Bitcoin Magazine SDNY Withholding Of Evidence Undermines Charges Against Samourai Wallet This morning, a letter filed by the defense of Samourai Wallet developers Keonne Rodriguez and William Lonergan Hill revealed that the Southern District of New York (SDNY) had suppressed exculpatory evidence in the criminal case.  According to the filing, the prosecution had consulted FinCEN […]

Bitcoin Magazine Bernstein Analysts Predict Michael Saylor’s Strategy And Other Corporations Could Buy $330 Billion in Bitcoin by 2030 Bernstein analysts think companies could put up to $330 billion into Bitcoin over the next five years, with strategies like Michael Saylor’s leading the way, according to a new report. Bitcoin is quickly becoming more than […]

Bitcoin Magazine Filing Claims U.S. Prosecutors Knew License Wasn’t Required for Samourai Wallet, Prosecuted Them Anyways  The U.S. Treasury Department’s Financial Crime Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) is now facing serious questions after a new court filing reveals it charged the developers of Samourai Wallet with operating an unlicensed money transmitter—despite being told by the relevant regulator […]

Bitcoin Magazine Semler Scientific Buys 167 More BTC, Now One Of The Largest Bitcoin Treasury Holders In U.S. Semler Scientific (Nasdaq: SMLR) has acquired 167 additional bitcoins for $16.2 million between April 30 and May 2, 2025, using proceeds from its at-the-market (ATM) equity offering. This latest purchase brings the company’s total BTC holdings to […]

Bitcoin Magazine Riot Produces 463 BTC in April During Strategic Transition  Riot Platforms (NASDAQ: RIOT) produced 463 Bitcoin in April 2025, down 13% from March but up 23% year-over-year, according to its latest unaudited monthly production and operations report. The company also sold 475 Bitcoin for net proceeds of $38.8 million at an average price […]

Bitcoin Magazine Strategy Buys $180 Million Worth of Bitcoin According to a Monday SEC filing, Strategy purchased the bitcoin at an average price of $95,167 per coin between April 28 and May 4. The acquisition brings the company’s total holdings to 555,450 BTC, acquired for approximately $38.08 billion at an average price of $68,550 per […]

Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin Core Developer Sjors Provoost: Bitcoin Core The Project While at the MIT Bitcoin Expo last month I was able to sit down with Bitcoin Core developer Sjors Provoost.  Sjors is a physicist turned Bitcoin developer, which believe it or not is actually a pretty common phenomenon. He began contributing to Bitcoin Core […]

Bitcoin Magazine Las Vegas Bitcoin Conference Extends Invitation to Roswell, New Mexico Mayor and City Council The Bitcoin Conference 2025 in Las Vegas, scheduled for the last week of May, includes several notable political figures slated as speakers, including returning guest and Bitcoin advocate Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY). Also appearing are Trump’s so-called “A.I. and […]

Bitcoin Magazine Senator Lummis Says Trump Supports Her BITCOIN Act That Could Erase U.S. Debt In a powerful address on Capitol Hill today, Senator Cynthia Lummis made her stance clear: the United States is out of time—and out of traditional options. “The BITCOIN Act is the only solution to our nation’s $36T debt,” she said, […]

Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin Covenants: OP_CAT (BIP 347) This is the fifth article in a series deep diving into individual covenant proposals that have reached a point of maturity meriting an in-depth breakdown. OP_CAT, put forward for reactivation in tapscript by Ethan Heilman and Armin Sabouri in BIP 347, is not a covenant. It was an […]