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

Bitcoin is at the doors of mainstream adoption, according to research conducted by major American investment bank Citi. In its March 1st report, Citi suggests that Bitcoin is at the “tipping point” of either “mainstream acceptance or speculative implosion.” The bank's researchers explain that adoption of the world&

zkSNACKs, the company behind Bitcoin privacy wallet Wasabi Wallet, and Canadian Bitcoin exchange Bull Bitcoin have teamed up to finance a $40,000 grant awarded to Bitcoin developer Luke Jr in support of the further development of Bitcoin node software Bitcoin Knots. As the two companies announced in a blog

Since its publication in 2008, the Bitcoin white paper has been hosted across multiple platforms. Anyone who wants to read the nine pages that made monetary history can easily find them in various corners of the internet. But one initiative went a step further: in a 25-minute video published on

This article was originally published on Bitcoin Magazine on February 24th, 2020. The discussion on Taproot activation appears to have reached its final stage, with the remaining decision revolving around the activation parameter LOT. The code for Taproot, a proposed Bitcoin protocol upgrade for compact and privacy-preserving smart contracts, has

MicroStrategy just added over a billion dollars worth of bitcoin to its treasury. Microstrategy announced on Wednesday that it had purchased 19,452 bitcoin for just over $1 billion, working its reserves up to 90,531 bitcoin—equivalent to about $4.5 billion as of press time. Commenting on the

Fans of sweet pastries and digital gold in UK city Leeds can now tend to both passions at a local bakery that has just adopted Bitcoin as a form of payment. According to a February 22nd report by local news outlet Evening Post, Project D co-owner Max Poynton said that

Square has bought another $170 million worth of Bitcoin, as the company revealed in its fourth quarter financial report on Tuesday. The financial services company led by Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey announced the purchase "as part of its ongoing commitment to the cryptocurrency." Square previously allocated one percent