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Aviatrade, a private airplane sales company, unveiled a new payment platform last week that allows the well-heeled to purchase multimillion-dollar private jets using bitcoin, according to a report by Business Insider. First on the catalog is a six-year-old Gulfstream G650ER, a private jet with a $40 million sticker price and

A smart contract was recently deployed on the Bitcoin network to place a $10,000 bet on the outcome of the upcoming US presidential election, marking the first such instance of its kind. On September 8th, Nicolas Dorier, the founder of open-source Bitcoin payment processor BTCPay Server, said he used

The Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People’s Court denied an appeal filed by Bitcoin mining firm Bitmain that sought over 210 million yuan (approximately $30 million) in damages from its rival Poolin, according to a court filing made public this week. Bitmain Accuses Poolin Co-Founders of Violating Non-Competes Poolin and

The French subsidiary of food delivery service Just Eat will accept Bitcoin payments for all orders placed in its mobile application, as per an announcement on Monday. Just Eat France lists over 15,000 restaurants from all over the country and had an estimated 26.8 million users in 2018,

Peer-to-peer trading platform Bisq will soon add support for  Segregated Witness (SegWit), according to a tweet on Saturday. Activated in August of 2017, SegWit introduced a number of improvements to Bitcoin’s performance, including an increase in Bitcoin’s theoretical block size that enabled fee savings for users, as well

Texan authorities issued an emergency cease and desist order against two brokers and their executives after they allegedly promoted a fraudulent Bitcoin investment scheme in the U.S., as per a document published by the Texas State Security Board this week. The two entities - Forex Birds and Pek Universe

A new Bitcoin-focused Exchange Traded Product (ETP) will now allow accredited investors to speculate on negative Bitcoin price movements, according to a press release on Monday. Switzerland’s 21Shares, the issuer of over eleven cryptocurrency ETPs, announced its new Short Bitcoin ETP (SBTC) (Ticker: 21XS) will be available to trade

A new tool calculates Bitcoin's market share among other Proof-of-Work coins, excluding coins issued by a centralized entity. Jordan Tuwiner, the founder of Buy Bitcoin Worldwide, launched Bitcoin Dominance last month to focus on providing a more accurate estimation of Bitcoin’s leadership over other cryptocurrencies. His effort