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Bitcoin’s Surge to All Time High: What It Means for Your Investment Future

Bitcoin, the first and most popular cryptocurrency, has been making headlines with its recent surge to a new all-time high of over $72,000. This remarkable price increase has sparked renewed interest in Bitcoin as an investment opportunity, leaving many wondering…

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Stratum Reference Implementation Launches SRI 1.0.0 To Enhance Bitcoin Mining

The Stratum Reference Implementation (SRI) team has unveiled SRI 1.0.0, a new milestone in their journey to decentralize and optimize bitcoin mining, according to a press release sent to Bitcoin Magazine. This latest release is now available for immediate testing and seamless…

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From Wall Street to Main Street: Are Bitcoin ETFs Signaling a New Era in Crypto?

Bitcoin and the rest of crypto went through a brutal cycle in the last two years. Dubbed “crypto winter,” the unforgiving market crushed the hopes of many traders, startup founders, and investors. Marked by scandals, regulatory uncertainty, and lots of…

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MicroStrategy’s Saylor Offered to Buy Out Shareholders Before Buying Bitcoin

Michael Saylor faced obstacles before he successfully added Bitcoin to MicroStrategy’s balance sheet in 2020. Speaking at the 2024 Abundance360 Summit this week, Saylor revealed how he offered to buy out MicroStrategy shareholders in a Dutch action when they moved…

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KYC, Bitcoin, and the failed hopes of AML policies: Tracking funds on-chain

The cornerstone of the modern approach to money laundering is to prevent illicit funds from entering the financial system. The rationale is understandable: if criminals won’t be able to use their money, they will have to eventually stop whatever they…

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Announcing: Pitch Day at Bitcoin 2024 – Discovering the Next Class of Bitcoin Startups

Pitch Day at The Bitcoin Conference is back! Bitcoin Magazine and The Bitcoin Conference are looking for the next wave of Bitcoin startups to compete in the ultimate Bitcoin pitch competition. Taking place in Nashville July 25-27 at Bitcoin 2024,…

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LQWD Partners with Amboss as Key Lightning Network Liquidity Provider

LQWD Technologies Corp., an infrastructure and liquidity provider for the Bitcoin Lightning Network, has announced a new partnership with Amboss Technologies Inc. to become their premiere Lightning Network Liquidity Service Provider (LSP), according to a press release sent to Bitcoin…

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KYC, Bitcoin, and the failed hopes of AML policies: Preserving individual freedom

For the past decade, the abbreviations AML and KYC have become an inextricable part of our lives. To help law enforcement track illegal funds, an increasingly constraining set of anti-money-laundering measures is being implemented across the globe. For the past…

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How do the Wealthiest Bitcoin Holders Secure their Bitcoin?

If you want to hold a large amount of bitcoin securely, it makes sense to investigate how the wealthiest bitcoin holders handle this task. While wealth doesn’t cause infallibility, these entities have the most to lose from making a mistake.…

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El Salvador Moves Bitcoin Reserves to Cold Storage Vault

On March 14, 2024, El Salvador’s president-elect, Nayib Bukele, unveiled a historic bold maneuver that echoed across the Bitcoin world: El Salvador confirmed the transfer of a substantial portion of its Bitcoin holdings into cold storage, securely kept within a…

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$150,000: Standard Chartered Bank Raises Bitcoin Price Forecast for 2024

Global banking giant Standard Chartered has upped its bitcoin price prediction for the end of 2024 to $150,000, a significant increase from its previous forecast of $100,000. In a new report, Standard Chartered analysts cited strong inflows into recently launched…

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Mercury Layer’s Lightning Latch Swap Protocol

Commerceblock has released a new atomic swap protocol for use with statechains on their Mercury Layer protocol. The HSM server has introduced functionality to support atomically swapping two statechains, as well as enforcing an atomic exchange of a statechain for…

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Four Case Studies: Should You Hold Bitcoin In A Roth IRA?

Whether you’re young, mid-career, or playing the back nine, Roth IRAs can be an important tool for your financial goals. Four case studies below will illustrate how by combining Roth IRAs with bitcoin, you can save for retirement, optimize for…

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Multisig, Shamir’s secret sharing, & MPC compared

For anyone with substantial bitcoin holdings, a custody structure that includes a single point of failure should be seen as unacceptable. If a wallet has a single component that—when lost or stolen—can lead to a permanent loss of funds, then…

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MicroStrategy Increases Convertible Loan to $525 Million to Buy More Bitcoin

The Michael Saylor-led software company MicroStrategy has upsized its planned convertible senior notes offering from $500 million to $525 million. The company intends to use the proceeds to acquire more Bitcoin, as per their recent press release, following a strategy…

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How Miners Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the JPEG

This article is featured in Bitcoin Magazine’s “The Inscription Issue”. Click here to get your Annual Bitcoin Magazine Subscription. Click here to download a PDF of this article. Ordinals have been a polarizing phenomenon for most every subcommunity in Bitcoin…

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Your financial plan may be riskier without bitcoin

This article originally appeared in the Sound Advisory blog. Sound Advisory provide financial advisory services and specialize in educating and guiding clients to thrive financially in a bitcoin-powered world. Click here to learn more. “Belief is a wise wager. Granted…

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Craig Wright Is Not The Inventor of Bitcoin, Judge Rules

In a landmark ruling, a judge at London’s High Court declared that Craig Wright, the Australian ‘computer scientist’ who has long claimed to be the elusive creator of Bitcoin, is not Satoshi Nakamoto. This decision came following a legal confrontation…

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Stabilizing Forces: How Bitcoin ETF Inflows Counter Price Volatility

Eleven approved Bitcoin ETFs have painted the pioneering cryptocurrency with a fresh coat of legitimacy. By receiving an official blessing from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), an institutional investing barrier has been lifted. With this barrier gone, financial advisors,…

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Michael Saylor’s MicroStrategy To Raise $500 Million To Buy More Bitcoin

MicroStrategy® Incorporated (Nasdaq: MSTR) has revealed plans to raise $500 million to buy more bitcoin through a private offering of convertible senior notes due 2031. The offering, subject to market conditions, targets qualified institutional buyers under Rule 144A of the…