Bitcoin
All Major Mining Pools Now Support Taproot, Bitcoin's Biggest Upgrade in Years
Binance Pool represents 11% of Bitcoin’s mining hashrate. Adding it to the “yes” column pushes mining pool support for Taproot to about 91%.
Statechains Scaling Solution Offers New Potential for Bitcoin Privacy
Statechains offer another way to scale bitcoin payments and could boost privacy as well.
Bitcoin Sets New All-Time High Above $28.5K; Bulls Back in the Driver's Seat
Institutional investors are perceived to be driving this record-setting run.
Market Wrap: Bitcoin Down to $26K but Traders Remain Bullish
Bitcoin fell to the $26,000 level after it hit above $28,000 on Sunday, yet markets remain bullish on both retail and institutional interest.
SkyBridge Capital Has Already Invested $182M in Bitcoin
“Bitcoin is digital gold,” SkyBridge said in its pitch to investors. “It is better at being gold than gold.”
Panthers’ Russell Okung Becomes First NFL Player to Be Paid in Bitcoin
Okung’s $13 million salary is being split 50-50 between bitcoin and fiat by way of Zap’s Strike product.
Michael Saylor of the North? Canadian Firm NexTech AR Uses $2M of Treasury Funds to Buy Bitcoin
NexTech's Evan Gappelberg is the latest CEO to use company treasury funds to buy bitcoin.
India Mulls Imposing 18% Tax on Bitcoin Transactions
The move is viewed by some as a sign the Indian government is warming up to cryptocurrencies.
Market Wrap: Bitcoin Hovers Around $27K While ETH/BTC Pair Goes Bullish
Bitcoin takes a break after record price-setting Sunday while some traders are plowing BTC into ETH.
Whale Sightings Become Scarce, Removing Downward Pressure on Bitcoin: Analyst
Big bitcoin balance holders, or "whales," are moving less crypto onto exchanges, signaling some reduction of sell-side pressure, according to CryptoQuant.
