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Editorial 15 November 2023

Bitcoin must have utility before it can become anything

BTC’s ‘consumption of energy’ has no objective foundation; it is not the consumption of energy that determines the price, but the other way around, that is, BTC price drives its energy consumption.

Kurt Wuckert Jr on Bitcoin halving math
Business 8 November 2023

The Bitcoin halving math

As Bitcoin approaches its fourth block reward halving, where miners will receive a 3.125 bitcoin reward per block, discussions are heating up around the economic sustainability of both BTC and the BSV blockchain.

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Business 26 October 2023

Fools rush in: Anatomy of a BTC ETF price pump

The hike in BTC's fiat price last week is not because it is a "digital gold" with actual utility but based on rumors that the U.S. securities regulator is close to stamping its approval to BlackRock's IBTC ETF application.

SEC Securities and Exchange Commission Stock Trade Regulation 3d Illustration
Business 16 October 2023

SEC will not appeal Grayscale ruling

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has elected not to appeal a court decision ordering it to reconsider its denial of Grayscale's ETP application, as it allowed the deadline for the move to pass.