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The country is set to receive a $1.615 billion investment from Turkish company Yilport to develop two seaports, supporting the construction of its ambitious "Bitcoin City." This marks the largest private investment in El Salvador's history.

Nigerian Bitcoiner and politician James Otudor has taken a bold legal stance to advocate for the fundamental rights of Nigerians to own, use, and trade Bitcoin, stablecoins, and other digital assets.

Russia and Venezuela have blocked access to the encrypted Signal messaging app.

The United Nations approved its first cybercrime treaty—a massive surveillance pact that mandates intrusive domestic surveillance measures and states’ cooperation in surveillance and data sharing—in a unanimous vote last week.

Build Asset Management has committed to donating 10% of management fees from its Bitcoin-backed direct lending fund, Build Secured Income Fund I, to bolster open-source Bitcoin development.

OpenSats, a non-profit focused on funding Bitcoin and freedom tech projects, has announced the sixth wave of Nostr grants.

"OpenSats is excited to announce long-term support for another prolific nostr developer, Kieran Harkin," announced the organization.

"Our company is exploring alternative products, we'll be shutting down the wallet at the end of the year but you can still self host," announced the project.

The legislation aims to create a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve to manage the Federal Government's Bitcoin holdings transparently while protecting the private property rights of individuals and organizations.

The Russian State Duma has passed two bitcoin-related laws on Tuesday.

Bitcoin 2024 Nashville is an event for anyone curious or interested in Bitcoin. Hosted by BTC Inc., it takes place at the Music City Center in Nashville, TN, from July 25th to 27th, 2024.

Bitcoin miner MARA, recently rebranded from Marathon Digital, announced that it has purchased $100 million of bitcoin and currently holds over 20,000 BTC on its balance sheet.