A Miami-Dade County commissioner is exploring the feasibility of residents paying their taxes and fees in bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Danielle Cohen Higgins, District 8 County’s commissioner and representative on the Miami-Dade Board of County Commissioners, is putting forth a resolution for establishing a cryptocurrency task force that would assess the feasibility of allowing residents […]

Several characteristics reinforce Bitcoin’s dominance and superiority over all other cryptocurrencies. In contrast to the thousands of different cryptocurrencies that have emerged since the 2017 Initial Coin Offering boom, Bitcoin remains the best choice for any investor looking to enter the space. Why is Bitcoin superior to all other cryptocurrencies? To find the answer, one […]

Local news outlets have tied a recent dip in the bitcoin mining hash rate to government-instituted blackouts in China. Regional blackouts instituted in Northwest China may be the cause of a drop in hash rate from several China-based bitcoin mining operations, per local media outlet Wu Talk. According to a BTC.com screenshot shared by Wu […]

Bitcoin mining firm Blockap has relocated its headquarters to Austin, as Texas officials embrace the Bitcoin industry. Bitcoin mining firm Blockap has moved its headquarters from Las Vegas to Austin, Texas, an emerging hub for nascent technologies. Per an announcement on Blockcap’s website, the firm chose Austin as its new headquarters for its workforce, favorable […]

In this episode of “The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado,” the hosts discussed sighash flag SIGHASH_ANYPREVOUT and Eltoo, a proposed Layer 2 protocol. Watch This Episode On YouTube Listen To This Episode: Apple Spotify Google Libsyn Overcast In this episode of “The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado,” hosts Aaron van Wirdum and Sjors Provoost discussed SIGHASH_ANYPREVOUT, a proposed new […]

The asymmetric upside of bitcoin is tangential to bonds’ asymmetric downside as traditional treasury assets collapse. This article is a republishing of “Mimesis Capital: Inside The Event Horizon, Report #14” Bitcoin Versus Bonds: Asymmetric Assets Jack Bogle, the founder of Vanguard, popularized the idea of a “60-40 portfolio.” The 60-40 portfolio is the basic idea […]

“Mad Money” host Jim Cramer’s announcement that he sold bitcoin to pay a mortgage demonstrates lack of monetary economic understanding. This week, CNBC host Jim Cramer announced that he had sold half of his bitcoin to pay off a mortgage. “It was like phony money paying for real money,” he said. “I think I won.” […]

The characteristics inherent to technologies enable the increasing freedom of citizens under rulership; Bitcoin is one such technology. Technology and Invention We must redefine two special words often spoken as synonyms—technology and invention. Technology is something that, once released, never disappears. An invention is something that, once invented, is destined to be “un-invented” or made […]

Bitcoin (BTC/USD) gained ground early in today’s Asian session as the pair appreciated to the 60940 level after trading as low as the 59700 level during the North American session, with the interday low representing a test of the 38.2% retracement of the appreciating range from 58370 to 60658.89.  Traders pushed BTC/USD as high as […]

Ethereum (ETH/USD) glided higher early in the Asian session as the pair appreciated to the 2397.30 level after trading as low as the 2317 area during the North American session, with the interday low representing a test of the 50% retracement of the appreciating range from 2102.55 to 2538.69.  Traders pushed ETH/USD lower from the […]