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Ever since El Salvador passed a bill that was approved by a supermajority in the Salvadoran Congress legalizing bitcoin as legal tender in the nation, the country has remained in the spotlight. Furthermore, there’s an area in El Salvador called “Bitcoin Beach” with a small group of beach villagers that are attempting to leverage bitcoin… Continue reading Bitcoin Beach Town in El Salvador Bustles With Growth After BTC Becomes Legal Tender

The Swiss company TRES Group GmbH is launching an exciting and innovative program aiming at adding a solution to the Climate Change challenge. For several months, the FOSTER project has been under development, which aims to mass plant trees around the world for the benefit of increasing carbon dioxide absorption using blockchain technology. Climate the… Continue reading Solving the Climate Change Problem Using Blockchain Technology – Start of the FOSTER Project

Fresh off the heels of announcing a non-fungible token (NFT) organization called Blockchain Creative Labs and a blockchain-based animated series, Fox Broadcasting Company has revealed it’s invoked a $100 million fund with Bento Box Entertainment (BBE) that aims to bolster NFT content creators. Fox and Bento Box to Fuel NFT Ecosystem With a $100 Million… Continue reading Entertainment Giant Fox Teams up With Bento Box to Manage $100 Million NFT Creator Fund

Mental health is a serious issue that affects the Bitcoin community as much as any other — and should not be stigmatized. Bitcoin4Couples is a duo-author of Nicole and Josh Doña — instances of first person are marked with (name) to avoid confusion. On May 18, 2021, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss appeared on Coffee with… Continue reading Lessons From The Winklevoss Twins On Overcoming Mental Health Stigma

Mental health is a serious issue that affects the Bitcoin community as much as any other — and should not be stigmatized. Bitcoin4Couples is a duo-author of Nicole and Josh Doña — instances of first person are marked with (name) to avoid confusion. On May 18, 2021, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss appeared on Coffee with… Continue reading Lessons From The Winklevoss Twins On Overcoming Mental Health Stigma

Over 90% of all hopeful crypto traders end up losing money when trying their luck in the market, and usually end up losing their capital (or, worst, in debt) while trying to print millions instead. This is why investing for the long term, instead of using leverage on minute charts for short-term gains is a… Continue reading SwissBorg’s Anthony Lesoismier shares investing gems for crypto investors

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has released its regulatory agenda which does not mention bitcoin or cryptocurrency regulation. Bitcoin, Cryptocurrencies Not on SEC’s Latest Regulatory Agenda The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs released the Biden administration’s Spring 2021 Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions last week. It details “the actions administrative… Continue reading SEC Leaves Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Off Regulatory Agenda 2021

Financial advisor Ric Edelman chimes into the Dogecoin debate by calling the controversial meme token the “bad boy of crypto.” Despite outperforming Bitcoin x165 year-to-date, Dogecoin continues to divide opinion . The primary arguments against it center around its poor fundamentals, namely its uncapped token supply and lack of definitive use case. However, as evidenced… Continue reading Crypto’s “bad boy” Dogecoin does more harm than good, analyst says

American venture capital investor Tim Draper still believes in a bitcoin price prediction he made in mid-April 2018, at the Draper University blockchain party. At the time, Draper said that he thinks bitcoin could reach $250K by 2022, and during an interview with CNBC’s Jade Scipioni this week, Draper reiterated his six-digit bitcoin price forecast.… Continue reading Venture Capitalist Tim Draper Doubles Down on His $250K by 2022 Bitcoin Price Prediction

A new filing with the SEC indicates that another Morgan Stanley bitcoin fund will stem from the partnership of NYDIG and FS Investments. A recent filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) indicates that a new institutional bitcoin fund will be jointly created by NYDIG, an institutional bitcoin solutions provider, and FS Investments,… Continue reading NYDIG, FS Investments File To Offer Another Bitcoin Fund Through Morgan Stanley

A video suggesting that a local news producer omitted Bitcoin stories for black audiences raised questions about biases and Bitcoin culture. A Twitter video presented by former FOX 26 reporter Ivory Hecker, who is working to expose what she sees as network corruption and bias, seems to show an assistant news director at the station… Continue reading Video Showing Media Bias Around Bitcoin And Black Audiences Prompts Questions About Culture

Fifty crypto businesses based in South Korea have applied for a license under the new Information Security Management System (ISMS), a government-backed certification that certifies companies that meet stringent standards of data protection and privacy. Crypto regulations are coming The regulation takes effect in September 2021 and is one of the first certifications for crypto… Continue reading 50 Korean crypto firms apply for new licenses as strict regulation looms

Bitcoin mining firm Genesis Digital Assets has bought 10,000 bitcoin mining rigs from Canaan, advancing a partnership that started in April. Bitcoin miner manufacturer Canaan announced that it has secured a purchase order for 10,000 of its A1246 and A1166Pro machines from industrial-scale bitcoin mining firm Genesis Digital Assets. The order, which is set to… Continue reading Genesis Digital Assets Buys 10,000 Bitcoin Mining Rigs From Canaan

Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey says there will be an element of “tough love” in regulating cryptocurrency. “What we cannot have is a world where innovation gets a free pass to ignore the public interest. The odds of such an approach not ending well are too high,” the governor said. Bank of England’s Bailey… Continue reading Bank of England Boss Pledges ‘Tough Love’ in Cryptocurrency Regulation

This week’s newsletter celebrates the lock-in of Taproot, describes a draft BIP for improving transaction privacy and more. The Bitcoin Optech newsletter provides readers with a top-level summary of the most important technical news happening in Bitcoin, along with resources that help them learn more. To help our readers stay up-to-date with Bitcoin, we’re republishing… Continue reading Bitcoin Optech #153: Locking In Taproot