Bitcoin Magazine Spar Supermarket in Switzerland Starts Accepting Bitcoin SPAR has begun accepting Bitcoin payments at its Zug, Switzerland location, marking another milestone in Switzerland’s progressive approach to bitcoin adoption. The implementation uses the Lightning Network through DFX Swiss’s OpenCryptoPay solution, enabling instant transactions at the point of sale. The store’s location in Zug,…

Warning comes after Emmanuel Macron hosted US, Ukraine and other allies for round of negotiations

Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin Core Developer Antoine Poinsot: The Great Consensus Cleanup While attending the MIT Bitcoin Expo earlier this month I was able to sit down with Bitcoin Core developer Antoine Poinsot. Currently at Chaincode Labs, Antoine was previously at Wizardsardine, a bitcoin security company behind Revault, a pre-signed transaction based vault, and…

This could be heading down a dark path. If Trump turfs the Fed Chairman and/or enough Governors to make a difference, then selling the dollar and buying gold is one of the most-straightforward trades you will ever find. "If I want him out, he'll be out of there real fast, believe me," Trump said. "He’ll…

Federal court’s decision heightens the risks that Silicon Valley behemoth will need to sell assets

Barry Silbert, the CEO of Digital Currency Group, said he would have secured higher investment gains by just holding the Bitcoin that he invested in early-stage crypto projects around 2012. During an April 17 appearance on Raoul Pal's Journey Man podcast, Silbert said he discovered Bitcoin (BTC) in 2011, purchasing BTC at $7-$8 per coin.…

Homeland Security threatens to revoke university’s ability to admit foreign nationals

The World Bank’s Banga is speaking and says: Foreign aid is a temporary method to help challenged countries, but will not be the long-term solution for development The right regulatory environment must be created to encourage private investment in developing countries and to create jobs The ‘all of the above’ energy strategy will…

Fitch is out on global turmoil and says: Deep cuts to growth forecast as global trade war escalates. Still expects Federal Reserve to wait until Q4 before cutting rates despite deteriorating US growth outlook. We now expect deeper rate cuts from ECB and in emerging markets. Expect some additional US tariff revenues to be…

Opinion by: Mārtiņš Beņķītis, co-founder and CEO of Gravity Team As crypto adoption plateaus in some developed nations, emerging markets have led the charge for adoption. Southeast Asia, Africa and Latin America have become rapid growth centers, with new activity driven by limited banking options, local currency instability and growing smartphone use. The need for…