Pakistan’s crypto czar Bilal Bin Saqib burst into the headlines in late May by announcing live on stage at Bitcoin 2025 that the country will establish a Bitcoin Reserve. Saqib, Pakistan’s crypto minister and CEO of the Pakistan Crypto Council, tells Magazine a discussion with Strategy executive chairman Michael Saylor made him feel even more...

The Trump family’s crypto business is increasingly becoming a bet on Bitcoin. On Monday afternoon, American Bitcoin, a cryptocurrency mining and holding company backed by Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr., announced that it had raised $220 million. The firm plans to use the new capital to acquire more of the world’s largest cryptocurrency, and...

The EVM-compatible Layer 2 solution will bring a verifiably decentralized alternative to the growing Bitcoin DeFi space. Botanix Labs, the team behind the Botanix Bitcoin Layer 2 announced the launch of the Botanix mainnet today, July 1, per a press release shared with The Defiant. The mainnet is launching with integrations from some familiar faces...