Bitcoin Magazine Crypto Industry Heavyweights Urge Senate to Pass Clarity Act With Developer Protections Intact More than 60 of the most prominent CEOs and founders in the cryptocurrency industry sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader John Thune and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on June 9, calling on the full Senate to pass the Digital […]
Bitcoin Magazine Five Years On, El Salvador Is Still Buying Bitcoin Five years ago yesterday, El Salvador’s Congress voted 62-to-22 to pass the world’s first Bitcoin Law, making the small Central American nation the first country on earth to grant bitcoin legal tender status. The date was June 8, 2021. Half a decade later, the […]
Bitcoin Magazine Second Launches Bark on Bitcoin Mainnet, Targeting Self-Custody UX Gap Second, a Bitcoin development lab, has officially launched Bark — its implementation of the Ark protocol — on the Bitcoin mainnet, opening up self-custodial bitcoin payments to developers and everyday users alike without the complexity traditionally associated with Lightning Network or on-chain transactions. […]
Bitcoin Magazine Coinbase Executive: Massive Institutions Are Buying Bitcoin’s Crash Bitcoin fell below $60,000 for the first time since October 2024 on Monday, sinking as low as $59,099 — a move that marks a decline of more than 50% from its all-time high near $126,000. But according to John D’Agostino, Coinbase’s head of institutional strategy, […]
Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin Price Holds Near $63,000 as Analysts Say Its Store-of-Value Thesis Remains Intact Bitcoin traded around $63,000 on Monday, clawing back from a two-month low hit on June 5 as a confluence of headwinds — spot ETF outflows, macro uncertainty, and capital rotation into artificial intelligence stocks — pushed the world’s largest cryptocurrency […]
Bitcoin Magazine Full Text of Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Bill Officially Published, Revealing 20-Year Lock-Up, Proof-of-Reserve Mandates The complete legislative text for bitcoin-favorite bill H.R. 8957, the American Reserve Modernization Act of 2026, has been made public on the U.S. Congress website, offering lawmakers, industry stakeholders, and the public their first detailed look at the mechanics […]