Watch this episode on YouTube or listen wherever you get your podcasts. ***** Greetings and salutations my fellow plebs. My name is Walker and this is THE Bitcoin Podcast. It’s Wednesday, September 13th, 2023. At the time of recording, the Bitcoin block height is 807,450 and the value of

In collaboration with My First Bitcoin, Bitcoin Beach, and the Ministry of Education, the country unveiled a Bitcoin education pilot program on September 7th. The goal is to integrate Bitcoin education into every school's curriculum by 2024. Launched on the 2-year anniversary of the revolutionary Bitcoin Law, this

The SEC has recently postponed the spot Bitcoin ETF applications of BlackRock, Fidelity, WisdomTree, Invesco & Galaxy, VanEck, Bitwise, and Valkyrie, as initially revealed by Bloomberg ETF analysts James Seyffart and Eric Balchunas. https://twitter.com/JSeyff/status/1697328531519279217 This marked the initial decision deadline by the SEC in the

In Grayscale v. SEC, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit ruled on August 29th, 2023 that the agency acted arbitrarily by refusing to grant the digital asset firm permission to operate a Bitcoin ETF. The decision, which comes after the SEC turned down Grayscale's

Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) unveiled a series of suggested rules emphasizing the sale and exchange of digital assets by brokers.  This aligns with the broader framework presented by the Biden-Harris Administration's bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA)

In Hong Kong, Bitcoin and cryptocurrency trading access is being expanded to individual investors, with one exchange recently receiving regulatory approval to provide these services. On August 3rd, the local digital asset company HashKey announced that it has secured all the required licensing to grow its business from catering to

Upon observing this year's Mining Disrupt Conference, the attendee list might have surprised you. Instead of the usual mix of hobbyists, professionals, and industry giants, this year's event hosted an unusual crowd - politicians and their aides. This shift in attendees signaled an unprecedented chapter in

In an interview with the Financial Times on July 31st, Coinbase's CEO Brian Armstrong disclosed that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) once told the crypto exchange to remove almost 250 tokens from its platform, except Bitcoin. This request came before the regulatory body filed a