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Blockstream CEO on El Salvador Involvement, Solar Ventures With Square

Blockstream CEO Adam Back on his involvement with El Salvador becoming the first country to officially adopt bitcoin. Plus, insights into Blockstream’s project with Square to build a solar-powered bitcoin mining facility.

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Markets

Square to Invest $5M to Build Solar-Powered Bitcoin Mining Facility With Blockstream

The announcement comes as the environmental impact of mining for the world's largest cryptocurrency has come under intense scrutiny.

Square and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey

Tech

Blockstream Hosts BlockFi's New Bitcoin Mining Venture

The crypto lender is entering Bitcoin mining in the midst of a boom in North America’s bitcoin mining industry.

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Markets

Blockstream Issues Security Token Tied to Bitcoin Hashrate, Payable in BTC

The tokens will offer non-U.S. qualified investors a way to invest in bitcoin mining without handling machines themselves.

Mining devices and power units mounted in racks.

Markets

Galaxy Digital Taps Blockstream for Hosted Mining Operations

Galaxy Digital is now hosting its bitcoin mining operations at Blockstream facilities.

Galaxy Digital CEO Mike Novogratz (CoinDesk)

Markets

Blockstream Buys $25M Worth of Bitcoin Mining Machines From MicroBT

The ASICs are set to be deployed in Blockstream facilities through the U.S. and Canada.

Blockstream CEO Adam Back

Tech

Blockstream Is Working on Simpler, More Private Multisig Bitcoin Transactions

Made possible by Taproot, MuSig2 is designed to make multi-signature Bitcoin transactions less complex without sacrificing privacy.

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Tech

New on Bitcoin’s Lightning Network: LND Adds Accounting Feature, c-lightning Gets an Upgrade

Lightning Labs made bookkeeping easier for node operators. Blockstream’s c-lightning 0.9.1 release improves channel opening and routing mechanisms.

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Finance

Unpacking the Avit, Avanti Bank's New Digital Asset Being Built With Blockstream

Avanti says the Avit will not encounter the legal, accounting or tax hurdles of stablecoins, but it’s not yet clear where the asset will fit under U.S. law.

Blockstream CEO Adam Back