETF). The proposed fund, named the T. Rowe Price Active Crypto ETF, aims to