Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world The Trump family media company has said it will raise $2.5bn to buy bitcoin as it seeks to ride a wave of enthusiasm for digital assets. Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG), which runs…

Fast food chain Steak ‘n Shake has expanded its payment options to include Bitcoin (BTC) at all of its locations globally, where regulations permit. The rollout, which began on May 16, utilizes the Lightning Network to enable faster and lower-cost transactions. The company’s COO, Dan Edwards, revealed the development on May 27 at the Bitcoin…

Today at the Bitcoin Conference in Las Vegas, Cowbolt, an app that lets you split expense payments and settle in bitcoin, will launch their mission: turn peer-to-peer payments into a Bitcoin onramp, starting with family and friends. Cowbolt will let their clients split costs and settle instantly using Bitcoin and USDT, with no middlemen, no…

Bitcoin Continues to have strong market capitalization (Photo by Ozan KOSE / AFP) (Photo by OZAN … More KOSE/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images Bitcoin has done it again. I’m currently live at the Bitcoin Vegas 2025 conference, and the energy here is truly amazing. The event has brought together over 30,000 attendees,…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Does it make sense for a company to hold a huge pile of cash on its balance sheet? Theoretically, no — it’s better to give the money back to shareholders and let them decide what…

Bitcoin has been surging recently. There are good arguments for why it will head even higher. There’s also a decent argument for why this rally will run out of gas soon. 10 stocks we like better than Bitcoin › With Bitcoin‘s (CRYPTO: BTC) price hovering near its all-time highs and almost tocuching the $112,000 level,…

Trump Media and Technology Group on Tuesday said it’s struck a deal to raise $2.5 billion that will be tapped to buy bitcoin, creating a reserve of the cryptocurrency.  The company’s move into cryptocurrency comes after Trump Media has ventured into other investment arenas, including starting exchange-traded funds, or ETFs, and separately managed accounts with…

President Donald Trump’s social media startup said it plans to invest $2.5 billion into bitcoin, allowing it to expand into crypto and financial services. Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG), which owns Truth Social and the streaming platform Truth+, announced Tuesday that it intends to create a “bitcoin Treasury.” Money for the cryptocurrency’s purchase will…

A second suspect has been arrested for allegedly kidnapping and torturing an Italian tourist in an upscale Manhattan home for weeks in an effort to steal his cryptocurrency. William Duplessie, 32, turned himself in to authorities on Tuesday after his alleged accomplice was arrested last week. Their alleged victim told police he was hung off…

A second suspect in the alleged kidnapping and torture of an Italian bitcoin investor in New York surrendered on Tuesday, authorities said. Police on Friday arrested John Woeltz, 37, of Kentucky, on suspicion of brazenly kidnapping and torturing an Italian cryptocurrency entrepreneur for weeks in a luxury Manhattan townhouse in order to extort his bitcoin…