Federally chartered banks in the U.S. can now operate nodes and use stablecoins, according to a letter published by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), a bureau within the U.S. Treasury department, on Monday.
Specifically, the letter explains that banks may "connect to blockchains
The hardware wallet market is getting a new contender. Bitcoin infrastructure firm Blockstream is joining the game with its open-source hardware wallet Jade, according to a press release shared with the BTC Times on Sunday.
The hardware wallet allows for the offline storage of bitcoin as well as all Liquid
MicroStrategy has been one of the largest buyers of bitcoin in recent months.
The American business services company deployed $250 million into Bitcoin over August, then an additional $175 million in September. These two investments represented the first and second time a publicly-traded corporation had bought bitcoin for investment purposes.
MicroStrategy has been one of the largest buyers of bitcoin in recent months.
The American business services company deployed $250 million into Bitcoin over August, then an additional $175 million in September. These two investments represented the first and second time a publicly-traded corporation had bought bitcoin for investment purposes.
Federally chartered banks in the U.S. can now operate nodes and use stablecoins, according to a letter published by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), a bureau within the U.S. Treasury department, on Monday.
Specifically, the letter explains that banks may "connect to blockchains
The hardware wallet market is getting a new contender. Bitcoin infrastructure firm Blockstream is joining the game with its open-source hardware wallet Jade, according to a press release shared with the BTC Times on Sunday.
The hardware wallet allows for the offline storage of bitcoin as well as all Liquid
China's Bitcoin miners may be eyeing Sweden and the Nordic countries as a new home, but they may be crucially ignoring another place much closer to home.
In a report released last month, Bitcoin mining and media firm HASHR8 identified Kazakhstan as a low-key newcomer in Bitcoin'
After a couple of days at consolidation around $29,000, Bitcoin passed $30,000 on January 2nd and climbed as far as $33,300, before retracing to the $31,000 range. This latest milestone puts the cryptocurrency 50% above its previous all-time high of $20,000. It also marks a
Digital asset manager Grayscale now holds $20 billion worth of cryptocurrency, $17.5 billion of which is in Bitcoin.
The value of the firm's holdings are up around 900% year to date, according to Barry Silbert, CEO of Grayscale parent Digital Currency Group (DCG):
"We did it!
Bitcoin has kicked off the year with strength, sitting at $29,400 on the first day of 2021, over 300 percent higher than on the same day in 2020. The past year has been one of accelerated recognition for Bitcoin as it has been increasingly talked about for its capabilities
On December 28th, Greenpro Capital, a Nevada-registered and Kuala Lumpur-headquartered business incubator, announced that it will be investing in Bitcoin with company money.
Greenpro thinks that Bitcoin will "produce significant future value for the Company" because it will "provide the opportunity for better returns and preserve the
