Authorities in China's Inner Mongolia region plan to stop local bitcoin mining activities. According to an energy-saving plan published by the Inner Mongolia Development and Reform Commission on Feb. 25, local authorities will stop all ongoing bitcoin mining operations and prevent new ones from being established. These new

Goldman Sachs is dealing with bitcoin futures, again. Reuters reported on March. 1 that Goldman Sachs will restart bitcoin futures trading for its customers after previously halting the service in 2018. Per the report, the bank will start offering futures contracts and non-deliverable forwards starting next week. Bitcoin's

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