In brief Bitcoin ETFs saw their best day of trading since May 2 on Monday. Fidelity’s Wise Origin Bitcoin Fund and the ARK 21Shares Bitcoin ETF accounted for more than half of inflows into BTC ETFs. BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust continues to dominate as the single biggest player in the market, pulling in $305.9 million…
Ben Allen has been named the third recipient of the Maelstrom Bitcoin Developer Grant, the family office of Arthur Hayes announced in a recent press release sent to Bitcoin Magazine. Over the next year, Allen will focus on enhancing the Payjoin Dev Kit project, a privacy-focused Bitcoin transaction tool designed to improve user anonymity and…
Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Is Bitcoin going to surpass $110K soon? Only time can tell, though the world’s most valuable crypto keeps surging and inching closer to a new all-time high. According to crypto aggregator CoinGecko, $BTC peaked at $106K today, just 3% shy of the…
Bitcoin developer Ben Allen has received a $100,000 grant from investment firm Maelstrom to support the development of Payjoin, a privacy-focused tool aimed at improving Bitcoin’s scalability and privacy. According to a May 20 announcement shared with Cointelegraph, Maelstrom will finance Allen’s work on his Payjoin devkit alongside Dan Gould. The system allows Bitcoin (BTC)…
Crypto markets extended their climb with ether (ETH) jumping 8% and Bitcoin (BTC) inching back toward the $106,000 mark in the past 24 hours, despite broader risk-off sentiment in equities and gold. The resilience is in contrast to Friday’s surprise credit downgrade of the U.S. by Moody’s, which cited persistent fiscal deficits and political gridlock.…
The Bitcoin Depot Inc. (NASDAQ:BTM) share price has done very well over the last month, posting an excellent gain of 113%. Looking back a bit further, it’s encouraging to see the stock is up 59% in the last year. Even after such a large jump in price, Bitcoin Depot may still be sending buy signals…
A bold new proposal could overhaul how Bitcoin’s smallest units are represented, marking a shift that proponents say would simplify usage and align better with how the protocol actually works. John Carvalho, CEO of Synonym, has introduced BIP 177 — a proposal aimed at redefining Bitcoin’s base unit structure. The idea? Eliminate the long-used “satoshi”…
Key Notes DigiAsia aims to retain Bitcoin as a long-term digital reserve asset while pursuing yield-generating strategies like institutional lending or staking. DigiAsia joins a growing list of companies expanding their Bitcoin holdings, alongside players like Strategy and Metaplanet. Co-CEO Prashant Gokarn emphasized that the move solidifies DigiAsia’s leadership in institutional crypto adoption and fintech…
JPMorgan Chase is preparing to offer its clients the ability to buy Bitcoin, a significant development announced by CEO Jamie Dimon during the bank’s recent investor day. While the bank will not directly hold or custody Bitcoin, clients will see the cryptocurrency reflected in their account statements. This marks a major change for the largest…
Recently, a fanciful hypothesis has been circulating that artificial intelligence (AI) might have the potential to kill Bitcoin. This is a purely speculative hypothesis, meaning it is not based on concrete evidence but only on assumptions, which is probably circulating precisely due to the hype that has recently formed around AI. The hypothesis of the…