German Parliament member ’staunch opponent’ of digital Euro, all in on Bitcoin

The European Union has been actively preparing for what it envisions as the future of money. Over the last year, it finalized its landmark comprehensive crypto legislation, the Markets in Crypto-Assets regulation (MiCA), which is due to take effect in 2024, after closing its second consultat ...

Small Islands, big problems: Can Bitcoin fix this? Cointelegraph Cape Verde video

Cointelegraph recently traveled to Cape Verde, West Africa, to explore whether Bitcoin (BTC) could be a tool for progress.In the latest on-the-ground video documentary from Cointelegraph, global reporter Joe Hall investigates the remittances market, cash economies, and the challenges and o ...

Bitcoin-centric AI language model aims to drive BTC education and adoption

“It’s good at answering Bitcoin and economics-related questions, at least better than GPT-4”, Aleksandar Svetski tells Cointelegraph at a bustling Bitcoin Amsterdam.The entrepreneur, author and founder of Spirit of Satoshi, a novel AI large language model (LLM), begins to unpack the a ...

Bitcoin Amsterdam highlights hurdles for consensus over improvement proposals

Bitcoin (BTC) core developers have long been at odds over improvement proposals (BIPs) to address pain-points of the protocol, as was evident in a heated panel during Bitcoin Amsterdam.Long-time Bitcoin developers Paul Sztorc and Peter Todd brought this to the fore in Amsterdam, with the l ...

Bitcoin Amsterdam: BTC shines in depths of crypto bear market

The Bitcoin (BTC) value proposition continues to be a source of confidence for investors and proponents amid prevailing depressed market conditions in the broader cryptocurrency space.This was a key takeaway from in-depth interviews with Bitcoin developers, advocates, analysts and influent ...

Bitcoin Ordinals team launch non-profit to grow protocol development

A non-profit organization dedicated to growing the development of nonfungible tokens (NFTs) on Bitcoin (BTC) has been launched by the team behind the Bitcoin Ordinals protocol.The California-based nonprofit called the Open Ordinals Institute will bolster the Ordinals protocol by providing ...

‘No, we’re not smuggling people’ – Bitcoin advocate tours Europe in BTC-styled van

From thumbs-ups from friendly strangers to midnight police searches, a Bitcoin-themed van continues a whirlwind tour around Europe.Ariel Aguilar has been behind the wheel of Bitcoin (BTC) promotion efforts, driving across Europe in a BTC-themed van called La Bitcoineta. Speaking to Cointel ...

Bitcoin to fight against European challenges — Northern Lightning founder

The Bitcoin (BTC) community in Europe continues to be a voice in combatting social problems affecting the continent, according to podcast host Erik Dale.The founder and CEO of the Northern Lightning conferences, which hosts several Bitcoin events across Europe, believes the continent’s Bit ...

Marathon Digital Partners with Brink to Support Bitcoin Core Developers

Bitcoin mining company Marathon Digital and Brink announced the start of a donation drive to support Bitcoin Core developers. Marathon will double the donations made by Brink on a two-to-one basis throughout the Bitcoin 2023 conference, which ends May 20. The company w ...