Bitcoin

Bitcoin is a new electronic payment system that removes the need for third party financial institutions. It speeds up transactions while reducing costs and minimizing the potential for fraud. The name “cryptocurrency” points to how it uses “cryptographic proof” to work, AKA a blockchain.

Bitcoin’s concept was first introduced in 2008 when a person going by the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto shared a white paper titled “Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System.” In January 2009, the Bitcoin blockchain was launched. 

A new electronic payment system called Bitcoin removes the need for third-party financial institutions. It speeds up transactions while reducing costs and fraud-risk. The name “cryptocurrency” points to how it uses “cryptographic proof” to work, AKA a blockchain.   

Bitcoin has a finite supply of 21 million, which is expected to be reached by the year 2140. Currently, 18.8 million are circulating in the market. Note that Bitcoin represents the concept of the network, while bitcoin (lower-case ‘b’) represents the currency.

Bitcoin is one of the most well-known cryptos as it was the first decentralized currency. 

Currently, BTC’s dominance is above 40%. Bitcoin Dominance is a measure of how much of the total market cap of crypto is made up of Bitcoin. Bitcoin’s influence in the crypto ecosystem could be vulnerable to competition as alternative coins grow in popularity and utility.

Cantor, a Wall Street investment bank, has launched its bitcoin financing business, completing initial trades in May and planning to provide up to $2 billion in institutional lending.

Wall Street Firm Cantor Begins Bitcoin Lending Operations

LAS VEGAS, Nevada — Marathon Digital Holdings (MARA) CEO Fred Thiel has an idea for how U.S. President Donald Trump's administration can make good on its promises to build out a strategic bitcoin reserve: start mining.

MARA's Fred Thiel Says U.S. Should Start Mining Bitcoin to Fill Strategic Reserve

Chainlink

Bitcoin has opened the week higher in what some prominent industry voices are flagging as a sign that BTC may be starting to act as a safe haven asset. Chainlink (LINK) creator Sergey Nazarov says that the flagship cryptocurrency appears to be decoupling from the stock market and behaving more like gold, Fox Business reports.

Bitcoin Makes Run for New All-Time High as Chainlink Founder Sergey Nazarov Says BTC Starting Act As Safe Haven: Report

The price of Bitcoin (BTC) has been steadily rising and making higher highs and higher lows.

Bitcoin Starts A Range-Bound Move Below $110,000

Investment banking giant Cantor Fitzgerald has kicked off its Bitcoin lending service, making deals with FalconX and Maple Finance.

Cantor's $2 Billion Bitcoin Lending Business Makes First Transactions

Bitcoin Magazine Steak ‘n Shake Reveals Bitcoin Payment Success at Bitcoin 2025 Conference Speaking at the Bitcoin 2025 Conference this morning, Steak ‘n Shake executive Dan Edwards shared new data and insights from the company's recent move to accept Bitcoin payments globally via the Lightning Network. “On May 16, we began accepting Bitcoin as payment—and we are permitted to do so by law,” Edwards began.

Steak ‘n Shake Reveals Bitcoin Payment Success at Bitcoin 2025 Conference

KindlyMD (NAKA), an integrated healthcare services provider, has pulled the trigger on its bitcoin BTC treasury strategy.

KindlyMD Acquires 21 Bitcoin Ahead of Merger with Nakamoto

Bitcoin Magazine The Bitcoin Mempool: Private Mempools A look at the implications and consequences of the existence of private mempools on Bitcoin as an overall system. This post The Bitcoin Mempool: Private Mempools first appeared on Bitcoin Magazine and is written by Shinobi.

The Bitcoin Mempool: Private Mempools

Trump Media is unleashing a $2.5 billion bitcoin treasury strategy, vaulting digital assets onto its balance sheet and supercharging its mission to disrupt traditional finance. Bitcoin Treasury Incoming as Trump Media Secures $2.5B From Power Investors Trump Media and Technology Group Corp.

Trump Media Secures $2.5B to Build Bitcoin Treasury With Institutional Firepower

Bitcoin Magazine Bitlux Announced Private Jet Cards Accepting Bitcoin and Crypto Payments Bitlux has launched a jet card program that accepts payments in Bitcoin, and other cryptocurrencies at the 2025 Bitcoin Conference. This post Bitlux Announced Private Jet Cards Accepting Bitcoin and Crypto Payments first appeared on Bitcoin Magazine and is written by Oscar Zarraga Perez.

