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You Can Believe The Maximalists: Bitcoin Is Separate From Crypto

A recent column by the Financial Times’ Jemima Kelly demonstrated some misunderstandings about Bitcoin’s decentralization and singularity. This is an opinion editorial by Stephan Livera, host of [...]

Bitcoin Magazine

22 September 2022 19:48

Israel Grants Its First Bitcoin, Crypto Trading License To Local Exchange Bits of Gold

After a legal framework revamping in 2016, Bits of Gold became the country’s first active company to secure licensing to operate as a virtual asset service. Israeli [...]

Bitcoin Magazine

22 September 2022 17:45

Russia One Step Closer To Using Bitcoin, Crypto In International Trade as Central Bank, Finance Ministry Agree On Draft Bill

The two regulators have agreed on a draft bill saying that using bitcoin and cryptocurrencies is necessary for international trade amid the current climate. The Russian Ministry [...]

Bitcoin Magazine

22 September 2022 15:52

Estonia Approves First Bitcoin, Crypto Bank After New Legislation

Striga is the first VASP to be approved since Estonia enacted a new legal framework restricting service providers in the bitcoin and crypto ecosystem. Striga gains regulatory [...]

Bitcoin Magazine

22 September 2022 15:19

Bahrain Approves Bitcoin, Crypto Payments For Over 5,000 Merchants

Bahrain’s central bank approved a partnership between EazyPay and Binance enabling 5,000 POS and online payment gateways to accept bitcoin and crypto. The Kingdom of Bahrain approved [...]

Bitcoin Magazine

22 September 2022 13:38

In response to the Wall Street Journal

Tl:dr Earlier today, the Wall Street Journal published an article highlighting client-driven activities, which they seem to confuse with proprietary trading. Unlike many of our competitors, Coinbase [...]

Coinbase

22 September 2022 10:56

Coinbase gains regulatory approval in the Netherlands

Tl;Dr: Coinbase becomes the first major global crypto exchange to successfully register with the Dutch Central Bank (De Nederlandsche Bank — DNB), allowing us to offer our crypto products [...]

Coinbase

22 September 2022 10:23

What Happens If The U.S. Dollar Loses Reserve Currency Status?

The CEO of Relai brings up some important considerations for the possibility that the U.S. dollar fails to maintain its status of world reserve currency. This is [...]

Bitcoin Magazine

22 September 2022 07:00

Validating Lightning Signer Separates Keys From Nodes

The team at Sphinx is using the Validating Lightning Signer architecture to separate the keys from the Lightning node using a dedicated signing device. The below is [...]

Bitcoin Magazine

22 September 2022 03:00

Biden Administration Targets Bitcoin Mining In New Report

While the report didn’t create any new regulations, it still serves as a foreboding message to bitcoin miners. This is an opinion editorial by Robert Hall, a [...]

Bitcoin Magazine

21 September 2022 23:20

Visit The Guatemalan Lake Town Mining Bitcoin With Used Cooking Oil

Inspired by El Salvador’s Bitcoin Beach, a town in Guatemala is focused on cleaning its lake by diverting used cooking oil to bitcoin miners. A circular bitcoin [...]

Bitcoin Magazine

21 September 2022 21:48

Fed Goes Big Again With 75 Basis Point Hike In Bid To Curb Inflation

The Federal Reserve hiked interest rates by three-quarters of a percentage point for the third consecutive time, sending Bitcoin below $19,000. The Federal Open Markets Committee (FOMC) [...]

Bitcoin Magazine

21 September 2022 20:33

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