CRYPTO
How Jack Dorsey’s Block Inc Is Reinventing Finance With Bitcoin
Block, Inc., founded by Jack Dorsey, the co-founder and ex-CEO of Twitter, is a financial technology company with a deepening full-stack connection to the Bitcoin industry through its subsidiaries. Its companies span payments apps and merchant tooling with Bitcoin integration, the development of bitcoin mining hardware, open source software development, […]
How Companies Are Adding Bitcoin Art to Their Corporate Collections
Art has always symbolized values: Bitcoin and Bitcoin art is the next form of that. From Medieval times to modern corporations, companies supporting and collecting art can contribute to cultural capital and leverage art as an asset. Bitcoin art and Bitcoin corporations don’t seem to mix. But for decades — […]
Engage: We’re in an Information War
What a time to be alive. Marty’s Bent Some of you may be aware of the fact that we’ve been leaning into AI tools here at TFTC to automate some mindless tasks so that we can make our operations more efficient. As we’ve leaned into leveraging AI to make our […]
Monero’s 51% Attack Problem: Inside Qubic’s Controversial Network Takeover
Qubic says it has achieved hashrate dominance over Monero, sparking concerns over the future of the network’s decentralization. What to know: Monero, the leading privacy-focused cryptocurrency, is facing one of the most serious security challenges in its history. Qubic, a project led by IOTA co-founder Sergey Ivancheglo, says it now controls […]
How a Georgia County Put Its Election Results on Bitcoin — And Why It Will Transform Election Security
At the Bitcoin 2025 Conference, held May 27-29 at The Venetian Resort in Las Vegas, Simple Proof CEO Carlos Toriello and Screven County, Georgia, Elections Supervisor Stacey Scott shared insights into their groundbreaking use of Bitcoin’s blockchain to secure election results. In an exclusive video interview, now released to the public, the duo detailed […]
Harvard Reports $116M Stake in BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin ETF in Latest Filing
The position marks one of the largest known bitcoin allocations by a U.S. university endowment. What to know: Harvard Management Company, which oversees the university’s $50 billion endowment, disclosed a $116 million position in BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) in its latest quarterly filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The stake, reported in […]
The Government Is Not Your Friend
Bitcoiners need to stop begging the government for permission to exercise their rights. They are not our friends. Yesterday’s guilty verdict for Roman Storm on the count of conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money service business is absolutely insane. FinCEN, the regulator responsible for licensing, monitoring, and enforcement actions concerning criminal activity […]
Metaplanet Doubles Down on Bitcoin as Shares Slide, Buys Another $54M
The Japanese company’s purchase takes its total holdings to more than $1.78 billion in value. What to know: Metaplanet (3350), a Tokyo-listed investment firm, said it bought another 463 bitcoin emphasizing the cryptocurrency’s long-term shareholder value even as its stock fell more than 7% to sit at half the value it held […]
French MPs Float Plan to Mine Bitcoin With Surplus Nuclear Energy
The proposal aims to take advantage of surplus energy generated by nuclear power plants, with one MP describing it as a “secure and extremely profitable solution”. What to know: A group of French lawmakers is preparing a draft law that would enable the use of surplus electricity from nuclear power […]
What Bitcoin’s Velocity Says About Its Future
Falling on-chain velocity doesn’t necessarily mean bitcoin usage is slowing. In fact, it might just mean we’re looking in the wrong place, says Stefania Barbaglio. What to know: Bitcoin’s on-chain velocity—how often coins move—is at decade lows. To some, that’s a red flag: has Bitcoin lost momentum? Is it still […]
