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Edmonton, Alberta – March 25, 2025 – TheNewswire – Bitcoin Well Inc. (“Bitcoin Well” or the “Company”) (TSXV: BTCW; OTCQB: BCNWF), the non-custodial bitcoin business on a mission to enable independence announces the addition of the Lightning Network in the USA as a method of immediate delivery after a bitcoin purchase. This means US customers…
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BlackRock has launched a bitcoin exchange-traded product (ETP) in Europe. The iShares Bitcoin ETP is 100% physically backed by bitcoin, and its securities are held directly through Coinbase. It aims to give European investors exposure to bitcoin without the complexities of trading or holding it themselves. The new ETP leverages the technology integration between Coinbase and…
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Bitcoin (BTC) traders are celebrating as one of the best-known BTC price metrics finally flipped bullish again. The popular Hash Ribbon tool, created by quantitative Bitcoin and digital asset fund Capriole Investments, printed a first buy signal in a “macro bullish” event. Hash Ribbon sparks $100,000 Q2 BTC price target Bitcoin miners look set to…
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Kentucky Gov. Andy Beashear yesterday signed House Bill 701, which offers greater protections for users who self-custody their Bitcoin and cryptocurrency. To self-custody Bitcoin or another cryptocurrency means that a user has full control over the private key needed to authorize transactions. It’s more like having cash in a wallet than using a debit card…
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In a continued push to expand its Bitcoin reserves, Strategy has unveiled a new preferred stock offering aimed at raising hundreds of millions to fund its next wave of crypto purchases. Bitcoin-focused firm Strategy has announced a new $711 million preferred stock offering as part of its ongoing efforts to grow its massive BTC holdings.…
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While the capital is held in bitcoin, all insurance policies and premiums will remain denominated in US dollars. Credit: Creativa Images/Shutterstock. Barbados-based Tabit Insurance has secured a $40m insurance facility, capitalised entirely in bitcoin. This enables real-time verification of funds by regulators and auditors, the company press release said, with the capitalisation of the facility in…
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When Bitcoin (BTC -0.32%) hit the $100,000 mark in December, all lights appeared to be flashing green. Many investors were convinced that Bitcoin was about to go parabolic. Indeed, it eventually hit a new all-time high of $109,000 on Jan. 20. But ever since then, Bitcoin has been on the decline, and it now trades…
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El Salvador was the first country in the world to make Bitcoin legal tender. When President Nayib Bukele announced this historic move in 2021, the promise was bold: financial inclusion for the unbanked, reduced reliance on the U.S. dollar and a magnet for global crypto investment. But just a few years later, under pressure from…
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BlackRock has announced its widely anticipated entry into Europe’s cryptocurrency exchange-traded product (ETP) market with a physically backed bitcoin strategy. The iShares Bitcoin ETP (IB1T) debuts with total expense ratio (TER) of 0.15% but this will rise to 0.25% at year-end when the temporary fee waiver ends. Domiciled in Switzerland and backed by bitcoin held…
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Chris Kuiper, director of research at Fidelity’s digital assets unit, has opined that both Bitcoin and gold are driven by the same market forces (liquidity and inflation expectations). He noted that Bitcoin had “barely managed” to make a new high in gold terms in December. The leading cryptocurrency barely budged compared to the double top…