George Saoulidis
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Taiwan’s Central Bank Explores Bitcoin as Strategic Reserve
Taiwan's Central Bank met with the Bitcoin Policy Institute to discuss adding Bitcoin to its $602B reserves as a geopolitical hedge...
BitGo Joins Fortune 500: Bitcoin Custody Goes Mainstream
BitGo becomes the first crypto infrastructure company on the Fortune 500. What this milestone means for Bitcoin custody, OCC regulation, and...
Bitcoin Difficulty Drops 10% — Second-Biggest Drop of 2026
The 11th biggest difficulty drop in Bitcoin’s entire history just happened—and most people didn’t notice. On June 14, 2026, the difficulty...
T. Rowe Price Crypto ETF Approved: Wall Street’s Altcoin Basket
The SEC approved T. Rowe Price's TKNZ ETF — an actively managed basket of up to 15 cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin, Dogecoin,...
Japan Slashes Bitcoin Tax From 55% to 20% — What It Means
Japan passed a bill cutting Bitcoin taxes from 55% to 20% and classifying crypto as financial instruments. Here's what this means...
Hungary Decriminalizes Bitcoin: End of the Orban-Era Crypto Ban
Hungary's new government scraps criminal penalties for Bitcoin trading, replacing Orban-era jail terms with EU-compliant MiCA licensing for crypto services.
BlackRock Files for Bitcoin Premium Income ETF (BITA) — Wall Street’s Latest Bitcoin Wrapper
BlackRock filed an amendment for its iShares Bitcoin Premium Income ETF (BITA), a covered call ETF that generates yield from Bitcoin....
BlackRock Files for Bitcoin Premium Income ETF (BITA) — Wall Street’s Latest Bitcoin Wrapper
BlackRock filed an amendment for its iShares Bitcoin Premium Income ETF (BITA), a covered call ETF that generates yield from Bitcoin....
BTC Prague 2026: Day 1 Is Here. Doors Are Open.
BTC Prague 2026: Day 1 Is Here The doors are open. The first keynotes are live. The hallways are already buzzing...
Bitcoin De Minimis Tax Exemption Gains Steam in Congress
House Ways and Means Committee hears testimony on a de minimis tax exemption for small Bitcoin transactions — a move that...
Quick Reads
Self-Custody Needs a Node: Umbrel + Hardware Wallet
A hardware wallet holds your keys, but your node checks the rules. Pair it with Umbrel for real self-custody.
COINBASE COULDN’T KEEP CUSTOMER MONEY IN THE RIGHT ACCOUNT FOR FIVE YEARS — IRELAND FINED IT $3.6 MILLION, AND WASHINGTON STILL CALLS IT CUSTODY
Ireland's central bank fined Coinbase EUR 3.25 million for leaving customer money in the wrong accounts for five years. Coinbase says...