James Howells, an IT engineer from Newport, Wales, has lost his long-running legal battle to recover a hard drive containing 8,000 Bitcoin valued at over $750 million. The Newport City Council has consistently denied access to the landfill where the hard drive was accidentally discarded in 2013, citing environmental concerns. In the latest setback, Judge … Read more
After sparing no expense on the 2024 election, American crypto-related firms are doubling down on lavish political spending—by donating in droves to Donald Trump’s inauguration committee. Inaugural funds like Trump’s pay for the days of lavish dinners, parties, and parades that typically surround an incoming president’s swearing-in, as well as the official ceremony itself. Donations … Read more
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Just seven days after Satoshi launched the Bitcoin network on January 3, 2009, Hal Finney, the first person to ever receive a bitcoin payment, announced to the world that he too had fired up a Bitcoin node. “Running bitcoin,” Finney tweeted on January 10, 2009, and those two words have become iconic in the Bitcoin … Read more
Babylon Labs and Fiamma, a Lightspeed Faction-backed platform focused on unlocking real-world assets on Bitcoin, are teaming up to advance a BTC-secured decentralized world. Fiamma has secured a strategic investment from Babylon Labs to help bring this vision to market, according to a press release. As the two platforms look to boost a Bitcoin (BTC) … Read more
It’s been a rough couple of days for the top dog-coin. Dogecoin, the original meme coin and one of the most valuable cryptocurrencies on the market, began the year with a hot streak, jumping from a price of $0.314 to just shy of $0.40 on January 7. But over the last two days, amid a … Read more
The Russian government has started selling part of the 1,032 bitcoins seized from former investigator Marat Tambiev, convicted of taking bribes. Russian Authorities Seize Real Estate Belonging to Bribery-Convicted Official The Russian government has reportedly begun selling a portion of over 1,032 bitcoins (BTC) seized from a former investigator, Marat Tambiev, who was convicted of … Read more
Policymakers in Germany are considering options required for the country to adopt Bitcoin (BTC) and become competitive in the digital currency space. This formed part of the discussions at a recent Blockchain Roundtable in the German Parliament. Patrick Hansen, Circle’s Senior Director of EU Strategy & Policy, revealed this in a post on X. Germany’s … Read more
The post-election rally sparked by Donald Trump’s November 5 US presidential victory has significantly cooled, leading the broader market into a consolidation phase since early 2025. Despite this slowdown, crypto whales remain active, ramping up their accumulation of select assets in the first week of the year. Among the tokens drawing heightened whale interest are … Read more
“Due to its verifiable fixed supply, Bitcoin is the most inflation-resistant store of value available,” the proposal read.