Shawn Amick

Nomura Holdings began trading bitcoin derivative contracts this week including options and futures citing increased institutional demand.

David Marcus, former lead of Facebook Messenger, announced the creation of Lightspark, a Lightning Network infrastructure company.

XP is the largest broker by market value in Brazil and they intend to launch bitcoin trading by the end of June this year, in partnership with Nasdaq and BitGo.

Relai, a savings app focused on bitcoin, is crowdfunding through Crowdcube to launch a bitcoin debit card.

Two new bitcoin ETFs launched today in Australia, a spot bitcoin fund directly acquiring bitcoin and a de-facto fund of funds.

Brazil’s largest digital bank added bitcoin to its treasury and now allows customers to buy, sell and hold the currency in its mobile app.

Grayscale met with the SEC behind closed doors to persuade regulators to approve the fund’s application to convert into a spot-bitcoin ETF.

Continental Diamond, a St. Louis-based jewelry store, has partnered with BitPay enabling its customers to use bitcoin as payment.

Distributed Ledger Inc and GulfQuest Maritime Museum have partnered for a sustainable bitcoin mining project recently approved by the City of Mobile, Alabama.

MARA, a cryptocurrency infrastructure company backed by Coinbase, will advise the Central African Republic on bitcoin adoption after making it legal tender.