Category Crypto

Casey Rodamor, the creator of the Ordinals protocol and reference implementation, recently dropped a proposal for a replacement to the BRC-20 fungible token protocol: Runes. It took roughly seven hours before basic implementations were live and people were minting tokens.…

Do We Need CBDCs? Bitcoin Backstage with Cynthia Lummis In the world of digital currencies, two terms frequently come up for discussion – Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) and Bitcoin. Both have gained significant attention in recent years, with proponents…

In the world of finance, Bitcoin has emerged as a game-changer. This novel virtual form of money has the potential to revolutionize the global economy and transform the way the world conducts transactions. However, as with any disruptive innovation, the…

One of the biggest challenges Bitcoin faces is scalability. Transactions can be slow and costly, making mainchain settlement less efficient for everyday transactional use. Enter the Lightning Network, an innovative solution that has the potential to make Bitcoin unstoppable. In…

Andy Flury is founder and CEO of Wyden, a company providing institutional trading technology for digital assets. Over the past nine months, Bitcoin has seen a surge of around 50 percent. Blackrock, the world’s largest asset manager, has applied for…

Shinobi’s Strawman is a weekly series where our Technical Editor Shinobi challenges the Bitcoin community, aiming to stir up conversation around heated technical debates. ______________________________________________________________ It’s been two years since the last upgrade to Bitcoin, Taproot, activated and went live…

Today, Bitcoin only exchange, Swan Bitcoin, welcomed NBA Champion Matthew Dellavedova to its team as Vice President of Business Development, according to a press release sent to Bitcoin Magazine. Dellavedova is most well known for his illustrious professional basketball career…

In a strongly-worded letter addressed to Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler, a group of prominent U.S. Congressmen are calling for the immediate approval of spot Bitcoin Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs). The bipartisan letter, signed by representatives Tom Emmer…

Adam Back, renowned cypherpunk and creator of Hashcash, made a bold statement on X this weekend, arguing that Bitcoin is poised to replace gold as the ultimate store of value for the next millennium.  Back’s remarks reflect his deep-rooted belief…

Bitcoin is helping secure the truthfulness of Guatemala’s election results. Thanks to OpenTimestamps, a tool created by bitcoin developer Peter Todd a few years ago, Guatemalan tech startup Simple Proof is able to safeguard key documents about the country’s presidential…

Can Bitcoin possibly rhyme with tradition? This new currency is so young and so different from the usual dollars and euros, that for most people it seems disconnected from the economic reality and even further – from their lives. Despite…

The Bitcoin Policy Institute, in collaboration with the Cornell Brooks Tech Policy Institute, is set to host a high-profile panel discussion on the theme of “Digital Currencies & Strategic Competition.” The event, which promises to be a pivotal moment in…