Author: Cointelegraph By Gareth Jenkinson

Satoshi Nakamoto’s Bitcoin white paper envisioned a “peer-to-peer electronic cash system,” but Bitcoin’s biggest proponent seems to have an entirely different view of its purpose. Strategy executive chairman Michael Saylor, whose company has been buying Bitcoin aggressively for nearly five years since adopting a Bitcoin (BTC) treasury strategy, presented what many described as plans for…
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Institutional investment and clear-cut regulations are laying the foundation for a strong start to 2026 for the wider cryptocurrency industry.  Industry players including Anthony Scaramucci, Kristin Smith, Eli Ben-Sasson, Ian Rodgers, Reeve Collins and Joseph Chalom delivered optimistic outlooks for the new year after a year of positive change, particularly in the United States. Cointelegraph’s…
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Elon Musk’s ambitious goals of tackling excess spending and inefficiencies in the US federal government may have been futile, but it might have been the catalyst for his changing tune on Bitcoin. So, why is @elonmusk finally talking about Bitcoin’s intrinsic connection to physics and energy? As @DSBatten eloquently explains, Elon has firsthand experience trying…
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Bitcoin advocate Saifedean Ammous ignited lively debate between Bitcoiners and privacy advocates after he questioned the perceived importance of privacy as a key characteristic of money in an exclusive interview with Cointelegraph. “This is the question. How much demand is there for money that does not get debased versus how much demand is there for…
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The year 2025 will go down as the year of digital asset treasury companies. Michael Saylor’s Strategy and Tom Lee’s Bitmine have forged ahead with Bitcoin and Ethereum-based strategies, while a handful of alternative DATs have grabbed headlines. Zcash (ZEC), the privacy protocol born out of a hard fork of the Bitcoin codebase in 2016,…
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The crypto community on X has been dominated by prominent figures advocating for the adoption of Zcash as privacy becomes increasingly threatened by governments and regulators.  While the Winklevoss twins, Naval Ravikant, and Balaji Srinivasan back the adoption of Zcash (ZEC), its success could spur the Bitcoin ecosystem to push for more privacy features by…
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With an estimated value of $100 billion, it’s hard to believe that a company like Coinbase needs to acquire new businesses to grow. But with $10 billion in cash on hand, the US’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange continues to seek out the next big opportunity in the sector. Coinbase has not been shy about writing checks…
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Bitcoin all-time highs. Digital asset treasuries. Billions of dollars of institutional inflows. 2025 has been a breakout year for the cryptocurrency space and this momentum could continue into 2026. The industry’s brightest minds painted an optimistic outlook for the remainder of the year at Cointelegraph’s exclusive LONGITUDE event during Token2049 in Singapore. Maelstrom chief investment…
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Bitcoin treasury companies are in vogue, and Africa has its first trading on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. While the launch of Africa Bitcoin Corporation promises to attract billions of South African rand from capital markets, its founders believe Bitcoin’s impact on the continent remains in grassroots, retail adoption. South Africa’s Altvest Capital grabbed headlines as…
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