Tagged: bitcoin

September 11, 2026 @ 8:02 am By Omar Faridi  |  

A collaborative research effort involving more than 100 participants and AI coding agents has sharply lowered a widely cited measure of the quantum resources needed for a core arithmetic step in a theoretical attack on the elliptic-curve signatures used by Bitcoin and Ethereum. The work,… Read More

September 10, 2026 @ 11:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CoinCorner and AnchorWatch have brought a new insured Bitcoin custody option to everyday holders, pairing exchange-account convenience with multi-signature control and coverage arranged through Lloyd’s of London.Isle of Man-based CoinCorner, a Bitcoin and Lightning company that has served customers for more than a decade, has… Read More

September 10, 2026 @ 4:02 pm By JD Alois  |  

Bitcoin ATMs are fairly common in major US markets. Coin ATM Radar currently tracks around 19,400 locations nationwide. At its peak, estimates placed Bitcoin ATMs at over 30,000 locations. While not on the level of bank ATMs, that is still quite a lot. Still, some… Read More

September 9, 2026 @ 3:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Block Inc. (NYSE: XYZ) has taken a notable step toward deeper integration with the U.S. banking system by applying for a specialized federal charter. The payments and financial technology company, led by co-founder Jack Dorsey, disclosed on September 8, 2026, that it submitted a request… Read More

September 9, 2026 @ 3:33 am By Omar Faridi  |  

El Salvador has not directed taxpayer money toward additional bitcoin purchases since the first review of its IMF-backed loan program last June, according to the International Monetary Fund. Officials in San Salvador instead supplied records showing that coins added after that review arrived as private… Read More

September 8, 2026 @ 3:01 pm By JD Alois  |  

Bitcoin has had a good few weeks. In mid-August, BTC experienced a bounce after a couple of sleep months stuck in the doldrums. Coinshares Senior Portfolio Manager Marc des Ligneris see renewed investor interest as partially driven by the US Department of the Treasury’s bond… Read More

September 8, 2026 @ 1:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Metaplanet’s (TYO: 3350) stock weakened again after Chief Executive Simon Gerovich tried to answer shareholder criticism in a public note and left the market unconvinced. The Tokyo-listed Bitcoin treasury company dropped nearly 10 percent on Tuesday to 244 yen, after a 7.5 percent decline on… Read More

September 8, 2026 @ 9:10 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has publicly rejected a high-profile forecast that artificial intelligence will trigger a sharp collapse in Bitcoin. In a September 7 exchange on X, he said he stands on the opposite side of a claim that AI will erode confidence in Bitcoin’s… Read More

September 7, 2026 @ 6:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

A long-quiet Bitcoin address that first received coins in mid-2016 moved more than a thousand coins in a single transaction, while holders of early physical Bitcoin collectibles also began unlocking a cluster of coins after years of inactivity. The sending wallet used the older P2PKH… Read More

September 7, 2026 @ 4:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Blockstream’s Liquid Network, a federated Bitcoin sidechain used by exchanges and institutions for faster settlement and confidential transfers, temporarily halted new activity after nearly the entire bitcoin reserve backing its L-BTC token left the federation wallet. On September 6, 2026, two transactions moved approximately 3,998… Read More

September 7, 2026 @ 10:20 am By Omar Faridi  |  

US listed spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) absorbed a substantial wave of new money last week, drawing approximately $987 million in net creations and extending a rebound in regulated demand for the leading digital asset. The figure, compiled from issuer flow data, marked the third week… Read More

September 7, 2026 @ 9:14 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Standard Chartered (LON: STAN) has expanded its digital-asset services in the United Arab Emirates, introducing institutional spot trading in Bitcoin and Ethereum through its Dubai International Financial Centre unit. The bank said the offering makes it the first global systemically important bank to provide this… Read More

September 6, 2026 @ 5:53 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Matt Hougan, chief investment officer at Bitwise Asset Management, recently reduced the crypto market to three themes he thinks investors should own for years: Bitcoin as a hedge against currency debasement, Zcash as a privacy asset, and a long tokenization cycle involving Ethereum, Solana, Uniswap… Read More

September 5, 2026 @ 10:40 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Geyser, a US-linked Bitcoin crowdfunding site, has refused a campaign from Cuba Bitcoin after an automated review labeled the submitted wallet a sanctions failure. The grassroots group made the rejection public on September 3, 2026, calling the explanation empty and arguing that origin, not the… Read More

September 4, 2026 @ 9:42 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Hargreaves Lansdown, one of the UK’s largest retail investment platform, has begun listing Bitcoin and Ethereum exchange-traded notes for eligible clients, ending a long period in which it stood apart from most rivals on crypto access. From 3 September 2026, the firm made nine products… Read More

September 3, 2026 @ 1:45 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Russia’s largest bank has issued a cautious but sizable outlook for the country’s newly legalized cryptocurrency market. Sberbank Deputy Chairman Anatoly Popov said licensed trading platforms could handle roughly 3.5 trillion to 4 trillion rubles—about $46 billion—during the first 12 months after the rules take… Read More

September 1, 2026 @ 10:25 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Supporters of Bitcoin Improvement Proposal 110 or BIP-110 have revived a breakaway chain that had gone quiet after an early August split, pairing a new mining algorithm with a much smaller block limit. The minority network forked from Bitcoin at block 961,632 when nodes enforcing… Read More

September 1, 2026 @ 6:04 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Strategy (NASDAQ:MSTR), which decisively remains the largest public holder of bitcoin and a prominent digital asset treasury company, has formally objected to a new consultation launched by index provider MSCI. The firm described the proposal as discriminatory toward companies that maintain substantial digital asset reserves as… Read More

August 31, 2026 @ 11:25 am By JD Alois  |  

Michael Saylor, Chairman of Strategy (NASDAQ:MSTR) says his company is buying Bitcoin again. In a post on X, Saylor said Strategy has acquired 4,603 BTC for $370M. At the same time, he said that cash has increased by $29 million and that share repurchases have… Read More

August 31, 2026 @ 10:02 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The UK’s tax authority has published its first standalone snapshot of declared cryptoasset profits, and the picture is highly concentrated. In the 2024–25 tax year, 240 people told HM Revenue and Customs they had made more than £1 million each in capital gains from digital… Read More