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Bitcoin Proponents Slam Nobel Laureate Paul Krugman After Venmo Payment Issue

[Mar 8, 2023 6:30 PM] Nobel Prize winner Paul Krugman complained on Twitter Wednesday that he was experiencing issues with the centralized payment processor Venmo. His tweet was followed by a barrage of bitcoin supporters who insisted that Krugman was now realizing the…

Ebb and Flow of Stablecoin Economy Continues With BUSD’s Market Cap Dropping Below $10 Billion Range

[Mar 3, 2023 9:00 AM] The realm of stablecoins is an ever-evolving landscape and the number of coins in circulation for the stablecoin BUSD has fallen below the 10 billion mark to approximately 9.68 billion on March 3, 2023. Over the last 30 days, BUSD’s token…

Bitcoin Continues to Record Blocks Above the 3.75 MB Range as Ordinal Inscriptions Near 150,000

[Feb 19, 2023 11:30 AM] As Ordinal inscriptions approach the 150,000 mark, blocks larger than 3 MB have become commonplace, with many blocks near the 4 MB range. Meanwhile, after the average transaction fee on-chain rose 122% higher at the beginning of February 2023, the…

Bitcoin Exchange LocalBitcoins To Shut Down, Citing Market Conditions

[Feb 9, 2023 12:23 PM] According to an announcement on its website, the peer-to-peer Bitcoin platform will be shutting down before the end of February 2023.LocalBitcoins has announced that the exchange will be closed for service by the end of February. The long-time…

Localbitcoins, the Pioneer P2P Bitcoin Exchange, Shuts Down After a Decade of Service Due to Crypto Winter

[Feb 9, 2023 9:00 AM] Localbitcoins, the Helsinki, Finland-based bitcoin exchange founded in 2012, is closing operations after over a decade of service. The company’s operators attribute the shutdown to the “ongoing crypto-winter,” which has left…

Where Are the Crypto OGs? — Taxation Is Theft, but Joe Biden Needs Ice Cream Money

[Jan 26, 2023 6:30 AM] Bitcoin was once viewed as a means to opt out of violent, legacy financial systems. Now, it is being co-opted by the very same, and zealous newcomers to crypto think that’s a good thing, while still giving lip service to peer-to-peer values…

Crypto platform Paxful removes ETH from its marketplace

[Dec 21, 2022 8:09 AM] Paxful CEO Ray Youssef highlights Ethereum’s move to proof-of-stake, perceived centralization and token minting ability as reasons for the move.

Scaling Bitcoin With Lightning As A Service Makes It Money That Really Matters

[Dec 13, 2022 7:00 AM] Developing Lighting as a Service (LaaS) removes friction from bitcoin and gives users the experiences they crave.This is an opinion editorial by Roy Sheinfeld, the cofounder and CEO of Breez, a Lightning Network mobile app.Ready for a hot take?…

Don’t Forget the Importance of Censorship Resistance

[Nov 28, 2022 11:30 PM] Since people are once again talking about self-custody as one of crypto’s unique strengths, I would like to remind everyone about an equally important fundamental value proposition of crypto that, in the early days, was touted as the killer…

If You Care About Bitcoin, You Should Onboard People Individually

[Nov 5, 2022 7:00 PM] Bitcoiners want to help other people adopt bitcoin. There are many methods to do this, but in-person conversations work best. How many people can you onboard?This is an opinion editorial by Mark Maraia, an entrepreneur, author of “Rainmaking…