CRYPTO
Samourai Wallet Developer Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison for Unlicensed Money Transmitting
District Judge Denise Cote sentenced Keonne Rodriguez to the statutory maximum. Fellow developer William Lonergan Hill will be sentenced later this month. NEW YORK — Samourai Wallet developer Keonne Rodriguez was sentenced to five years in prison on Thursday for his role in creating a bitcoin mixing service that prosecutors say […]
Dormant Bitcoin Comes Back to Life as 4.65 Million BTC Reenters Circulation in 2025
Data shows long-term holders have driven an unprecedented wave of distribution across 2024 and 2025. What to know: For every buyer there’s a seller, and in 2025 those sellers have been especially active. Bitcoin has mostly traded sideways, fluctuating within roughly a 20% range around $100,000 since the start of […]
Sam Bankman-Fried Posts Lengthy ‘FTX Was Never Insolvent’ Document
The disgraced FTX founder resurfaced on social media with a sprawling self-defense arguing that customers could have been made whole in 2022. What to know: Sam-Bankman Fried is once again arguing that he’s innocent. The former FTX chief posted a lengthy document on X this week claiming that the exchange “was never […]
Bitcoin: The Dawn of a New Monetary Era
Seventeen years after Satoshi Nakamoto introduced Bitcoin to the world, it has grown from a cryptographic experiment into a global movement, argues Tony Yazbeck, co-founder of The Bitcoin Way. On October 31, 2008, an anonymous entity called Satoshi Nakamoto released a nine-page white paper titled “Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System”. […]
What Has Bitcoin Become 17 Years After Satoshi Nakamoto Published The Whitepaper?
Getting close to two decades after the Bitcoin Whitepaper was published by Satoshi Nakamoto, how much bearing does the document have at this point? Today marks seventeen years since Satoshi Nakamoto’s publication of the Bitcoin Whitepaper on the cryptography mailing list in 2008. Back then Bitcoin was nothing more than […]
Steak ’n Shake Launches First-Ever Strategic Bitcoin Reserve
Steak ’n Shake is making history as the first major restaurant to create a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve, adding all Bitcoin payments to its SBR and taking a bold step into cryptocurrency adoption. Steak ’n Shake is making history as the first major restaurant to establish a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve. All […]
SoFi to Launch Bitcoin and Crypto Trading, Eyes Record Year
SoFi reaffirmed its plans to launch Bitcoin and crypto trading later this year. SoFi Technologies (NASDAQ: SOFI) raised its full-year profit forecast on Tuesday after reporting record third-quarter results that beat Wall Street expectations, driven by fee revenue and more user growth across its financial products. CEO Anthony Noto said […]
Germany Proposes National Bitcoin Reserve, Views Bitcoin as ‘State-Free’ Money
The AfD submitted a motion last week urging the federal government to start adding Bitcoin to its long-term reserves. Germany’s Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has introduced a proposal to create a national Bitcoin reserve. The initiative marks a potential turning point for Europe’s largest economy, which only a year […]
France Proposes National Bitcoin Reserve, Wants to Buy 2% of Bitcoin Supply
France’s center-right UDR party, led by Éric Ciotti, is introducing its first comprehensive crypto bill to create a national Bitcoin Strategic Reserve, aiming to acquire up to 2% of Bitcoin’s supply (≈420,000 BTC) over seven to eight years to strengthen financial sovereignty. A pro-crypto bill will be tabled today in […]
Coinbase Opens Amex Card With Up to 4% Back in BTC for U.S. Coinbase One Members
Max Branzburg said the new card is now open to U.S. users who are members of Coinbase One, offering up to 4% back in bitcoin on every purchase. What to know: Coinbase said its Coinbase One Card is now open to U.S. customers who are, or become, Coinbase One members at $49.99 […]
