Cartoon: The Challenges of Liquidity

A commission out of New Hampshire has found that the positive impacts of bitcoin mining on the electricity system are worthy of further consideration.New Hampshire (NH) Governor Chris Sununu’s “Commission On Cryptocurrencies And Digital Assets” has returned results that suggest the NH Department of Energy create a public review of how bitcoin mining operations might…

For this episode of Bitcoin Magazine’s “Meet The Taco Plebs,” I was joined by Randy McMillian (@RandyMcMillan), a fellow pleb that I met on “Bitcoin Kindergarten” who has been sharing some good knowledge and wisdom on that show lately.  In this episode, we discussed certain interesting topics in Bitcoin that McMillan is most fond of,…

Despite the dip, these five factors have continued their contribution to bitcoin’s rising price.Does Bitcoin’s Number Go Up (NGU) Technology Still Work?If this question has entered your mind in the past several months, read on to learn why the evidence for number go up (NGU) is stronger than ever. While the past two and a…

The problems of today are constantly criticized under the label of capitalism, but fiat money has warped free market interactions.This is an opinion editorial by Hannah Wolfman-Jones, author of “System Override: How Bitcoin, Blockchain, Free Speech, & Free Tech Can Change Everything” and founder of We The Web.Capitalism is controversial these days. Many look at…

Brazil customers will soon be able to buy, sell, and hold bitcoin via MercadoPago, MercadoLibre’s payments app.Brazilians will soon be able to buy, sell, and hold bitcoin via MercadoPago, MercadoLibre’s digital payments app.MercadoLibre, known in Brazil as MercadoLivre, is the country’s biggest ecommerce platform.It is unclear whether customers will be able to withdraw their bitcoin…

Steve Lee of Square Crypto sees major Bitcoin application progress on the horizon, dismisses energy FUD and looks forward to Bitcoin 2021.Multi-billion dollar financial services company Square touches Bitcoin in several ways. It holds more than 8,000 BTC on its balance sheet. Its mobile payments platform Cash App, which lets users buy bitcoin instantly, netted…

Bitfury subsidiary Cipher Mining Technologies is merging with Global Acquisition Group and going public on Nasdaq.Today, Cipher Mining Technologies announced that it plans to go public via a merger with Good Work Acquisition Corp. Cipher Mining was recently formed as a subsidiary of Dutch Bitcoin mining company Bitfury. “The combined company, to be named Cipher…

In case you missed it, Bitcoin Season 2 released part of its Spring/Summer collection last week. Amongst other things, Mezo, a “Bitcoin economic layer” came out of stealth with a $21 million fundraising round. Alpen Labs announced a $10.6 million bankroll to bootstrap a Bitcoin-native zero-knowledge infrastructure. Another posse of blockchain designers, including the folks

Elizabeth Warren can’t see that Bitcoin is a lifeboat from the predatory banking practices she advocates against.This is a transcribed excerpt of the “Bitcoin Magazine Podcast,” hosted by P and Q. In this episode, the hosts are joined by Margo Paez, a climate change physicist and fellow at the Bitcoin Policy Institute who advocates for…