Bitcoin Rabbi: Following Jewish Law Similar to Running a Full Node...
Bitcoinist spoke with Michael Caras who calls himself the ‘Bitcoin Rabbi.’ Caras explains how Bitcoin fits in with the Jewish religion and how his new children’s book...
Ethereum ‘Will Be Better’ If Price Goes Up, Concedes...
ETH price indeed matters for the development of the Ethereum, says Vitalik Buterin, who also notes that if the price is zero, then the network cannot be secure. Ethereum Price...
Bitcoin’s Highest Hash Rate in 4 Months Supports Growing...
Bitcoin hash rate, the computing power securing the network, has reached levels not seen since early November 2018. Bitcoin Hash Rate May Have ‘Bottomed’ March 19th saw the...
Switzerland’s Biggest Online Retailer Starts Accepting Bitcoin
In a major milestone for bitcoin adoption, the ‘Amazon’ of Switzerland, Digitec-Galaxus, is now accepting bitcoin and other select cryptocurrencies as a means of payment...
Bitcoin Won’t Scale Because It Doesn’t Need To, Says Block.One...
Bitcoin is on its way to replace gold as a store of value and won’t scale “because it doesn’t need to,” says Block.One co-founder and CEO, Brendan Blumer. ‘Bitcoin...
Winklevoss: ‘Crypto Doesn’t Need Rules,’ Cryptocurrency...
Contrary to their Gemini billboard slogans, crypto doesn’t actually need rules, clarified Cameron Winklevoss. Instead, it’s companies that deal in cryptocurrencies that...
CBOE Stops Offering Bitcoin Futures (And That’s Probably a Good...
The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) has announced it will no longer offer any new Bitcoin futures contracts moving forward amid declining volumes. But since the derivatives...
Bitcoin Can’t Be Stopped By Politics – Lightning...
The Lightning Network ‘torch’ payment has reached Israel after it was sent by an Iranian in a symbolic gesture of peace between the two nations. The historic occasion...
Max Keiser: Fed’s ‘Permanent QE’ Flipped Bitcoin...
Max Keiser shares his thoughts with Bitcoinist on JPM Coin, Warren Buffet’s anti-Bitcoin comments, and what ‘permanent QE’ means for BTC price in the future. Max...
Idea of Central Banks Buying Bitcoin is ‘Far-Fetched’...
Saifedean Ammous, economics professor and author of The Bitcoin Standard, spoke with Bitcoinist in an exclusive interview. He explains why he is encouraging people to...
US Gov’t Returns Bitcoin Retrieved From 2016 Heist to Bitfinex
Bitfinex has received roughly 28 BTC from U.S. federal law enforcement agencies in a rare example of the U.S. government returning stolen bitcoin that were retrieved from the...
Fidelity Becomes First Financial Institution to Take Bitcoin...
Fidelity Digital, the digital assets arm of Fidelity Investments, has become the first financial institution to receive the so-called bitcoin payments ‘torch’ that is being...