Adan Kohnhorst

A new startup called Engage Raise will provide politicians the option to receive Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies for political campaign donations. The company is owned and operated by Engage Labs and will be launching the service in July across the U.S. Campaign donations are a tool for citizens and corporations

Jay-Z has teamed up with former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey to debut The Bitcoin Academy in the rapper's home of Brooklyn, New York. “[Jay-Z] and I are funding The Bitcoin Academy, a program for residents of Marcy Houses in Brooklyn New York where Jay grew up,” Dorsey Tweeted.

Leading Bitcoin bank, Custodia, has sued the Federal Reserve Board of Governors and the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, in order to force a decision on Custodia's application for a master account. Custodia charges that their application has been “unlawfully” detained for 19 months; in contrast, the

A new partnership aims to bring restaurants around the world into the digital payment space. Lavu is a major global restaurant software and payments solution provider built by those with experience in the restaurant industry. They have recently partnered with Verifone, a global FinTech leader and payment solution provider to

El Salvador is experiencing a crisis of gang crime – after 87 people were killed in one weekend, the country has entered a state of emergency, suspending ordinary human rights while police officers work to control the uptick in violence. Now, leaders in the Bitcoin community are calling for aid in

Employees at Vantage Bank Texas are getting a taste of the future – earlier this week, the small bank in Laredo, Texas turned heads with its new option receive payment in Bitcoin. “The idea for the Bitcoin Savings Plan was something presented to us by one of our partners,” said Vantage

Onstage at Bitcoin 2022 in Miami, Chief Strategy Officer at the Human Rights Organization Alex Gladstein led a conversation with activists Yeonmi Park, Farida Nabourema, and Fadi Elsalameen on the theme “Bitcoin is Freedom.” In it, the speakers shared alternative experiences from smaller economies, offering fresh perspectives on the development

On the first day of the Bitcoin Conference 2022, MicroBT, the company behind the popular Whatsminer series of Bitcoin mining rigs, unveiled its new line: the M50s, the M50, and the M53. The new rigs were announced on the mining stage at Bitcoin 2022 by MicroBT’s COO Jordan Chen.