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#Bitcoin transactions are taking longer to clear as the mempool continues working through a large number of unconfirmed transactions. However, neither fees nor processing times are anywhere near the levels reached in 2017, when Bitcoin neared $20,000.
https://www.btctimes.com/news/bitcoin-mempool-stays-cool-payment-numbers-pass-2017-record
2020 was the year #Bitcoin entered the world’s boardrooms. As institutional investors continue dropping their long-term price predictions, we compiled a list of some of the most notable estimates.
https://www.btctimes.com/news/institutional-investors-predict-bitcoin-will-reach-115000-to-400000
OPINION: Big Tech sees the web as a privilege we can only access if we pay for it with our personal data. This decade will be about the technologies designed to break the stranglehold Big Tech exerts on us—and #Bitcoin is leading the way.
https://www.btctimes.com/news/trust-privacy-not-panopticons
OPINION: Instead of Mutually Assured Destruction, the biggest deterrent to a hostile economic takeover will be Mutually Assured Consumption: not an arms race, but a deadlocked competition to mine more Orange Gold than the enemy.
https://www.btctimes.com/news/avoiding-the-bitcoin-nuclear-option
UK exchange CoinCorner now supports the #LightningNetwork, which it says “is clearly the front-runner for making #Bitcoin payments at scale."
https://www.btctimes.com/news/Bitcoin-scaling-comes-to-coincorner-as-exchange-launches-lightning-network-support
MicroStrategy made waves among institutions and bitcoiners alike when it began buying #bitcoin. Now the company is up more than $1 billion on its investment.
https://www.btctimes.com/news/microstrategy-is-up-over-1b-on-its-bitcoin-purchases
According to a letter by the OCC, federally chartered banks in the U.S. may now run nodes and facilitate stablecoin payments, but must enhance their compliance programs to "address the particular risks of cryptocurrency transactions."
https://www.btctimes.com/news/us-banks-now-run-nodes-and-facilitate-stablecoin-payments
It would be a cool feature to have the option to tip a article with lightning on the website
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#Bitcoin crossed the $30,000 milestone and climbed as high as $33,000 on Saturday. This puts Bitcoin more than 50% above its previous all-time high of $20,000.
https://www.btctimes.com/news/bitcoin-hits-33000-dollars
#Bitcoin had a strong 2020. But how did the year go for the #LightningNetwork? A look at some of the growth and developments surrounding Bitcoin's leading scaling solution.
https://www.btctimes.com/news/the-lightning-networks-2020
Two filings with the SEC suggest that the world's leading asset manager BlackRock may soon add exposure to #Bitcoin futures through "certain funds."
https://www.btctimes.com/news/blackrock-may-engage-in-bitcoin-based-futures-contracts
CoinDesk fuels Tether FUD with allegations that Deltec bought #bitcoin with Tether funds.
https://www.btctimes.com/news/coindesk-adds-fuel-to-tether-fud
What began as a way to break the ice at a #Bitcoin conference has turned into a full-on gaming startup: THNDR GAMES has surpassed 100,000 downloads across its #LightningNetwork-enabled games.
https://www.btctimes.com/news/lightning-game-startup-thndr-games-surpasses-100000-downloads
Previously a #Bitcoin skeptic, Oaktree Capital Management co-founder Howard Marks wrote in a memo to the firm’s clients that he is “striving to learn” about cryptocurrencies, although he is “not yet informed enough to form a firm view.”
https://www.btctimes.com/news/howard-marks-has-changed-his-tune-on-bitcoin
No, #Bitcoin is not in a bear market, although some headlines want you to believe otherwise.
https://www.btctimes.com/news/no-bitcoin-is-not-in-a-bear-market
Anyone want to give me admin rights? I am admin of many of the largest groups in 🇳🇱 😁
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Adding to more than 6,000 other comments, Square has sent a letter to FinCEN opposing a proposed ruling that, if adopted, would invoke stricter AML measures for non-custodial wallets.
https://www.btctimes.com/news/square-sends-letter-to-fincen-over-proposed-ruling
OPINION: 2021 marks #Bitcoin’s 12th birthday, and fiat's 50th. In contrast to BTC's Spartan upbringing, the USD has had every advantage showered upon it. Even so, after 50 years, it has attained the dubious distinction of losing 95% in value.
https://www.btctimes.com/news/a-tale-of-two-currencies
Blockstream is joining the #Bitcoin hardware wallet game with the release of a new open-source hardware wallet called Jade, which supports Bitcoin and Liquid assets.
https://www.btctimes.com/news/blockstream-launches-open-source-hardware-wallet
As institutional demand for #Bitcoin surged in 2020, Grayscale’s assets under management have grown by 900% over the course of the year.
https://www.btctimes.com/news/grayscale-holdings-rose-by-900-percent
Checkout Stakenet’s dex for a L2 lightning dex. Gonna link to ethereum / erc20 L2 layer soon through connext network
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