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For Bitcoin enthusiasts who don't get seasick, a new unconventional living concept is hitting the high seas: a cruise ship whose inhabitants can pay for their homes, services, and goods in bitcoin. According to the boating publication Maritime Executive, Ocean Builders, a company previously focused on building seasteading

While it's unclear if Tesla is looking to get involved in Bitcoin at a corporate level, Tesla employees can apparently dollar-cost average into the leading cryptocurrency at Bitcoin automated teller machines (ATM) inside its first Gigafactory. Will Reeves, CEO of payments app Fold, noted on October 10th that

Under the nose of many in the cryptocurrency space, Stone Ridge Asset Management has accumulated $115 million worth of bitcoin. The $10 billion asset manager confirmed this news to Forbes on October 13th, but did not disclose when exactly the funds were deployed to purchase these coins. Through partially-owned subsidiary
News • Bitcoin • Oct 12, 2020
Under the nose of many in the cryptocurrency space, Stone Ridge Asset Management has accumulated $115 million worth of bitcoin. The $10 billion asset manager confirmed this news to Forbes on October 13th, but did not disclose when exactly the funds were deployed to purchase these coins. Through partially-owned subsidiary
News • Bitcoin • Oct 12, 2020
For Bitcoin enthusiasts who don't get seasick, a new unconventional living concept is hitting the high seas: a cruise ship whose inhabitants can pay for their homes, services, and goods in bitcoin. According to the boating publication Maritime Executive, Ocean Builders, a company previously focused on building seasteading
News • Bitcoin • Oct 11, 2020
While it's unclear if Tesla is looking to get involved in Bitcoin at a corporate level, Tesla employees can apparently dollar-cost average into the leading cryptocurrency at Bitcoin automated teller machines (ATM) inside its first Gigafactory. Will Reeves, CEO of payments app Fold, noted on October 10th that
News • Bitcoin • Oct 10, 2020
Samuel Reed, the former Chief Technology Officer and co-founder of Bitcoin derivatives exchange BitMEX, was released after a $5 million appearance bond had been approved by U.S. courts last week, according to court documents. Reed was required to pay a $500,000 security on the unsecured bond, the document
News • Bitcoin • Oct 09, 2020
Square, the payments platform pioneered by Twitter CEO and Bitcoin evangelist Jack Dorsey, has purchased $50 million worth of bitcoin as part of its new investment strategy. Amounting to precisely 4,709 bitcoin, the purchase represents an aggregate 1% of the firm's total assets. "Square believes that
News • Bitcoin • Oct 07, 2020
100x Group, holding company of embattled crypto derivatives exchange BitMEX operator HDR Global Trading Limited, has announced the replacement of CEO Arthur Hayes, following CTFC charges of money laundering and illegally operating an unlicensed exchange. Within a blog post issued earlier today, BitMEX's parent company noted that Hayes&
News • Bitcoin • Oct 07, 2020
On October 5th, the European Union's Europol, a supernational law enforcement agency, released a report that made it clear Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies are under their purview. The report, titled the "Internet Organised Crime Threat Assessment" for 2020, covered how the internet and related technologies can be
News • Bitcoin • Oct 06, 2020
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has announced the final rules for a ban on the sale of cryptocurrency derivatives and exchange-traded notes (ETNs) to retail customers, which was first proposed in July 2019. Announced today, Britain’s financial watchdog said that the ban which is expected to come
News • Bitcoin • Oct 05, 2020