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Bitcoin’s Path to a Supercycle: Will 2024 Mark the End of Dramatic Downturns?
24.11.2023
Source: Adobe / Simon The idea of a Bitcoin supercycle, first introduced by Bitcoin educator Dan Held in 2020, is once again gaining traction in the community as Bitcoin is entering what some believe could be another long-term bullish phase. The key driver behind this potential supercycle is...
Bitcoin needs Ethereum VM to reach its full potential — Web3 exec
11.10.2023
Botanix Labs founder Willem Schroé argues a “huge amount of value” from real-world assets will be captured on Bitcoin, provided it connects to the Ethereum Virtual Machine
Meet Ordinals, the New Bitcoin NFT Engine, and the Drama Surrounding Them
31.1.2023
Ordinals, a new way of using and getting content using Bitcoin, are enabling creators to harness the utility of NFTs (non-fungible tokens) directly from the blockchain, essentially creating native Bitcoin NFTs. This has stirred the pot in some circles, which are now discussing if this is the way...
Ordinals protocol sparks debate over NFT's place in the Bitcoin ecosystem
30.1.2023
The community has been divided as to whether the NFT-like "digital artifacts" are the right fit for the Bitcoin ecosystem
Bitcoin hashrate recovers after big freeze shuts down miners
26.12.2022
The Bitcoin network hashrate has returned to 241.29 EH/s after a temporary 38% fall to 170.60 EH/s from a weekly peak of 276.40 EH/s
CZ and Saylor urge for crypto self-custody amid increasing uncertainty
14.11.2022
Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao said self-custody is a “fundamental human right,” while Michael Saylor said self-custody is necessary to prevent powerful actors from accumulating and abusing power
Cowboy hats, boots, guns and crypto talk with Dan Held
28.10.2022
Bitcoiner Dan Held takes journalist Nicole Behnam around Austin, Texas, as they recount their journeys into the world of cryptocurrencies
Bitcoin Influencer Dan Held Steps Back From Kraken’s Marketing Team
5.5.2022
The soon to be former marketing director will instead focus on a personal consulting gig
Terra’s Founder Do Kwon ‘Looks Forward to Building With Bitcoin’ — Project Reportedly Acquires $125M in BTC
22.3.2022
Just recently, Terra founder Do Kwon hinted at purchasing $3 billion in bitcoin to bolster the protocol’s reserves and according to a number of reports and blockchain analysis, Terra purchased $125 million worth of bitcoin on March 21. The following day, bitcoin’s fiat value jumped...
‘Billion of users adopting Bitcoin? Maybe in ten years', says Dan Held
25.6.2021
The process leading Bitcoin to the status of world reserve currency could take a decade, according to Kraken’s growth lead
Supercycle may propel Bitcoin over $1 million, Kraken’s Dan Held says
19.3.2021
Kraken's head of growth, Dan Held, thinks Bitcoin could reach $1 million within the current market cycle
‘Black Swan’ Author Pulls a 180- Nassim Taleb Says ‘Bitcoin’s a Failure, at Least for Now’
14.2.2021
On February 12, the well known Lebanese-American essayist and risk analyst, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, declared that the leading digital currency bitcoin is a failure, at least for now. Cryptocurrency fans have been upset by Taleb’s recent statements, after it seems the renowned author has done...
The Definitive Breakdown of All Bitcoin FUD, With Dan Held
14.1.2021
From “backed by nothing” to “China mining control,” a complete look at the best response to every category of bitcoin FUD out there
Journeys in Blockchain: Dan Held of Kraken
27.8.2020
Dan Held is a Texan who doesn’t drive a truck, drink beer, love Trump, or watch sports. He’s a tech enthusiast who isn’t into coding. He looks like a typical preppy dude, wearing a white-button-up shirt and carrying a swoop haircut, but he flies drones, tinkers on full nodes, and writes about...
Satoshi’s Unappreciated Marketing Genius, Feat. Dan Held
1.7.2020
There is a constant free market competition to define the Bitcoin narrative, and Kraken’s Dan Held argues this is part of what makes the protocol so strong
Kraken’s Dan Held on What’s Different About Bitcoin at $10K This Time
7.2.2020
As bitcoin inches towards $10,000, @nlw is joined by Kraken’s Dan Held to discuss how the narrative, infrastructure and audience have changed since this price last year
Overwriting Satoshi: Kraken Exec Says Bitcoin Wasn’t Built for Payments, Isn’t Peer-to-Peer
6.2.2020
As Director of Business Development for popular crypto exchange Kraken, when Dan Held speaks, people listen. As such, his recent 46-tweet diatribe on why the “payments narrative” for bitcoin is flawed grabbed the attention of many, tickling the ears of hardcore Lighting Network fans...
Kraken is Working on ‘Major Change’ in User Experience - Dan Held
24.9.2019
Dan Held. Source: a video screenshot, Youtube / Dan Held
Improving user experience is one of the main focus areas at Kraken this year and the popular, U.S.-headquartered cryptocurrency exchange plans “major change” in the next 2-6 months, Dan Held, Director of Business Development of the company...
Kraken Boosts Institutional Offerings With Acquisition of Dan Held’s Interchange
31.7.2019
Cryptocurrency exchange Kraken has acquired Interchange, a startup offering a way for institutional investors to better manage their portfolios
Report Insists ‘Bitcoin Was Not Purpose-Built to First Be a Store of Value’
7.6.2019
There’s been furious debate over the last few years on whether or not Satoshi created Bitcoin to be a peer-to-peer cash system or a purpose-built store of value. Lately, a few BTC proponents claim that Satoshi deliberately built Bitcoin to be a store of value (SoV). Despite the SoV narrative...