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Coinbase Crashes Following Bitcoin Pump, CEO Cites ‘Large Surge Of Traffic”

Coinbase, one of the leading Bitcoin and cryptocurrency exchanges, experienced a significant outage today as Bitcoin’s price soared, leaving many users accounts malfunctioning. The disruption occurred amid a sharp increase in trading activity following Bitcoin’s surge in price, which briefly…

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The Sabotage of Bitcoin

“Government agents are not active in Bitcoin developer and influencer circles.” – Government Agents, probably As the war for global monetary supremacy wages on, you have to assume that the state is actively operating information warfare. This means that the…

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From Dungeons to Bitcoin Billions: Navigating the Ethical Labyrinth of Tim Draper and Ross Ulbricht

The intertwining stories of Tim Draper, a venture capitalist with an unyielding belief in Bitcoin, and Ross Ulbricht, the infamous creator of the Silk Road, present a compelling exploration of ethics, empathy, and the unpredictable nature of the cryptocurrency market.…

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Second EIA Survey Extension Being Pushed With Open Comment Period

The current EIA Emergency Cryptocurrency Mining Facilities survey held by injunction would require monthly reporting of information from mining facility operators through July 31, 2024. This survey would require the collection of information such as the power price with the…

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Strike CEO Jack Mallers Announces Expansion of Services into Africa

Today, Jack Mallers, the CEO of Strike, has announced the expansion of Strike’s suite of Bitcoin services into several African markets. I just published Announcing Strike Africa Today, we are launching Strike Africa, expanding our full suite of #Bitcoin services…

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Braiins Becomes First Mining Pool To Introduce Lightning Payouts

Braiins, a leading mining pool in the Bitcoin industry, has made a significant stride by becoming the first mining pool to introduce Lightning payouts. This pioneering move marks a notable advancement in the integration of the Lightning Network (LN) within…

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Layer 2 Is Not A Magic Incantation

A common chant from many in this space these days in response to any discussion of changes to the Bitcoin protocol is “Don’t mess with Layer 1! You can just build it on Layer 2!” This seems like a very…

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BlackRock Spot Bitcoin ETF Trades over $1 Billion So Far Today In New Milestone

In a significant milestone for spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs), BlackRock’s spot Bitcoin ETF has recorded over $1 billion in trades today alone, according to Bloomberg Senior ETF Analyst Eric Balchunas. This achievement underscores the growing demand for Bitcoin investment products and highlights…

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$30 billion RIA Platform Carson Group Approves To Offer Spot Bitcoin ETFs To Clients

Carson Group, a significant $30 billion registered investment adviser (RIA) platform, has recently announced its approval to offer four spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) to its clients, according to a Bloomberg report. Out of the recent batch of US-listed spot Bitcoin…

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The New Satoshi Emails: 120 Pages Detailing Work on Bitcoin

Satoshi Nakamoto’s earliest collaborator Martii ‘Sirius’ Malmi has released his entire email correspondence with Bitcoin’s creator. Spurred by an ongoing lawsuit in the U.K., the new emails are the most significant addition to the canon of what we know about Bitcoin’s…

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Read Adam Back’s Complete Emails with Bitcoin Creator Satoshi Nakamoto

The full email correspondence between Hashcash inventor Adam Back and Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto is now public after being entered into the official court records in the U.K. this week. Detailed in the five emails below is the complete conversation…

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Marathon Launches Slipstream Tech Stack to Process Non-Standard Bitcoin Transactions

Marathon Digital Holdings, the largest publicly traded bitcoin miner by market capitalization, has launched Slipstream, a service for individuals to easily submit complex and non-standard transactions to the Bitcoin network. Slipstream is the first instance of a public bitcoin mining…

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Reddit Invests Excess Cash Reserves Into Bitcoin

Reddit, the popular social media platform, has disclosed in a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing that it has invested a portion of its excess cash reserves into Bitcoin. The social media giant revealed this today as they have applied to…

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Bitcoin IRAs Compared: Spot ETF vs. No-key-control vs. Physical bitcoin

If you understand why bitcoin is an asset to hold for the long term, you may also wonder how to take advantage of retirement tax structures to minimize your tax expenditures. There are many different ways to approach holding bitcoin…

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Largest South Korean Parties Promise Bitcoin ETFs Before Election

The below is an excerpt from a recent edition of Bitcoin Magazine Pro, Bitcoin Magazine’s premium markets newsletter. To be among the first to receive these insights and other on-chain bitcoin market analysis straight to your inbox, subscribe now. As…

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Bitcoin Magazine Editorial Policy On Bitcoin Layer 2s (L2s)

Bitcoin script, it seems, has been sorely underestimated. Following the release of the Ordinals protocol and BitVM white paper in 2023, conceptions are shifting about what is possible on the Bitcoin base layer, and it’s clear Bitcoin is now absorbing…

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Is Coinbase Safe? Detailed Review & Data

Over the past decade, Coinbase has reached millions of cryptocurrency traders and expanded to become the largest crypto exchange in the US. Despite its solid reputation, Coinbase did not avert scrutiny and skepticism. It has intensified in the past two…

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What Is Multisig?

When it comes to storing your bitcoin, multisignature—or multisig for short—is widely recognized as one of the most secure methods. It can eliminate risks associated with exchanges and custodians, and simultaneously addresses the most common issues with self-custody. In this…

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Using DNS To Coordinate Bitcoin Payments

Matt Corallo proposed a little more than a week ago a BIP for the coordination of making Bitcoin payments. Making bitcoin payments has always presented something of a challenge in terms of coordination, both on-chain and off-chain with protocols like…

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Ordinals vs Layer 2 Metaprotocols, Part 2: The Final Showdown?

Last May, I wrote an article for Bitcoin Magazine predicting that Layer 2 (L2) metaprotocol solutions would resolve the Ordinals controversy. Now that two of the most highly-anticipated Layer 2 solutions, Taproot Assets (TA) and RGB, are either available or…