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Lightning Is the Only Way to Digital Freedom, Widely Accepted Bitcoin Adoption

Lighting Network adoption is helping to scale Bitcoin across the globe. It will also be crucial to safeguarding our digital freedoms. This opinion editorial is by Paolo Ardoino, chief technology officer at Bitfinex. Don't listen to the fearful avalanche of uncertainty, doubt and fear (badum tssss), which is coming down from large parts of the […]

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Eurocoinpay Partners to Launch a First Cryptocurrency Based Card in Spain

Eurocoinpay, the Spanish cryptocurrency exchange, has reached a deal to provide one of the first crypto-based Spanish debit cards. Customers of Eurocoinpay already have access to the card. It will enable them to purchase products at more than 90million establishments across the European Union as well as around the globe. Eurocoinpay aims to introduce crypto

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Bitcoin, Technical Analysis: BTC Back Above $19,000 – Ahead of FOMC Conference

Bitcoin traded marginally higher before Wednesday's United States FOMC meeting. It is expected that the Federal Reserve would increase interest rates. Many expect the Fed to raise rates by more than 75 basis points, as inflation remains high. After briefly falling below $1300 Monday, Ethereum also rose. Bitcoin Bitcoin (BTC), was slightly higher Tuesday as

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Riot and Blockware Solutions Describe How Bitcoin Is a Medium of Exchange: Report

This report examines the steps needed to bring Bitcoin transactions to 7 Billion people. It also outlines the future outlook for the industry over the next 20 year. Riot Blockchain Inc., a Bitcoin mining company, and Blockware Solutions, an on-chain analytics firm have published a report that details the future scalability for Bitcoin transaction fees.

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Nasdaq’s Bitcoin Miner Terawulf Reveals that 12,000 Miners have been deployed at the Lake Mariner site

The publicly-listed mining company Terawulf announced that its Lake Mariner mining data centre was up and running with 30 megawatts (30MW) of capacity. 11 days later, Terawulf revealed that nearly 12,000 miners are operating at the facility in New York. Terawulf currently has 1.3 exahash/s (EH/s), of hashpower, which includes Lake Mariner's hosted and owned

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Colorado Becomes First US State To Accept Bitcoin As Payment For Taxes

Colorado residents now have the ability to pay their state taxes using bitcoin and cryptocurrency, but only with a PayPal Account. Colorado is now the first state in America to accept Bitcoin for tax payments. Gov. According to Axios Denver, Jared Polis announced Monday that the new payment method was being implemented. According to the

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Microstrategy purchases 301 Bitcoin; Public Company Now Owns 130,000 BTC

Microstrategy executive chairman Michael Saylor stated that his company recently bought 301 bitcoin at an average price $19,851 per currency. Saylor explained that Microstrategy's balance sheet currently holds 130,000 bitcoins, making it the largest bitcoin stash held by any publicly traded business. Microstrategy acquires more Bitcoin at an average price of $19,851 per coin Microstrategy

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Nasdaq’s Crypto Unit is Established — There is Increased Demand for Digital Assets among Institutional Investors

Nasdaq announced the launch "Nasdaq Digital Assets", citing the increased demand for digital assets by institutional investors over recent years. Initially, the new crypto unit will provide custody solutions for bitcoins and ether to institutional investors. Nasdaq Establishes Crypto Unit Nasdaq (Nasdaq, NDAQ), world's second largest stock exchange, has announced Tuesday that it will launch

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