Day two of the 2022 Bitcoin conference saw many exciting announcements. This conference happens to be one of the largest cryptocurrency-focused events around the world, and will continue to run through Saturday in Miami, Florida.   New Areas Worldwide Adopting Crypto  Officials worldwide are announcing decisions to adopt Bitcoin as legal

Merchants that leverage BitPay's payment processing platform can now receive payments from lightning wallets which enables cheaper and faster transactions.  BitPay has served as a Bitcoin payment processor for merchants since 2011. Naturally, since BitPay is one of the oldest companies in the space, they have accrued one

On the first day of the Bitcoin Conference 2022, MicroBT, the company behind the popular Whatsminer series of Bitcoin mining rigs, unveiled its new line: the M50s, the M50, and the M53. The new rigs were announced on the mining stage at Bitcoin 2022 by MicroBT’s COO Jordan Chen.

On April 5th, 2022 The Bitcoin Company announced a $2.1 million dollar seed round that was led by members of the Bitcoin community as well as other Bitcoin companies and firms. Some of those who are involved include: Greg Foss, Jay Gould, American HODL, Brad Mills, Seetee, Mimesis Capital,

American company, MicroStrategy, has acquired an additional 4,167 BTC, worth approximately $190.5 million as of writing.   The Bitcoin was obtained through a loan against the company’s current holdings. The loan was funded by Silvergate Bank for $205 million and carries a three-year term. The collateral runs quite

On April 5th, 2022 Business Development Lead for Lightning Labs Ryan Gentry announced that Bitcoin and the Lightning Network will soon have the ability to handle multiple assets. Taro is a protocol powered by Taproot and enables Bitcoin to have app developers integrate assets that may be settled alongside on-chain

Breez and Blockstream have announced a partnership aimed at developing next-gen apps for the Lightning Network. The collaboration between Breez and Blockstream seeks to bring new features and improvements to Breez users. For example, using the platform's P2P payments, point-of-sale, and podcast player as separate apps will allow

Bitcoin mining in Norway is 100% renewable and is a flourishing industry according to Arcane Research’s report.  Hydropower is Norway's renewable energy source of choice which packs a mighty punch for a small European country as they contribute almost 1% of the global hash rate. By way