Bhutan’s Gelephu Mindfulness City to Integrate Bitcoin, Other Digital Assets into Strategic Reserves Gelephu Mindfulness City (GMC), Bhutan's Special Administration Region, plans to adopt digital assets, including bitcoin, ether, and BNB, as part of its strategic reserves.

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Bhutan’s Gelephu Mindfulness City to Integrate Bitcoin, Other Digital Assets into Strategic Reserves

Gelephu Mindfulness City (GMC), Bhutan's Special Administration Region, plans to adopt digital assets, including bitcoin, ether, and BNB, as part o...

'Bitcoin Freedom Act' introduced in Oklahoma Sen. Dusty Deevers has proposed the Bitcoin Freedom Act, a legislative initiative to integrate Bitcoin into Oklahoma's economy. The bill, SB325, would allow employees to choose bitcoin as a payment option and enable vendors to accept bitcoin transactions. It guarantees that participation is voluntary, upholding free-market principles and empowering employees, employers, and businesses to select the payment methods that suit them best. "In a time when inflation is eroding the purchasing power of hard-working Oklahomans, Bitcoin provides a unique opportunity to protect earnings and investments. As Bitcoin continues to rise and the value of the dollar continues to be printed away in Washington D.C., Oklahoma must act to protect our people," Deevers said. https://legiscan.com/OK/text/SB325/2025

The U.S. government has received final approval from the Northern District Court of California to liquidate 69,370 BTC from federal seizure, ending a four-year legal battle tied to the Silk Road marketplace. Chief Judge Richard Seeborg denied a motion to block the forfeiture, allowing the DOJ to sell the assets valued at $6.5 billion, though immediate liquidation is not guaranteed due to administrative processes. https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.368440/gov.uscourts.cand.368440.173.0.pdf

🗞️ Good Morning, Bitcoin - Wednesday, January 8th, 2025 "GM." ⬇️ 📰

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Good Morning, Bitcoin - Wednesday, January 8th, 2025

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Nstart: Nostr Onboarding Wizard Nstart aims to simplify onboarding for new users to the Nostr protocol with an easy-to-use wizard that provides helpful hints about the protocol and exclusive features like multi-signer bunker.

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Nstart: Nostr Onboarding Wizard

Nstart aims to simplify onboarding for new users to the Nostr protocol with an easy-to-use wizard that provides helpful hints about the protocol an...

🔋Canaan unveiled the Avalon Mini 3 at CES 2025 in Las Vegas. This device is a 37.5 TH/s Bitcoin miner that also functions as a home heater. The company also introduced the Avalon Nano 3S, an upgraded version of the well-received Avalon Nano 3, featuring a hashrate of 6 TH/s. This device is designed as an affordable, beginner-friendly Bitcoin mining option, complementing the Avalon Mini 3.

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Canaan Introduces Avalon Mini 3 & Nano 3S Bitcoin Home Miners and Heaters

Canaan announced the launch of the Avalon Mini 3 and Nano 3S at CES in Las Vegas, aiming to democratize Bitcoin mining and convert home heating sys...

🇨🇿 Governors of the Czech National Bank (CNB) are open to the idea of including Bitcoin in the country's foreign exchange reserves, though no concrete plans are in place yet. Currently, the CNB's diversification strategy aims to increase its gold holdings, targeting a gold share of about 5% of total assets by 2028. The investment in bitcoin would be minor for the bank and would need approval from its seven-member board. Source:

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Czech National Bank Governor Considers Bitcoin for Reserve Diversification

Czech National Bank Governor Aleš Michl is open to Bitcoin for future reserves but currently prioritizes increasing gold holdings to 5% by 2028.

Coinbase User Sentenced to Two Years for Bitcoin Tax Fraud to Surrender Access to $124 Million Bitcoin Fortune A Coinbase user sentenced to two years in prison for bitcoin tax fraud last month must surrender access to his $124 million bitcoin stash to secure $1 million in owed restitution, ruled a federal judge.

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Coinbase User Sentenced to Two Years for Bitcoin Tax Fraud to Surrender Access to $124 Million Bitcoin Fortune

A Coinbase user sentenced to two years in prison for bitcoin tax fraud last month must surrender access to his $124 million bitcoin stash to secure...

