On May 12th, 2022 Australia finally launched a Bitcoin spot ETF along with a second Bitcoin ETF that invests in a Canadian spot Bitcoin ETF. 21Shares Bitcoin ETF (EBTC: AU) is the first Australian spot Bitcoin ETF offered in partnership with ETF securities. The fund directly invests in Bitcoin and

President Nayib Bukele released images of El Salvador’s Bitcoin City model following a recent Tweet that the country “bought the dip” purchasing an additional 500 Bitcoin. The Bitcoin City images showcase a golden city with a Bitcoin centerpiece. Bukele captioned the photos with "Bitcoin city is coming along

Consumers and businesses are looking to their financial institutions for providing Bitcoin services and Jack Henry, a large payment processor for the financial industry, is up to the task. From their press release it was announced that consumers and business accounts alike will be given access to NYDIG’s buy-hold-sell

Block, previously known as Square, said Thursday that Cash App generated $1.73 billion worth of Bitcoin sales during Q1 of 2022. The company also reported generating $43 million in Bitcoin gross profit, according to the Q1 shareholder letter. "Cash App generated $1.73 billion of bitcoin revenue and

Bitfarms Highlights for April 2022: * Paraguay’s production is at 6MW * Working on building several additional farms * Achieved milestone of surpassing 3.0 EH/s hash rate * Bitfarms accounts for a 1.3% share of global hash rate market Bitfarms recently released its April mining report with a review of

Over the weekend, Solana experienced its seventh shutdown in 2022. The blockchain recorded six shut downs in January, and this past weekend marks number seven. A tweet from user @YaelOss points out that the shutdown follows a remark from Solana’s co-founder about how BTC should have changed its consensus

Jack Dorsey, Michael Saylor, Fidelity, and others from the Bitcoin Mining Council (BMC) submitted an open-letter addressing environmental concerns to the United States Environmental Protection Agency.   The BMC letter is a direct response to claims made in a letter dated April 20, 2022, signed by Representative Jared Huffman and 22

An upgrade to the Bitcoin protocol is generating yet another controversy that threatens to split the chain. This time, the issue is BIP-119, a proposal to add the OP_CHECKTEMPLATEVERIFY opcode via a softfork. While the proposed change is generally uncontroversial, the consensus mechanism for accepting the change has catalyzed