Bitcoin Magazine OCC Gives Banks the Green Light to Offer Bitcoin and Crypto Custody and Trading Services The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has issued new guidance confirming that national banks and federal savings associations can engage in crypto-asset custody and trading services. This clarification comes in Interpretive Letter 1184, which outlines […]

Bitcoin Magazine Three New U.S. State-Level Bitcoin Bills Signed Into Law This week, three U.S. states have enacted bitcoin-related bills into law. On Tuesday, New Hampshire became the first state to sign into law a bill that would allow for the creation of a strategic bitcoin reserve (SBR). On Wednesday, Arizona enacted its second bill […]

Bitcoin Magazine Arizona Becomes Second State to Establish Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Arizona has made history by becoming the second state in the U.S. to create a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve. On Thursday, Governor Katie Hobbs signed House Bill 2749 into law, officially launching the Arizona Bitcoin & Digital Assets Reserve, a pioneering move that channels profits […]

Bitcoin Magazine What is a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve? A Strategic Bitcoin Reserve is a designated accumulation of Bitcoin (BTC) held by a government, institution, or corporation to secure financial stability, hedge against inflation, and reinforce economic sovereignty. Similar in function to gold or foreign exchange reserves, it leverages Bitcoin’s fixed supply, decentralization, and global liquidity […]

Bitcoin Magazine Sculpting Scarcity: Artist Maxfield Mellenbruch Brings Rare Steak Worth Millions To Bitcoin 2025  Maxfield Mellenbruch — an American sculptor, designer, and the creator of the iconic Kialara series — returns to the bitcoin stage with Rare, a platinum and gemstone-encrusted sculpture appraised at over $2 million. Mellenbruch first gained recognition in 2014 for […]

Bitcoin Magazine Standard Chartered Analyst Apologies For $120K Bitcoin Price Prediction, Says It Is Too Low  Standard Chartered’s Head of Digital Assets, Geoffrey Kendrick, is rethinking his bullish bitcoin forecast, and not because he was too optimistic. “I apologise that my USD120k Q2 target may be too low,” Kendrick said Thursday in an email to […]

Bitcoin Magazine Coinbase To Acquire Bitcoin And Crypto Options Platform Deribit For $2.9B Bitcoin and crypto exchange Coinbase has agreed to acquire derivatives trading platform Deribit for $2.9 billion, marking the largest acquisition in the industry’s history. Coinbase will acquire Panama-based Deribit, which currently handles a massive volume of global Bitcoin and crypto options trading […]

Bitcoin Magazine An Excerpt From I Am Not Your Bruh: Parenting Is Progress, Not Perfection Parenting isn’t rocket science. It’s much harder. With all due respect to rocket scientists, the implications of a failed launch are far less consequential than a failed parenting strategy. Progress is a more attainable goal to strive for, and taking […]

Bitcoin Magazine Strive Reveals New Bitcoin Treasury Blueprint at Strategy World 2025 A new kind of Bitcoin Treasury Company has emerged—one designed not only to accumulate Bitcoin, but to outperform it. This week during Bitcoin For Corporations at Strategy World 2025, Strive Asset Management announced it is combining with NASDAQ-listed Asset Entities (ASST) to become […]

Bitcoin Magazine Revolut Integrates Lightspark for Lightning-Fast Bitcoin Payments in the UK and Europe Revolut, one of the world’s leading financial super apps with millions of users globally, has announced a major step forward in its cryptocurrency and payments offerings through a new strategic partnership with Lightspark, a company specializing in next-generation Bitcoin infrastructure. This […]