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Political commentator Tucker Carlson has ignited discussions within the cryptocurrency community by asserting that Bitcoin was created by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Speaking at a private event during the Bitcoin 2024 conference in Nashville, Carlson's provocative remarks have left many...

Blockstream CEO, Adam Back, a key player in the development of technologies like the Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) Lightning Network, said the apex cryptocurrency will have to reach $700,000 to outperform physical gold. What Happened: Back said on X, “Digital gold bitcoin will surely flip physical...

Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) introduced NFTs that are stored entirely on its blockchain. These NFTs can hold up to 4MB of data, enabling the storage of short videos and even the Satoshi whitepaper on the blockchain. This has the potential to make Bitcoin a competitor to Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH), which...

Leading electric vehicle company Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) is helping two companies mine Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC). Here are the details. What Happened: A partnership was announced in April between Tesla, Block Inc (NYSE: SQ) and Blockstream to use Tesla’s Megapacks. An open-source Bitcoin...

Samson Mow — the former chief strategy officer at major Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC)-centric tech firm Blockstream — has launched JAN3, a company raising $21 million at a $100-million valuation to accelerate Bitcoin adoption. What Happened: A Thursday Reuters report ...

In the past 24 hours, the cryptocurrency market saw $3.74 billion worth of liquidations from more than 341,000 traders. What Happened: After Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) CEO Elon Musk made an announcement on Twitter that the car company will no longer accept Bitcoin as means of payment over...

As bitcoin has gained popularity over the past few years, the system that the cryptocurrency runs on began to face some growing pains. Developers started to worry that the existing framework wouldn't be able to support continued growth; new ideas about how blockchain, the ledger-like technology...