At the 2025 Bitcoin Conference in Las Vegas, the Founder and CEO of Kelly Intelligence Kevin Kelly, the Chief Executive Officer of Bitwise Asset Management Hunter Horsley, the CEO of BitGo Mike Belshe and the Advisor of WBTC Justin Sun talked about the future of financial products in the globe.  Hunter Horsley started the panel…

PARKERSBURG, W.Va. (WTAP) – With a rise in bitcoin scams being reported, the Parkersburg Police Department has tips to avoid them. The Parkersburg Police Department said there has been a significant rise in fraud scams involving bitcoin. Scammers are using a variety of tactics to trick individuals out of their money, such as phishing and…

KindlyMD (NAKA), an integrated healthcare services provider, has pulled the trigger on its bitcoin BTC treasury strategy. The acquired 21 bitcoin for roughly $2.3 million at an average cost of $109,027, according to a Tuesday press release. The purchase was funded by exercising some of the company’s outstanding warrants. “Our first 1/millionth of all bitcoin,…

Block plans to launch bitcoin payments on its business technology platform Square, enabling merchants using the Square Point of Sale app to accept bitcoin payments directly through their Square hardware. The company plans to begin rolling out this new, native Bitcoin For Businesses offering in the second half of the year and then extend it…

Popular trader and technical analyst Chris Vermeulen has predicted that Bitcoin, one of the leading cryptocurrencies by market cap, could rally to as high as $135,000 in June.  According to Vermeulen, Bitcoin currently shows a very similar pattern compared to late 2024.  “The chart is primed and ready. We are long Bitcoin, and it is ready…

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…

In brief The Bitcoin 2025 conference is taking place this week in Las Vegas. This year’s event features speakers include Vice President JD Vance and Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht. President Trump headlined last year’s event in Nashville, where he shared some of his crypto ambitions. Thousands of Bitcoin fans descended on Las Vegas this…

DMG Blockchain Solutions Inc. (DMGGF) has announced that its subsidiary, Systemic Trust Company (STC), has integrated carbon-neutral bitcoin transaction capabilities. This development connects STC’s Fireblocks-based custody platform with Terra Pool, the world’s first carbon-neutral Bitcoin mining pool. The integration enables regulatory-compliant and environmentally conscious bitcoin transactions while…

Selling Bitcoin is like “playing in a really bad house-rate casino,” according to Adam Back, CEO of Blockstream and one of Bitcoin’s earliest adopters. In a recent interview with Bitcoin financial services firm Unchained, Back said the odds are stacked against traders trying to time the market. Back came to this conclusion in the early…

A second suspect turned himself in Tuesday in what police say was the kidnapping and torture of a cryptocurrency investor in a house in SoHo. William Duplessie turned himself in to the NYPD’s major case squad at the 13th Precinct with his attorneys at about 7:45 a.m., a police spokesperson said. Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch…