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ChatGPT Picks Gold Over Bitcoin, Says Crypto Critic Peter Schiff
The ChatGPT artificial intelligence tool appears to have picked a side in the long-running debate over the respective worth of gold versus Bitcoin as a sound investment. Financial commentator Peter Sc...
Apple’s Hidden Bitcoin White Paper the Latest in a Long List of Easter Eggs
The Bitcoin white paper has been hiding in plain sight on Apple computers. Blogger Andy Baio recently revealed that an innocuous file, “simpledoc.pdf,” included as part of Apple operating ...
Magic Eden Bitcoin NFT Launchpad Debuts as Ordinals Total Nears 1 Million
The Ordinals protocol for inscribing digital assets on Bitcoin—similar to NFTs on Ethereum and other blockchain networks—has taken off in a big way so far this year. And now with the total number of O...
North Carolina County Mulls 1-Year Bitcoin Mining Moratorium
North Carolina’s Buncombe County is considering a 1-year moratorium on new and existing Bitcoin mining operations in the area. The pause would give the county’s Board of Commissioners time to “d...
Report Blasts Bitcoin Mining for Pollution—But Bitcoiners Aren’t Buying It
Bitcoin OGs are skeptical of a report published by the Environmental Working Group (EWG) on Wednesday, detailing how Bitcoin miners are “polluting” communities across the United States. Working throug...
‘Bitcoin Stamps’ NFTs Are Gaining On Ordinals
There’s another wave of NFTs starting to flood the Bitcoin blockchain—and they’re not in the form of Ordinals. The emergent STAMPS (Secure Tradeable Art Maintained Securely) protocol is proposing a di...
Is Texas Still ‘Very Open for Business’ for Bitcoin Mining?
Up until quite recently, Texas was “very open for business, as it were, for Bitcoin mining.” That’s how Jaime Leverton, CEO of Canadian Bitcoin miner Hut 8, put it on the latest episode of Decrypt’s g...
Future of Paxful Bitcoin Exchange in Flux As Co-Founders Fight
Tensions between Paxful co-founders Ray Youssef and Artur Schaback spilled into public yesterday, as the peer-to-peer Bitcoin exchange abruptly announced it had suspended operations. While Schaback ho...
MicroStrategy Buys More Bitcoin as Asset Nears Company’s Break Even Price
Bitcoin had a terrific quarter—up over 68% since the start of the year—and that’s led software giant MicroStrategy to double down on its crypto bet just as the company’s initial investment closes in o...
Batteries or Bitcoin: Is Mining the Best Use for ‘Excess’ Green Energy?
For Bitcoin miners the motive to power their operations with renewables is clear–it’s economical. Per data from MacroMicro, it costs $26,979 to mine a Bitcoin on average. With the price of the l...
CoinFLEX Founder Offers Bitcoin Evangelist Roger Ver ‘Olive Branch’ to Settle Alleged $84M Debt
Co-founder of the troubled crypto exchange CoinFLEX Mark Lamb issued an open letter to Bitcoin evangelist and Bitcoin Cash promoter Roger Ver offering him an “olive branch” of “two years of free tradi...
Swiss Bank PostFinance to Roll Out Bitcoin, Ethereum Services for Clients
PostFinance, the financial services firm fully owned by the Swiss government, will offer its customers a range of regulated crypto services delivered through Sygnum’s B2B banking platform. Thank...
US Presidential Candidate Opposes Fed’s CBDC Plans, Says It Will Pave Way for Banning and Seizing Bitcoin
A candidate for the US Presidency is opposing the Federal Reserve’s plan to create a central bank digital currency (CBDC), saying that it could ultimately lead down a path where the government seizes ...
Bitcoin’s White Paper Has Been in Every MacOS Version Since 2018
A copy of the original Bitcoin white paper written by Satoshi Nakamoto has been found in every modern version of Apple’s Mac computers. Several Apple users have disclosed that they stumbled on the fil...
Ukraine Dismantles $40 Million Russian Crypto Pyramid – Bitcoin News
Ukrainian law enforcement has exposed a financial pyramid originating from Russia suspected of making millions of U.S. dollars. The scam convinced victims to send fiat money and cryptocurrency by prom...
