I Bought Bitcoin Today – And Felt Nothing

I looked at my wallet and saw a sad six digits. 

It used to be seven, or such was the case after I rolled over the balance of my monthly expenses, dollar cost averaging into Bitcoin and then sending it to my Casa cold storage.

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Usually, buying Bitcoin is a joyful process. I’d have the satisfaction of picking up at least a bitcent. 

As someone who had that chance to buy Bitcoin at $50 (but thought better of it, LOL) it’s been a bitter time over the years, dutifully stacking away in an…

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Scaling Bitcoin Practically With Ark Labs

Company Name: Ark Labs

Founders: Marco Argentieri and Simone Giacomelli

Date Founded: June 2024

Location of Headquarters: Europe

Number of Employees: Six full time

Website: https://arklabs.to/

Public or Private? Private

Ten years ago, just after graduating from high school, Marco Argentieri began his career in Bitcoin.

Some of his earliest work in the industry included helping people make remittance payments using bitcoin. From those early days, Argentieri looked at bitcoin more like a currency and less like an investment, and he helped to make it easier for others to use.

“I had many people that were using Bitcoin because it was like a Western Union without the KYC hurdles, and it was much…

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ETH killers are still no closer to doing the deed

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Nobody really wonders what the next bitcoin will be anymore. 

That’s because Bitcoin won. There’s no “next” Bitcoin. Bitcoin is the next bitcoin and it’s already here. Better to build something else.

It’s natural, then, that a fixation on the next Ethereum would then take over.

After almost a decade of smart contract platforms launching to rival Ethereum, we now have more than 30 coins which you might consider would-be ETH killers.

That includes tokens for newer chains like Sui, Sei, Celestia and TON, as well as older networks such as Cronos, Cardano, Fantom and EOS.

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Bitcoin Price and the Psychological Leap: The Journey from $100K to $1M

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Ah, Bitcoin. The most thrilling, gut-wrenching rollercoaster in the financial world. Every time it hits a new all-time high, there’s a chorus of celebration, the clinking of virtual glasses, and the inevitable “I told you so” from that one friend who’s been holding since 2013 (you know the one). Well, here we are again—Bitcoin has once again shattered expectations. And as I watched the price tick upwards, I had an epiphany. It wasn’t…

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