Roger Ver, an early Bitcoin investor, has decided to continue supporting Bitcoin Cash (BCH) over Bitcoin (BTC) despite an invitation from Blockstream CEO Adam Back to rejoin the Bitcoin community. Ver criticizes layer two blockchain solutions, like Back’s Liquid Network, as centralized or unreliable, maintaining that bitcoin cash more closely aligns with the original vision […] Original
A pitch for the notes describes the investment strategy like this: “Leveraging Blockstream’s long track record, leading market position, substantial scale, broad expertise and strong relationships across the ASIC supply chain, the BASIC structure plans to acquire and warehouse new and unused ASICs at attractive prices, and to eventually strategically sell them back into the market as the industry rebounds within the next 12-24 months.” Source
Anticipation is building for the approval of a spot Bitcoin ETF in January 2024. If it happens, it could bring a significant influx of at least $12 billion to $14 billion into the BTC market, potentially driving up the price. A bold Bitcoin (BTC) price prediction by CEO Adam Back of blockchain technology company Blockstream has sparked both optimism and skepticism within the cryptocurrency community. Back believes BTC could exceed $100,000 per coin before its next halving event, but his outlook goes against trends that the coin has had during…
Blockchain technology firm Blockstream is looking to raise up to $50 million to purchase and store mining equipment that it perceives to be undervalued on secondary markets. Speaking exclusively to Cointelegraph, Blockstream mining sales head James Macedonio unpacked the company’s plans to take advantage of a “huge separation” in the value of Bitcoin (BTC) and ASIC mining equipment. Blockstream is partnering with Luxembourg-based digital securities marketplace STOKR to launch the Blockstream ASIC (BASIC) Note. Macedonio said that blockstream will look to initially secure $5 million for its Series 1 BASIC…
Bitcoin infrastructure firm Blockstream expects to unveil its long-awaited Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) miner – a culmination of years of engineering work – around the third quarter of 2024, according to Blockstream CEO and co-founder Adam Back during the company’s first ever media briefing on Tuesday. Source
Amid the mounting regulatory pressures on cryptocurrency exchanges, Blockstream CEO Adam Back highlights the inherent resilience and adaptability of the crypto industry, insisting that it will continually find ways to navigate and thrive despite these challenges. Adam Back, the CEO of Blockstream, shared some insights on the resilience of the cryptocurrency industry during the recent BTC Prague conference. He painted an optimistic picture of the sector’s ability to adapt to changing regulatory landscapes. Antifragility in cryptocurrency sector “Antifragility is the norm here,” Back said to Decrypt. He explains that when…
Ryan Gentry, director of business development at Lightning infrastructure firm Lightning Labs, said during his own presentation at Consensus that Lightning is the only network of its kind in crypto. “Lightning is unique,” Gentry said. “There is not, to my knowledge, another widespread payment channel network in the whole crypto space. Lightning is the only one and it’s scaling really well.” Source
“The security of Bitcoin requires every participant to verify every transaction,” ZeroSync co-founder Robin Linus told CoinDesk. “That didn’t scale well until now. Proof systems like STARKs have been invented. Applying them to generate a proof of Bitcoin’s chain state, and broadcasting it via satellite, can bring Bitcoin to almost everyone in the world. Don’t trust, verify.” Source
Blockstream CEO Adam Back believes the price of Bitcoin (BTC) could reach $10 million by the end of the sixth halvening in 2032, as long as Bitcoin layer-2 technology and wallet infrastructure improves. In a Feb. 12 Twitter thread, Back, one of the contributors to Bitcoin core, was explaining to his 509,000 followers in what situation Hal Finney’s $10 million price prediction for BTC could come true. He noted that BTC has doubled in price year-on-year on average since 2013 and explained that if that trend continues, BTC price would…
Blockstream has over 500 Megawatts in its development pipeline to expand its Bitcoin mining facility for institutional investors. Blockstream Inc, a leading Bitcoin and blockchain infrastructure company, has raised $125 million in a convertible note and secured loan financing. According to the announcement, Blockstream intends to use the money to expand its institutional Bitcoin mining colocation services. The just-concluded fundraising was led by Kingsway Capital and Fulgur Ventures. This follows last year’s $210 million Series B funding round that was used to expand its institutional Bitcoin mining operations. Additionally, the…