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The identity of Satoshi Nakamoto – a pseudonym for the legendary, still-unidentified creator of Bitcoin – could soon be revealed in a court case in Florida, according to a report. The family of deceased computer scientist David Kleiman contends he created the cryptocurrency along with Craig Wright under the Satoshi Nakamoto name. And Kleiman’s heirs…

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele stepped in on Wednesday to closely manage the fraught roll-out of a payments app that underpins the nation’s adoption of bitcoin as legal tender, and called on users to report any problems on his Twitter feed. Adopting language similar to IT departments in offices around the world, Bukele asked users to…

Elon Musk on Wednesday said Tesla will “most likely” start accepting bitcoin again as more renewable energy is being used to mine the digital currency.  Tesla first started accepting bitcoin as payment for its electric cars in March, but discontinued the practice in May due to environmental concerns about fossil fuels being used to mine…

El Salvador will not replace the US dollar with bitcoin as the legal tender, Finance Minister Alejandro Zelaya said Wednesday, as the Central American nation sought technical assistance from the World Bank to implement bitcoin regulation. The Central American country this month became the first country to adopt bitcoin as legal tender, with President Nayib…

It was the largest Bitcoin event in the world and the first major in-person crypto conference since the pandemic started. The jargon, the liquor and the millionaire talk flowed.