Deniz Saat

The University of Wyoming (UW) has launched the UW Bitcoin Research Institute, the first academic institution devoted solely to Bitcoin studies.  Dr. Bradley Rettler, an Associate Professor of Philosophy and author of "Resistance Money: A Philosophical Case for Bitcoin," has been named the inaugural director.  Rettler made the

Russian legislators have approved a bill that allows businesses to utilize Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies for international trade, according to a Reuters report.  This move is part of Russia's strategy to bypass Western sanctions imposed after the Ukraine invasion.  The law, which is anticipated to come into effect in

Former President Donald Trump's recent speech at the Bitcoin 2024 Conference on July 27th has stirred a wide range of reactions on the social media platform X.  The speech, which included bold promises such as firing SEC Chairman Gary Gensler, creating a national Bitcoin stockpile, and making the

As the Bitcoin world buzzes with excitement over the ambitious proposals by Senator Cynthia Lummis and presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a significant issue looms in the background: the 95,000 Bitcoins owed to Bitfinex.  Both Lummis’s and Kennedy’s plans to integrate Bitcoin into the U.S.

The Bitcoin Policy UK (BPUK) has released open letters to the Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, and the City Minister, Tulip Siddiq, outlining the urgent need for a comprehensive Bitcoin policy.  Only the US and China hold more Bitcoin than the UK. Yet we've done nothing to capitalise on this

Marathon Digital Holdings (MARA), a company that harnesses digital asset computing for energy transformation, has purchased $100 million worth of Bitcoin, boosting its total holdings to more than 20,000 Bitcoin. The company also revealed a new treasury strategy by retaining all mined Bitcoin and making strategic acquisitions periodically. Fred

BlackRock's spot Bitcoin ETF, the iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT), saw an inflow of $526 million on July 22nd, marking its largest single-day increase since March.  This nearly $527 million influx brought the total assets under management for BlackRock's Bitcoin fund to over $22 billion. This recent

The Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX) is set to make history tomorrow with the debut of Asia's first inverse Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF). The CSOP Bitcoin Futures Daily (-1x) Inverse Product will start trading on July 23rd. This ETF will invest in short positions on Bitcoin futures contracts