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Square is making a hardware wallet and service for bitcoin

Square, which offers the Cash person-to-person digital payments app as well as the Square credit card reader and point-of-sale system, is now eyeing bitcoin hardware wallets as its next venture. Square’s hardware lead, Jesse Dorogusker, announced the news via Twitter on 8 July 2021. He said …

How to Store Bitcoin Offline in Cold Storage

Bitcoin’s streak of breaking its own record price has been relentless for the past few months, with the cryptocurrency climbing over $14,000 (about Rs. 9 lakh) this week, from having been less than $800 (about Rs. 51,600) this time last year. This unprecedented growth – nearly …

Bitcoin Price Hits $8,000 As Lightning Tests Cross-Chain Swaps

Bitcoin’s price just reached another all-time high time on Friday, briefly passing $8,000, while the bitcoin community celebrated a few monumental achievements. The popular cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase just announced a new option for institutional investors to securely store digital assets with Coinbase Custody. This will allow …

Japanese City Offers Bitcoin Miners An Eco-Friendly Deal

The price of bitcoin may be skyrocketing past $7,460, but the broader cryptocurrency industry still has a huge electricity problem. Motherboard reported a single bitcoin transaction now takes as much power as a whole American household uses in a week. So Japan is experimenting with more …

Bitcoin Price Reaches New All-Time High, Here's Why

Bitcoin is more valuable than ever, despite several controversial forks coming up over the next few weeks. Just hours after Reuters reported bitcoin prices reached a new all-time high of $6,450 on Wednesday, CoinMarketCap estimated the price has reached $6,610. It’s likely that prices will continue …

This Hacker Wants To Create A Bitcoin Economy In Syria

British-Iranian hacker Amir Taaki is one of Middle East’s most infamous bitcoin enthusiasts. He created one of the first bitcoin-powered dark net markets while squatting in abandoned London apartments. After the self-taught engineer got listed on Forbes’ 30 Under 30 list in 2014 for his entrepreneurship …