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Company Name: Ledn Founders: Mauricio Di Bartolomeo and Adam Reeds Date Founded: September 2018 Location of Headquarters: N/A (Fully remote) Number of Employees: 51 Website: https://ledn.io/ Public or Private? Private “Lending is the type of relationship where you value the return of your assets more than the return on your assets.” This was Di Bartolomeo’s

Michael Saylor and Aleks Svetski continue their long-form conversation about the implications of Bitcoin and how to spread adoption to everyone.This is a transcribed version of a special edition “Bitcoin Magazine” podcast with Aleks Svetski and Michael Saylor having a long-form conversation about the implications of Bitcoin and its effects on the world.Watch This Episode…

Enhancing Creditworthiness with Bitcoin in a Debt-Intensive Economy Since US President Richard Nixon announced in 1971 that the US dollar would no longer be convertible into gold at a fixed rate, central banks around the world have started operating a fiat-based monetary system with floating exchange rates and no currency standard. As a result, the

Putting bitcoin to use as a payment processor onboards merchants, brings together Bitcoiners and shows the true power of the network.CryptoBeerKings Hosts First Successful Lightning Network Beer EventOn a snowy evening in a bar near Denver, Colorado, 10 Bitcoiners got together to change the way businesses view Bitcoin and how they can attract a “new”…

Increased regulatory scrutiny from China is changing the bitcoin mining landscape. But where will hash rate go?China is banning Bitcoin for real this time. Well, more accurately, it’s banning Bitcoin mining. Following bans last month in Xinjiang and Inner Mongolia, government officials have banned bitcoin mining in Sichuan (the epicenter of Bitcoin mining in the…

In the Bitcoin industry’s Sisyphean struggle to secure a Bitcoin exchange traded fund (ETF), the boulder is rolling back down the hill. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) posted a notice today, May 20, 2019, that it is delaying its decision on the VanEck and SolidX Bitcoin ETF proposal. With this additional extension (the…

Money services providers could lose $400 million a year in commissions for remittances thanks to bitcoin, increasing Salvadorans’ money.El Salvador’s bitcoin adoption will increase the wealth of its people while diminishing the commission fees paid out to intermediaries, CNBC reported. President Nayib Bukele estimates that companies like Western Union and MoneyGram will lose about $400…

A Turkish court has jailed suspects connected to the Thodex cryptocurrency exchange as its regulatory actions around bitcoin intensify.According to a recent report from Reuters, a Turkish court has jailed six suspects as part of its investigation into local cryptocurrency exchange Thodex. The group of suspects, who are reportedly being held pending trial, include the…

Metaplanet, a decades-old Japanese Public company providing hospitality and technology-related services, recently announced a major strategic pivot - embracing Bitcoin as a core corporate treasury asset.Last month, Metaplanet revealed it acquired over $6 million worth of Bitcoin, marking the company's foray into digital assets. This mirrors MicroStrategy's pioneering move to allocate part of its reserves to Bitcoin