Bitcoin Magazine Metaplanet Triples Assets in Q2 With Bitcoin-Backed Preferred Shares for Japan’s Yield-Starved Market Japan sits on $14.9 trillion in household financial assets, yet its fixed income market offers some of the lowest returns in the developed world. The 10-year Japanese Government Bond yields just ~1%, and corporate bonds often struggle to clear 2%. […]

Bitcoin Magazine First RGB Bridge Brings USDT From Ethereum to Bitcoin via Lightning Recently, the team behind Tricorn—now joining Utexo—has completed the first-ever RGB bridge live on Bitcoin, debuting with a transfer of Tether (USDT) from Ethereum to RGB, according to a press release sent to Bitcoin Magazine. This marks the first time USDT has

Bitcoin Magazine How a Georgia County Put Its Election Results on Bitcoin — And Why It Will Transform Election Security At the Bitcoin 2025 Conference, held May 27-29 at The Venetian Resort in Las Vegas, Simple Proof CEO Carlos Toriello and Screven County, Georgia, Elections Supervisor Stacey Scott shared insights into their groundbreaking use of

Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin Price Stays Above $118,000 As Metaplanet, Smarter Web Company Buys Additional Bitcoin Bitcoin price maintained its position above $118,000 as two major corporations, Metaplanet and Smarter Web Company, announced significant additions to their Bitcoin treasury holdings, highlighting the growing trend of institutional Bitcoin adoption. Metaplanet, now the sixth-largest corporate Bitcoin holder, acquired

Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin Price Soars Above $120K as Nakamoto Prepares $760 Million BTC Buy Post-Merger The price of Bitcoin went above $122,286 today as a massive new buyer nears entering the market. All eyes are on Nakamoto Holdings Inc., the Bitcoin-native holding company set to complete its long-anticipated merger with healthcare provider KindlyMD (NASDAQ: NAKA).

Bitcoin Magazine How Jack Dorsey’s Block Inc Is Reinventing Finance With Bitcoin Block, Inc., founded by Jack Dorsey, the co-founder and ex-CEO of Twitter, is a financial technology company with a deepening full-stack connection to the Bitcoin industry through its subsidiaries. Its companies span payments apps and merchant tooling with Bitcoin integration, the development of

Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin Price Pumps Above $120,000 As Michael Saylor’s Strategy Buys $18 Million Worth Of Bitcoin Bitcoin price hit $122,290 on Sunday night right before Strategy, formerly known as MicroStrategy, announced the acquisition of 155 BTC worth $18 million, marking the fifth anniversary of its groundbreaking Bitcoin treasury strategy. The purchase, made at an

Bitcoin Magazine Nostr Wallet Connect is the USB-C Connector of Bitcoin Wallets Open Protocols Drive Innovation NWC — Nostr Wallet Connect — has an impressive technological lineage. Digital and physical connectors such as cables we use, or internet protocols, work best when they’re open and standardized. You don’t need permission to design a device that

Bitcoin Magazine Even Robinson Crusoe Understood the Price and Value of Money Nothing is as crucial to the functionality of a free market as its money. Money constitutes half of every transaction, representing one side of all value expressed in the exchange of goods and services. But what, exactly, is the price of money? The

Bitcoin Magazine Will America Become the Bitcoin and Crypto Capital of the World? Here’s an Expert’s Take. “…we’re definitely going to be the crypto capital of the world for regulated ETF funds, [but] are we serious about making America the crypto capital of the world for peer-to-peer transactions and individual liberty? We should be.” -Peter