Peter Chawaga

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Bitcoin is ultimately an open-source software code run by nodes and computers.
Industry Events

Elon Musk Discusses Merits Of Bitcoin, Reveals SpaceX Holds BTC

Pro Bowl NFL left tackle Russell Okung wants to be paid in bitcoin, seeing the cryptocurrency as not just money but the future.
Business

NFL Running Back Saquon Barkley To Receive All Marketing Revenue In Bitcoin Through Strike

Bitcoin mining is an industry that secures the network and yields newly-created bitcoin for miners.
Business

Compass Partners With Oklo For Fission-Powered Bitcoin Mining

Bitcoin obelisk for hyperbitcoinization.
Culture

As Hollywood’s Latest Bitcoin Promoter, Spike Lee Highlights Sovereign Potential Of BTC

Jack Mallers is the founder of Strike, a Lightning Network based payments platform for Bitcoin.
Business

Strike Adds Bitcoin Buying Tab In App

Law, regulation, gavel, court.
Business

Founder Behind Alleged $2.3 Billion Bitcoin Scam Pushes Against Victims’ Claims

Giving the gift of bitcoin, as an investment or donation.
Business

OpenNode, BigCommerce Partner To Bring Bitcoin Payments To 60,000 Merchants

A Russian law firm claims it can recover funds for victims of the 2014 Mt. Gox hack. But critics see some flaws in the outlined plan.
Business

Judge Rejects Class Certification In Lawsuit Over Mt. Gox Hack

Scams - A Group of Major Crypto Traders Reportedly Considers Scammer Blacklist
Business

Report: Founders Of South African Investment Platform Abscond With $2.3 Billion In Bitcoin

Orange pills or "orange piling" are terms used for onboarding others into a Bitcoin standard.
Industry Events

Max Keiser And Stacy Herbert To Host “F*ck Elon” Bitcoin Maximalist Event On July 8

As more institutional investors from the legacy financial system divert to Bitcoin, it is becoming more accepted.
Business

Banking Giant BBVA Launches Bitcoin Trading, Custody Services In Switzerland

Goldman Sachs is a legacy financial institution and investment bank that does offer some bitcoin products
Markets

Goldman Sachs Now Trading Bitcoin Futures With Galaxy Digital

Bitcoin mining company Bitfarms is taking advantage of Québec’s hydropower and new Chinese mining equipment to expand operations.
Business

Bitcoin Mining Firm Bitfarms To Be Traded On Nasdaq

Adoption - Sats Back: How the Ebates of Bitcoin Plans to Convert Holders to Spenders
Business

Lolli Bitcoin Rewards App Available On iOS

Major cryptocurrency exchange Binance has opened fiat deposits for Nigerians, using the naira in the exchange’s first-ever listed fiat trading pair.
Business

FastBitcoins Expanding Bitcoin Buying Services To Australia

Satoshi Nakamoto, pseudonymous (not anonymous) founder of Bitcoin and its Genesis Block, is often depicting with a Guy Fawkes mask.
Culture

Video Showing Media Bias Around Bitcoin And Black Audiences Prompts Questions About Culture

When Bitcoin projects, businesses and platforms raise money (fundraise), they receive large amounts of capital in fiat.
Business

Swiss Bitcoin Investment App Relai Raises $2.7 Million

As more institutional investors from the legacy financial system divert to Bitcoin, it is becoming more accepted.
Business

Following $500 Million Sale To Buy Bitcoin, MicroStrategy Exploring A $1 Billion One

Layer 2 protocols like the Lightning Network and the Liquid sidechain can make it easier for those who leverage bitcoin for remittances.
Culture

Small Bitcoin Transfers In El Salvador Have Surged

Renowned muralist Greg Mike discussed the inspiration for his iconic graffiti wall at the Bitcoin 2021 event.
Culture

With Bitcoin 2021’s Iconic Art Wall, Muralist Greg Mike Captured The Community

Jerome Powell, chairman of the Federal Reserve or Fed, is seen by many as a clown for fiat money inflation.
Markets

U.S. Inflation Hits Highest Rate Since 2008, Outlining Case For Bitcoin

Salt Bae is famous for sprinkling salt, those in the Bitcoin space are famous for sprinkling orange pills
Business

Square Allocates $5 Million Bitcoin Endowment, Selects Black Bitcoin Billionaire As First Recipient

Mining machines, also called mining rigs or ASICs, are used by bitcoin miners to mine bitcoin.
Business

Bitcoin Mining Firm Luxor Raises $5 Million In Round Led By NYDIG

Law, regulation, gavel, court.
Business

El Salvador Approves Law Making Bitcoin Legal Tender

The bitcoin price has risen significantly since first discovered, resulting in many green candles.
Markets

U.S. Investors Netted $4.1 Billion From Bitcoin Gains In 2020

Business intelligence firm MicroStrategy has invested $250 million dollars into bitcoin, accumulating about 0.1 percent of the total supply.
Business

