Bitcoin Magazine is proud to announce the launch of a new flagship series: “The Bitcoin for Corporations Show,” hosted by Pierre Rochard, CEO of The Bitcoin Bond Company. Pierre brings financial expertise and a decade-long track record of advocating for Bitcoin’s investment potential.

Following the momentum of the recent Bitcoin for Corporations 2025 event, hosted by Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy), this new show will serve as a dedicated platform to accelerate corporate Bitcoin adoption and demystify cutting-edge financial strategies for commercial, enterprise, and institutional market participants.

Each episode will feature exclusive interviews with global leaders in…

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Flash, a Bitcoin payment platform, has officially launched Flash 2.0, its latest version designed to simplify and accelerate Bitcoin adoption for businesses. The update introduces a redesigned interface, expanded e-commerce compatibility, and a streamlined setup process that allows merchants to start accepting Bitcoin in just three minutes.

Accepting Bitcoin payments has at times been challenging for businesses, requiring third-party services and lengthy verifications. Flash 2.0 aims to eliminate those hurdles. Businesses can now accept Bitcoin directly, without any intermediaries, technical knowledge, or delays.

In addition to being a payment gateway, Flash 2.0 also serves as a…

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Bitcoin is gaining momentum as investor attention shifts away from gold according to JPMorgan analysts. The once-popular debasement trade where both assets rose together has now split with bitcoin climbing and gold slipping. Since April 22 gold has dropped nearly 8 percent while bitcoin jumped 18 percent showing a clear trend in shifting investor preference.

Analysts point to a wave of crypto-specific catalysts fueling bitcoin’s rise. Companies like Strategy and Metaplanet are heavily investing in bitcoin with Strategy aiming to raise over $42 billion by 2027 and already reaching 60 percent of that goal. U S states such as New Hampshire and Arizona are adding bitcoin to their reserves creating long-term demand and boosting confidence in the asset.

Bitcoin is also benefiting from a more mature crypto market. Major U S exchanges including Coinbase and Kraken have acquired key derivatives platforms increasing institutional access and regulatory clarity. With gold weakening and crypto innovation accelerating analysts see strong upside potential for bitcoin in the second half of 2025.

FTX Recovery Trust announced that they will begin distributions of more than $5 billion to approved creditors on May 30, 2025, as outlined in the Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization. This will apply to holders of allowed claims in the Plan’s Convenience and Non-Convenience Classes who have completed all pre-distribution requirements.

“Eligible creditors should expect to receive funds from their selected distribution service provider (a “Distribution Service Provider”), either Bitgo or Kraken, within 1 to 3 business days from May 30, 2025,” the company stated. Additional distribution dates will be announced in the future.

In the Second Distribution, in accordance with the…

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Coinsilium Group Limited, which became the first blockchain firm to IPO in 2015, has launched a Bitcoin treasury strategy, raising £1.25 million in an oversubscribed placing to accelerate its Bitcoin treasury initiative through Forza (Gibraltar) Limited, its fully-owned treasury vehicle. 

The placing, priced at 3 pence per share, will fund the next phase of the company’s Bitcoin-focused strategy and support general operations. 

“I am delighted to announce this Placing today,” said Executive Chairman Malcolm Palle. “We have been very pleased by the response to the Company’s Forza! Initiative and these funds will allow us to advance the implementation of our…

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Hong Kong-based Avenir Group has made a bold move in the crypto space by investing $599 million into Bitcoin ETFs. The investment firm now holds 11.3 million shares of BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust making it the largest institutional holder of Bitcoin ETFs in Asia. This milestone highlights Avenir’s growing influence in the digital asset market and its confidence in the future of cryptocurrency.

The firm’s latest 13F filing shows a sharp increase in its Bitcoin ETF exposure aligning with a broader trend of institutional adoption. According to K33 Research major institutions now hold over 25% of total Bitcoin ETF assets valued at $26.8 billion as of Q4 2024. This wave of institutional interest signals stronger credibility and mainstream acceptance of crypto investments.

Avenir’s investment follows its September launch of a $500 million Crypto Partnership Program designed to support top global trading teams. The move shows Avenir’s clear commitment to financial innovation and long-term growth in the digital asset space.

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Since 2019, the Bitcoin Conference Art Gallery has invited artists to do something radical—at least by traditional art world standards: price their work in bitcoin—not as metaphor, but as method. What began as a modest experiment in peer-to-peer art sales has, by 2025, evolved into a growing body of work that reflects the movement’s shifting values, symbols, and cultural debates. With over 65 BTC in cumulative art sales, the gallery hasn’t just challenged legacy pricing—it’s built a visual archive of Bitcoin’s ascent. To price a painting in sats is to assert that value can be sovereign—that creative labor need not pass through fiat institutions or legacy art systems to…

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JPMorgan analysts reported that Bitcoin is likely to continue gaining ground at gold’s expense in the second half of the year, driven by rising corporate demand and growing support from U.S. states.

According to analysts led by managing director Nikolaos Panigirtzoglou, the ‘debasement trade’—where investors turn to gold and bitcoin to guard against weakening fiat currencies—has turned into a zero-sum contest, where bitcoin is now gaining the upper hand.

“Between mid-February and mid-April gold was rising at the expense of bitcoin, while of the past three weeks we have been observing the opposite, i.e. bitcoin rising at the expense of gold,” said JPMorgan analysts. “In…

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