Micah first discovered Bitcoin in 2018 but remained a skeptic on the sidelines for too long. Since 2021, he has covered crypto and business and now works as a news reporter for Bitcoin Magazine, based in North Carolina.
At Bitcoin 2026, a Nakamoto Stage panel made a simple but striking point: Bitcoin’s institutional growth is being driven by competitors who are actually working together, building the tools, products, and infrastructure needed to bring the asset into mainstream finance.
A new documentary, This Time Is Different, will chronicle Bitcoin’s four-year cycle and David Bailey’s journey building Nakamoto Inc. through its public launch and market swings.
At Bitcoin 2026, Michael Saylor pitched STRC as a rapidly growing Bitcoin-backed credit product attracting billions from retail investors and aiming to scale digital credit as a major driver of Bitcoin adoption and price growth.
Czech National Bank Governor Aleš Michl used a Bitcoin industry stage in Las Vegas to defend a reserve strategy that mixes strict inflation control with measured exposure to digital assets.
Bitcoin 2026 speaker Alex Leishman warned in his Bitcoin 2026 talk that modern finance is shifting toward a gambling-like system, arguing that rising costs and stagnant wages are pushing people toward prediction markets.
Block is accelerating its push to make bitcoin everyday money, with Miles Suter unveiling new payments, rewards, and self-custody tools at Bitcoin 2026 alongside proof of $2.2 billion in BTC reserves.
Blockstream has launched Jade Core, a simplified, open-source hardware wallet designed to make Bitcoin self-custody more accessible to a broader range of users.
