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El Salvador has big plans for Bitcoin: the Central American country seeks to become the first to declare Bitcoin legal tender and pave the way for wider adoption of Bitcoin among its population of 6.5 million. The efforts are led by Nayib Bukele, a Salvadorian businessman and the country&

Bitcoin proponents have long pushed back against frequently resurfacing concerns surrounding Bitcoin's carbon footprint. Now, a new collaborative effort might just deliver an argument Bitcoin mining critics will find themselves struggling to refute. Bitcoin infrastructure firm Blockstream has partnered with Jack Dorsey-led Square to build and open-source, solar-powered

Square is considering building a Bitcoin hardware wallet to encourage non-custodial bitcoin storage, as Square chief executive and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey revealed in a Twitter thread on Friday. While the firm has not yet decided if and when it will introduce such a wallet to the market, Dorsey wants

Bitcoin mining firms BTC.TOP and Huobi Mall have reacted to recent developments surrounding Bitcoin mining in China. The move comes after a statement was published by the Financial Stability and Development Committee of China's State Council summarizing a State Council meeting held by Vice Premier Liu He

Like clockwork, China has released a number of statements over the past few days that shook the markets and, in part, the public perception of Bitcoin. Why like clockwork? Because among many long-time HODLers, the announcement has invoked memories from the past few years, which have seen numerous warnings, restrictions,

The University of Pennsylvania has received an anonymous donation of $5 million worth of bitcoin — the largest cryptocurrency donation ever sent to the school. The Philadelphia Ivy League university shared the news in a press release on Thursday, adding that it plans to use the funds to support the "

There’s blood in the streets, and over the weekend, a hero was slain. The Bitcoin market is on a crazy rollercoaster ride since Tesla chief executive Elon Musk announced in a Tweet on Thursday that the firm would halt Bitcoin payments due to environmental concerns. Since then, a lot

The world's largest stablecoin has had its fair share of media exposure during the latest Bitcoin bull market as critics questioned its backing, even going as far as to allege Bitcoin price manipulation through the use of Tether (USDt). In March, the New York Attorney General's