Former Chief Strategy Officer at Blockstream, Samson Mow, appeared on CNBC on Tuesday alongside Gabor Gurbacs of VanEck and Deirdre Bosa to discuss “The Role of Crypto During Geopolitical Unrest.” The trio discussed Bitcoin’s apolitical and censorship resistant nature and how it’s value proposition has become clear over

Founder of Polkadot Gavin Wood tweeted at the official Ukraine Twitter account posted Bitcoin, Ethereum, and USDT addresses that he would donate if Ukraine added a DOT address. Many people across the globe have begun donating Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies to help fund the Ukrainian military in its efforts to

Amid recent government regulations within Ukraine’s financial sector, cryptocurrency aid is currently the primary source of assistance coming in for the country.   Within a week of Russia's invasion into the Ukraine, the defending country received several million dollars worth of bitcoin and crypto donations through the Come

Samson Mow has announced that he is leaving his post as Chief Strategy Officer at Bitcoin infrastructure company blockstream.  Mow joined Blockstream in April 2017 shortly after it had appointed Dr. Adam Back as CEO and raised $55 million Series A funding. The block size debate was reaching its crescendo

Braiins, the first bitcoin mining pool company, has donated 10 of their own bitcoin as well as 2.5 petahash to support Ukraine in lieu of Russia's invasion into the sovereign state. The company also created a hashrate donation account on Slush Pool so that Bitcoin miners across

The debate over proof-of-work mining in the European Parliament has been delayed with energy FUD surrounding Bitcoin mining. The Markets in Crypto-Assets Directive, known as MiCA, was set for vote on February 28th. The agenda was to start negotiations between the body and the Council of the European Union and

In a speech at the 2022 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) this week, U.S. Senator Ted Cruz came out unequivocally in favor of Bitcoin. In his speech, he claimed he was bullish, at least in part, because “it is decentralized and uncontrollable.” He added that political parties taking anti-Bitcoin

The Ukrainian National Bank (UNB) recently adopted a resolution following Russian attacks and the declaration of martial law within the country.   Adopted Resolutions   The resolution asserts that bank branches should continue normal operations unless life-threatening situations arise, or the health of the general population is at risk.   The resolution also