Bitlux Announced Private Jet Cards Accepting Bitcoin and Crypto Payments

Bitcoin Magazine Asigna Raises $3M Funding and Launches Bitcoin Multisig v2 Upgrade Asigna raises $3M to expand its Bitcoin-native multisig vault with a v2 upgrade and developer tools. This post Asigna Raises $3M Funding and Launches Bitcoin Multisig v2 Upgrade first appeared on Bitcoin Magazine and is written by Oscar Zarraga Perez.

Asigna Raises $3M Funding and Launches Bitcoin Multisig v2 Upgrade

Square is piloting real-time bitcoin payments, letting attendees scan and spend crypto for T-shirts, hoodies, and hats at the BTC Inc. pop-up store.

Block's bitcoin checkout goes live in Vegas, a significant step in making it 'everyday money'

A freshly revised prospectus for Blackrock's Ishares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) now includes a cautionary note that the advent of powerful quantum computing—and related developments—could render Bitcoin's foundational cryptographic safeguards “becoming ineffective.

Blackrock's Updated Bitcoin ETF Prospectus Reveals Hidden Danger: Quantum Hack Risk

As bitcoin BTC enters this week's Bitcoin Conference in Las Vegas priced at roughly a record high above $109,000, traders and analysts are closely watching whether it what's become a trend of poor performance after these events.

Can Bitcoin Break Conference Curse at This Week's Las Vegas Event?

The raise includes $1.5 billion in equity and $1 billion in convertible notes, with bitcoin custody provided by Anchorage Digital and Crypto.com.

DJT shares fall 10% as Trump Media says it's raising $2.5 billion to buy bitcoin

Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) is trading near $109,668 , maintaining its upward trajectory with a 2.36% gain over the past 24 hours, and nearly 5.1% over the past week, per CoinMarketCap. BTC is pushing towards the $110,000 mark amid James Wynn's long-short position, easing geopolitical tensions, and renewed optimism sparked by Robert Kiyosaki.

Bitcoin Climbs 5.1% Amid Pakistan's Support For BTC Mining, Whale Shorts $1B

The Wall Street firm plans to initially make available up to $2 billion in financing for institutional clients.

Cantor closes first Bitcoin financing deals with Maple and FalconX

Wall Street investment bank Cantor said on Tuesday it has executed the first transaction of its new bitcoin BTC lending business as part of the firm's plan to offer $2 billion in financing. The first firms to secure financing from the credit facility include Maple Finance, a crypto lender with over $1.8 billion of assets on its platform, and FalconX, a digital asset prime brokerage.

Wall Street Giant Cantor Debuts Bitcoin Lending Business With First Tranches to FalconX, Maple

Bitcoin Magazine 1.5 Million Users to Access Bitcoin's Lightning Network on Xverse thanks to Sati Sati, a Bitcoin payments app and Lightning infrastructure provider, today announced the launch of its Lightning integration with Xverse, a Bitcoin wallet used by over 1.5 million people worldwide.

1.5 Million Users to Access Bitcoin's Lightning Network on Xverse thanks to Sati

The $2.5 billion offering is comprised of $1.5 billion in Trump Media common stock and $1 billion in convertible notes at a conversion price equal to a 35% premium.

Trump Media establishes corporate bitcoin treasury with $2.5 billion offering

Trump Media and Technology Group (DJT), the publicly-traded company that operates the social media site Truth Social, announced on Tuesday a $2.5 billion capital raise to create a bitcoin BTC treasury.

Trump Media Raising $2.5B for Bitcoin Treasury Strategy

Different use cases of Bitcoin are complements, not substitutes.

False Choice Between Bitcoin's Store Of Value And Medium Of Exchange

Trump Media and Technology Group has entered into agreements with institutional investors to raise about $2.5 billion for the creation of a bitcoin treasury, U.S. President Donald Trump's social media firm said on Tuesday.

Trump Media to raise $2.5 billion to fund bitcoin treasury

Strive closed a $750 million private investment in public equity (PIPE) round, with an option to increase the financing by another $750 million if the warrants are exercised.

Strive Closes $750M Investment Deal to Power 'Alpha-Generating' Bitcoin Strategy

At press time, the Bitcoin network hashrate is cruising along just above the 900 exahash per second (EH/s) range and according to current stats documented by hashrateindex.com, the United States leads prominently with 36.025% of the global hashrate. Global Hashrate Showdown: U.S. Leads, Russia Climbs, China Hangs On The U.S.

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