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Google Cloud is the latest company to show interest in Bitcoin (BTC) Lightning. The $225-billion cloud and data service recently partnered with Voltage, an infrastructure provider specializing in the Bitcoin Lightning Network.  The partnership will allow one of the world’s largest cloud computing providers to roll out Bitcoin-based services worldwide while assisting the expansion of

In this week’s episode of Market Talks, Cointelegraph welcomes Natalie Brunell, a podcast host, educator and media commentator in the Bitcoin space. Her podcast, Coin Stories, consistently ranks among the top 50 to 100 on Apple podcasts. She has over 300,000 Twitter followers, and is an award-winning TV journalist and former investigative reporter. Brunell explains how Bitcoin

The creation of nonfungible token inscriptions on the Bitcoin (BTC) blockchain has led to over $210 million of trading volume for Bitcoin Ordinals, according to the latest quarterly report from DappRadar. The data, which has been independently verified by Cointelegraph, shows that Bitcoin Ordinals’ booming popularity led to a sharp increase in trading volume through the

Amid KuCoin exchange preparing to adopt mandatory Know Your Customer (KYC) checks, the company’s CEO argued that privacy is not the most important feature of Bitcoin (BTC). “When it comes to the purpose of Bitcoin creation, I think privacy is just one of its features,” KuCoin CEO Johnny Lyu told Cointelegraph in an interview on

Bitcoin (BTC) teased more rangebound moves on July 7 as traders recovered from a day of volatility. BTC price gets a bid after volatile 24 hours Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC price action hugging $30,000 overnight. Bitcoin bulls had hoped that new yearly highs the day prior would allow BTC/USD to

Bitcoin (BTC) Lightning Network development firm Lightning Labs unveiled a new set of tools for artificial intelligence to send and receive BTC on the network’s layer-2 solution. On July 6, Lightning Labs announced the toolkit which helps enable AI applications such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT to interact with the Bitcoin network to send, receive and hold

A recent report released by the United Kingdom Law Commission could weaken a central argument brought by Craig Wright in his controversial lawsuit against 12 Bitcoin core developers, argues the Bitcoin Legal Defense Fund (BLDF). In a 300-page report on digital assets published in late June, the UK Law Commission — an independent body that reviews and

Bitcoin mining companies outperformed BTC price by a huge margin amid the recent bullish price action in the top cryptocurrency. The average year-to-date gains in 2023 across the stocks of top nine public Bitcoin mining firms by market capitalization stood at 257.14%. The figure is almost three times higher than BTC’s gain in the same

Bitcoin (BTC) continued snap volatility after the July 6 Wall Street open as yearly highs gave way to a comedown. Bitcoin suddenly falls to new July lows Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView followed BTC price action as it seesawed around the $30,000 mark. Bitcoin had surged to its highest levels since mid-2022 earlier

Namibia has joined other African nations in embracing cryptocurrencies and digital assets by approving a bill in the National Assembly. The bill, which passed Namibia’s lower house of parliament on June 22, aims to regulate digital assets, cryptocurrencies and virtual asset service providers (VASPs) in the country. The legislation aims to establish a framework for licensing

Binance cryptocurrency exchange is preparing for another upgrade of its wallet infrastructure, warning users about the upcoming address migration. On July 6, Binance officially announced that it will be retiring selected deposit addresses in batches as part of a network address migration scheduled for Q3 2023. Binance’s latest wallet upgrade will affect a total of

Bitcoin (BTC) reached new 2023 highs on July 6 as a fresh bounce off key support buoyed bulls. Bitcoin analyst warns of “predatory range” Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC price action surging through the top of its recent trading range. Analysts had previously reckoned on the largest cryptocurrency dropping further, potentially

Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao has delivered his prediction for the next Bitcoin (BTC) bull market. Speaking in a July 5, “ask me anything” session on Twitter, CZ explained how the price of Bitcoin has historically moved in four-year bull cycles. https://t.co/OENe6Ul4ag — Binance (@binance) July 5, 2023 While he admitted that he can’t see the

Bitcoin (BTC) miners made a lofty $184 million from transaction fees in the second quarter, far more than what they pocketed over the entire 2022 — as Bitcoin’s price surged and BRC-20 tokens flourished. The $184 million payout is more than a 270% increase from the first quarter of 2023 and it is the first quarter

Larry Fink, the CEO of BlackRock, has delivered pro-crypto remarks amid the asset manager applying to list a spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) in the United States. Speaking on Fox Business on July 5, Fink said the role of cryptocurrency was largely “digitizing gold,” suggesting U.S. regulators consider how an ETF directly linked to Bitcoin

There is a common belief that when the U.S. dollar declines relative to other main global currencies, as measured by the Dollar Strength Index (DXY), the impact on Bitcoin (BTC) is positive, and vice versa. For instance, the DXY index dropped from 103.0 on Jan. 2017 to a 92.6 low on Aug. 2017, while Bitcoin

Bitcoin (BTC) miners emit a lot of heat.  Some miners use that heat to warm swimming pools, dehydrate meat to make beef jerky or even dry out timber at a Swedish hydropower Bitcoin farm. In Ireland, the “Bitcoin Farmer” joked that he hangs out laundry to dry in front of his Bitcoin miner. S9 #bitcoin

Bitcoin (BTC) headed lower into the July 5 Wall Street open as a risk-off mood entered United States equities. BTC price begins hitting dip-buying targets Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD tapping multi-day lows of $30,280 on Bitstamp. BTC price action continued a sideways trading pattern within a larger range in place

If humanity were to amalgamate with artificial intelligence in the future, Bitcoin could be the native currency of choice for sentient machine intelligence, according to Tether CTO Paolo Ardoino. Ardoino delved into this hypothetical reality in conversation with Cointelegraph journalist Joseph Hall during an interview conducted during the Plan B Summer School in Lugano, Switzerland. Pick

Cryptocurrency-friendly bank DBS is cooperating with mainland China on the development of a new payment solution for the digital yuan, also known as e-CNY. DBS Bank China officially announced on July 5 the launch of the e-CNY merchant solution, allowing mainland businesses to receive payments in the central bank digital currency (CBDC). The new service