Category Crypto

Follow Frank on X. The news of USDT (Tether) coming to Bitcoin and Lightning via Taproot Assets has been met with various reactions. Some believe it’s good for Bitcoin (most, actually, based on a small survey I conducted on X; yes,…

Founder: Jesse Shrader and Anthony Potdevin Date Founded: March 2021 Location of Headquarters: Nashville, TN Number of Employees: 10 Website: Public or Private? Private Jesse Shrader thinks that this will be an important year for the Lightning Network. With…

Bitcoin’s price movements dominate headlines, but the real story of BTC lies beneath the surface. Beyond technical analysis and price speculation, on-chain data offers an unparalleled view of supply, demand, and investor behavior in real time. By leveraging these insights,…

The introduction of BitVM smart contracts has marked a significant milestone in the path for scalability and programmability of Bitcoin. Rooted in the original BitVM protocol, Bitlayer’s Finality Bridge introduces the first version of the protocol live on testnet, which…

Bitcoin banks are going to happen. We already have a few of them. We’re going to have more of them. Existing legacy banks are going to start offering services. New banks are going to be founded around Bitcoin. This is…

Founder: Nicolas Burtey Date Founded: September 2019 Location of Headquarters: United States Number of Employees: 11 Website: Public or Private? Private Last week, Galoy launched Lana, software that enables banks to accept bitcoin as collateral for loans. Lana helps…

Bitcoin’s evolution from an obscure digital currency to a global financial force has been nothing short of extraordinary. As Bitcoin enters a new era, institutions, governments, and developers are working to unlock its full potential. Matt Crosby, Bitcoin Magazine Pro’s…

Follow Frank on X. In July of last year, Swiss privacy tech company Proton (makers of Proton Mail) announced it would be launching its own bitcoin wallet — Proton Wallet. I (along with about 100,000 other users) was given early…

Follow Frank on X. El Salvador is still Bitcoin country, despite the fact that bitcoin is no longer legal tender in the country — at least from where I’m sitting. Let’s start with some background on the matter. On January…

Wouldn’t it be great if we had one all-encompassing metric to guide our Bitcoin investing decisions? That’s precisely what has been created, the Bitcoin Everything Indicator. Recently added to Bitcoin Magazine Pro, this indicator aims to consolidate multiple metrics into…

Recently, Flashnet announced that it had raised a $4.5m seed round, led by Abstract Ventures with participation from UTXO Management and others. Follow GG on X Flashnet is a Bitcoin native DEX based on Spark (a Bitcoin L2 designed between the…

Follow Frank on X. Over the course of the last week, we’ve seen reports of massive bitcoin liquidations. For those unfamiliar with the term “liquidation” as it applies to finance, it refers to when a trader is forced to close…

Introduction In an economic landscape increasingly characterized by monopolization and the dominance of institutionalized credit, innovative technologies and protocols are emerging that have the potential to change the foundations of our economy and society. At the forefront of this are…

The son of the current President two days ago on Twitter told people it’s time to add Ethereum to their balance sheets. It is mind blowing to see this, given what this cycle represents for Ethereum. For years people have…