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Executive Director of the President’s Council of Advisors for Digital Assets Patrick Witt said bitcoin reserve legislation is progressing.

Bitcoin Magazine Lawmakers Warn Crypto Clarity Will Decide U.S. Leadership as 2026 Election Looms U.S. lawmakers and White House officials said that clear crypto rules will determine whether the U.S. leads financial innovation, with Sen. Cynthia Lummis warning that another hostile administration could mean “game over” for sensible regulation. This post Lawmakers Warn Crypto Clarity Will Decide U.S. Leadership as 2026 Election Looms first appeared on Bitcoin Magazine and is written by Micah Zimmerman .

Cooling U.S. demand, elevated Bitfinex whale positioning and a key on chain rejection point to short term downside during the Las Vegas Bitcoin conference.

The eCash fork will act as a live test of Paul Sztorc’s long-running drivechains-sidechains vision for the bitcoin network.

Bitcoin Magazine Kalshi Says Bitcoin Payments and Prediction Markets Are Building a New Exchange for Big Money At the Bitcoin 2026 Conference, John Wang pitched Kalshi as a next-gen exchange where Bitcoin payments and event-based contracts could draw major institutional capital beyond traditional spot markets. This post Kalshi Says Bitcoin Payments and Prediction Markets Are Building a New Exchange for Big Money first appeared on Bitcoin Magazine and is written by Micah Zimmerman .

Paul Sztorc’s proposed eCash fork would give investors coins cloned from wallets believed to belong to Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto.

Bitcoin fails to top $80,000 as analysts debate whether BTC has truly changed its trend or remains in the grasp of the bears.

The recently formed MARA Foundation said it will focus on the long-term health, resilience, and adoption of the Bitcoin protocol.

Bitcoin Magazine Aven Launches Bitcoin-Backed Visa Card Offering Up to $1 Million Credit Lines Without Asset Sales Aven has launched a Bitcoin Visa credit card that lets users borrow against their Bitcoin holdings — offering lines of credit up to $1 million without selling assets or triggering taxable events. This post Aven Launches Bitcoin-Backed Visa Card Offering Up to $1 Million Credit Lines Without Asset Sales first appeared on Bitcoin Magazine and is written by Micah Zimmerman .

Bitcoin Magazine SEC, CFTC Chiefs Signal ‘New Day’ for U.S. Onshore Crypto, Tokenization and Future‑Proof Rules Paul Atkins and Mike Selig signaled a coordinated regulatory reset at the Bitcoin 2026 Conference, emphasizing onshore crypto development and clearer token classification. This post SEC, CFTC Chiefs Signal ‘New Day’ for U.S. Onshore Crypto, Tokenization and Future‑Proof Rules first appeared on Bitcoin Magazine and is written by Micah Zimmerman .

Bitcoin Magazine Paystand Launches USDb Stablecoin on Bitcoin Layers for $100T B2B Payments Paystand, the Bitcoin-powered B2B payments network processing over $20B in volume, today launched USDb, a 1:1 USD-backed stablecoin native to Blockstream’s Liquid and Rootstock layers for commercial-scale accounts receivable, payable, payroll, and treasury. This post Paystand Launches USDb Stablecoin on Bitcoin Layers for $100T B2B Payments first appeared on Bitcoin Magazine and is written by Juan Galt .

Bitcoin bulls struggled to maintain gains as the bull market support band became a key reclaim level to flip the BTC price trend.

Bitcoin Magazine ‘Bitcoin Isn’t Going Anywhere’: Trump Officials Discuss DOJ, FBI Refocus on Crypto Crime, Not Developers At the Bitcoin 2026 Conference, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and FBI Director Kash Patel outlined a shift in the U.S. government’s approach to digital assets like Bitcoin. This post ‘Bitcoin Isn’t Going Anywhere’: Trump Officials Discuss DOJ, FBI Refocus on Crypto Crime, Not Developers first appeared on Bitcoin Magazine and is written by Micah Zimmerman .

Bitcoin Magazine Senator Lummis Puts Congress On The Clock, Vows May Push To Rescue Stalled Clarity Act Speaking at The Bitcoin Conference, Senator Cynthia Lummis framed Bitcoin as “freedom money,” signaling that Senate lawmakers are preparing a May markup of the long-delayed Clarity Act. This post Senator Lummis Puts Congress On The Clock, Vows May Push To Rescue Stalled Clarity Act first appeared on Bitcoin Magazine and is written by Micah Zimmerman .

Legislation to establish a strategic bitcoin reserve in the U.S. is set to be reintroduced in the next few weeks.

Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin Lightning is Turning iGaming Payouts Into a Real-Time Rail: Report Bitcoin’s Lightning Network is starting to turn iGaming payouts into a native Bitcoin use case, according to a new report from Voltage. This post Bitcoin Lightning is Turning iGaming Payouts Into a Real-Time Rail: Report first appeared on Bitcoin Magazine and is written by Micah Zimmerman .

Bitcoin's future is not guaranteed, said CEO Fred Thiel at the Bitcoin Conference in Las Vegas.

Bitcoin Magazine $1.3M-Funded OpenAgents Pays Gamers and Everyday PCs in Bitcoin via Pylon Distributed AI Network Founder Christopher David is building a Bitcoin-native AI lab that rewards everyday hardware owners directly, creating a new compute market that routes value back to contributors instead of hyperscalers. This post $1.3M-Funded OpenAgents Pays Gamers and Everyday PCs in Bitcoin via Pylon Distributed AI Network first appeared on Bitcoin Magazine and is written by Juan Galt .

Strive Inc. purchased 789 more Bitcoin while its subsidiary prepares to educate business leaders on corporate crypto adoption.

Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin Magazine Announces BM TV, a Daily Market Broadcast Set for Summer 2026 Launch Bitcoin Magazine announced BM TV, its forthcoming daily broadcast focused on Bitcoin markets, macroeconomics, geopolitics, and frontier technology. This post Bitcoin Magazine Announces BM TV, a Daily Market Broadcast Set for Summer 2026 Launch first appeared on Bitcoin Magazine and is written by Micah Zimmerman .

Short-term holder profit-taking is offsetting fresh demand from ETFs and Strategy, pointing to consolidation below $80,000, Bitfinex analysts said.

As Bitcoin miner IREN shifts toward AI cloud infrastructure, leveraging a Microsoft deal and GPU expansion, analysts expect mining revenue to decline over time.

Aven's new bitcoin credit card will offer fixed-rate, fixed-term loans of up to 10 years at a 7.99% APR as well as unlimited 2% cash back.

Low trading volume and a lack of conviction from big-money bettors could leave the bitcoin rally on shaky ground, said 10x Research head Markus Thielen.

Despite muted prices to start the second quarter, the report said improving onchain metrics and network activity point to a market finding its footing.

DDC is investing in an "AI-driven operating system" to help guide its bitcoin purchases as it aims to reach 5,000 BTC by year-end 2026.

Bill C-25, the Strong and Free Elections Act, cleared second reading Friday and heads to committee as Conservative lawmakers raise but don’t challenge the proposed ban on bitcoin contributions

New institutional on-ramps, strong flows, and exhausted retail selling points to renewed asymmetric upside for bitcoin, Bernstein said.

Research firm 10x says the negative funding rates reflect structural hedging by institutions, not a broad bearish play.

Michael Saylor’s Strategy bought 3,273 Bitcoin for $255 million between April 20 and 26, bringing total holdings to 818,334 BTC.