US Senator Cynthia Lummis said that she would hold talks with the Biden administration on the topic of Bitcoin. Calling the talks “encouraging and productive”, Lummis said the talks would …
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Banking giant BBVA to open Bitcoin trading and custody services in Switzerland
Spanish banking giant BBVA’s swiss entity, BBVA Switzerland, has started offering bitcoin trading and custody services. Announcing the news on Friday, BBVA Switzerland said the services will be available to all of …
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Paraguayan official has confirmed. In July they legislate Bitcoin
Paraguay’s Deputy of the Nation, Carlos Antonio Rejala Helman, has confirmed that new legislation in regards to Bitcoin will arrive in July. This comes amid growing adoption in Latin America …
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Grayscale has purchased $2 billion in Bitcoin and other crypto over weekend
In a recent tweet, Grayscale Investments spread the word that as of Monday, June 14, the total amount of cryptocurrencies managed by its team made up $35.5 billion. On Friday, June 11, …
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MicroStrategy to double down on its Bitcoin (BTC) bet
There’s never a dull day when it comes to crypto as was exemplified recently when the digital asset market dipped by around 50%, eventually taking the total capitalization from its …
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Bitcoin’s green energy usage exceeds 50 %. Tesla to resume payments?
Jiang Zhuoer, CEO of mining pool BTC.TOP, has tweeted that Bitcoin miners’ clean energy usage already exceeds 50 percent. Zhuoer claims that mining facilities located in Xinjiang, Qinghai, and Inner Mongolia have …
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General Motors may start accepting Bitcoin (BTC) if there’s customer demand
General Motors CEO Mary Barra told CNBC Wednesday that “nothing precludes” her company from accepting Bitcoin payments: There’s nothing that precludes us from doing that. We’ll be driven by our customers. …
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Whales hold 48.7% of total Bitcoin supply after buying 90,000 BTC recently
Santiment analytics team has taken to Twitter to share that Bitcoin whales have been increasing their BTC positions in the past three months and now hold half of the whole supply of …
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Chinese $4 billion investment firm partner holds Bitcoin & explains why Warren Buffett does not buy BTC
Twitter account of the 8BTC Chinese news outlet has shared that Andrew Y. Yan from SAIF Partners (which has over $4 billion in asset management) has been holding Bitcoin for six years …
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Bakkt users can now send Bitcoin to anyone (even the app’s non-users)
Cryptocurrency marketplace application Bakkt has unveiled a new peer-to-peer feature enabling users to send bitcoin, gift cards, and cash to anyone. In a statement, Bakkt noted that users would send the covered …
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