While Ricardo Salinas Pliego is well-known in his native Mexico for his ownership of several large conglomerates, this year has seen him gain notoriety amongst bitcoiners worldwide for his vocal support of bitcoin.  In a message posted to his Twitter account on Christmas eve, the billionaire gave his followers three

Eight months after paying an $18.5 million fine to the state of New York for misleading statements about its reserves, Tether has agreed to pay another $41 million to settle charges from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) for the same thing. Additionally, Bitfinex accepted a $1.

Online merchants can now accept bitcoin and Tether (USDt) issued on Bitcoin sidechain Liquid. Payments application Bitfinex Pay added support for Liquid this week; developed by Bitcoin exchange Bitfinex, the app allows online merchants to accept a selection of cryptocurrencies. While multiple payment services have integrated Bitcoin or are even

A new acquisition has two of the oldest Bitcoin exchanges serving the British market come together: UK-focused exchange CoinCorner has acquired the customer base and domains of Coinfloor, the UK's longest-running Bitcoin exchange. All of Coinfloor's customers will now be transferred to CoinCorner, the exchanges told

UK-focused Bitcoin exchange CoinCorner has gone carbon-neutral. The company announced on Tuesday that it has calculated the carbon emissions produced by staff commutes, office electricity, partner companies utilized, and every transaction it passes through the Bitcoin network, and has partnered with two charities to offset those emissions. As part of

Hasty reporting and subpar fact-checking caught a number of the world's leading media outlets in an awkward situation on Monday as a fake press release made it into their headlines. "Walmart to accept payments with cryptocurrencies using Litecoin," a CNBC article headline originally read, in the

Bitcoin infrastructure firm Blockstream has partnered with Macquarie Group to build a new bitcoin mining facility with a focus on carbon-neutral energy sources. Macquarie is an Australian investment bank with more than $400 billion in assets under management. The group has been heavily involved in supporting renewable energy developments and

Twitter appears to be testing a new feature in beta that has bitcoiners excited. A screenshot picturing what looks like a Twitter beta interface emerged on social media on Wednesday, showing instructions on how to use the Lightning Network to receive tips; a report by MacRumors mentions that "code