Bakkt, the Bitcoin derivatives brainchild of the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), reported a new all-time high for its Bitcoin futures offering yesterday, with an equivalent of $200 million swapping hands. With 15,955 futures contracts traded in a single day, Bakkt marks a 36% advance on its previous record of 12,

Aviatrade, a private airplane sales company, unveiled a new payment platform last week that allows the well-heeled to purchase multimillion-dollar private jets using bitcoin, according to a report by Business Insider. First on the catalog is a six-year-old Gulfstream G650ER, a private jet with a $40 million sticker price and

Over the past two weeks, there have been fears that Bitcoin miners have become unprofitable. Early in the month, an image circulated online of Bitcoin miners liquidating thousands of coins, sparking fears of a so-called miner capitulation event. Recent blockchain data, however, indicates that this is far from the case.

Business intelligence firm MicroStrategy has all but doubled down on its initial $250 million bitcoin bet by loading up on a further 16,796 BTC, worth around $180 million at press time. Relaying the news, MicroStrategy's CEO Micheal Saylor explained, in no uncertain terms, the addition of thousands

On September 11th, MicroStrategy notified the SEC that it had adopted a new Treasury Reserve Policy. In Item 8.01 of the filing, the company noted that its bitcoin holdings “may increase beyond the $250 million investment that the Company disclosed on August 11, 2020.” The notification comes after the

Throughout the history of Bitcoin, games have played a recurring role in the leading cryptocurrency’s adoption. Online dice-based betting game Satoshi Dice was one of the earliest and most popular game applications that gained traction in the Bitcoin space. Just three weeks after its official launch on bitcointalk.org

Bitcoin infrastructure company Blockstream announced that it has joined the Crypto Open Patent Alliance (COPA), a day after the non-profit organization was launched by Square.  According to its official website, COPA seeks to prevent “patent lockups” of cryptocurrency technologies, which may hinder smaller companies from leveraging technological developments, stifling growth

It's no secret that many central bank officials are no fans of Bitcoin.  Jerome Powell, current Chairman of the Federal Reserve, framed Bitcoin as a "speculative store of value" in a 2019 speech in front of the U.S. Senate. Powell then dismissed fears that Bitcoin