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“The institutions are coming.” Anyone who’s been in the Bitcoin space for any significant period of time has heard some prominent figure within the space utter this phrase. In August 2020, when MicroStrategy, an American-based business software company, announced it would be purchasing bitcoin to add it to its treasury, many thought that was the […]

Fidelity, a major financial services firm, says pension funds are starting to explore investing in Bitcoin, particularly after the approval of spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds earlier this year. BREAKING: Wall Street giant Fidelity says pension funds are beginning to explore #Bitcoin and crypto Gradually, then suddenly 🚀 pic.twitter.com/8vBz4Bf02t — Bitcoin Magazine (@BitcoinMagazine) May 3, 2024 Fidelity has […]

In a Keynote address at MicroStrategy World: Bitcoin for Corporations, MicroStrategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor delivered a masterclass on corporate finance and the power of bitcoin to supercharge corporate balance sheets. Saylor made a point to emphasize Bitcoin as the single solution for capital appreciation in an inflationary environment. In his speech, Saylor likened the […]

The last six months or so have seen several proposals for improvements to Bitcoin Script: CAT, 64-bit arithmetic, as well as some older ideas (CTV) and far-future ideas (Chialisp and Simplicity). This activity has largely overshadowed some revolutionary changes in our understanding of the existing Bitcoin Script, changes which form the basis of BitVM but […]

Microstrategy’s annual Bitcoin for Corporations conference has kicked off its second day, featuring conversations with leading finance, regulatory and fintech professionals on the future of corporate Bitcoin adoption. Discussions will center around the financial implications of the recently approved Spot Bitcoin ETFs in the United States, the changing regulatory landscape for Bitcoin, as well as […]

A Binance user, after purchasing and withdrawing BTC from the exchange, has lucked upon one of just four extremely rare “Epic Sats” from Bitcoin’s 2016 halving epoch. These special satoshis, categorized by the Ordinals protocol, are considered some of the most scarce and significant in Bitcoin’s history. BREAKING: The first satoshi of #Bitcoin’s second halving block […]

Asset management giant BlackRock says it is seeing growing interest in Bitcoin ETFs from institutional players like sovereign wealth funds and pension funds.  This comes after a hugely successful debut for BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF, iShares IBIT, which was approved by the Securities and Exchange Commission earlier this year. BREAKING: Blackrock says “Sovereign wealth funds, pension […]

BNP Paribas, the second largest European bank, has purchased exposure to Bitcoin via a spot ETF, per recent 13F filings with the SEC .  The filings show BNP Paribas bought BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF (IBIT). JUST IN: 🇫🇷 Second largest European bank, BNP Paribas reports exposure to #Bitcoin ETF in 13F filings. It’s just […]

Korok Ray, Bitcoin researcher and Associate Professor at the Mays Business School at Texas A&M University, announced plans to launch The Bitcoin Research Institute to drive academic research at the intersection of Bitcoin and artificial intelligence. At the MicroStrategy World: Bitcoin for Corporations 2024 event, Ray made note of Bitcoin’s potential to enable secure multi-party […]