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A new paper by ECB economists describes a 'Bitcoin-positive' scenario as one in which the price of Bitcoin continues to rise significantly and sustainably over time.

Italy intends to increase the capital gains tax on Bitcoin from 26% to 42% as part of a strategy to fund costly election commitments while reducing the budget deficit.

"OpenSats is pleased to announce long-term support for Greenart7c3 for his ongoing contributions to the nostr ecosystem," announced the non-profit.

The bitcoin infrastructure company has completed a $210 million convertible note financing round, led by Fulgur Ventures. The funds will be used to fast-track the adoption and development of Blockstream’s layer-2 technologies, expand mining activities, and increase bitcoin treasury holdings.

At the Bitcoin Amsterdam 2024 conference, Bitcoin miner manufacturer Bitmain announced two new machines: the Antminer S21+ Hyd and the Antminer S21+.

2140 is a new non-profit organization based in Amsterdam, co-founded by Bitcoin developers Josie Baker and Ruben Somsen, dedicated to supporting open-source Bitcoin research and development.

Disclosed vulnerabilities include a blocktxn remote node crash (CVE-2024-35202), an issue with mutated blocks hindering block propagation, and a node communication issue due to inv-to-send sets growing too large.

"We are pleased to announce our latest round of grants aimed at supporting educational projects that are enhancing the understanding and adoption of Bitcoin worldwide," announced the organization.

US District Judge Katherine Polk Failla delivered an hourlong oral opinion stating that Tornado Cash developer Roman Storm must face charges of money laundering, operating unlicensed money transmitting business, and sanction violations, rejecting his defense that he was prosecuted for writing code.

The seventh wave grants support to eight bitcoin-focused projects.

BOLT12 is now a part of the official Lightning Specification. It is a significant enhancement to the Lightning Network, streamlining payments, improving privacy, and supporting new use cases like subscriptions and advanced payment conditions.

Telegram updated its privacy policy to state that it will provide user data, including IP addresses and phone numbers, to law enforcement agencies in response to a valid legal order.