🇰🇿 Kazakhstan shut down 36 illegal cryptocurrency exchanges in 2024 as part of its efforts to combat money laundering. Licensed global exchanges, including Binance, Bybit, Upbit, and others, continue to operate legally in the country. Among the platforms that went offline, two were identified as operating pyramid schemes. So far, the Kazakh government has shut down over 3,500 unlicensed crypto exchanges in cooperation with other government agencies. Source:

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🇰🇷 South Korea’s financial regulator plans to gradually permit institutional investment in cryptocurrencies, according to local media reports. Under South Korea’s act on financial information use, only retail traders verified with their government names can trade cryptocurrencies. While there is no formal ban on institutional investors, Financial Services Commission (FSC) has advised banks to prevent institutions from opening accounts on exchanges, reports The Block. https://www.theblock.co/post/333554/south-korea-seeks-to-lift-ban-on-institutional-trading-of-cryptocurrencies-report

🌊 AnchorWatch Launches in the U.S. for Customers Holding Between $250K & $100M in Bitcoin "We’re thrilled to announce the Grand Opening of AnchorWatch and welcome you to safer bitcoin storage. For the first time ever, you now have access to truly insured custody - without giving up your keys."

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AnchorWatch Launches in the U.S. for Customers Holding Between $250K & $100M in Bitcoin

AnchorWatch is a pioneering insurance provider specializing in collaborative bitcoin custody. It combines the advanced security features of Trident...

☕ Good Morning, Bitcoin - Tuesday, January 7th, 2025 GM! AnchorWatch, Canada, ransom kidnappings, software updates, and more 🗞️ ⬇️

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Good Morning, Bitcoin - Tuesday, January 7th, 2025

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Pierre Poilievre is the frontrunner in Polymarket odds to become Canada's next prime minister. The pro-Bitcoin politician and leader of the Conservative Party is leading the odds to replace Justin Trudeau after his resignation announcement on Monday. https://www.theblock.co/post/333318/pro-crypto-pierre-poilievre-leads-polymarket-odds-to-become-canadas-next-prime-minister-replacing-justin-trudeau

Feeder v2.8.0, an RSS reader app on Android, has added support for Nostr feeds (NIP-23 long-form articles).

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2.8.0 Agnieszka C (1): [6dbedc6] Updated Polish translation using Weblate Jonas Kalderstam (2): [719ead9] Updated Swedish translation using Webl...

Pierre Poilievre is the frontrunner in Polymarket odds to become Canada's next prime minister. The pro-Bitcoin politician and leader of the Conservative Party is leading the odds to replace Justin Trudeau after his resignation announcement on Monday. https://www.theblock.co/post/333318/pro-crypto-pierre-poilievre-leads-polymarket-odds-to-become-canadas-next-prime-minister-replacing-justin-trudeau

📅 Undermine 2025 - The Heatpunk Summit, a two-day conference dedicated to the emerging field of hashrate heating, is set to take place in Denver's Bitcoin hub on February 21 - February 22, 2025. Learn more about the event here:

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Heatpunk Summit 2026 - The premier conference for bitcoin mining heat reuse. February 27-28, 2026 in Denver, CO.

Blitz Wallet v0.3.7-beta: On-Chain Payments from Lightning or Liquid, Manual Channel Rebalancing This Blitz wallet (beta) update allows on-chain payments from Lightning or Liquid balances, removes requirement for a Lightning node connection when Lightning is disabled, introduces weekly rotation of Liquid addresses for accounts and monthly for contacts, enables automatic recovery of unclaimed ecash transactions, includes bug fixes for stability, and enables manual channel rebalancing.

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Blitz Wallet v0.3.7-beta: On-Chain Payments from Lightning or Liquid, Manual Channel Rebalancing

Blitz wallet is a self-custodial Bitcoin Lightning, Liquid, and ecash wallet built using the Breez SDK, Greenlight, Liquid Wallet Kit, and Boltz. A...

Kurl Technology Group has purchased an additional 213.4 BTC for $21 million, bringing its total holdings to approximately 430.58 BTC, acquired for a total of $42 million.

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KULR Reports 93.7% BTC Yield on $42M Holdings

KULR Technology Group boosts its Bitcoin investments to $42 million, achieving a 93.7% yield, underscoring its strategic focus on digital assets.

Predyx Down Following Attack Predyx, a Lightning Network-based prediction market platform, is currently down due to an attack that drained some liquidity from its markets. "To ensure the safety and integrity of Predyx, we’ll be temporarily shutting down for a few days while we work diligently to patch the vulnerability," said the developers.

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🚨 Important Announcement from Predyx 🚨 \ stacker news

🚨 Important Announcement from Predyx 🚨 Hey Predyx community – we’ve got some news to share. Recently, we experienced an attack that targe...

BitBanana v0.8.9, a native Android app for Lightning node operators, brings Payment Path view for LND nodes, implements "Enable Offer" command for Core Lightning >=24.11, adds description and payer note for paid bolt12 offers in transaction history, enables offers without description, and more.

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Release v0.8.9 · michaelWuensch/BitBanana

Added Payment Path view (LND) Fixed incorrect fee limit for keysends with lnd Implemented "Enable Offer" command for Core Lightning >=24.11 Allow o...