First Deputy Governor of the Bank of Russia Sergey Shvetsov likened buying bitcoin to "entering a minefield" in an interview released on the Central Bank's official website Wednesday. Shvetsov went on to describe alternative financial instruments such as Bitcoin as "technological financial pyramids," adding

Customers of the UK's oldest Bitcoin exchange Coinfloor are now incentivized to stack sats — and to keep at it. The firm is updating its fee structure for automated bitcoin-buying services: those who regularly stack sats using the feature will enjoy a gradual decrease in fees. Every three months,

Obi Nwosu is the CEO and co-founder of Coinfloor, the UK's longest-running Bitcoin exchange. He has over 20 years’ experience building online marketplaces and bringing virtual currencies to tens of millions of people. Obi writes The Road to Bitcoin Hegemony, a weekly recap of some of the most

On August 8th, 2017, one of the most significant protocol upgrades in Bitcoin's history reached lock-in threshold on the network: Segregated Witness, or SegWit for short. The lock-in was remarkable not just for its implications for the future of Bitcoin's functionalities, but also for the historic