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.
The Senate crypto bill faces a high-stakes markup this Thursday as lawmakers debate 100+ amendments that could determine the future of U.S. digital asset regulation.
Blockaid launched Risk Exposure, a real-time compliance suite bringing programmable AML controls, transaction screening, and DeFi monitoring to institutional onchain finance as banks deepen crypto exposure.
Charles Schwab is bringing Bitcoin trading to Main Street: the $11.77 trillion brokerage giant has launched spot BTC trading for U.S. retail clients, deepening Wall Street’s accelerating embrace of digital assets.
Block, Inc.’s Square has auto-enabled roughly 1 million U.S. merchants to accept Bitcoin payments via the Lightning Network, letting customers pay in BTC while merchants automatically receive USD settlements with near-instant conversion in the background.
President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Federal Reserve, Kevin Warsh, cleared a key Senate hurdle Tuesday, putting a bitcoin-friendly former Fed governor one vote away from becoming the most powerful central banker in the world.
MARA is cashing in its bitcoin treasury to fund a massive AI and power infrastructure pivot, selling $1.5 billion in BTC as the miner bets its future on data centers and energy assets over pure hashrate expansion.
Labor unions and major banks are now aligned against the Senate’s CLARITY Act, warning the crypto market structure bill could put retirement savings, bank deposits, and financial stability at risk ahead of Thursday’s pivotal committee vote.
The Senate Banking Committee released the full 309-page text of the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act ahead of Thursday’s markup, setting up a high-stakes battle over stablecoin yield rules.
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