The biggest upgrade to the bitcoin network in four years is slated to happen over the weekend.Unlike the last upgrade in 2017, Taproot has received near-universal support in the bitcoin community.Here's what you need to know, from the BIPs to what this may mean for the network. ...

Bitcoin entrepreneur John Carvalho might be on to something. In a recent episode of the Tales from the Crypt podcast, he posed his theory on why did China shot itself in the foot by banning Bitcoin mining early in the year. We at NewsBTC have been racking our brains trying to...

El Salvador has once again deepened its bitcoin bet with another purchase. The sovereign nation had made history as the first to officially implement bitcoin as a legal tender back in September. To mark the historical moment, President Nayik Bukele had announced that the country...

Almost all bitcoin holders are currently in profit for the first time since bitcoin overtook the previous long standing all time high of $20,000. ...

Since the drop of the first token in 2009, there has been a battle for control going on within the digital world. This war is generally financially based, as countries try to secure greater control and grip on decentralized exchanges and cryptocurrency. ...

The director of Tehran’s stock exchange, Ali Sahraee, reportedly announced his resignation after cryptocurrency mining machines were discovered at the TSE’s headquarters. However, some local reports claimed that he was fired following a police crackdown. The board of...

The array of available cryptocurrencies has erupted over the past year, motivated partly by institutional involvement in the space.During a period of major corporate and institutional interest in the crypto industry, nearly 5,000 new tokens have emerged in the last 12 months,...

Earlier this year, crypto lending platform BlockFi started facing the heat from state regulators in New Jersey, Texas, and Alabama. Other states have joined the fold since then, as well. Celsius this week is now facing similar cease and desist demands from all three of the same...

The concept of blockchain was born out of a desire to create something that was decentralized, transparent, immutable, and completely secure. These characteristics are similar to what people look for when they hear the term “social good.”  ...

Large Bitcoin addresses holding between 10,000 and 100,000 coins have accumulated nearly 50,000 BTC in the last 4 days, according to the latest data published by on-chain analytics platform Santiment. ...