Tag: Bitcoin

Japanese investment and consulting firm Metaplanet has successfully completed its plan to acquire 1 billion yen worth of Bitcoin. On July 22, the company announced its final purchase of 20.38 BTC, valued at approximately $1.2 million (200 million yen), fulfilling the investment strategy initially revealed in June. This announcement had ...

Metaplanet has continued its aggressive Bitcoin acquisition strategy with a recent purchase of 21.88 Bitcoin, valued at over $1.2 million (200 million Japanese yen). This latest acquisition, announced on July 16, brings the Japanese firm’s total Bitcoin holdings to 225.6 BTC, with an estimated value of $14.6 million. This move ...

David Bailey, CEO of Bitcoin Magazine, successfully lobbied former U.S. President Donald Trump and his representatives to attend the upcoming Bitcoin Conference in Nashville, Tennessee, with promises of a $15 million fundraiser, according to a new report from the Washington Post. The Bitcoin Conference, scheduled to run from July 25 ...

Former U.S. President Donald Trump has been announced as a speaker at the Bitcoin 2024 conference, which will take place in Nashville, Tennessee, from July 25 to 27.  The event, known as one of the largest gatherings in the Bitcoin world, will feature an array of influential political figures, including ...

The US-listed Spot Bitcoin ETFs saw a net inflow of $295 million on Monday, July 8, marking the largest single-day inflow since June 5. According to data from Farside Investors, BlackRock's $IBIT led the charge with $187.21 million in new investments. Following $IBIT, Fidelity Investments’ $FBTC recorded the second-largest flow ...

Mt. Gox, the once-prominent cryptocurrency exchange infamous for its 2014 hack, has finally begun repaying what it owed to its users after more than a decade of delays and legal proceedings. On July 5, 2024, Mt. Gox announced it started the repayments and disbursed funds to creditors that meet specific ...

The Bitcoin Core developers have unveiled a new policy focused on disclosing "critical bugs" in a move to improve the communication of Bitcoin security vulnerabilities. This announcement came in a message to the Bitcoin Development Mailing List on July 3, where lead developer Antoine Poinsot and five others highlighted the ...

Metaplanet Inc. has announced the creation of Metaplanet Capital Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary in the British Virgin Islands (BVI), to optimize its Bitcoin-related financial strategies. The new entity, set to launch in July 2024 with an initial capital of US$10,000, will focus on holding Bitcoins and engaging in Bitcoin-related business ...

Pro-bitcoin regulations have been approved in a second U.S. state as Louisiana passes a groundbreaking pro-bitcoin bill to safeguard access to bitcoin and limit Central Bank Digital Currencies. Governor Jeff Landry signed House Bill 488 into law after it received bipartisan support from both chambers of the State legislature. The ...

The defunct exchange Mt. Gox is set to begin redistributing assets lost in its infamous 2014 hack this July.  According to an official notice on the Mt. Gox website, $9.4 billion in Bitcoin, $72 million in Bitcoin Cash, and $446 million in fiat currency will be disbursed during the process. ...