a Buddhist kingdom gives a bitcoin investment lesson to humanity

In a world where financial giants compete for control of the market, a small Buddhist kingdom hidden among the Himalayan mountains surprises with a bold and sustainable strategy: Bhutan has not only bought bitcoin (BTC), but has efficiently mined it , accumulating a treasure that redefines what it means to invest in the digital age. … Read more

Michael Saylor changed the Bitcoin game and saved MicroStrategy from irrelevance

Saylor has been the main promoter of the institutionalization of Bitcoin. Before Bitcoin, MicroStrategy was not a good investment. Bitcoin would have reached $100,000 on its own merits if Michael Saylor didn’t exist. It was a matter of time; I didn’t need Saylor. But the institutional drift that Bitcoin has taken in recent years has … Read more

El Salvador works on a geothermal energy law for Bitcoin mining

The new law will allow Bitcoin mining by taking advantage of Salvadoran natural resources. With more than 200 volcanoes, the country will seek to promote its sustainable energy, as is happening today in Kenya. Nayib Bukele’s government is determined to continue exploring economic opportunities around bitcoin (BTC), including digital mining and, therefore, energy. In that … Read more

Merkel defends controversial decisions at book launch – DW – 11/26/2024

Angela Merkel, the longest-serving chancellor of a unified postwar Germany, was back in the spotlight on Tuesday evening. The Deutsches Theater in Berlin was the first port of call on Merkel’s multi-continent tour to promote her autobiography Freedom. Memories 1954-2021. On stage, Merkel was given the opportunity to defend her more controversial decisions. When pushed … Read more

Brazil’s Bolsonaro ‘fully aware’ of 2022 assassination plot against Lula, police report says

Brazil’s former right-wing president Jair Bolsonaro was alleged to have “actively participated” in a 2022 coup plot to prevent his elected leftist successor Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva from taking office and was “fully aware” of a plan to assassinate him, his vice president, and a Supreme Court judge in an explosive police report unsealed … Read more

Conservadores y progresistas se enfrentan por el futuro del protocolo de Bitcoin 

Escalar la propiedad UTXO sin confianza es clave para el futuro de Bitcoin, según O’Beirne. Para otros, la centralización de la minería y la custodia institucional son problemas más urgentes. Los desarrolladores del protocolo de bitcoin tienen sus prioridades extraviadas. Al menos, eso es lo que opina James O’Beirne, un ingeniero de software que ha … Read more

Brazil could also have its own strategic bitcoin reserve

The reserve would be called RESBit and the objective is to “diversify the Treasury’s financial assets. The project provides for the planned acquisition of BTC with up to 5% of international reserves. Brazilian deputy Eros Biondini presented a bill for the creation of a sovereign strategic reserve of bitcoin (BTC) by the federal government, called … Read more

“Memecoins are getting a little weird”

The former CEO of Binance called for a shift towards truly meaningful innovation. Despite his proposal, Zhao claims to not be against memecoins. Changpeng Zhao (CZ), former CEO of Binance, recently shared his opinion on X about the rise of memecoins. According to Zhao, these cryptocurrencies “have become a little strange” and suggested that developers … Read more