Not medical advice: Bitcoiner implants Lightning chip to make BTC payments by hand
A Bitcoiner has literally taken the Lightning Network into his own hands, installing a tiny payment chip into his hands to make NFC contactless payments.
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NYC Mayor stands by Bitcoin pledge amid bear market, FTX: Report
During Eric Adams’ time in office, the NY state government passed a law which will implement a two-year moratorium on proof-of-work mining, and the crypto market turned bearish.
Bitcoin could reach $1M in 5 years due to fiat currencies’ collapse, says Samson Mow
The future collapse of fiat currencies could propel Bitcoin to $1 million in the next five to 10 years, according to Jan3 CEO and Bitcoin proponent Samson Mow.
Subway accepts Bitcoin, so users can get a sandwich on the Lightning Network
The largest franchise in the world, Subway, is testing out the Lightning Network layer-2 Bitcoin payments solution and receiving encouraging results in Berlin, Germany.
Why banking uses at least 56 times more energy than Bitcoin
“Bitcoin uses 0.05% of world energy consumption. Banking uses 56 times more energy than Bitcoin,” Michel Khazzaka, a cybersecurity engineer and cryptographer, told Cointelegraph.
McDonald’s, pizza and coffee paid in Bitcoin: The Plan B for crypto payments
Crypto payments are taking off in a big way in Lugano, Switzerland with 60 merchants and counting.
Lightning Network releases emergency update after critical bug on LND nodes
The bug led LND nodes to fail to sync chain in the second critical bug in less than a month.
Bitcoin, not blockchain: Synonym launches mobile BTC wallet
The new mobile wallet, called Bitkit, was unveiled at the PlanB Forum conference in Lugano, Switzerland on Oct. 29.
Chinese agents used Bitcoin transactions through Wasabi to allegedly bribe US government employee
According to an analysis by crypto risk management firm Elliptic, two Chinese intelligence agents used Wasabi Wallet to conceal BTC transactions allegedly used for bribes.
Global Bitcoin payments market projected to reach $3.7B by 2031: Research
Private keys and hardware sub-sectors will drive the BTC payment expansion as demand from banks and emerging economies continue to grow.