MicroStrategy Offering $400 Million Notes For More Bitcoin, Announces “MacroStrategy” Bitcoin Subsidiary

Bitcoin is often rendered as a gold coin or casascius coin
Business

El Salvador To Declare Bitcoin As Legal Tender

Privacy & security - Neutrino: A Privacy-Preserving Light Wallet Protocol
Business

SatoshiLabs Announces Trezor Suite UI Platform At Bitcoin 2021

Tony Hawk On Bitcoin Culture
Culture

Tony Hawk On Bitcoin And Taking Countercultures Mainstream

Mining machines, also called mining rigs or ASICs, are used by bitcoin miners to mine bitcoin.
Business

Blockstream, Square To Build Solar-Powered Bitcoin Mining Facility

Ross Ulbricht, founder of infamous bitcoin-based darknet marketplace Silk Road, called Bitcoin Magazine from prison to appeal for freedom
Culture

In First Interview Since Arrest, Silk Road Founder Ross Ulbricht Appeals To Bitcoin Users

During an on-stage discussion at the Bitcoin 2021 event, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey discussed Bitcoin, censorship and banking the unbanked.
Culture

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey Discusses Censorship And How Bitcoin Can Bank The Unbanked

Adoption & community - U.K. Brexit Deal Beamed Into Space Through Blockstream’s Satellite Messaging App
Culture

BitMEX, Astrobotic To Put Bitcoin Wallet On Surface Of The Moon

From IRS code to state regulations, paying your employees in bitcoin can be “fraught with peril” in the United States. Here’s why.
Culture

Charity: Water’s Bitcoin Trust Is Raising 100 BTC To Bring Safe Drinking Water Worldwide

The United Nations has launched a probe into 35 cyber attacks linked to North Korea, including cryptocurrency exchange hacks and “cryptojacking.”
Business

Google Ad Policy Updates Require Regulatory Compliance From Bitcoin Exchanges And Wallets

Regulation - Huobi Resumes Operations in Japan as a Fully Regulated Exchange
Business

bitFlyer Bridges Global Markets By Opening U.S. Access To Japanese Yen Pair For Bitcoin

As more institutional investors from the legacy financial system divert to Bitcoin, it is becoming more accepted.
Business

Guggenheim Exploring Fund That Could Offer Bitcoin Exposure

DTRH-surveillance
Business

OFAC Requests Chainalysis Subscription For Bitcoin Blockchain Surveillance

Major cryptocurrency exchange Binance has opened fiat deposits for Nigerians, using the naira in the exchange’s first-ever listed fiat trading pair.
Business

Fold Opens Access To Sats-Back Debit Card, Announces $13 Million Series A

Privacy & security - PayPal Wins Patent for Ransomware Detection Solution
Business

PayPal To Add Support For Third-Party Bitcoin Wallet Transfers

Computer chips are critical to Bitcoin technology, particularly bitcoin mining rigs or ASICs.
Culture

Bitcoin Card Game Bitopoly Launches

Satoshi Nakamoto, pseudonymous founder of Bitcoin and its Genesis Block, is often depicting with a Guy Fawkes mask.
Culture

Marty Bent On Freedom, Reframing The Energy Debate And Bitcoin 2021

Fiat money, like the U.S. dollar or USD, is constantly being devalued as bitcoin grows.
Business

Bitcoin Lending Platform Ledn Raises $30 Million In Series A

Mining machines, also called mining rigs or ASICs, are used by bitcoin miners to mine bitcoin.
Business

Elon Musk, Michael Saylor Announce Bitcoin Mining Council

Technical - Bitcoin Core 0.16.0 Is Released: Here’s What’s New
Business

Square Crypto’s Steve Lee On Developer Grants, Energy FUD And Bitcoin 2021

Bitcoin mining requires a significant amount of energy but it is also driving miners to renewable energy sources that help the Earth stay green.
Business

One River Files To Offer Carbon Neutral Bitcoin ETF

The Hangzhou Internet Court ruled that bitcoin is considered legal property under the law in China.
Business

China's Latest Bitcoin "Ban" Is Impacting Mining, Exchange Landscape

Wyoming’s Cynthia Lummis is the most outspoken Bitcoin advocate ever elected to the Senate and she’s on a mission to ensure that the technology is protected.
Culture

Senator Cynthia Lummis On Regulation, Excessive Spending And Bitcoin 2021

Privacy & security - Blockstream Open Sources Development of Its Proof of Reserves Tool
Business

Blockstream Acquires Adamant Capital, Will Launch New Finance Division

As surveillance efforts in our society intensify, Bitcoin offers a pseudonymous, even potentially anonymous, lifeline for privacy.
Business

U.S. Wants To Require That Large Bitcoin Transactions Are Reported To IRS