Follow Nikolaus On 𝕏 Here For Daily Posts Today, the Chairman of the Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell, said in an exclusive interview with CNBC that Bitcoin is in competition with gold, not the U.S. dollar. BREAKING: 🇺🇸 Fed Chair Jerome Powell says #Bitcoin is a competitor to gold, not the US dollar. pic.twitter.com/YQHFiThTBo — Bitcoin […]

A small, but significant development in Bitcoin’s much-debated decentralized consensus process is taking place, with some developers moving to publicly gauge sentiment of warring soft fork proposals that would augment the software rule set. Follow Rizzo on X. https://x.com/pete_rizzo_/ More specifically, the effort began today with the creation of a page on the Bitcoin Wiki

Company Name: Heatbit Founder: Alex Busarov Date Founded: April 2020 Location of Headquarters: Remote Number of Employees: 25 Website: https://heatbit.com/ Public or Private? Private In early 2020, Alex Busarov was stuck in his Shanghai apartment during COVID. To quell his boredom, he ordered an Antminer S9, a Bitcoin mining machine, to toy around with. After

Follow Frank on X. Bitcoin is its own network state, to borrow a term from Balaji Srinivasan. That is, while Bitcoin proponents aren’t bound to one geographical region (quite the opposite, actually) they have collective power and can enact change. We just saw some version of this power exercised in the U.S. political sphere, as

For centuries, self-custody has symbolized financial autonomy, enabling individuals to secure their wealth—from gold to cash—without intermediaries. Bitcoin extends this principle into the digital realm, offering a censorship-resistant, decentralized way to hold assets. Yet, upcoming European regulations under the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) and the Transfer of Funds Regulation (TFR) threaten to complicate self-custody

Follow Aaron on Nostr or X. As I explained in a Take two weeks ago, I think the threat (or promise, depending on your perspective) of protocol ossification is somewhat exaggerated, at least at this point in time. Yes, the rate of soft forks has slowed down significantly over the years, the last one having been

Follow Nikolaus On 𝕏 Here For Daily Posts Today, MicroStrategy announced it purchased an additional 15,400 bitcoin for approximately $1.5 billion. This brings its total holdings to over 400,000 BTC, almost 2% of the entire bitcoin supply. MicroStrategy now owns 402,100 #bitcoin worth $38 BILLION They now own almost 2% of the total bitcoin supply

We can’t live in a world where somebody starts a company that’s a completely legal thing, and then they literally [] get sanctioned [] and embargoed by the United States government through a completely unaccountable [process] by the way. No due process. None of this is written down. There’s no rules. There’s no court, there’s

Bitcoin is closing out one of its most remarkable months in history, surging over $30,000 in November and marking a renewed bullish sentiment in the market. As we look ahead to December and beyond, investors are eager to understand whether Bitcoin’s momentum can sustain itself into 2025. With macroeconomic conditions, historical trends, and on-chain data

Introduction Scholars dispute whether it was Mahatma Gandhi who first said, “First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.” What cannot be disputed is that advocates of bitcoin have adopted the aphorism as their own. Bitcoiners commonly prophesize that at some point, bitcoin will replace the US