Man Accidentally Threw Away Bitcoin Hard Drive Worth $500 Million. Now He's Suing City for Refusing to Let Him Look for It in the Dump
A UK man is suing the city council for millions after being denied permission to excavate a landfill to find a hard drive containing Bitcoin worth over $500 million.
Will Argentina Soon Adopt El Salvador's Bitcoin, Volcano Bonds Strategy?
Argentina's vice president welcomed El Salvador's Nayib Bukele to the Senate Tuesday, expressing her interest in Bitcoin and asking the pro-Bitcoin leader to discuss the nation's volcano bonds.
Bitcoin Logs Best September Performance In Over A Decade
Bitcoin has just recorded its best September yet in 11 years, setting up the world's top cryptocurrency for a potentially beneficial fourth quarter.
Bitcoin Community Prepares For 'Uptober' Surge After 3-Week Spike
Bitcoin has logged a strong performance in the past three weeks, and while it has yet to see action similar to how it skyrocketed to its March all-time high, observers and analysts believe a bull run like no other is incoming, starting this "Uptober."
'Not A Good Sign': Crypto Users Demand Answers Over Purported Coinbase Transaction Limits
Several Coinbase users are raising concerns about their accounts being restricted, and things are getting serious by the hour as some users have accused the crypto exchange giant of not having enough crypto reserves for the assets it is offering to consumers.
Bitcoin Hits $65K – Why Is $BTC Up Today?
Bitcoin has had a rough few weeks following two market bloodbaths last month, but this week has been good for the digital currency, allowing the crypto coin to pass the $65,000-mark late on Thursday.
'Bitcoin Is Speech' – Paper Presents 'Powerful' Arguments On $BTC's Protection Under First Amendment
Bitcoin has been called many things – the future of money, the King of the crypto market, and revolutionary money – but this time, it's been called "speech," and the arguments are quite strong.
Ancient Bitcoin Whale Reactivates, Moves Bitcoin Mined A Month After $BTC Launch
An "OG" Bitcoin whale wallet reawakened and, in recent days, moved its $BTC stash to Kraken. The Bitcoins were mined back in 2009, about a month after the world's largest cryptocurrency by market cap was officially launched.
State Of Bitcoin Adoption In El Salvador 3 Years After $BTC Became Legal Tender
El Salvador is often dubbed the "Bitcoin country," given its various initiatives to drive adoption – how has adoption progressed since the nation became first in the world in adopting BTC as legal tender?
Celsius Tether Legal Showdown: Stablecoin Giant Nearing End Of 'Borrowed Time'?
Celsius sued Tether over a loan from the stablecoin giant that involved over 39,000 Bitcoins in collateral, and while Tether has called the lawsuit "baseless," some X users believe it's just the beginning of an unraveling of the company's business practices.
'Permanent' Holders Amass Nearly $5B In Bitcoin Amid Market Panic Selling
A Bitcoiner group that isn't among ETF holders has snapped up thousands of $BTC within 30 days, highlighting the trend in the crypto market wherein a buyer waits for a seller to dump when prices plunge.
Residents of a Texan town say bitcoin mining threatens to crash its power grid
A 300-megawatt facility has altered the lives of several Granbury residents, who also complain about the noise it makes
GOP 2024 Platform Highlights Bitcoin Mining, Broader Crypto Industry Focus
Republicans have released a 2024 platform that placed crypto on top of two other innovation causes it wants to prioritize – the four crypto facets mentioned were previously championed by GOP presidential frontrunner Donald Trump.
Coinbase Sues SEC For 'Prosecuting' Crypto Firms, Seeking To 'Destroy' Industry
Coinbase sued the SEC and FDIC on Thursday, accusing the U.S. financial regulators of seeking to destroy the digital assets industry and purposefully working to de-bank crypto firms.
'Bitcoin Country' El Salvador's Students Now Learning About Mining ASICs
El Salvador continues to educate its people about Bitcoin, and students are now on a higher level of learning as they are being taught about ASICs – critical components of the crypto mining industry.
Bitcoin Sheds $2,000 After US Spot BTC ETFs Snap 19-Day Net Inflows Streak
Bitcoin has plunged to $67,000 after hovering below $70,000 following data that showed spot BTC ETFs broke their positive net inflows streak for 19 straight days – other coins appear to have been affected by the news too.
New York sues two crypto companies over $1 billion pyramid schemes targeting Latino migrants
The indictment says the scammers exploited the immigrants' religious faith
Tether to freeze accounts following reports of Venezuelan oil company using USDT to evade sanctions
Nicolás Maduro failed in his attempt to have his own cryptocurrency to "overcome the financial blockade"
Voters in Argentina, Brazil, Mexico trust crypto but await further regulation by governments
Crypto exchange Bitso unveiled the results of three polls conducted in LatAm's largest economies
Bitcoin Miners Face Survival Test In 'Halving'
Miners of bitcoin will soon face a halving of the reward for operating the most popular cryptocurrency, in a pivotal event that is a test of survival, industry commentators say.
El Salvador Makes Good On Daily Bitcoin Buy Promise, Now Holds 5,700 BTC
El Salvador isn't allowing a week-long Bitcoin slump to discourage its Bitcoin treasury goals as it did, as proven by on-chain data, purchase one BTC daily in the past 11 days.
El Salvador's 'Bitcoin Beach' Cheers Cryptocurrency Surge
Located 58 kilometers (36 miles) southwest of the capital San Salvador, El Zonte gained its nickname due to its widespread early use of the cryptocurrency for payments.
El Salvador Stashes $406 Million In Bitcoin In 'Cold Wallet': Bukele
"We've decided to transfer a big chunk of our bitcoin to a cold wallet, and store that cold wallet in a physical vault within our national territory," Bukele said on social media site X.
Trump Signals Softening Stance On Bitcoin: 'It's An Additional Form Of Currency'
The former president expressed a more positive view toward Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, saying he has had "fun" with the world's first decentralized cryptocurrency.
Bitcoin Surges to New All-Time Highs: Unveiling El Salvador's Profit Margin from Crypto Investments
El Salvador holds at least 2,860 bitcoins, based on President Bukele's official announcements
Billionaire Bill Ackman Mulls Bitcoin; MicroStrategy's Saylor, Other Bulls Offer '1 On 1' Talks
Bill Ackman signaled that he may consider purchasing Bitcoin – his interest has since drawn comments from Bitcoin bulls such as Michael Saylor and Stacks co-creator Muneeb Ali.
Bitcoin Reaches New All-Time High but Quickly Finds a Barrier in the $70,000 Mark
The largest digital asset by market value briefly reached $69,646 this Friday but dropped sharply right after
Tesla, SpaceX Wallets Collectively Hold Over $1.3Bn In Bitcoin: Arkham
Arkham Intelligence on Thursday claimed to have identified the digital wallets of Tesla and SpaceX, supposedly revealing the tech behemoths' collective billion-dollar Bitcoin holdings.
Bitcoin Surpasses the $69,000 Mark and Reaches a new All-Time High
The previous milestone had been achieved in November 2021 before plunging over two and a half years and reaching as low as $16,000
Bitcoin Hits $65,000 Milestone Amid Rising Demand and Influx of ETFs
BlackRock and Fidelity Investments' have obtained 79% of the entire inflow into Bitcoin's ETF ecosystem since its inception.