Mastercard launches a Bitcoin debit card for direct spending in Europe from non-custodial wallets.

CoinGate data shows the Lightning Network is experiencing significant adoption growth, with a doubling of LN payments in two years and a projected LN adoption exceeding 20% in Q3 2024.

BtcTurk integrates Lightning Network, enabling users to make instant Lightning deposits and free withdrawals at Turkey’s oldest exchange.

Japan considers tax cuts for Bitcoin and crypto by reclassifying them as financial assets, reducing profits from a 45% income tax to a 20% capital gains tax.

Strike integrates BOLT 12 support, enhancing bitcoin payments with reusable QR codes and improved user security.

Central banks bought a record 483 tonnes of gold in the first half of 2024, but Bitcoin still outperforms.

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado calls Bitcoin a ‘lifeline’ in exclusive interview with Alex Gladstein.

Nicolás Maduro, president of Venezuela, asserts that Venezuela must revive its Bitcoin and crypto adoption efforts to combat the impact of ‘bandits and thieves’ on previous initiatives.

Donald Trump's daughter-in-law and daughter have their X accounts hacked to promote a token purportedly tied to World Liberty Financial, the upcoming sh!tcoin project recently touted by Trump family members.

Bitcoin holders prefer Trump over Harris by 12%, new poll from Fairleigh Dickinson University reveals, highlighting significant support from younger men and minority groups.

Kwallos Shop, a pioneering Bitcoin spaza shop in the Bitcoin Ekasi community in South Africa, faces devastating loss as fire claims a life and destroys essential stock (in need of donations).

Zurich Cantonal Bank, Switzerland’s fourth largest bank, launches bitcoin trading.

Ethereum underperforms Bitcoin by 44% since transitioning to proof-of-stake in 2022.

Scottish prosecutors seize and convert 23.5 bitcoin into cash from a 2020 robbery that saw three men armed with a machete and a Toblerone chocolate bar break into a home near Glasgow.

YubiKeys face significant security risks as researchers expose cloning vulnerabilities that compromise the FIDO authentication standard.

Bitcoin wallets holding 100+ BTC reach a 17-month high, as whales capitalize on smaller traders selling amidst market pressure.

IntoTheBlock data shows over $1B in bitcoin leaves exchanges in the past seven days as accumulation trends emerge.

Bitcoin hashrate hits a new all-time high of 742 EH/s.

JP Morgan reports that bitcoin mining profitability hits record lows as miners earn just $43,600 per exahash amid rising difficulty and declining market caps.

Ethiopian Electric Power generates over $25 million in revenue from ‘data mining’ companies.

Wells Fargo to start pitching Bitcoin ETFs to their client from September.

Qatar launches 2024 digital assets framework to attract global firms.

The Supreme Court of British Columbia orders $1.2M in damages to be paid in a Bitcoin-related loan dispute, reflecting the growing legal acceptance of Bitcoin.

Bitcoin ATM scams rise dramatically, targeting older adults and resulting in over $110M lost in 2023.

Swan customers receive fake 'Data Breach Notice' emails as phishing campaign emerges, likely stemming from the 2022 Klaviyo/HubSpot hacks.

Russian authorities confiscate 238 mining rigs from a gardening community, citing significant power grid disruptions and fraud-related offenses.

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Howard Lutnick, Cantor Fitzgerald CEO, says banks want to transact in BTC as a new asset class but are being held back by the existing requirements of US regulators (Sept 4 | 2:07 min watch).

Whitney Webb warns that the Bitcoin community is losing sight of its original focus on freedom and decentralization, as Wall Street and governments try to co-opt it for financial gain (Sept 2 | 14:40 min watch).

Former BCasher explains how a Reddit post by Adam Back convinced him to come back to Bitcoin (Aug 31 | 0:58 min watch).

Erik Cason delves into the potential for Bitcoin to reshape our energy markets, empower the global South, and even fuel humanity’s journey to Mars and beyond (Sept 2 | 14:13 min watch).

Area Bitcoin explains how Bitcoin, like a financial black hole, sucks value from other assets due to its unique properties, ultimately leading to a more fair and abundant future (Sept 1 | 7:59 min watch).

River Financial publishes a short video that explains why the US Dollar is broken (Aug 30 | 3:15 min watch).

Ioni Appleberg narrates a story involving a genie, a dystopian future and Bitcoin (Aug 30 | 8:03 min watch).

Unchained releases a video listing 11 rules to keep your bitcoin safe for generations (Aug 29 | 8:58 min watch).

Zaprite publishes a tutorial on creating and sending a recurring invoice (Sept 1 | 4:22 min watch).

Jameson Lopp calls for a faster pace in making improvements to Bitcoin protocol before it is too late (Sept 4 | 0:35 min watch).

Joe Nakamoto publishes a video about Aurore, a French politician, who has a political strategy centered around Bitcoin (Aug 31 | 25:21 min watch).

hyperfr33 posts video of Starbucks accepting Bitcoin as payment in El Salvador (Aug 30 | 0:13 min watch).

Matthew Vuk publishes video launching the Bitcoin Developer Project, a step-by-step online program to onboard the next generation of Bitcoin developers with community support (Aug 29 | 5:09 min watch).

Robert Breedlove and Giovanni Santostasi discuss the ‘Bitcoin Power Law Theory’ (Aug 31 | 18:35 min watch).