In brief Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr. spoke about the advantages of decentralized over traditional finance, plugging their family’s World Liberty Fi project. U.S. President Donald Trump’s sons said their interest in Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies developed from being “debanked.” Eric Trump said that he “would love to see some of the big banks…

LAS VEGAS, Nevada — The government of Pakistan has plans to establish a strategic bitcoin reserve and support bitcoin mining, the country’s Minister of State for Blockchain and Crypto Bilal Bin Saqib announced at Bitcoin 2025 in Las Vegas on Wednesday. Bin Saqib said that Pakistan’s plans for a strategic bitcoin reserve were inspired by U.S.…

Vance speaks at Bitcoin conference as Trump’s crypto ties grow – CBS News Watch CBS News Vice President JD Vance told a Bitcoin conference in Las Vegas on Wednesday that cryptocurrency isn’t an asset or a new form of money, but a movement. CBS News senior business and technology correspondent Jo Ling Kent has more.…

Block is adding real-time bitcoin payments to its Square point-of-sale terminals. Editorial This content has been selected, created and edited by the Finextra editorial team based upon its relevance and interest to our community. The new feature – set to start rolling out later this year – leverages the Lightning Network to enable merchants to…

Michael Saylor and his company MicroStrategy bet big on crypto in 2020, and it’s paid off handsomely. Saylor is a perma-bull in the world’s largest cryptocurrency, Bitcoin. Bitcoin recently surpassed $111,000, but Saylor sees no limit to its potential. 10 stocks we like better than Bitcoin › With Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC), the world’s largest cryptocurrency,…

Vice President JD Vance called bitcoin investors at the annual crypto conference “digital pioneers” and asked for their continued involvement in the political world. “The people in this room are the digital pioneers of the American economy, and that’s why our administration is doing something a little unusual in Washington,” Vance said Wednesday. “We’re listening…

Adam Back, Co-founder and CEO of Blockstream, took the stage at the Bitcoin 2025 Conference with a clear message: Bitcoin is becoming the foundation of global finance—and Blockstream is building the infrastructure to support it.  “So I think Bitcoin is still early,” Back began, “but more mainstream players are starting to become involved. It is…

Vice President JD Vance and two of President Donald Trump’s sons were in Las Vegas on Wednesday to talk about cryptocurrencies and how the financial instrument can help ordinary people. Vance told attendees at the Bitcoin 2025 conference that “we have a once in a generation opportunity to unleash innovation and use it to improve…

Vice President JD Vance’s speech in Las Vegas came as Trump and his family have expanded investments into digital assets, which critics say raises ethical concerns about influence peddling. Trump hosts crypto dinner for biggest $TRUMP coin buyers The president hosted top investors in his meme coin and rewarded the biggest buyers with gifts worth…

Texas video game retailer GameStop on Wednesday announced it has purchased more than $500 million in bitcoin as part of its weeks-long effort to invest in the cryptocurrency. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI May 28 (UPI) — Video game seller GameStop announced it has bought 4,710 bitcoins worth almost $513 million as part of its…