A Bitcoin miner has successfully mined Block 883,181, securing a reward of approximately $310,000. The miner, who operated independently without the backing of a major mining company, solved the cryptographic puzzle required to validate transactions and add a new block to the Bitcoin blockchain. The Mining Method Crypto journalist Pete Rizzo first reported the rare […]
“The crypto community has largely shifted their attention to Bitcoin and other layer-1 assets like Ethereum, Solana, Toncoin, and Cardano,” reported Santiment on Feb. 11. It added that, collectively, the top L1 assets are getting 44% of discussions among specific cryptocurrencies, while top meme coins like Dogecoin, Shiba Inu, and Pepe are being discussed less […]
The Bitcoin network seems like a ghost town, with its activities falling to the lowest level in a year. A Bitcoin Network Activity Index from the market analytics platform CryptoQuant hovers around 3,760, the lowest since February 2024, indicating that activity on the leading blockchain has plunged 15% since its November 2024 record high. According […]
Previously undocumented transactions tied to Bitcoin’s foundational days could mean that Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto was last active on-chain nearly ten years ago. This insight was shared by Coinbase Director Conor Grogan, whose findings raise questions about early crypto movements and their implications for the identity of the world’s most famous anonymous figure. Exploring Satoshi’s […]
BlackRock – the world’s largest asset manager, is gearing up to launch a Bitcoin-linked exchange-traded product (ETP) in Europe. This marks its first foray into the European crypto market. The fund is expected to be based in Switzerland. This move follows the success of BlackRock’s US-based iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT), which currently manages $58 billion […]
“Earlier today, we announced that we are now Strategy, a new name that powerfully and succinctly conveys the universal and global appeal of our company,” said Phong Le, President and Chief Executive Officer. The rebrand came to emphasize the firm’s focus on Bitcoin and AI as transformative technologies. “We have completed $20 billion of our […]
“Feels like a great time to enter BTC!” exclaimed Eric Trump on X on Jan. 6. The post followed a similar one on Feb. 3 when he said it was a “great time to add ETH,” resulting in a double-digit recovery for the asset. However, there was little reaction on spot markets for BTC, which remains […]
On Feb. 3, President Trump announced plans to create a US sovereign wealth fund, a national investment vehicle designed to generate and distribute assets for American citizens. Trump signed the executive order at a White House event directing Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, who are both pro-crypto, to “begin a […]
Although the previous month (and the start of the new year) began on the wrong foot, with BTC standing firmly within fix-digit price territory, the asset managed to turn it around and charted a new all-time high a couple of weeks back. All eyes have now turned to February, which is historically a highly profitable […]
The Czech Republic’s central bank head recently echoed statements he made earlier in January boasting plans for the Central European nation to begin stockpiling Bitcoin, in remarks published by the Financial Times Wednesday. On Thursday, the Czech National Bank (CNB) said it would start analyzing the prospects of introducing additional asset classes to its reserve, […]