The rumor quickly spread and caught the attention of Bitcoin Twitter. Many expressed mixed feelings of disbelief and disappointment.   As the perma-bear Peter Schiff got a whiff of the rumor, he expressed his concerns on Twitter about the unethical nature and legal consequences if verified true. The medium post claimed

Austrians have an appetite for more Bitcoin ATMs according to MediaMarkt, a German electronics retailer that had a successful Bitcoin ATM pilot. "MediaMarkt stores across the country have been equipped with Bitcoin vending machines. In total, these are now present in twelve large shopping centers and enable the simple

Core Scientific, who’s the world's largest publicly traded bitcoin mining company, has started to report its daily bitcoin production figures on its website to improve transparency.  According to Core Scientific CEO, Mike Levitt, in a press release, the reasoning behind reporting the daily figure is because it’

Last week, Microstrategy's CEO, Michael Saylor, addressed the company's shareholders with enthusiasm about the multibillion-dollar Bitcoin treasury strategy in the most recent investor letter released Thursday.  “Our parallel strategy to acquire and hold bitcoin has been a tremendous success. We will continue to vigorously pursue both

A new report suggests that over 1/3 of Nigerians aged 18-60 are investing in and/or trading Bitcoin and various cryptocurrencies. The report revealed that, * Most investors are young, with the median age being 18.4 years old  * Many are long-term investors due to the lowering value of Nigeria’

The founder of Binance, Changpeng Zhao otherwise known as CZ, spoke highly of France’s recent regulations on Wednesday at the Paris Blockchain Week Summit. "France has some very pro-business, pro-crypto regulations and also just (the) government's attitude towards this industry ... has been phenomenal." Despite recent

JAN3, a new company led by Bitcoin entrepreneur, Samson Mow, is now assisting with the Bitcoin City project in El Salvador.   Samson Mow is the founder of Pixelmatic and former CSO of Blockstream. His newest company, JAN3 has managed to raise $21M in funding with a current $100M in valuation.

Crusoe Energy is a Bitcoin mining company that takes advantage of flared gas that would have otherwise been wasted energy to power their Bitcoin mining equipment.  The explosive incident occurred near one of Crusoe's mining operations, but was luckily far enough away to effect anyone or any mining