Japan's $1.5 Trillion Pension Fund Explores Diversifying Into Bitcoin
Japan’s Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF), the world’s largest pension fund managing over $1.5 trillion in assets, has announced it will explore diversifying a portion of its portfolio into Bitcoin.…
El Salvador Moves Bitcoin Reserves to Cold Storage Vault
On March 14, 2024, El Salvador’s president-elect, Nayib Bukele, unveiled a historic bold maneuver that echoed across the Bitcoin world: El Salvador confirmed the transfer of a substantial portion of…
Mercury Layer's Lightning Latch Swap Protocol
Commerceblock has released a new atomic swap protocol for use with statechains on their Mercury Layer protocol. The HSM server has introduced functionality to support atomically swapping two statechains, as…
$150K: Standard Chartered Bank Raises Bitcoin Price Forecast for 2024
Global banking giant Standard Chartered has upped its bitcoin price prediction for the end of 2024 to $150,000, a significant increase from its previous forecast of $100,000. In a new…
Craig Wright’s Long-Running Satoshi Claim, Analyzed and Debunked
The below is an excerpt from a recent edition of Bitcoin Magazine Pro, Bitcoin Magazine’s premium markets newsletter. To be among the first to receive these insights and other on-chain…
Four Case Studies: Should You Hold Bitcoin In A Roth IRA?
Whether you’re young, mid-career, or playing the back nine, Roth IRAs can be an important tool for your financial goals. Four case studies below will illustrate how by combining Roth…
Multisig, Shamir's secret sharing, & MPC compared
For anyone with substantial bitcoin holdings, a custody structure that includes a single point of failure should be seen as unacceptable. If a wallet has a single component that—when lost…
How Miners Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the JPEG
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MicroStrategy Increases Convertible Loan to $525 Million to Buy More Bitcoin
The Michael Saylor-led software company MicroStrategy has upsized its planned convertible senior notes offering from $500 million to $525 million. The company intends to use the proceeds to acquire more…
Your financial plan may be riskier without bitcoin
This article originally appeared in the Sound Advisory blog. Sound Advisory provide financial advisory services and specialize in educating and guiding clients to thrive financially in a bitcoin-powered world. Click…