David Canellis

3 days ago | blockworks.co | David Canellis

Last week, we covered a story that might've made you feel impossibly late to Bitcoin. Let's undo that feeling. I'm not here to make the case that nation states and multibillion-dollar companies buying bitcoin is not a big deal. El Salvador adopting BTC as legal tender will go down in history as one of the most significant events in finance, modern or otherwise, regardless of how it ended. Bhutan's harnessing of its bountiful hydropower capacity to mine bitcoin is equally momentous.

4 days ago | mail.blockworks.com | Katherine Ross |David Canellis |Casey Wagner |Jeffrey Albus

The SEC has asked prospective Solana ETF issuers to submit amended S-1 forms within the next week, three sources with knowledge of the matter told Blockworks. The agency told issuers it would make comments on the S-1s within 30 days of their submission, two sources added. ‚ÄúWe have received comments from the SEC and have been asked to address and file an amended S-1, which we plan to do so shortly,‚ÄĚ a 21Shares spokesperson told Blockworks.

6 days ago | mail.blockworks.com | Jeffrey Albus |Kate Irwin |Donovan Choy |David Canellis

Welcome back, readers! Today is the last day the Forward Guidance newsletterā€™s Casey Wagner takes over for Byron. Weā€™ll miss Casey, but youā€™ll have Byron back in your inbox Monday. Today, Casey covers how the situation in the Middle East could impact the Fedā€™s interest rate decision. Letā€™s get into it: Oil prices surged while global equities faltered Friday on fears that Israelā€™s attacks on Iranian nuclear facilities could escalate into a broader conflict.

6 days ago | blockworks.co | David Canellis

Bitcoin is hard money, in more ways than one. The never-ending task of keeping BTC safe might be one of the hardest. There are plenty of options - hardware wallets, software solutions and even multi-sigs can do the trick, depending on how they're implemented. But if you're legendary Bitcoiner Peter Todd, you might opt for the trusty brain wallet. And luckily for us, he's told us exactly how he would do it.

1 week ago | blockworks.co | David Canellis

Today's retrospective will be a trauma-bonding experience for anyone who was too busy playing Plants vs. Zombies or StarCraft 2 to stack sats in 2010. At this point 15 years ago, the premier Bitcoin faucet was in full swing. Gavin Andresen, one of Satoshi's first collaborators, had only been a member of Bitcointalk for two weeks when he announced he would give away free bitcoin.