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In the same way that a year passes through a series of seasons, so too does Bitcoin appear to follow a seasonal trajectory during each halving cycle.  As we enter Bitcoin Spring, price discovery and growth within this industry will begin to accelerate as Bitcoin begins to draw more interest from people outside of the…

NFL star and Nigerian descendant Russell Okung asks the Nigerian government to adopt a Bitcoin standard or risk falling behind.Greetings President Muhammadu Buhari, The hope of Nigeria lies within this generation. I am proudly a Nigerian descendant living in America and am a proponent of Bitcoin. I write to urge the Nigerian government to pursue…

Bitcoin miners are reeling out a higher hashrate than ever as new hardware comes online, and SegWit is keeping pace — cresting 50 percent of network activity over the weekend. The network’s hashrate has continued its steady upward climb, and according to various data sources, is hovering just below 100 exahashes per second (that means…

Sarah Satoshi explains what she loves most about Bitcoin and the hope it brings to the world.Watch This Episode On YouTubeListen To This Episode:BitcoinTVAppleSpotifyGoogleLibsynOvercastIn this episode of Bitcoin Magazine’s “Meet The Taco Plebs,” I sat down with Satoshi Sarah, a new addition to the Bitcoin Magazine team.Sarah is extremely passionate about Bitcoin education, which is…

MercadoLibre has enabled bitcoin and cryptocurrency trading on its Mercado Pago wallet for Chilean users. MercadoLibre, the largest e-commerce platform in Latin America, has announced that it has enabled bitcoin and cryptocurrency trading to its users in Chile. The feature will allow Chilean users to buy, sell and save bitcoin through the company’s MercadoPago wallet app.…

Bitcoin enables mining utilities to engage in agreements that are mutually beneficial to miners and the electricity grid.The House Hearing on Crypto’s Energy Use & Impact, held on January 20, 2022, was ultimately championed by a stellar defense of Bitcoin’s energy use by Brian Brooks, with an especially enlightening testimony from one John Belizaire, founder…

Bitcoin’s past performance can help you understand where its value is heading. Here’s bitcoin’s price history delineated since its inception.Introduction How many times has bitcoin been declared dead? At least 463 times. And it’s never been because of its monetary system failing or its technical operation breaking down, but because of its price crashing. Some…

Bitcoin data provider Coin Metrics raised $15 million in an investment round led by financial institution Goldman Sachs.According to Bloomberg, Goldman Sachs led a $15 million investment round in Coin Metrics, a bitcoin data provider for institutional investors. Goldman’s global head of digital assets, Mathew McDermott, will also join the analytics firm’s board of directors.Coin…

Launched in 2009, the social networking app Foursquare was hailed as providing a cutting-edge approach for users to share their location with friends. Called a “check-in,” people would reveal their location through their mobile device by selecting the venue they were frequenting at that time. The app grew immensely popular as users around the world…