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Payment App Strike Adds Cashback Feature for Lightning Payments
Payment App Strike Adds Cashback Feature for Lightning Payments

Bitcoin startup Zap is launching a cash back option for users of its Lightning payment app Strike. The feature called “Cashback by Strike” allows users to earn money back on Strike when they make payments via the Lightning Network. Strike is a platform created by Zap that enables Lightning payments

News  •  Bitcoin  •  Aug 21, 2020
Hedge Funds Are Shorting the U.S. Dollar For the First Time in Two Years
Hedge Funds Are Shorting the U.S. Dollar For the First Time in Two Years

According to data from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), hedge funds are net short the U.S. dollar for the first time in two years. The decline in demand for the dollar could benefit Bitcoin in the long term as it is increasingly perceived as a store of value.

News  •  Bitcoin  •  Aug 18, 2020
Bitcoin Cash to "Split" Due to Controversial Miner "Tax" Proposal
Bitcoin Cash to "Split" Due to Controversial Miner "Tax" Proposal

Conflicts within the Bitcoin Cash development community are resulting in another Bitcoin Cash “coin split” – that is, a segment of the Bitcoin Cash community will unilateraly deploy a hard fork upgrade to create a new forkcoin – striking a heavy blow to the already embattled altcoin. The Bitcoin Cash community is

News  •  Altcoins  •  Aug 18, 2020
Grayscale Hits Record $6 Billion Assets Under Management as Institutional Demand For Bitcoin Surges
Grayscale Hits Record $6 Billion Assets Under Management as Institutional Demand For Bitcoin Surges

Investment firm Grayscale’s assets under management surpassed $6 billion USD for the first time, the firm’s CEO Barry Silbert shared, showing a continuous increase in institutional demand for Bitcoin. Grayscale operates various regulated publicly-traded investment vehicles that tailor to accredited and institutional investors.  The firm’s most widely-used

News  •  Bitcoin  •  Aug 17, 2020
Goldman Sachs Predicts a 20% Stocks Upsurge—How Will This Affect Bitcoin?
Goldman Sachs Predicts a 20% Stocks Upsurge—How Will This Affect Bitcoin?

$71 billion USD banking giant Goldman Sachs anticipates the S&P 500 to surge 20% by the year’s end. Since April, Bitcoin and the S&P 500 have been seeing some correlation, and favorable market conditions could benefit Bitcoin’s long-term trajectory. David Kostin, the chief U.

News  •  Bitcoin  •  Aug 16, 2020
Payment App Strike Adds Cashback Feature for Lightning Payments
Payment App Strike Adds Cashback Feature for Lightning Payments

Bitcoin startup Zap is launching a cash back option for users of its Lightning payment app Strike. The feature called “Cashback by Strike” allows users to earn money back on Strike when they make payments via the Lightning Network. Strike is a platform created by Zap that enables Lightning payments

News  •  Bitcoin  •  Aug 21, 2020
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B HODL Increases Holdings to 165.487 Bitcoin Following Latest Purchase
B HODL Increases Holdings to 165.487 Bitcoin Following Latest Purchase

B HODL added one Bitcoin, raising total holdings to 165.487 Bitcoin as part of its ongoing treasury accumulation strategy.

Metaplanet Increases Holdings to 40,177 Bitcoin Following Latest Purchase
Metaplanet Increases Holdings to 40,177 Bitcoin Following Latest Purchase

Metaplanet added 5,075 Bitcoin, bringing holdings to 40,177 Bitcoin, now the third-largest corporate Bitcoin treasury.

Blockstream Researcher Introduces SHRIMPS as New Step Toward Quantum-Resistant Bitcoin
Blockstream Researcher Introduces SHRIMPS as New Step Toward Quantum-Resistant Bitcoin

Jonas Nick introduced SHRIMPS, a multi-device post-quantum signature scheme with ~2.5 KB signatures for Bitcoin security.

Capital B Converts Bonds and Secures €2.8 Million To Expand Treasury Strategy
Capital B Converts Bonds and Secures €2.8 Million To Expand Treasury Strategy

Capital B converted bonds and raised €2.8 million with backing from Adam Back to expand its Bitcoin treasury.

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SEC Issues Guidance Clarifying Status of Digital Assets and Bitcoin Mining
SEC Issues Guidance Clarifying Status of Digital Assets and Bitcoin Mining

SEC says Bitcoin mining does not meet the definition of a security and classifies Bitcoin as a digital commodity.

Kazakhstan Central Bank Plans up to $350 Million Allocation to Bitcoin and Digital Assets
Kazakhstan Central Bank Plans up to $350 Million Allocation to Bitcoin and Digital Assets

Kazakhstan’s central bank plans to allocate up to $350 million from its reserves to Bitcoin and digital asset–related investments.

Bitcoiners Push Back on Quantum Computing Risk Claims
Bitcoiners Push Back on Quantum Computing Risk Claims

Bitcoiners say quantum computing does not pose an immediate threat and that the network has time to prepare for potential long-term risks.

CFTC Clears Path for Federally Regulated Spot Bitcoin and Crypto Trading
CFTC Clears Path for Federally Regulated Spot Bitcoin and Crypto Trading

The CFTC will allow federally regulated spot Bitcoin and crypto trading for the first time as Bitnomial prepares to launch its new exchange.

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