Metaplanet, a Japanese company that specializes in Bitcoin Treasury operations, has announced that the company would start trading…

Vancouver’s Mayor, Ken Sim, is a genuine Bitcoin enthusiast who’s doing his part to get Vancouver’s city council as well as its citizens to see what he sees when it comes to Bitcoin. And his efforts are starting to bear fruit. On December 11, 2024, the Vancouver City Council greenlit a motion Mayor Sim prepared […]

The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission has granted licenses to four additional digital currency exchanges. HKbitEX, Accumulus, DFX Labs, and EX.IO join the list of regulated platforms under the city’s VATPs regime. With these additions, Hong Kong now has […] The post Hong Kong Grants Licenses to Four More Crypto Exchanges appeared first on

Bitcoin faced a sharp retrace yesterday, dropping 8% from its all-time high of $108,300 after the Federal Reserve announced a 25 basis point rate cut alongside a revised policy signaling fewer cuts in 2025. Despite the drop, Bitcoin managed to hold above $98,000, a critical liquidity level that analysts are closely monitoring. This recent price [&h

If you’ve been watching bitcoin, you probably noticed the pullback yesterday. It dropped from $108,000 to $99,000 after the FOMC meeting, where the Fed cut rates, and Jerome Powell, the Fed Chair, when asked about the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve, said: “We’re not allowed to own bitcoin and not looking for a law change,”. The market, as […]

Follow Aaron on Nostr or X. The IMF yesterday announced they have reached a $1.4 billion loan deal with El Salvador. In return, the Central American country that in 2021 made bitcoin legal tender had to remove some of its pro-Bitcoin policies. I spent about three months in El Salvador around the time the Bitcoin […]

Binance Alpha, an initiative by Binance to support and promote early-stage blockchain projects, has revealed the third batch…

The broader crypto market experienced a pronounced downturn following yesterday’s Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting, held on December 18. After the US Federal Reserve delivered a 25-basis-point rate cut as anticipated, it also signaled fewer cuts in 2025 than previously expected. In response, the Bitcoin price fell by more than 5%, dropp

Today, the Human Rights Foundation (HRF) announced its most recent round of Bitcoin Development Fund grants, in a press release sent to Bitcoin Magazine. 700,000,000 satoshis (7 BTC) currently worth $706,000 at the time of writing, is being granted across 20 different projects around the world focusing on technical education for people living under

Hut 8, a prominent player in North America’s Bitcoin mining sector, has boosted its Bitcoin reserves amid the current crypto bull market. A $100 million Bitcoin purchase has pushed the company’s reserve to 10,096 coins, valued at over $1 billion as of today (Thursday). According to the official statement by the company, Hut 8 acquired [