Bitcoin Atlantis 2024: Day 1 Livestream
Bitcoin Atlantis 2024 is a three-day event that gathers some of the leading voices in Bitcoin to the island of Madeira in the middle of the Atlantic.
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Bitcoin Is Now 5th Largest Base Money in the World
It seems highly likely that Bitcoin will close February higher than sterling GBP, the oldest fiat currency in the world.
Coinbase Stabilizes After Experiencing Downtime, Glitches Due to Heavy Traffic
"Coinbase has restabilized its platform and is working toward a full solution. Coinbase’s heavy traffic coincided with bitcoin reaching $64,000 and millions of liquidations today."
MicroStrategy Gets Its X Account Hacked, Buys 3000 BTC More
MicroStrategy now holds 193000 BTC acquired for ~$6.09 billion.
OpenSats Announces Fourth Wave of Bitcoin Grants
"Our board has selected nine more projects for funding," announced OpenSats.
Ethiopian Sovereign Wealth Fund to Start Mining Bitcoin Under a ~$250M Preliminary Agreement
The Ethiopian Government is set to mine bitcoin through a partnership with an undisclosed international company. While the final details of the deal are still murky, the partnership appears to aim at establishing critical infrastructure to supercharge Bitcoin mining in the country.
EIA to Temporarily Suspend Bitcoin Miner Survey After Lawsuit
The EIA has agreed to temporarily suspend their survey of Bitcoin miner energy use in the United States.
Nigeria Blocks Access to Bitcoin Exchanges in Desperate Bid to Control The Price of Plummeting National Currency
"The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), the telecoms regulator, late on Wednesday ordered telecoms companies to restrict consumer access to the websites of companies like Binance, Coinbase and Kraken, according to people familiar with the matter," reported Financial Times.
Citrea Raised $2.7M Seed Round to Launch Bitcoin’s First ZK Rollup
Citrea is working on "the first rollup that enhances the capabilities of Bitcoin blockspace with zero-knowledge technology, making it possible to build everything on Bitcoin." This requires no changes to the network's consensus rules.
ECB Reports Record Loss for 2023, Publishes Another Hit Piece on Bitcoin
The European Central Bank today reported a record annual loss for 2023 and said further losses were likely as its aggressive interest rate hikes force it to pay out billions of euros to banks. At the same time, the bank also published another opinion piece on perceived 'failures of bitcoin.'
Judge Set to Rule on Assange Extradition Previously Acted for MI6 Whose Activities Were Exposed by WikiLeaks
"One of the two High Court judges who will rule on Julian Assange’s bid to stop his extradition to the US represented the UK’s Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) and the Ministry of Defence," reported Declassified UK.
Julian Assange Appeals in Most Important Press Freedom Case in the World
London’s High Court has scheduled two days of hearings on Tuesday and Wednesday to decide whether WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange may appeal a United States request for extradition to stand trial on espionage charges. Assange will not attend court due to illness.