New York’s State Senate voted to pass bill S6486D which will invoke a two-year moratorium on Bitcoin and cryptocurrency mining operations that use the Proof-of-Work mechanism to validate transactions. The State Senate voted 36-27 in favor of passing the bill into law. The bill will now be sent to

Included in this article are timestamped links for all mentioned streams. Last week the city of Oslo in Norway was host to the Oslo Freedom Forum (OFF). The OFF is an annual gathering of activists from around the world who are united in the fight against tyranny. The conference is

The Central African Republic (CAR) will initiate the first-ever Bitcoin investment platform in Africa. The country continues to dive deeper into digital assets despite prior warnings from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).   The IMF previously cited concerns for the legal and economic repercussions that the country might face as it

Bitcoin Argentina is a non-governmental organization that has partnered with Built With Bitcoin to educate up to 4,000 Argentine students across 40 high schools on the importance of Bitcoin. The project will begin with forty schools but hopes to increase that number in the future. The program is designed

At the Bitcoin 2022 conference last month, the Portuguese archipelago Madeira announced its optimism for Bitcoin, which has seemingly sparked confusion among many people.  The President of Madeira, Miguel Albuquerque, made the announcement saying, “I believe in the future, and I believe in Bitcoin.” He further vowed to “create in

On Sunday, the President of El Salvador tweeted plans to host representatives from 44 countries to discuss financial inclusion, the digital economy, banking the unbanked, the Bitcoin rollout, and its benefits.  In a series of tweets, President Bukele detailed that attending representatives are from: the Central Bank of São Tomé

President Nayib Bukele announced in a tweet that El Salvador has purchased an additional 500 BTC with an average price of around $30,744. The country now holds a total of 1,620 BTC that is currently valued at over $50 million. Looking back on September 6th, 2021 Bukele tweeted

The second-ever Bitcoin futures ETF was approved by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on May 6th, 2022. The SEC has officially approved Valkyrie's Bitcoin futures ETF following up on Teucrium’s Bitcoin futures ETF approval last month. The SEC has approved futures ETFs in the