Bitcoin Sports Network (BSN) will host the 3rd Annual Bitcoin Golf Championship on April 26, 2026, at Bali Hai Golf Club in Las Vegas, Nevada. The event is scheduled alongside the Bitcoin Vegas Conference at the Venetian, which starts on the 27th of April.

Whale Pass holders for the Bitcoin Vegas 2026 conference get a 10% off the 3rd Annual Bitcoin Golf Championship as well! With code WHALE26 at checkout.

The announcement follows the 2nd Max & Stacy Invitational, which BSN organized in January at El Encanto Country Club in La Libertad, El Salvador, in partnership with Max Keiser and Stacy Herbert and sponsored by Ikigii (Towerbank).

The El Salvador event included a poker…

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New research from Binance suggests the upcoming 2026 United States midterm elections could set the stage for a recovery in both Bitcoin and equities, even as markets face pressure from geopolitical tensions and rising energy prices.

In a report released this week, Binance Research found that risk assets have shown a consistent rebound after U.S. midterm election cycles. Historical data shows the S&P 500 has produced an average return of 19% in the 12 months following midterm elections, with no negative annual return recorded since 1939.

Bitcoin has shown an even stronger pattern in the limited number of cycles since its emergence as a liquid asset. In the three post-midterm years on…

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Dear Reader,

It has been a while since we last spoke. My last letter was written on the anniversary of my first month of incarceration at FPC Morgantown, the second month of being here has now come and gone. Truth be told I have struggled to think of what I could write to you all.

If you have time to read this article, you have time to sign the petition to free Samourai Wallet developers Keonne Rodriguez and William Hill. Every signature counts.

To be sure, there are some things and topics I would like to explore but I simply cannot without breaking rules or getting myself or someone else into trouble, so those stories will have to wait I am afraid. My wife suggests that I tell you all…

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Tokyo-listed bitcoin treasury firm Metaplanet is expanding its strategy beyond holding bitcoin, announcing the launch of two subsidiaries aimed at building financial infrastructure around the digital asset and linking Asian and Western capital markets.

The company said its board approved the creation of Metaplanet Ventures and Metaplanet Asset Management, alongside a planned investment in Japanese stablecoin issuer JPYC Inc. 

The move marks a step toward developing services and capital markets tied to Bitcoin as the company deepens its role in the broader digital asset ecosystem.

Metaplanet Ventures will function as the firm’s venture capital arm, with plans to deploy roughly ¥4…

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A startup focused on expanding Bitcoin’s financial capabilities has raised fresh capital as interest grows in building more complex financial tools on the network.

Ark Labs announced it secured $5.2 million in a seed funding round led by Tether alongside investors including Ego Death Capital, Epoch VC, Lion26, Sats Ventures and Contribution Capital. Additional participants include Anchorage Digital and angel investors such as Ralph Ho, former vice president of finance at PayPal, according to a note shared with Bitcoin Magazine. 

The funding coincides with new support for stablecoins and digital assets on Ark Labs’ core infrastructure platform, Arkade. The company said the capital…

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