Bitcoin will trade like gold or treasury bonds in the future, Bloomberg strategist predicts
Senior macro strategist at Bloomberg Intelligence believes that the Bitcoin network has never been more secure than it is now. McGlone predicts that the cryptocurrency will eventually trade more like ...
From Crypto Craze To Currency King: Bitcoin’s Potential To Replace The Dollar As The Global Reserve
Bitcoin is often pitched as a possible contender to become the next global reserve currency. However, it faces many hurdles, none more significant than the current reigning king: the almighty United S...
Trader Maps Path Forward for Bitcoin, Ethereum and Dogecoin As BTC Falls Below $28,000 – Here Is His Outlook
A widely followed crypto analyst is updating his outlook on Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH) and Dogecoin (DOGE) as BTC’s rally may be losing steam. Pseudonymous crypto trader Altcoin Sherpa tells his 19...
US Treasury Report Warns of Defi’s Threat to National Security, Authors Conclude Fiat Is Used in Illicit Finance More Than Crypto – Defi Bitcoin News
The U.S. Treasury has released a 42-page report assessing the risks of decentralized finance (defi). The report states that specific nation-state adversaries, cybercriminals, ransomware attackers, thi...
Bitcoin’s Easter Forecast: Is a $30K Price Point on the Horizon?
Bitcoin (BTC) price has been on the rise recently. BTC could reach $30K by Easter Sunday. Bitcoin (BTC) price has been on the rise recently, despite the introduction of potentially harmful legislation...
April 5 Witness the Fifth-Largest Bitcoin Transaction: Santiment
On April 05, a whale crypto wallet received the fifth biggest crypto transaction of the ongoing year. According to Santiment, a blockchain data analysis firm, a Bitcoin whale received 17,769 Bitcoin. ...
Bullish Pattern Appears in BTC’s Price After Steady Consolidation – Cryptopolitan
The Bitcoin price analysis shows a recovering market trend after a few hours of consolidation in todays trading session. The market for cryptocurrency has seen a rise of 0.14%, which signals that bull...
$1.12B in Bitcoin options expire this week, and bulls appear to be at a disadvantage
Bitcoin’s (BTC) 43% rally between March 10 and March 20 surprised options traders and this is proven by the minimal14% of the $1.12 billion open interest set to expire on April 7 being placed at...
Riot Platforms Inc. BTC Mining Production Ascended By 36% in March
Riot Platforms Inc. recently released its production and operations update. Company shares fell by over 4% before the market closed. Bitcoin mining is getting difficult, considering the number of mine...
Bitcoin Price Explosion to $50,000 Likely, Says Top Crypto Trader – Here’s His Forecast
A widely followed crypto analyst is predicting huge gains for king crypto Bitcoin (BTC) in the coming months. Top analyst Michaël van de Poppe tells his 652,500 Twitter followers that BTC looks good a...
Wermuth Asset Management: Bitcoin is Fundamentally Useless
Dieter Wermuth, an economist and partner at Wermuth Asset Management, believes that Bitcoin is a fundamentally useless asset. How true are his claims? As Bitcoin rose to popularity, it has often recei...
Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Criticizes Fednow Project, Pushes for Return to Gold Standard – Bitcoin News
On Wednesday, Marjorie Taylor Greene (MTG), a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives, shared an article about the Federal Reserve’s Fednow project and criticized the central bank’s dig...
Bitcoin ‘faces headwinds’ as US money supply drops most since 1950s
Bitcoin (BTC) and crypto may yet see a long-term correction thanks to central banks keeping liquidity tight, Bloomberg warns. In its latest research, Bloomberg Intelligence revealed cool stance on the...
Schiff Applauds ChatGPT For Not Recommending BTC Investment
1 ChatGPT did not mention Bitcoin in the portfolio breakdown. 2 Peter Schiff appreciates the AI bot for outcomes. Well-Known Bitcoin critic Peter Schiff has appreciated ChatGPT for not recommending ...
SOL take a cue from Bitcoin’s sideway structure – Here are the levels to watch out for
Disclaimer: The information presented does not constitute financial, investment, trading, or other types of advice and is solely the writer’s opinion SOL was almost in a neutral structure at press tim...
‘Black Swan’ Author Admits His Major Bitcoin Mistake
Alex Dovbnya Nassim Nicholas Taleb, renowned author of ‘Black Swan’ and respected thought leader on uncertainty and randomness, has publicly admitted to making significant error in his ini...