Deniz Saat

Bitcoin and cryptocurrency regulation has been approved in the first round of considerations and is expected to be passed within the coming months. Originally there were two draft bills under review by the Chamber of Deputies. Senate bill 3825/19 would have defined the guidelines for regulation on Bitcoin and

Inflation in the U.S. has steadily increased in the last 12 months from 4.2% in April 2021 to more than double by March 2022. The White House recently announced that last month’s CPI hit a staggering 8.5%. Source: Trading Economics When we take a look at

By connecting banks, businesses, individuals, and recently El Salvador to the Lightning Network, IBEX Mercado plans to expand with their recent $4 million seed funding. IBEX was founded in 2018 by Jose Luis Lemus with the aim to unlock low-cost, instantaneous, and cross-border payments through Lightning.  Bitcoin-focused Venture Capital firm

Blockstream announced on April 8th, 2022 that they are teaming up with Tesla and Block Inc. to retrofit a Bitcoin mining facility with a 3.8 Megawatt (MW) Tesla Solar PV array and a 12 Megawatt-hour (MWh) Megapack. It is confirmed that construction for the mining facility has begun and

Jack Mallers, CEO of Strike, announced at the Bitcoin 2022 Conference in Miami that his company has partnered with Shopify, NCR, and Blackhawk Network. These payment providers work with the majority of major U.S. companies like McDonald’s, Walmart, Walgreens, Home Depot, Best Buy, Chipotle, Starbucks, Whole Foods, and

Former Chief Strategy Officer of Blockstream Samson Mow left the company back in March to pursue “nation state Bitcoin adoption”. He has now started a new company called Jan3 (named after the date that Bitcoin’s Genesis block was mined) that will focus on layer two technologies like Liquid and

On April 5th, 2022 The Bitcoin Company announced a $2.1 million dollar seed round that was led by members of the Bitcoin community as well as other Bitcoin companies and firms. Some of those who are involved include: Greg Foss, Jay Gould, American HODL, Brad Mills, Seetee, Mimesis Capital,

On April 5th, 2022 Business Development Lead for Lightning Labs Ryan Gentry announced that Bitcoin and the Lightning Network will soon have the ability to handle multiple assets. Taro is a protocol powered by Taproot and enables Bitcoin to have app developers integrate assets that may be settled alongside on-chain