According to a statement released by LCH, the clearinghouse arm of the London Stock Exchange Group, it will provide clearing services for cash-settled Bitcoin index futures and options. LCH stated that LCH DigitalAssetClear, the company’s French division, will finalize trades made on the UK-licensed GFO-X digital asset exchange. Head

Yellow Card and Block’s TBD, a Bitcoin-focused developer platform, have partnered to enable fiat and Bitcoin payments in 16 African countries. This development seeks to make cross-border payments and liquidity more accessible and affordable. The Web5 protocol and the tbDEX liquidity network will both include Yellow Card as a

American Bitcoin miner CleanSpark stated on April 11th that it purchased 45,000 Antminer S19 XP ASIC mining rigs for $144.9 million. According to CleanSpark, Antminer will complete all ASIC deliveries before the end of September.  The company currently produces 6.7 exahashes per second (EH/s), and will

The fifth-largest financial services provider in Switzerland, PostFinance, has announced a partnership with regulated digital asset services provider Sygnum Bank to start providing Bitcoin and cryptocurrency services for their customers. PostFinance, which is owned by the Swiss government, will first provide its 2.5 million clients access to purchase, store,

Ralph Lauren, a well-known American fashion brand, has teamed up with BitPay to accept Bitcoin payments at its new Miami Design District location. Customers may use their preferred Bitcoin wallet to pay for clothing. Refunds will be provided in Bitcoin if used as the original form of payment. Steps for

Paxful is one of the largest peer-to-peer (P2P) Bitcoin and cryptocurrency exchanges in the world by volume, and has recently announced the suspension of its marketplace. The company’s founder and CEO, Ray Youssef, cited staff departures and regulatory challenges as the main reasons for suspending the platform. Youssef stated

CleanSpark’s unaudited Bitcoin mining and operations update for March 2023 reported that the company mined 598 BTC during the past month. This brings their first quarter’s total to 1,871 BTC, an increase of 22% over the prior quarter. By selling 502 Bitcoin in March 2023 at an

A court document states that on March 14th, 2023, the U.S. government sold 9,861.1707894 Bitcoin for a sum of $215,738,154.98.  After transaction costs, the government received a profit of $215,522,416.83. The government also disclosed that there are still about 41,490.